Underground Shopping Mall Planned for Wps
Winnipeg plans a northeast corner underground mall as a prototype for future transit linked retail. A 30 storey Richardson tower and all weather concourse with shops, theatre, and restaurants are proposed to open in 1969 with Main Street north and Portage Avenue west extensions.
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Winnipeg
Iun
Metro
Richardson
Main Street
Portage Avenue
Bernie Wolfe
Charles Huband
Toronto
Montreal
Art Coulter
Local notes on Feb sales and goal in life themes
Brandon bull sale top price eight thousand dollars accompanies a string of well wishes and birthday notices for residents in MacGregor Portage and nearby. The article reflects community events including curling results, visits, weekend guests, and a planned spring church sale with talks on soils fertilizers and weed control at Bagot Hall.
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Sid Coulthard
Brandon
Earth
Planet Earth
S. Coulthard
Sigurdson
Lakeland
Ann
R. Mahan
Meg Robinson
K. Flostrand
Harold Wright
W. Bodie
J. L. Pogue
M. Litster
Portage
Wright
M. W. Burch
MacGregor
H. Robinson
Curtis Pogue
D. Lamont
D. Landers
Wayne Nichol
L. Wright
Austin
Winnipeg
R. Flostrand
P Mahan
Dave Coulthard
R. Hildebrand
Miss R. Hildebrand
Bagot Hall
Don Meadows
Carberry Ag Rep
Assiniboine Ice Jams Possible Says Weir
Manitoba forecast warns of ice jams on the Assiniboine River raising risk of local floods between Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. Red River crest expected 20 to 23 feet above winter ice, with Winnipeg protection up to 26.5 feet. Weather could shift assessments in March. Emerson faces flood risk if crest reaches 23 feet.
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Red River
Walter Weir
Manitoba
Weir
Assiniboine
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Emerson
Legislature Approves Water Use Commission Plan
The Manitoba Legislature backed in principle a five member Water Use Commission with a 41 to 13 vote. Minister Walter Weir urged federal funding of a planned three province water study, noting Manitoba declined to join Saskatchewan and Alberta due to finances. He hopes Manitoba may participate later, citing prior hydro development costs and decades of discussion since the 1930s.
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Manitoba
New Democratic Party
Signways
Walter Weir
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba Hydro
Jaean
Cost of a better education in single-district divisions
A leading Manitoba daily argues for voting to create single-district school divisions to gain better administration and a funded reform. The province plans a sweeping financing system with a foundation program to support the new divisions in improving and developing education.
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Schior
Manitoba
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Bagot and District News
Fred Wright
Templar
Laurie Matthews
George Burton
C. Nichols
M. Kostenuk
Brecknell
Norman ‘MacDonald
Portage and
Clark
MacDonald
Lumby
B.C
Rev
D. Rupp
J. H. Adams
Liberals
Socacrean
Zenith
John Deere
Christianson Ltd
First Street
N.W
Austin Credit Union
North Norfolk
P. B. Ewen
Portage Animal Hospital
G. M. Hay
Ford Sales & Service
Ieee A
Dept OF Education
George Johnene
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
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