Manitoba Hire-a-Student Centres Aid 2,800 Rural Youth Jobs
Education Minister Keith Cosens announced that over 2,800 Manitoba students and youth aged 15 to 24 found summer jobs through the Hire-a-Student Job Centre program run by 40 centres. A total of 5,650 registered, with 4,629 employer contacts. Regional breakdown shows hundreds placed in regular and casual posts across Parkland Interlake Southwest Central Southeast and North. By July 14 there were 310 regular and 68 casual vacancies awaiting fill.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Youth Services Directorate
Keith Cosens
Chambers of Commerce
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission
Canada
Youth Services Employment Services Office
Parkland
Interlake
Manitoba Saskatchewan Join Regional Tourism Plan Negotiated
Manitoba and Saskatchewan tourism branches announced a joint regional marketing approach to CGOT. Officials from both provinces reached an agreement in June in Winnipeg and Regina to pool efforts on package tours, cross-Canada traffic, and U.S. promotions while preserving strong provincial identities. A regional theme and name are to be decided.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Regina
Bob Banman
A. S. Matsalla
Ment Office of Tourism
CGOT
U.S
Canada
Reggie's Ramblings Quotable Quote and Winnipeg Chapter
Quotable note credits Gilbert Chesterton for a line about cleverness and folly. A tip of the caddy to Mrs Joan Martin who founded a 60 member Winnipeg Chapter of Compassionate Friends offering aid and support to bereaved parents, a worthwhile project.
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Joan Martin
Winnipeg
Lelond Family Reunion celebrates 275 descendants in 1978
The Lelond family held a July 1 and 2 1978 reunion at Miniota and Arrow River to honor William and Margaret Lelond. The two day event featured a church service, a color coded family tree display, musical performances, hayrides, a museum visit, and a 62nd wedding anniversary celebration for two pioneer couples. Notable attendees included descendants across generations from Miniota, Milestone, Hamiota, and Montreal, with many relatives traveling long distances.
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William
Margaret
Fleming) Lelond
Miniota
Arrow River
William Lelond Sr
Jeremiah
Brandon
Lee John
John
Jed
Elsie
Matt Wilson
Nellie
Wes Holtzman
Gordon
Frank
Hazel
Louis
Enid
Minnie Lee
Fritz
Milestone
Sask
Wm. Maddock
Hamiota
Rosalind
Virden
United States
Ray McNeil
Redvers
Leland’s
Stone House
Barry Leland
Kenora
Surrey B.C
Leonard Lelond
Lelond
the Hills
Mac Leland
Organ Fund
Miniota United Church
Leland
Billy
Karla Badger
Ken
Wilma Badger
Shoal Lake
Lou Leland
Terry Leland
Montreal
Rick Leland
Esquimault
B.C
Pat Cole
Tricia Margaret
Hamiota Hospital
Bill Leland
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Red River
Vince
Bud Sherman
Winnipeg Tribune
Vince Leah
Reggie
Gilbert Chesterton
Myrtle White
Oak River
Garry Leland
Gordon Leland
Lorne Gurr
Miniota Women’s Institute
Gary
Jean Leland
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