Water protection concerns call for stronger local action
A Blanshard Clean Environment letter urges council to test wells within a one mile radius of intensive facilities and manure injection sites, require $10 million liability insurance for livestock operations, increase separation from surface water, and publish injection dates. It cites hog barn contamination fears and calls for basing water quality on independent tests and municipal planning.
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Valerie Watson
Ontario
Mike Watson
Christine Nielsen
CTV News
Nielsen
Watson
Blanshard Clean Environment
Travis Parsons
Manitoba Conservation
Wendy Dubay
Steinbach
Sheila Roger
Bob Cardy
CBC Radio
Blanshard
Manitoba
Canada
Sign on the Book Shelf Sparks Protests Over Reading
Bill Hall mocks a library sign that forbids placing books on a shelf. He echoes American rebellious urges to read and questions authority while noting librarians prefer reshelving to keep order. He argues reading defends literacy and independence in a satirical column from the Lewiston Tribune.
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Adolf
Bill Hall
Lewiston
Idaho
Auction raises over 15000 at MRHA sale in Shoal Lake
A large crowd gathered at Shoal Lake Community Hall on February 3 to buy surplus furniture and equipment from health facilities in Shoal Lake, Rossburn, and Birtle. Ted Bartlett said the Marquette Regional Health Authority raised over 15000 after expenses, with proceeds going to each community’s donation account to fund local health care.
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Shoal Lake
Rossburn
Birtle
Ted Bartlett
Marquette Regional Health Authority
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