Pat Mooney Receives Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm
Souris area activist Pat Mooney is honored in Stockholm for work with the Rural Advancement Fund International. He campaigns to preserve plant genetic resources and opposes plant patenting, warning Canada’s proposed breeders rights could harm public breeding, testing, chemistry costs, innovation, and global seed access.
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Stockholm
Souris
Pat Mooney
Rural Advancement Fund International
Third World
Canada
Europe
David McConkey
Red Coat Trail highway boost praised by Canadian delegates
Saskatchewan and Alberta members of the Red Coat Til Highway Association thanked Manitoba hosts in Glenboro for hospitality at the seventh annual meeting. They urged Manitoba to designate Highway 2 as part of the Red Coat Trail linking Winnipeg to Lethbridge and Fort MacLeod, expanding tourist and commercial traffic across provinces.
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Red Coat Til Highway Association
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Glenboro
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Fort Macleod
Marquis Project on seed banks faces global resource clash
The Marquis Project warns against plant breeders rights and warns Canada could lose access to varieties. Mooney promotes amateur seed conservation and a community seed bank kit in English French and Spanish for distribution by NGOs. He urges public letters to government and reserving non hybrid varieties in home gardens.
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United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization
Canada
Mooney
M.P
Third World
U.S
Europe
Marquis Project
8Th Street
Brandon
Saskatchewan Farm Assistance Report Thank You to Seven Small Communities
A note from the Glenboro Gazette thanks Belmont Glenora Baldur Holland Cypress River Mariapolis and Baldur for relief efforts in November. The piece lists volunteers and donors by name and urges sponsors to contact Pastor Shelley J. Bobb at 827-2711 to aid families in Saskatchewan communities. The tone praises communal generosity and the ongoing cheque deliveries bring food and hope.
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Saskatchewan
Glenboro
Belmont
Glenora
Baldur
Holland
Cypress River
Mariapolis
Leela Campbell
Donna Skardal
Gwen Sutton
Claudia Bolack
Jean Fisher Baldur
Shelley J. Bobb
COR Seeks Manitoban Control of Flyer Industries Sale
The Confederation of Regions Manitoba Party supports disposing of Flyer Industries and other crown corporations but opposes selling Flyer to foreign investors. Employees should get first offer, then private Manitoba investors may buy. The firm was public funded and kept running with public money.
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Confederation of Regions Manitoba Party
Flyer Industries Inc
COR
Flyer Industries
Manitoba
Lions Club Dinner Brightens Wawanesa Community
Mary Sampson and Donna Cory visited their mother Helen Cory in Saskatoon as sympathy notes go out to Joan Armstrong and Mary Burnett. The Lions Club hosted a Senior Citizens Dinner on November 29 with Reg Blaine blessing 116 guests. Prizes were awarded to several local residents and a school program and sing song followed with greetings from Eldon Rogers and Mayor Dean Boyd. Noel Fisher served as emcee and attendees thanked the Lions Club for a wonderful evening.
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Mary Sampson Wayne
Donna Cory
Saskatoon
Sask
Helen Cory
Joan Armstrong
Mary Burnett
Valley Lodge
Lions Club
Reg Blaine
Maurice Meyers
Allan
Alice Cory
Joe
Charlotte Gullett
Vera
Dalton Munn
Eldon Rogers
Dean Boyd
Wawa
Concert Express Christmas Trip to Centennial Hall
The Concert Express sails to the Centennial Concert Hall on December 8 for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio sung by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Mennonite Oratorio Choir in tribute to J S Bach’s 300th birth. It’s the second Tiger Hills Concert Express Series event. tickets may be available. Call 526 2063 for details.
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Centennial Concert Hall
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Mennonite Oratorio Choir
J.S. Bach
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Tiger Hills Arts Association
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Confederation of Regions
Manitoba Party
Audra Lalonde
Glenboro Health Auxiliary
P.C.H
Curling Club
P.C.H. & Hospital
T.v.s
Hospital
Nursery Magazine
Manitoba Health Auxiliary
Brandon Sun
Donna van Schaepdael
Wawanesa
Nesa
Noel Fisher
Concert Express
Wayne
Carol Fulford
Agriculture Canada
CSP Foods
Altona
Brian Gwyer
James Loewen
Glenboro Laundramat
Laundramat
Gazette Office
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