Portage la Prairie Mutual Insurance Posts 1975 Profit
The Portage la Prairie Mutual Insurance Company reports a 1975 underwriting profit of 404 267 after prior 1973 and 1974 losses. Premiums written rose to 8 515 236 with investment income of 469 970 and earned surplus up to 3 071 571. The company, operating through independent agents and branches in Calgary Edmonton St. Catharines Halifax Lethbridge Winnipeg and Don Mills, projects sound growth for 1976.
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Portage la Prairie
Brown
Vnune
Calgary
Edmonton
Alta
St. Catharines
Ont
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Man
Don Mills
Ontario
Hawks hammer Manitou Mercs in uneven contest
The MacGregor Hawks defeated an undermanned Manitou Mercs 5 1 at the local arena on Thursday night. Brent Tarr scored three goals while Murray White Chag Thomson Randy Blanchard and Rick Stevenson had singles. Blanchard and Stevenson added three assists each, with Amann Kerr Telford Borton and White also contributing helpers. Manitou’s Glen McGregor scored twice in the final period as the Mercs, arriving 30 minutes late with eight players, fought fatigue.
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macGregor Hawks
Manitou Mercury
Mercs
Brent Tarr
Murray White
Chag Thomson
Randy Blanchard
Rick Stevenson
Blanchard
Stevenson
Ron Amann
Kerr
Telford
Darryl Borton
White
Manitou
Glen McGregor
Hawks
MacGregor
Mercurys
Water rate increase approved for MacGregor homes
MacGregor residents will pay higher domestic water rates starting April 1 after the Public Utilities Board approved new water and sewer charges set at 23.40 per quarter. The village council also approved a 1,000 grant to the MacGregor-Norfolk Community Centre Trust Fund and authorized legal steps for the 1976 paying program. Mayor Glenn Lye led the meeting and plans to review land options with a business applicant. The council discussed railway crossing status with CP Rail and set attendance for several municipal meetings in Brandon, Winnipeg, and Carberry. Accounts to December 31, 1975 total 4,372.12 and January accounts 24,982.32 were approved. Ron Borton will attend a flood emergency seminar in Brandon.
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Public Utillities Board
Glenn Lye
MacGregor-Norfolk
CP Rail
Victoria Ave
John Giesbrecht
Lye
Herald snippets from 1899 1900 on CPR siding delays and local trades
Items show Martin Anderson indicating CPR siding likely won't be built this year due to labor shortages despite $1.75 daily wages. Other notes list 1899 prices for salmon and Sunlight soap, a moose decoy shot by a local sportsman, clothing prices, track labor strikes on the MacGregor extension with wage changes, Winnipeg workers replacing them, and a quip about newspaper liars regarding a cyclone story.
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Martin Anderson
C.P.R
Knox
MacGregor
Winnipeg
Central Plains plans regional offices and big projects
Ron Roteaux, manager of the Central Plains Regional Development Corporation, outlines a shift to regionalized planning with offices planned in Gladstone, Treherne, and Amaranth. The 1976 priority list includes negotiating an international scale potato and vegetable processing plant costing about ten million dollars and creating up to 600 jobs, plus plans for additional plants in pickles, housing components, wooden reels, and metal processing, targeting Gladstone MacGregor Treherne Oakville Amaranth as core centers.
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Wowaix Saa
Caits
Central Plains
Gladstone
MacGregor
Treherne
Oakville
Amaranth
Central Plains plans 10 percent fee increase in Manitoba region
The Central Plains Development Corporation board discussed a 10 per cent hike in member fees to offset inflation. If approved next month the rise would add nine cents per Portage la Prairie resident and three cents per rural municipality. Funds would support 1976 programs including a full-time secretary and a pilot for regional offices in Gladstone Treherne and Amaranth.
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Central Rains Corporation
Manitoba
Canada
Bagrie
Portage la Prairie
Portage
Garry Cobbe
Central Plains
Gladstone
Treherne
Amaranth
Ron Roteliuk
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Portage LA Prairie Mutual Insurance Company
E. M. Brown
John Labatt
Toronto
Elks Hall
L. Campbell
Phyllis Grant
Marion Robertson
Manitou Mercs
Garry Barber
Holland
Glenboro
Brian Telford
Union of Manitoba
Brandon
Community Planning Association of Canada
Manitoba Association of
Carberry
Ron Borton
Herald Files
Corporation
Ron Roteaux
Central Plains Regional Development Corporation
Lizzie Whalen
Joe
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