Four Year Electrician Licences Approved and Fees Raised
Manitoba regulators approve a four year licence term replacing the previous one year. Examination fees stay at 15 dollars, plus a licence fee after successful exams. Special equipment inspection fees rise to 25 dollars per item plus 5 for each additional item. The inspection of installations in remote areas is repealed as Manitoba Hydro serves most users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Electrician
Labor and Manpower
Ken MacMaster
MacMaster
Mechanical and Engineering
Manitoba Hydro
Record Christmas Day Calling Predicted
Manitoba residents will make about 125000 long distance calls on Christmas Day up from 117000 last year. About 52000 calls go outside Manitoba as the season remains the busiest for Canadian telephones. Plan ahead and call early or late to avoid busy periods and verify numbers in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
United States
North American
Manitoba Education vows $900,000 for special needs programs
Education Minister Keith Cosens announced a special funding package of 900000 dollars for special needs projects across Manitoba school divisions and districts. The measure targets enhancements in resources and services for students requiring additional support within the province’s education system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Keith Cosens
Manitoba
Crandall Elevator Closes After 52 Years of Service
A December 1 1980 farewell ceremony drew 32 local residents as Crandall Pool Elevator ends its 52 year run amid rail line shifts. Manitoba Pool officials and longtime farmers recall the era while noting new mainline elevators replace local ones. Larry Rudd hauled the last grain load, and Karen Koleski becomes Manitoba’s first female elevator manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crandall
Crandall Pool
Brian Johnston
Quadra
Oakner
Wallace Fraser
Manitoba Pool
Bill McQuaker
William Murdoch
Lawrence Nelson
Murray Bray
Karen Koleski
Manitoba
Larry Rudd
Larry
Richard Rudd
Richard
Anthony
Leslie
Christmas Carol Production By Hamiota Students
About 60 collegiate students rehearse for a Christmas Carol performance set for December 17 and 18. The show adapts Charles Dickens story of Scrooge and his circle and includes a range of Christmas choral numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Thur
Sday
Charles Dickens
Scrooge
Seminar Planned in Virden on Alternate Fuels
A seminar at the Legion Hall Virden Manitoba Friday December 19 from 1 4 30 p m features Glen Kiecker secretary of the Minnesota Gasphol Commission. He will show slides film and discuss progress of the alternate fuel movement in the United States focusing on alcohol as farm fuel used in school buses taxis and public service vehicles. A discussion period and literature will be available. A second seminar is slated for Whitewood Saskatchewan on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virden
Manitoba
Legion Hall
Glen Kiecker
Minnesota Gasphol Commission
United States
Mid-West
U.S
Kiecker
Whitewood
Saskatchewan
First Tarentoise Show At Agribition Crowns Grand Champion
Ken Pierce of Tu Valley Farms Miniota Manitoba won first in the cow calf efficiency class with a three year old Tarentoise cow and earned the Grand Champion Tarentoise female banner presented by Labatts. Brownary Photographers issued a framed photo while Cindy Pierce and Veenland of Fort Macleod handed rib bons. Sheldon Moorehead received a heifer purchased by Christ Klein of New Rockford who, impressed by handling, kept the donated animal after Klein returned it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Pierce
Tu Valley Farms
Miniota
Man
Ken
Labatts
Brownary
Can. Tarentoise Assoc
Canada
Cindy Pierce
Veenland
Fort Macleod
Alberta
Sheldon Moorehead
Christ Klein
New Rockford
N. Dakota
Klein
Sheldon
Nelson Moorehead
Tarentoise
Advisory Council on the Status of Women Launch
Premier Sterling Lyon and Cultural Affairs Minister Norma Price attend a luncheon launching Manitoba’s Advisory Council on the Status of Women. The council, chaired by Muriel Arpin, includes members Beverly A. Goodwin Stephanie J. Hodgins Leona Penner Patricia Graham Kay Hamblin Josephine Klimkin Elizabeth Legge and Susan Shineton with Ann Moore missing. ex officio members Shirley Bradshaw and Eveline Pajonk. The group will advise the Minister of Labor and Manpower on women’s status and rights and may refer issues to cabinet ministers for study or action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Lyon
Norma Price
Muriel Arpin
Centre
Advisory Council On the Status of Women
Beverly A. Goodwin
Winnipeg
Stephanie J. Hodgins
Leona Penner
Patricia Graham
Newdale
Kay Hamblin
St. Jean
Josephine Klimkin
Elizabeth Legge
Susan _ Shineton
McCreary
Ann Moore
Nelson House
Shirley Bradshaw
Manitoba Women's Bureau
Eveline Pajonk
Manitoba
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!