Prairie Dog Train Service Faces Loss After CN Rail Sale
The Prairie Dog, an 1882 vintage steam locomotive, loses access to Oak Bank spur as CN Railway sells line Winnipeg to Grosse Isle. Sunday trips from Winnipeg Sub Station to Grosse Isle stop, ending community markets and fundraising events. Officials seek future operation on another track.
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Canadian National Railway
Oak Bank
Winnipeg
Grosse Isle
Prairie
Via
Eere America
Boe
Ames
Vintage Locomotive Society
Ice Worm factory in Virden to close after three years
Ice Worm, a Virden survival parka built with a sleeping bag inside, will wind down after three years. Dick and Phyllis Armstrong plan to sell or rent the design and liquidate stock including about 50 parkas and related materials. The firm also made hospital gowns and operated six sewing machines on contract before orders from U.S. distributors dwindled.
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Virden
Phyllis Armstrong
Armstrongs
Mini Garment
Fairbairn Industries
Armstrong
U.S
Bertha Penner
Manitoba Declares It Will Not Enforce Federal Gun Bill
Manitoba will not enforce Bill C 68, arguing it is expensive and flawed. Vic Toews told a Dauphin rally that the focus on firearm registration ignores broader crime reduction and wastes police resources. The province has joined Saskatchewan and Alberta in a constitutional challenge, but Toews said enforcement won’t occur even if constitutional. The information rally drew under 500 attendees at the DRCSS gym.
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Manitoba
Dauphin
Drcss
Vic Toews
Canada
Toews
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Inky Mark
Mark
Reform Party
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CNR
Neepawa
Ken Jenkins
Ana
Swan River
Ant
Gun Tm
Presidi A
Gun Club
Reform
Jack Ramsey
John A
National Firearms Association
Randy Walker
Manitoba Wildlife Association
Ed Begin
Saskatchewan Wildlife Association
Mike Dudar
Manitoba and Outfitters Association
Marlene Cowling
Glen McKinnon
Elijah Harper
Dauphin Herald
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
Box 70
Hamiota
Romoto Telephone
U.S.A
Gregory Nesbitt
Wanda Strachan
Jamie Dickinson
Connie Kay
Dorothy Barr
Judy Pedersen
CCNA
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