Minnedosa Cairn to Commemorate Early Manitoba Power
Manitoba Hydro donates 3500 toward a cairn on the Minnedosa Historic Walking Tour route marking the site of Manitoba's second hydroelectric station. Built in 1913 on the Little Saskatchewan River, the plant lit Minnedosa until 1933. The Minnedosa District Heritage Foundation will place the cairn atop the dam to honor rural electrification beginnings.
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Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba
Minnedosa
Little Saskatchewan
Manitoba Power Commission
Thieves hit lumberyard and safes at Glenboro store
A second break-in in a week at J and L Lumber in Glenboro occurred after hours April 7 to 8. Thieves entered via the lumberyard, rifled files, and stole about 8000 in housewares tools and watches. They removed and smashed open the southwest corner safe. Arson suspected in a separate Fannystelle Hotel blaze.
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J & L Lumber
Glenboro
Joe Forrester
Forrester
Fannystelle Hotel
Carman Rcmp
Pink Hotel
Fannystele
Cst
Larrie Barr
Carman’s Rcmp
Golf Season Under Way at Hamiota Course
Course Superintendent Gary Cochrane enters his sixth year tending the Hamiota Golf Course. Greens were prepared with watering and debris removal after a dry winter and will be fully set once flags are installed later in the week.
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Hamiota
Gary Cochrane
Cochrane
Manitoba Youth Choir to Tour Rivers and Beyond
The Manitoba Youth Choir will perform in Rivers after a five day rehearsal at Camp Ames near Gimli. Conducted by Elizabeth Grant the 18 to 25 year old singers from across Manitoba will tour Warren Baldur Souris Brandon Rivers and Winnipeg presenting traditional and contemporary sacred and secular music. Michelle Sheane and Naomi Russell are local representatives and the Rivers concert is on April 20 at 7 30 p m at Rivers United Church.
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Manitoba
Camp Ames
Gimli
Warren
Baldur
Souris
Brandon
Rivers
Winnipeg
Elizabeth Grant
Michelle Sheane
Hamiota
Naomi Russell
Rivers United Church
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Hydro
Swan River
Don Orchard
Centra Gas
Swan River Valley
Orchard
Benito
Bowsman
Minitonas
Louisiana-Pacific
Autopac
MPIC
Jim Kingdon
the Kidney Foundation
Canada
Inza Houck
Maureen Schwanke
Arrow River
Man
H.D.H.C
eLocal
eWithin District
eWinnipeg
M.H.S.C
D.V.A
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