MPIC pays 599 547 in municipal grants across Manitoba
Winnipeg MPIC grants totaling 599 547 were paid to municipal and school services in thirteen Manitoba areas. Minister John Bucklaschuk notes MPIC is exempt from local levies and instead provides annual grants, a program started in 1971 now totaling over 4.7 million plus 47.1 million in levies paid under the Insurance Corporation Tax Act through 1985.
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Manitoba Public Insuranc Corporation
MPIC
Manitoba
John Bucklaschuk
Insurance Corporation
Drop-in Centre Bridge Update and Lunch Notes
On Monday September 29 Whist was played with unknown winner. Jean Cook and the committee provided lunch. On October 2 three tables of Bridge were played with Kay Grant supplying lunch. Maud Leland and Mrs Stowe shared the top score while Mrs Stowe had the low score.
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Jean Cook
Kay Grant
Maud Leland
Calgary Visitors Share News With Riddell Families
Mr and Mrs M White of Calgary visit Anne Riddell and Walter and Steuart Riddell families. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs John Robertson on their 50th wedding anniversary in Brandon on October 4. Residents and friends extend best wishes. Our sympathy to Hud Dale’s relatives and friends on his sudden passing October 4.
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M. White
Calgary
Anne
Walter and
Steuart Riddells
John Robertson
Georgina Anderson
Brandon
Hud Dale
Freedom From Smoking program opens in Oak Lake
The Manitoba Lung Association offers a four week Freedom From Smoking course for Oak Lake residents starting Wednesday October 29 at Oak Lake Town Hall. Four Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Registration costs 8 dollars. Call 725-4230 in Brandon to register before October 24.
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Brandon
Manitoba Lung Association
Oak Lake
Oak Lake Town Hall
Lenore District News Roundup of Visits and Meetings
Local residents report weekend visits to relatives in Victoria Beach Winnipeg Portage la Prairie and Moosomin. Community notes include the October Kinsmore Ladies meeting at Mrs Ivan Bray chair Sara Curtis led prayers and a reading, funds approved for the Institute for the Blind, price increases for lunch and parcels, prize winner Kay Logan, and a foreign currency contest. Many residents hosted guests and attended socials in Rathwell Miami Killarney Holland and other nearby towns.
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Eileen Grant
Walter Whyte
Victoria Beach
Bill Gadsby
Winnipeg
Isabel Whyte
Florence Hill
Portage la Prairie
Ed Hodgins
Virden Hospital
Nels Hill
Jack Hunter
Gould
Moosomin
Bud Waller
Kinsmore
Ivan Bray
Sara Curtis
Institute For the Blind
Kay Logan
M. Logan
Hamiota
Larry Logan
Rob Dalrymple
Tara
Rathwell
David Cox
Miami
Vicki Caldwell
Deloraine
L. Horn
Geo
Lorne Rose
Killarney
W.H. Crandell
Oak Lake Resort
Doug Draper
Canada faces stubborn growth slump and rising costs
Statistics Canada shows GDP down 0.3% in June after a 0.8% drop in May, led by manufacturing with more than 4% decline over two months. Economists say deficits will hit $32 billion this year, not 291 billion, amid political limits on policy action before the next election.
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Mike Wilson
Statistics Canada
Canada
Woods Gordon
Stephen Tanny
Feds
Wilson
Tanny
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