Great variety of Prairies characters highlighted in local papers
A collage of Prairie life celebrates diverse readers, from generous donors and community lights to controversial opinions and curious crimes. Notable items include Joe Butcher's $100,000 scholarship fund, Langbank’s night games, Les Dunford's outspoken columns, Gary Meisner's $2000 inventors prize, Valhalla Centre church suspension, Gimli Legion parade stance, and Mike Zukowski's 82 salmon bust with a $3200 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
Neepawa
Joe Butcher
Carberry
Moosomin World Spectator
Langbank
Lions
Les Dunford
Westlock News
Les
Winnipeg
Gary Meisner
Grahamdale
Camrose
Valhalla Lutheran Church
Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
Valhalla Lutherans
Valhalla Centre
Grande Prairie
Gimli Legion
Mike
Missus
The Terry Fox Run and Marathon of Hope Legacy
The account reviews Terry Fox's cancer journey from diagnosis to the Marathon of Hope in 1980 26 miles daily for 143 days finishing with his death in 1981. It details funds raised 24.17 million by Feb 1 1981 and the ongoing Terry Fox Run now The Terry Fox Foundation with annual events across Canada and abroad to support innovative cancer research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Fox
Terry
Canada
National Cancer Institute of Canada
NCIC
Annual Terry Fox Run in Hamiota on Sept 14
Vaughn K. Wilson announces the annual Terry Fox Run from the Hamiota District Health Centre Outreach Wing starting at 10:00 a.m. The 5 and 10 km courses wind through Hamiota with registration closing at 3:00 p.m. Last year 35 participants raised 1653.75 dollars. Manitoba's total rose 341,000 and nationally over 12.6 million was contributed to cancer research across 58 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Fox
NCIC
Canada
Fox
Bangladesh
Czech Republic
Ireland
Singapore
Taiwan
United States
Hamiota
Miniota
Vaughn K. Wilson
Manitoba
Health Yok Se Paws
Manitoba Premier offers condolences on Princess Diana death
Premier Gary Filmon released a Manitoba statement expressing sadness and sympathy to Princess Diana’s family and others who died in the accident. Flags flew at half mast on government grounds and locally, with a condolence book at the Legislative Building. The province said the people of Manitoba share in the global shock and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Gary Filmon
Diana
Government of Canada
Manitoba Legislative
Princess Diana
Toba
Miscalculations Hit Autopac Premium Calculations
MPI admits a yearly error in vehicle descriptions altered premium calculations. The mis take was identified and corrected, with procedural edits to prevent recurrence. External auditors reviewed the process and confirmed affected customers were correctly identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kingdon
MPI
Autopac refunds completed after small overcharge
Customers overcharged by MPI by less than one tenth of one percent received full refunds with interest. About 29,000 dollars were paid in refunds, compared with over 427 million dollars of premium revenue MPI earned in the last fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MPI
Autopac
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred McGuinness
Crossroads
Canadan Cancer Society
Terry Fox Foundation
Vaughn Wilson
Miniota School
Gwen Snell
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