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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 11, 1976
Page
11
Weather office notes a cold January with below normal start in southern Manitoba. Monthly low 34C on Jan 6, record high 3.7C on Jan 27, total snowfall 36.1 cm and 0.6 cm of rain. Trace or more snow on 27 of 31 days, 14 days with measurable snowfall, high and low records dating from 1908 and 1912.
Ontario Conservative staff writer Sinclair Stevens says the Progressive Conservatives must rebuild riding by riding in Ontario to win the next federal election. He argues Ontario past 30 years backing must return, notes NDP gain sobers voters, and stresses ground-level organization and Quebec expansion to contest Hochelaga. He also condemns unemployment and supports a middle-ground stance between Trudeau bids and leftward shift.
McCreadie was reelected president of the Portage Horse Club at the annual meeting on February 1. Officers reelected include Laura Murphy as vice-president Rose Nicholls as secretary Wendy John as treasurer Jan Sears as recreation director Dot White as public relations representative and Jim White as finance director Mrs Alex McCready chaired the officer election after the general meeting and reports. A social hour and pot luck supper followed. Next meeting is set for March 4 at 8 p.m. in the Co op meeting room.
Portage city RCMP reported a busy weekend with several vandalism incidents two break and enters and a snowmobile theft. No entries were gained at Forsythe's Coal Barbershop Port Floorcraft and Robinson stores with investigations ongoing. A break in at Prince Charles School resulted in paint and egg vandalism by two male juveniles released to parents. Smith Motors intrusion involved rear garage door panels with no missing items. A 1972 Arctic Cat snowmobile stolen from Crescent Lake, licence 41441, was reported by Walter Pollock at 12 30 p.m. Sunday.
John Fraser Vancouver South MP and 11th leadership candidate told Portage la Prairie delegates the next leader must be tough and intelligent and emerge from the February 2 vote to turn the party into a fighting force. He urged a defined leader's office an alternative cabinet a permanent campaign organization and a nationwide mission to win an election. Fraser warned the party risks losing further if it fails to use media and field operations and compared politics to war saying he is tired of losing and wants to win.
Manitoba announces a new two year edition of its official highway map by Highways Minister Peter Burtniak. The 60,000 copy map covers 4000 miles of Trunk Highways and 7500 miles of Provincial Roads with guides to mileage between communities and Manitoba U S border crossing details. It lists RCMP detachments tourist information centres and recreational areas and includes sections on car insurance accident reports highway regulations speed limits and licensing. Distribution will be through service stations weigh scales chambers of commerce and government and Canadian tourist offices in the U S and Canada.
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