Municipalities to get Quarterly Newsletter Informat
Winnipeg announces Informat a quarterly department publication for municipal offices designed with dated indexed information. The first issue will explain department functions branches and the Municipal Board with contact details and by law responsibilities. Canada wide urban regional research intergovernmental committee is described and a municipal calendar lists weekly monthly deadlines. Mustard Production in Manitoba primer issued for growers with varieties seeding rates rotations weed insect control and how to obtain free copies.
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Winnipeg
Doug Gourlay
Informat
Certificate of Municipal Administration
Municipal Services Branch
Intergovernmental Committee On
Manitoba Agriculture
Manitoba
York Street
Must Attend to be Paid Must Attend to be Paid
Winnipeg MLA must personally attend a legislative session to receive his indemnity. Attorney-General Gerry Mercier cited Legislative Counsel Tallin confirming the act pays only to attending MLAs. The counsel said attendance means personal appearance and nonattendance means no indemnity.
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Winnipeg
Gerry Mercier
Mercier
R. H. Tallin
Legislative Assembly
Tallin
M.L.A
Seminars for Newly Elected Officials Begin in Gimli
A Winnipeg report says the Municipal Affairs Department will run a series of seminars for newly elected municipal officials from January 25 to February 20 at the Gimli Industrial Park. About 400 officers are expected, with sessions limited to 50 each. Registration is Sundays and Wednesdays at 4 p.m., sessions run 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays.
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Winnipeg
Gimli
Doug Gourlay
Alno
Municipal Affairs Department
Gourlay
Municipal Services Branch
The Gift of Sight corneal donation awareness
A Manitoba based eye donation drive explains corneal grafts restoring sight with an 85 percent success rate. The Eye Bank of Canada, formed in 1959 and funded by Lions Clubs, urges donations amid monthly waitlists of 70 to 80 in Manitoba and a shortage of donated corneas.
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Eye Bank of Canada
Manitoba
Canadian Ophthalmological Society
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Lions’ Clubs
Ontario
Manitoba announces new Public Schools and Education Administration Acts
Manitoba adopts revised Public Schools Act and Education Administration Act to take effect December 1 1980. The acts modernize school operation and administration expand special needs provisions and pension requirements for non teaching staff while shifting powers to local boards and retaining ministerial oversight. The changes include ending compulsory attendance at age 16 and three year Winnipeg trustee terms.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Keith Cosens
Department of Education
Cosens
Education
Seed Grower Meetings Planned in Brandon December 1980
Manitoba Agriculture will sponsor a December 1 short course for prodation seed growers at the Agricultural Extension Centre in Brandon. The December 2 pedigreed seed growers meeting will cover 1981 seed supply, forage seed market potential, fertilizer placement ideas, and pulse crop prospects. Both start at 9:00 a.m. with a $3 registration fee, open to the public.
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Winnipeg
Agricultural Extension Centre
Brandon
Manitoba Agriculture
Stan Banasiak
Manitoba
New Cut-Your-Own Christmas Tree Site Announced
Manitobans may cut their own Christmas trees at a new site east of Beausejour replacing the Richer area. Access via PTH 4 then Plowed Road with signs on PTH 44. Operating Nov 24 to Dec 24 Mon Thu 8 am 5 pm Fri Sun 8 am 7 pm. Trees 25 cents each up to three per vehicle. Free permits available on site.
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Winnipeg
Beausejour
Agassiz Provincial Forest
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