Remembrance Day Observed With Closed Manitoba Schools
Manitoba declares November 11 a non working day with schools closed and essential services only. Businesses may operate with Remembrance Day Act permits. liquor stores closed. entertainment starts after 1 PM. workers may apply in writing two weeks ahead for emergency permits.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Labor and Manpower
Ken MacMaster
Keith Cosens
MacMaster
Grant Aid for Manitoba Teams to 1981 Canada Games
Manitoba funds announced to select and train its 291 athletes, coaches and managers for the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay August 9 to 22. Seventeen sports share $50,000 with a minimum of $100 per athlete or coach. The Games run biennially since 1967 with 3,000+ athletes from ten provinces and two territories competing.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Thunder Bay
Fitness, Recreation and
Bob Banman
Courts to Hear Provincial Challenges Against Federal Action
Winnipeg meeting of six provinces including Newfoundland Quebec Prince Edward Island Alberta British Columbia and Manitoba agreed to refer the unilateral federal move to change the constitution to the Courts of Appeal in Newfoundland Quebec and Manitoba. The six attorneys general will file constitutional references once documents are prepared and questions drafted by cabinets.
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Winnipeg
Newfoundland
Quebec
Manitoba
Gerry Mercier
British Columbia
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Mr. Mercier
Canada
Mercier
M.P.I.C. appoints three new board members
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation announces three new directors Keith Wellock from Thompson Bruce Maciver former president of the Manitoba Motor Dealers Association and Parkside Ford Limited and Herbert Day Winnipeg retiree with insurance background replace retiring directors Allan Chisvin Olafur Sigurdson and Nicholas Manchur G Campbell MacLean serves as MLA chair of the MPLC board.
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Winnipeg
Harry Enns
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
M.P.I.C
Keith Wellock
Thompson
Inco Metals Limited
Bruce Maciver
Manitoba Motor Dealers’ Association
Parkside Ford Limited
Herbert Day
Allan Chisvin
Olafur Sigurdson
Nicholas
Manitoba Proclaims November 10 17 as 4 H Club Week
Agriculture Minister Jim Downey announces Manitoba’s first commemorative 4 H Club Week from November 10 to 17. He praises the 4 H movement for shaping rural youth across Manitoba and Canada since its 1913 origins in Roland.
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Winnipeg
Jim Downey
Manitoba
Downey
4-H
Women invited to participate in Shoal Lake Model Parliament
Shoal Lake hosts a women's Model Parliament in the Legislative Buildings on November 15. Manitoba women will speak on chosen topics, question speakers, and debate an education bill. Nonpartisan event encourages public involvement. contact Rural Coordinator Claris Nicholson for seats as MLAs for a day.
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Claris Nicholson
Shoal Lake
Man
M.L.A
Manitoba Legislature to Open December 11
Premier Sterling Lyon announced the fifth session of Manitoba's 31st Legislature will open Thursday December 11 in Brandon. The throne speech debate should be completed before Christmas, with certain legislation introduced, then resumed in the new year for estimates and budget work.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Brandon
Lyon
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