Terry Fox Run adds new donation option for Manitoba year
Manitoba announces a new pledge donation sheet for the 10th Terry Fox Run on September 16. Donors unable to participate can mail gifts via Chartered Bank using the “For Individual Donation” box, with cheques payable to The Terry Fox Run Office.
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Winnipeg
Terry
Colleen Plumton
Terry’s
Manitoba
Canada Post
Kmart
Kwik Kopy
Bank of Nova Scotia
Canada Safeway
Terry Fox
Liberal Plan Aims to Jumpstart Manitoba Economy
Liberal leader Sharon Carstairs accuses the Progressive Conservatives of inaction amid rising business bankruptcies and vows a plan to move Manitoba forward. Proposals include a $10 million annual Opportunities Fund, GST relief, raised invested capital exemption, a Manitoba Business Excellence Award, and a business panel to advise on regulation. The program projects a five year cost of about $210 million.
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Winnipeg
Sharon Carstairs
Conservative
Manitoba
Tories
Carstairs
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Fund
Opportunities Fund
This Week in Canada September milestones listed
Events highlighted include Labor Day first celebrated in 1894, World War II start in 1939, Benedict Arnold selling possessions in 1791, Cartier's 1534 voyage arrival in France, Iberville's 1697 Hudson Bay battle, Beryle Markham's solo Atlantic flight in 1936, Bank of Montreal savings department in 1819, and Canada’s first television station opening in Montreal in 1952.
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Cartier
France
Canada
Iberville
Hudson Bay
Beryle Markham
Louisburg
Atlantic
Bank of Montreal
Savings Department
Montreal
Funding announced for Single Parent Mothers in Brandon
Brandon MP Lee Clark announced $310,130 in federal funding under the Canadian Jobs Strategy for a joint federal provincial program aiding 110 single parent mothers in Brandon. The Westbran Human Resources Opportunity Centre leads the project with Manitoba support, offering 12 weeks of life skills or 15 to 20 weeks of work experience in office, retail, or education settings.
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Brandon
Souris M.P
Lee Clark
Clark
Employment and Immigration
Barbara McDougall
Westbran Human Resources Opportunity Centre
Province of
Manitoba
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Terest
Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Benedict Arnold
Saint John
Britain
Skayman Auto Body
Oka Romoto Hamiota, Manit and
Vasa
Autopac
Dallas
Skayman
Echo
Manitoba Community Newspapers Association
Hamiota, MB
Terri E. Deller
Law Office
Princess Avenue
RZA
DeBin’s
Hamiota
Shoal Lake
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