Portage Co-op Faces 1970 Loss Amid Slower Trade
Portage la Prairie Consumers Co operative Limited reported a 1970 operating loss of 27 08 percent of gross as highway by pass reduced passing trade. Harold L Empey noted 160 000 decline in 1970 sales from 1969, gasoline sales down 200 000 gallons, while Austin Oakville and Centre shops posted gains. Board president Russell E Dack warned this was the co op’s toughest year but urged resilience and continued movement.
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Portage la Prairie
Austin
Oakville
Federated Co-operative
Empey
East End
West End
MacGregor
Coop
Russell E. Dack
Portage Co- Op
Leon Baart
Portage
Robert C. Bell
Terry Simpson
Jack Dunbar
Harold Brown
Harry Dankesreiter
Russell Dack
Acreage Grants Bill Under Fire
The debate centers on funding for acreage grants. Critics label the trust fund transfer a back door method, risking a precedent to move millions for political campaigns. Supporters say the guarantees ensure farmers receive timely payments, despite campaign timing objections raised by opponents.
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Saul Cherniak
Sneats
Cherniak
Jorgenson
Ruraliste Rose
Winnnipeg
St. Vital
Registration of Handguns Under RCMP
Manitoba Attorney General Mackling announced handgun registrations will be handled entirely by the RCMP starting May 1. Currently Winnipeg and Brandon police manage registrations locally, but the RCMP will coordinate a central bureau in Ottawa to standardize Manitoba registrations.
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Mackling
Manitoba
RCMP
Winnipeg
Brandon
Sttawa
Irrigation Development Planned on Saskatchewan West Side
Agriculture Minister D. T. McFarlane announced imminent work on the west side of the Saskatchewan River irrigation project with tenders called for the west-side works. A contract of 17,480 dollars was awarded for an 800-foot cofferdam at the west end of Gantner Dam, with a pumping station to lift water into the west-side canals.
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D. T. ‘McFarlane
McFarlane
Garfiner Dam
Outlook
Ardath
MHSC Reports Big Deficit Behind Health Costs
The Manitoba health commission posted a deficit of 3.525 million in 1970, bringing cumulative shortfall to 7.285 million. Expenditures reached 152.862 million while revenue from premiums and grants stood at 149.337 million, per annual report tabled in the Legislature by Health Minister Rene Toupin.
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Manitoba Seaust Vives Commission
Rene Toupin
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Denwal Pharmacy
Affeeds
Broadway
Wawanesa
Lions Club
North Norfolk
Pal
A. M. Hay
Case
North Nofolk
MHSC
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