Athletes Against the Bomb link sports to peace work
Winnipeg based Athletes Against the Bomb unites Olympians and pro players with amateur athletes to promote nuclear disarmament. Led by Cole Summers and Gayle Dieleman the group expands through media outreach and international sport exchanges, aiming to leverage athletic networks for social change and peace initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Rodgers
Nancy Hogshead
Guy Benjamin
San Francisco 49Ers
Vladislaw Tretiak
Udo Beyer
Winnipegger Cole Summers
Summers
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Coordinating Committee For Disarmament
WCCD
Blue Bombers
John Bonk
John Hieton
Canada
Westminister United Church
Gayle Dieleman
AAB
Dieleman
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
This Week in Canada June dates brief
June 22 1603 Champlain arrives in Canada for the first time and 1774 the Quebec Act was passed. June 23 1713 Acadians in Nova Scotia given one year to swear allegiance to Britain and 1955 laying of the first trans Atlantic cable began from Newfoundland. June 24 1497 John Cabot sighted the coast of North America and 1880 the music of O Canada was played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlain
Canada
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Britain
Newfoundland
John Cabot
North American
Manitoba loan aids Burns Foods expansion in Winnipeg and Brandon
The Manitoba government offers a 3 million forgivable loan to Burns Foods Ltd. to support a 24.9 million modernization and expansion plan at Winnipeg and Brandon plants. The project aims to preserve 850 jobs and create up to 200 new positions, with hiring preferences for recently laid-off Canada Packers workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Burns Foods Ltd
Calgary
Brandon
Manitoba Jobs Fund
Industry, Trade and Technology
Vic Schroeder
Len Evans
Burns
Schroeder
Canada Packers
T Am
Canada Packers Workers Adjustment Committee
Evans
Schoeder
Birtle Ellice Recreation District Receives Grant
Winnipeg minister Judy Wasylycia Leis awards the Birtle Ellice Recreation District Westman an $11,000 grant to hire a full time recreation director. The district supports culture heritage recreation sport and fitness with 58 municipalities 27 villages 26 towns and 26 school divisions encompassed by the program now in 32 districts nationwide.
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Winnipeg
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Birtle- Ellice
Westman
Canada
Eastman
Beausejour
Central Region
Morden
Brandon
Weekend journeys and funeral notices in brief
Edith Ferguson of Yorkton attended funerals for Mrs. Paxton and Mrs. Robbins and stayed with Alice Nehoda. Frank and Isabel Paddock began a two week bus tour to the Pacific Coast on June 13. Sympathy is extended to the relatives of Esther Short who died at Brandon General Hospital on June 12. Winnie McCallum left June 17 for Alberta to visit her daughter Wendy Morris and grandsons at Lacombe.
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Edith Ferguson
Yorkton
Paxton
Robbins
Alice Nehoda
Frank
Isabel Paddock
Pacific Coast
Esther Short
Brandon General Hospital
Winnie McCallum
Alberta
Wendy
Oliver) Morris
Lacombe
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Marquis Project
Germany
Delmar Kirk
Birtle
Ellice
Recreation District
Oak River News
Myrtle White
Doris Henry
Help Your Heart Fund
Patterson
Epticervice
Bev
Hamiota
University of Manitoba
Faculty of Education
Lac du Bonnet
Portage A Prairie
Neepawa
Russell
Virden
Inwood
Selkirk
Stonewall
Dauphin
Swan River
Portage la Prairie
St Thomasa Point
Thomason
Albert Hille
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