Beaver Control Agreement Inked Near Riding Mountain
Manitoba Natural Resources and Environment Canada have signed a cost share agreement to fund a special beaver damage control program around Riding Mountain National Park. The plan extends a three year effort with eight to nineteen kilometre wide zones and extra part time beaver trappers. Citizens with damage should try self help. Natural Resources staff will assist if problems are severe. Inquiries to conservation officers in Dauphin Grandview Roblin Shoal Lake Neepawa or to box 22 Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Natural Resources and Environment Canada
Riding Mountain National Park
Riding Mountain
North America
Ment
Ing
Natural Resources
Dauphin
Grandview
Roblin
Shoal Lake
Neepawa
Department of Natural Resources
St. James Street
Manitoba
Farm Management Institute to Receive Federal Funding
Agriculture Minister John Wise announced a federal grant of 242800 to establish the Solomon Sinclair Farm Management Institute at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Dr. Daryl Kraft will head the institute with support from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Western Canada farm management specialists. The five year budget tops one million dollars with about one quarter funded by the Agri-Food Development Agreement under ERDA, while private firms will cover most of the rest. The institute honors Dr. Solomon Sinclair, long head of the university’s Agricultural Economics department.
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Winnipeg
John Wise
Solomon Sinclair
Institute
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Manitoba
Camping park fees unchanged as Manitoba parks reopen
Provincial parks start season with full service by May 16 and run until September 1. Daily camping fees stay at 6 dollars for unserviced sites, 7 dollars for electrical sites, and 9 dollars for full serviced sites. Vehicle entry 2 dollars daily or 10 dollars season, seniors 65 plus free with name registered vehicle and camping free from Monday noon to Friday noon. Birds Hill Park and Whiteshell opened early with reduced service until May 16. Some parks may stay on reduced service beyond September 1.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Natural Resources
Leonard Harapiak
Harapiak
Birds Hill Park
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Border towns seek tax relief after Saskatchewan clothing tax cut
Manitoba MLAs Len Derkach Jim Downey and Glen Findlay joined business leaders from Melita to Swan River to urge action to shield western Manitoba retailers from a 30 percent drop in sales caused by Saskatchewan scrapping provincial clothing tax up to 300 dollars. The measure drew calls to mirror 1982 gas tax relief and counter cross border shopping.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
M.L.A
Saskatchhewan
Len Derkach
Roblin Russell
Jim Downey
Arthur
Glen Findlay
Virden
Melita
Swan River
Derkach
First Canadian fairs and circumnavigation voyage noted
A retrospective highlights Canada in 1765 Windsor Nova Scotia hosting the first agricultural fair. It also recalls 1901 when Captain John Voss and Norman Luxton began a global canoe voyage from Victoria British Columbia. Saskatchewan communities reportedly shop later with Derekach urging Finance Minister talks with the Manitoba border towns association on taxation.
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Canada
Windsor
N.S
John Voss
Norman Luxton
Victoria
B.C
Saskatchewan
Derkach
Minister of Finance
Association of Manitoba
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Farm Management Institute
W.G. Knight & Associates Inc
Templeton Trimark
Barbara Anderson
Hamiota, MB
Industrial
Bolton Tremblay
Wanitgora Great Western Harthess
LAW Office
Sims & Sims
Norman H. Sims
Elizabeth J. Sims
Main Street South
Minnedosa
War
Champs
CHAMP
Canadian Amputees Foundation
Toronto
War Amputations of
Wer Amps
Cenede National
Riverside Drive
Ottewe
Ontario
Canadian Cancer Society
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