Work-Stay Program Open for Applicants in Manitoba
Manitoba invites youths aged 16 to 24 who left school or struggle to find and keep work to apply for a 16 week work-stay training program. Funding totals 261000 with 150 positions. employers pay trainees and are reimbursed by the province for eight weeks at 100 percent and eight weeks at 50 percent. Applications are to go to the Employment and Youth Services office at 693 Taylor Avenue.
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MacMaster
Manitoba
Taylor Avenue
Grant for St John Ambulance in Manitoba
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government approves a grant of 25 000 dollars to St John Ambulance. Labor and Manpower Minister Ken appears to authorize the funding in a government statement.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Onete Wat John Ambulance
Labor and
Ken
MacMaster
Workers’ Compensation Board
The
Compensation Board
Labor and Manpower Department
Hire-A-Student Centres Open Across 40 Manitoba Communities
Manitoba launches Hire-A-Student Centres in 40 communities to place 16 to 24 year olds in summer jobs. Centres run until August 3 offering placement, referrals and counseling with 105000 grant funded by the province and cooperation from Canada Employment Centre.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Labor and Manpower
Ken MacMaster
Chambers of Commerce
of Canada Employment Centre
MacMaster
Manitoba soil sent for Canada Tree ceremony in Ottawa
Environment Minister Brian Ransom presents fertile Manitoba soil to Viv Williams president of the Junior Forest Wardens Association of Canada. The soil will be used in a 1980 tree planting ceremony with a Canada Tree planted in soil from every province in Ottawa during a cross country tour promoting youth forestry programs led by Williams Sylvia Chu and Bill Myring.
Manitoba Festival Gets 6200 Grant For Choral Event
The lottery funded grant supports the Manitoba Choral Festival at Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall on June 1. Funds cover venue rental equipment workshops rehearsals final performance sheet music recording costs and personnel including adjudicators pianists and workshop leaders. Participating choirs contribute about 8000 for travel accommodation and meals while Associated Music Festivals adds around 1000 in admin and facilities.
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Winnipeg
Associated Manitoba Festivals Inc
Manitoba Choral Festival
Centennial Concert Hall
Price
Manitoba
Manitoba Choral Directors Association
Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Manitoba Negotiates Swiss Loan To Cut Debt Costs
Premier Sterling Lyon announced in the Legislature that Manitoba will refinance its 100 million Swiss Francs bond issue with a Swiss loan at 3 percent, saving 4 percent on the debt by paying a 0.5 percent premium for early recall. Finance Minister Don Craik traveled to Zurich for the May 29 signing as Lyon held talks with bankers in Europe.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Switzerland
Sterling Lyon
Don Craik
Zurich
Lyon
Great Britain
Europe
Mud and Memory Stir in Queen Victoria Book
Sensational publishing market unveils a book claiming to slosh mud over the memory of Queen Victoria, widow of Windsor. The work targets sensationalist readers and fuels debate on historical reverence and scandal.
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Windsor
Queen Victoria
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