Dauphin Flight Services Station closed by Transport Canada
Manitoba announces cessation of Dauphin Flight Services Station effective June 30. The station will become a remote communication outlet with Winnipeg supplying flight information and an automated weather station in place. Two FSS staff retire, one transfers to Winnipeg, as traffic and economics drove the decision. Glenboro condo plan pitched by Jack Goods with Leila Goods for units under 90,000 dollars plus amenities. Spruce Woods Employment Training Project opens in Carberry with 135,456 dollars in HRDC funding to serve Elton Cornwallis Oakland Strathcona Argyle North and South Cypress regions under a six member board coordinating training needs.
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Transport Canada
Dauphin
Dauphin Fss
Winnipeg
Debbie Warren
Air Navigation System
Dauphin Municipal
Glenboro
Jack Goods
J.L. Valley Condo
Leila
Goods
Brandon Souris
Glen McKinnon
Spruce Woods
Carberry
Human Resources Development Canada
Brandon Canada
Carberry and District Development Corporation
Main Street
Elton
Cornwallis
Oakland
Strathcona
Argyle
North/South
Cypress
Boulton Manor Reaches 100 Years in Russell Celebration
Linda and Ward Tweet host a public tea on July 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of Boulton Manor in Russell. Descendants of the Boulton family are invited and expected to be recognized by Town Council as the Year of the Family observance unfolds. Major Boulton helped form local mounted infantry during the 1885 Rebellion and was granted land near Brightside where The Manor began construction in 1894.
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Boulton Manor
Russell
Linda
Ward
Boulton
Ottawa
Brightside
Hog plant workers approve new three year contract
At Springhill Farms Hog Processing Plant in Neepawa workers approve a three year deal raising wages by 40 cents per hour over the contract. About 70 percent of the 150 workers voted yes. The pact adds improvements and increases the safety boot allowance to 55 dollars annually.
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Springhill Farms
Neepawa
United Food and Commercial Steel Workers Union
Don Keith
Keith
Green Team expands Rails to Trails near Hamiota
The Hamiota community led Rails to Trails project adds 2.5 miles to the local walking path this summer. Darren Bridge and Kevin Kirk of the Green Team, with Hamiota Environmental Youth Corps volunteers, will clear old rail beds to Fraser's Slough north to the road, mulch debris, and reuse larger trees as campground firewood. The eight week effort, supported by the Village, RM of Hamiota and provincial government, aims to plant trees and extend the trail westward.
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Miamiota
Hamiota-Hometown
Darren Bridge
Kevin Kirk
Fraser’s
Hamiota
Hamiota Environmental Youth Corps
R.M. of
Rainfall to date mirrors 1993 moisture levels
Recent rains have brought moisture totals in this crop season close to 1993 figures. Environment Canada observer W E Bailey records near Birtle that June yielded 110.2 mm, lifting the season total to 153.0 mm. June 1993 had 125.0 mm in the month and 171.1 mm by end of June. The month’s high reached 28.5 C on the 22nd and the low 2.5 C on the 18th, with an average June high of 21.4 C versus 19.7 C in 1993. The 1994 average lows also topped 1993 by 9.2 C to 6.7 C.
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W.E
Bill) Bailey
Environment Canada
Birtle
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