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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
6
Education Week marks March 7 11 with open house events in MacGregor inviting parents and the public to visit both the elementary school and the Collegiate. The sessions run March 11 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with principals and staff welcoming attendees.
Community notes from Southend Macaulay cover Farm Conference Week at the University of Manitoba, 4H Beef Club toboggan party at Hidden Valley, and a long list of weekend visits and family celebrations. Attendees include Hodgins, Bueckert, Wiebe, Hulme, Larson, and the Currie Ladies Sewing Circle. From sport, Bill Pilkington’s rink wins the Grand Challenge at the Edwin bonspiel.
Manitoba Attorney-General explained why public accounts show Maur ie Arpin received more province funds since 1958 than the AG salary. He noted $157,611.05 to Arpin’s firm, with about $139,000 tied to a 1958 expropriation case, and said payments passed through the firm to cover related accounts. Campbell and Shoemaker urged that the expropriation figures be in public accounts.
The Manitoba Legislature backs reforms to speed business, limiting estimates debate to 80 hours and shifting schedules. Premier Roblin warns party leaders and whips to draft a timetable. opposition critic Jake Froese, SC Rhineland, says smaller parties lack rights. The attorney general’s estimates passed after 10.5 hours, leaving 695 hours for 13 departments.
Intriguing Aboriginal rock paintings carved hundreds of years ago by “witch-doctors” line vertical Manitoba rock faces. A 12 page booklet titled Stone Age Paintings lists locations, materials, and field observations from Selwyn Dewdney and the Manitoba conservation section. Limited copies available by writing Parks Branch Winnipeg.
Church notices list Sunday services at MacGregor Bagot Sidney Austin Christ Church St Pauls and Bethel with time changes for January February plus Evangelical Mennonite Church East End MacGregor Rev A J Hall Rev H P Dyck and times for Sunday School Morning Worship and public worship across locations.
Manitoba official statements show renewal programs and proposed changes in provincial separation may speed redevelopment. Municipalities urged to request urban renewal studies while Winnipeg, Brandon, and Flin Flon plan projects exceeding 300 acres each. Metro Winnipeg’s master plan and land use by law remain incomplete, delaying expanded duties.
Air Canada will start DC-9 service with a daily Winnipeg to Montreal non stop flight on April 24, taking two hours and 20 minutes. Six DC-9s are ordered for mid June delivery. Additional routes and frequencies will begin June 1 and July 1 including Winnipeg to Toronto Ottawa Montreal, Winnipeg to Edmonton, Calgary and Montreal to New York and Tampa.
NDP member urges Manitoba to empower prosecutions under the Unconscionable Transaction Act. He criticizes the act which requires victims to initiate court actions and calls for a consumer affairs department under the attorney-general and a standing committee on consumer affairs. Debate adjourned by Albert Vielfaure.
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