Aid formula announced for flood victims and municipalities
Premier Ed Schreyer announced a Manitoba flood aid formula covering individuals and municipalities. Individuals can claim up to 6000 for dwellings, 450 for appurtenant buildings, 4500 for farm barns, 6000 for small business properties, and 4500 for small business apartments, plus various moveable-property and out-of-pocket caps. Municipalities receive 100 percent of dyke and restoration costs and 87 percent of other approved flood-fight and restoration costs, with inspections and appeals processes outlined.
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Manitoba Flood Assistance Board
Elswood Bole
Department of Highways
Water Resources Division
Dublin Avenue
Winnipeg
Highways Department
Local paper jokes about caption mishaps in community life
The column recounts mishaps where captions misstate facts from newspapers including a fallen tree misdescribed as a violent guest and beauty queen coronation errors. It notes the seriousness of misspelled names and urges careful reporting amid lighthearted examples from small town papers.
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Margie White
Jim Black
Frank Gruff
Mrs. X
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