Energy saving tips for home electricity use
Question and answer style guide covers lighting, thermostats, insulation, water heater settings, cooking, and laundry. Highlights include lowering thermostat by each degree, using fluorescent lights, insulating basements, setting water heater to 140 F or 120 F without a dishwasher, and avoiding unnecessary oven preheating.
Grade I Guided Tour Across Oxbow Lake Area
Grade I students toured Oxbow Lake round Sandhills for a picnic lunch at the Day Use area followed by a Snow display visit. In the afternoon they toured Drinkwaters Honey Farm with hosts Dwayne and Irene Drinkwater and chaperones Blanche Carpenter, Melanie McPhail, and Linda Asham.
Six Thousand Grant Helps Manitoba Consumers' Association
Consumer Affairs Minister Warner Jorgenson announced a 6000 grant to the Manitoba branch of the Consumers' Association of Canada to hire a full time staffer for product information inquiries. The program, backed by 50 volunteers and 100 community contacts, aims to improve public access to independent product information and support Manitoba consumers at low cost.
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Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada
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Weather Re Cap From 151 Days 78 79 Cold Winter Stats
Weather recap covers 151 days from Nov 1 1978 to Apr 1 1979. Only 18 days above zero, 114 days below or at zero, 203.2 cm snow, 80 inches. May records show high 29 on 16, low -6 on 4, precip 73.86 mm. May 28 to June 3 saw high 28, low 31, precip 27.6 mm.
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Pool Elevator News Quotas and Termination Dates
Quotas and termination dates for Wheat A B C Durum Barley Oats and other grains listed with weights and contract terms. Space available for most grains at the elevator but Wheat and Barley quotas terminate in late June to mid July 1979. Seeding advances despite unsettled weather. some producers may finish by week’s end.
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