Editorial clash over rural decline in Manitoba towns
The Brandon Sun rebuts a Melita New Era critique of its Decade of Despair features. It argues farm crisis hurts Melita and similar towns, urges local lobbying for aid, and defends reporters with deep rural roots. The piece stresses media responsibility to tell grim truths to inform policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Sun
Melita
The
Sun
Manitoba
Dave Williams
New Era
Braddon
Portage la Prairie
Canada
Boissevain
Manitoba Heart Foundation Funds 42 Projects in Manitoba
The Manitoba Heart Foundation increased grant in aid applications and support requests while tightening funding guidelines. For 1989-1990, $1,480,800 is allocated to 42 Manitoba projects, plus $19,200 to six University of Manitoba BSc Medicine students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Beamish
University of Manitoba
Beamish
Manitoba Clinic
Health Sciences Centre - General
Great West Life Assurance Company
Life
Manitoba Heart Foundation
Manitoba
First Recycling Shipment From Hamiota Group
On Saturday January 6 the Hamiota and District Recycling Group dispatched its first batch bound for Winnipeg. Weighed items include Steel Cans 920 lbs at 0.02 each totaling $18.40, Glass 1430 lbs at 0.00 totaling $7.15, Household Plastic 640 lbs at 0.05 each totaling $32.00, Aluminum Cans 39 lbs at 0.32 each totaling $12.48, and Newspaper 4620 lbs at 0.00 totaling $0.00, for a total of 7649 lbs and $70.03. The group thanks supporters and urges sponsorship for future shipments, noting the effort remains financially challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Hamiota and District Recycling Group
Winnipeg
Manitoba eases handivan rules for rural mobility service
The Manitoba Government lowers costs and red tape for rural handivan operators under the Program for Transportation of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons. Exemption removes intermunicipal driver licence need, lets 38 communities register with Autopac, cuts licence fees and reduces Insurance Corporation basic charges to about 151 or 179 dollars per vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Albert Driedger
Autopac
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Dauphin
Thompson
Public Insurance Corporation
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Man. Heart Foundation
Dr. Beamish
CCNA
Tia
el Letei
Yale
Tive
Ottawa
Hamiota Kenton
Redfern Farm Services
Thos Thompson
JoAnn Ramsey
Airdrie Knight
Driedger
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