Virden explores recycled tire mat for Victoria Park path
Virden council reviews a Winnipeg marketed recycled rubber mat as a paving stone alternative for Victoria Park walkway. Costs: $9,250 for full path versus $10,000 to pave half. Mat can be colored and stamped. easier to fit around curves. UMM faces cash shortfall prompting talk of higher membership fees and potential tie with Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities.
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Virden
Victoria Park
Winnipeg
UMM
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Municipalities Trading Company of Manitoba Limited
Jack Nicol
Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities
Flasher targets two Dauphin women in separate incidents
Dauphin RCMP report two women were flashed by a man offering money for sex in the Dauphin area. The suspect, about five seven, chubby with a limp or disability, remains at large despite leads. Previous similar reports last winter prompted counseling at the Dauphin Crisis Centre.
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Dauphin
Murray Knutson
Dauphin Rcmp
RCMP
Dauphin Crisis Centre
Parkland Crisis Centre
Frances Spence
Reform MP on a mission across Manitoba
Reform MP Jake Hoeppner tours Manitoba meeting aboriginal groups to discuss self government. A group of Reform MPs will visit communities province wide amid concerns aboriginal rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms may be denied. Canadians waited long for the charter, Hoeppner notes, and questions whether people have considered its significance.
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Reform
Jake Hoeppner
Manitoba
Reform Party
Hoeppner
Headgear ban shocks Portage la Prairie Legion chapter
Royal Canadian Legion members at Portage la Prairie vote two thirds in favor of banning religious headgear at their branch, angering president Joan Purvis. The rule echoes respect for war dead as public discussion remains tense amid widespread rumors.
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Royal Canadian Legion
Portage la Prairie
Joan Purvis
Ms. Purvis
Legion
Major RCMP arrest ends 10 day crime spree
At 9 00 p m Sunday July 10 Hamiota RCMP received a report of suspicious activity at Miniota Motor Inn. A male and female resisted surrender after a two hour standoff. The male faces 18 counts of possession of stolen property and remains in Brandon Correctional Institute awaiting court. The woman was released. The suspect admitted to 20 break and enter thefts across western Canada and faces Canada wide warrants and further charges, remanded to July 18.
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Hamiota Rcmp
Miniota Motor Inn
RCMP
Ponoka
Alta
Brandon Correctional Institute
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Hamiota Council Approves May June Financials and Actions
Village of Hamiota council met on May 18 31 and June 15 approving May and June accounts totaling 32735.91 and 44501.30. A fire call bill for the campground was prepared while sewer unblocking on private property was cancelled. Building permits were granted for several residents and a car sale was approved for the Credit Union lot. A Crime Stoppers grant was approved and letters sent to dog license noncompliers.
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Hamiota
Bill Gardham
Bob English
Council
Credit Union
Darryl Dixon
Chamber
Russ
Jan Shayman
Neil McDonald
Mac Campbell
Bev Patterson
Delmar Kirk
Shirley Dale
Spruce Ave
Public Notice on Hamiota Nuisance Grounds Hours
The hours at Hamiota Nuisance Grounds were changed due to abuse by keyholders. Hours are Tuesday and Thursday 1 PM to 8 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM.
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Hamiota
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Portage
Wanda Strachan
Greg Bankowski
Your Family Drugstore
Hamiota S Thrifty R Drug Mart Ltd
4Th St. SE
Hamiota, Man
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