Canada Council Grants Announced Totaling 212257
Canada Council announced grants totaling 212,257 for cultural projects. Highlights include 120,000 for the 1970 Charlottetown summer festival, 4,478 to Consort of Winnipeg for an Eastern Canada concert tour, 750 to Brandon University Trio for a western tour, 287 to National Theatre School Montreal for a theatre workshop in St John’s, and 220 to Le Trio de Quebec for a Ottawa concert.
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Canada Council
Charlottetown
University of Manitoba Consort
Winnipeg
Canada
Brandon University Trio
National Theatre School
Montreal
St. John’s
Mld
le Trio de Quebec
Quebec City
Ottawa
Spring News Bites From MCL Hatter Column
Betty and Rob share spring notes from MCL. Highlights include exams, storm days, a Red River Community College trip, a student panel on marriage, graduation planning, and an extended yearbook delivery date. Wally Bieganski and Albert Outhwaite are mentioned as westward connections. A sandbagging effort, local flooding talk, and a jumbo food hamper winner Anne Sylvester are noted amid campus life updates.
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Yearboox
Darlene Palmer
Shirley Enns
jMurry Makinson
Curry
M.clite
Wally Bieganski
Wally
Calgary
Albert Outhwaite
M.C.S
M.C.L
Anne Sylvester
Helston, Man
Austin District News Updates and Community Events
The April to May transition brings spring chores and travel notes. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmour visit Orillia Ontario. Adele Warner visits Victoria. Artie Steven visits Winnipeg. A.C.W. meets May 7 at 2 pm. Centennial concert and ball June 5 with the Melodeers. buffalo barbecue and minor ball game June 14. Obituary for Mrs Cartitt of Austin and Sidney at 97.
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Herald
John Gilmour
Orillia
Ontario
Gilmour
Percy Storie
Adele Warner
Victoria
R. J. Wallace
Artie Steven
Winnipeg
A. J. Stevenson
A.C.W
Fred Amann
Keith Stately
Fjather
S.N. Stately
Manse i
Austin Community Hall
Melodeers
Skating Rink
Austin Sports Ground
Cartitt
Austin
Sidney
J. R. Stephenson
Helen
Peter Peters
J. A. Morris
Vancouver
B.C
Local Notices and Social Roundup at MacGregor
Rossendale News reports funeral attendance for Ernest Dowier in Winnipeg. Families of Neufelds and Moffats visit, with well wishes for Mrs Charlton in Portage hospital and Mrs Walter Anderson in Winnipeg hospital. Anne Sylvester wins raffle. U C W hosts family film night and bake sale May 12 with bake table donations welcome.
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Robert Moffat
Robert
Ernest Dowier
Nnipeg
Gilbert Neufeld
Lorne Neufeld
Sioux ‘Narrows
Gni
Gerald Neufeld
Winnipeg
R. Moffat
Ily
Hollandith
Vigar
J. B. Charlton
Portage Hospital
Normah Nicol
Carberry
Don Peasgood
Minnedosa
Watson
Anne Sylvester
Helston
MacGregor School
Tom Tunski
Brandon
Walter Anderson
F. McKeen
Gordon
McKeen
K. Crocker
Gerald Frizzley
Thns
U.C.W
Municipal Men List Priorities
The Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities urges the federal government to prioritize housing, urban transport, and pollution in a brief to the cabinet. It argues cities face a backlog of unmet needs and calls for a consistent national long term policy with firm loan and grant commitments to support urban development and redevelopment.
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Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Downtown Brandon To Get Study
Downtown Brandon will hire a planner within two months to work with the city and Chamber of Commerce on reviving the downtown core. The plan aims to redevelop vacant property and obsolete buildings to prevent urban sprawl after previous federal schemes were dropped.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Whiting
Chamber of Commerce
Village Council Schedules Special Budget Meeting
The Village Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday April 23 1970 at 7 30 p m to review the 1970 budget. Uncontrollable costs raise residential rates 2 6 mills and other property 2 2 mills, with Municipal Affairs levy up 0 1 mill. A letter to Pine Creek School District requests more information on 1970 special levies. Mr Becker discussed drainage on his property. Other correspondence was handled and accounts approved. Financial report to March 31 1870 approved.
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Pine Creek
Becker
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Red River Comunity College
RRCC
Patterson
Hazel Allen
Louise Collier
Janice Lamb
el Salvador
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Neepawa Lions Club
Parko
Neepawa Sports Arena
McGregor
Mampton. Street
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Portage LA Prairie
Lumber Dept
Austin District News
Karth Penner
Austin Collegiate
Pete Penner
Rossendale News
Hill
East Rexall
Portage
Adstone
Henry Friesen
Plumas
Man
Pho
Order OF Foresters
MacGregor Memorial Hall
the Chemical Dealers OF
West Bend
Gulf Service Centre
John Wood, MacGregor
John Wieler
Edrans
Sam Williams
Pitte
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