Grain Day Fever Takes Hold in Brandon Show
Local manufacturers and distributors of grain handling gear prepare for Grain Days from June 30 to July 4 in Brandon, as 60 plus firms showcase equipment from combine to bin at Manitoba’s largest grain processing exhibit. The display, tied to the Provincial Exhibition, spans 1.6 hectares and highlights space-age temperature monitors and bale straw burners converting crop waste into energy.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Orchard Pushes Six Month Churchill Shipping Season Expansion
Manitoba minister Don Orchard urged extending Churchill's shipping season from three to six months at a Dauphin conference. He proposed tidal barriers, icebreakers, ice strengthened carriers, and port expansion to handle more Arctic route traffic while noting Churchill's efficiency and lower costs versus Thunder Bay and the Seaway.
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Don Orchard
Churchill
Western Canada
Dauphin
High Arctic
Arctic
Orchard
Seaway
Manitoba
Prairie
Gillam
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Thunder Bay
Marine Administration of Transport Canada
Canada
Manitoba United Church elects McMurtry as president
The Rev J Douglas Mc Murtry of Emmanuel United Church Winnipeg was elected President of the Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Conference at the 56th Annual Meeting in Thompson Manitoba May 29 to 31 1981. The election followed the resignation of Rev Robert Stiven. McMurtry plans to aid northern native church development through Keewatin Presbytery.
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J. Douglas McMurtry
Immanuel United Church
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Northwestern Ontario
United Church of Canada
Thompson
Robert Stiven
Kenora
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Doug
Keewatin Presbytery
Manitoba unemployment falls again in May 1981
Manitoba's seasonally adjusted unemployment drops to 5.5 percent in May 1981 from 5.9 in April, with 17 000 jobs created month over month and total employment reaching 469 000. The province adds 12 000 to its labor force to 496 000 while annual comparisons show improvement from 1980.
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Manitoba
Statistics Canada
Labor and Manpower
Ken MacMaster
MacMaster
Brandon Visit and 80th Birthday Tea in Killarney
Cardale residents Cardale Mr and Mrs Jack Allen Kathy and Dennis of Brandon joined Millie McCormick and family in Brandon on May 31. On June 3 Mrs McArter’s family hosted a home tea in Killarney for her mother’s 80th birthday with about 65 attendees including Laura Stephens and Grace McTavish.
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Jack Allen
Kathy
Dennis
Brandon
Millie McCormick
McArter
Porter
Killarney
Fred Porter
Audrey Gourlay
Noreen Andrews
Louise Greenaway
Laura Stephens
Cardale
Harvey English
Annie
Local Graduates and Visits Highlight Lavinia News
Sharon Shayman graduated Friday from Assiniboine Community College Brandon in Architectural Drafting and won an excellence award. Catherine Boyd earned a Typing diploma. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Johnston of Summerland BC with relatives Mr and Mrs Delmer McConnell. Get well wishes go to Cliff Shaw at Hamiota Health Centre. Others hosted include Bud Cameron Headingly with Eric Brown family and Ed Barford with Eddie and Benson Bourasa of Edson Alberta.
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Sharon Shayman
Assiniboine Community College
Brandon
Catherine Boyd
Charles Johnston
Summerland
B.C
Delmer McConnell
Roy Williams
Ed Barford
Rochester
Gordon
Cliff Shaw
Hamiota Health Centre
Eddie
Benson Bourasa
Edson, Alberta
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