Mayor Trager Admits Agreement Signed With Eyes Shut
Mayor Harry Trager told the Northern Task Force that The Pas signed its deal with Churchill Forest Industries with eyes shut and would do it again if needed. He said the town’s small contribution is a tax concession while CFI will pay one twenty fifth of one percent for 20 years and urged the province to grant The Pas a total of 2 million dollars to develop orderly growth.
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Harry Trager
Churchill Forest Industries
Trager
CFI
Foster Parents Urge Child Guidance Clinic at The Pas
Mrs. Doreen Hrabowich and other foster parents from The Pas urged the Northern Manitoba Task Force to press the provincial government to establish a child guidance clinic in The Pas. They argued most foster children struggle with emotional issues and noted the last psychiatrist visit was January 1969.
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Pas
Manitoba
Doreen Hrabowich
Hrabowich
Premier Schreyer Government weighs teacher merit ratings
NDP MLA Tom Barrows questioned Manitoba's premier and education minister about teacher pay based on ability at a Monday night public meeting. Barrows, accompanied by the Government's Task Force on Northern Manitoba, asked whether Saul Millar would implement merit-based pay for teachers, but received no answer from NDP caucus members.
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Schreyer
Tom Barrows
NDP
Flin Flon
Barrows
Manitoba
Saul Millar
Millar
Northern Manitoba Education Costs Higher Say Teachers
The Manitoba Teachers' Society division forwards a brief to the Northern Task Force urging extra grants to cover education costs in the north. The Kelsey Division Salaries Committee reports a price comparison of The Pas versus southern Manitoba and submits it with a letter from G. H. Smith stating the comparisons support their case.
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Manitoba Teacher's Society
Manitoba
Kelsey Division
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
G.H. Smith
Development Fund Regulation Holds Things Up
The Pas Indian Band tells the Northern Task Force regulations of the Manitoba Development Fund are too rigid to serve all Manitobans. It formed a Band Corporation to obtain development funds but faced loan denial and bias, possibly due to reserve land status, hindering production.
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Manitoba Development Fund
Band Corporation
Task Force Told Housing Is Out of Reach for Low Income
The Pas Metis Organization told Manitoba's Northern Task Force that central mortgage and housing policies price homes out of reach for low earners, forcing people to substandard housing with high rents and hardship. They urged provincial and federal cooperation to fund low cost housing.
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Pele
Carnhemmanal
Pas
Manitoba
Fed
George Millar Dominates Northern Manitoba Task Force Session
George Millar, a Metis with strong views, repeatedly offered answers at last week’s Task Force on Northern Manitoba evening session. Members found his constant input amusing yet almost overwhelming, as Millar’s stance shaped the discussion on various subjects.
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George Millar
Manitoba
Millar
North Can't Afford Educational Frills Says Trustee
Cal Gibson of the Kelsey School Board told the Northern Task Force that northern costs prevent The Pas from funding arts and music teachers. He noted The Pas has one of the lowest assessments in the province and asked who would pay for fringe benefits.
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Cal Gibson
Gibson
Kelsey School Board
Chamber Holds Annual Meeting
The Pas Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting on Monday December 8 in the Gateway Hotel Banquet room. The agenda includes election of officers for the coming year and an address by Ted Speers from Winnipeg.
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Pas Chamber of Commerce
Gateway Hotel
Ted Speers
Winnipeg
Speers
Road Linking Sturgeon Landing With Northern Manitoba Under Construction
A new seven mile road is under construction to connect Sturgeon Landing in Saskatchewan with northern Manitoba. Funded by the Commissioner of Northern Affairs and the Department of Indian Affairs, the project costs about 20000 dollars and will improve mail, supplies, and emergency access. About three miles are done with work continuing, though high land and frost areas will finish later.
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Saskatchewan
Sturgeon Landing
Manitoba
Commissioner of Northern Affairs
Department of Indian Affairs
Len Charles
Northern Affairs
Teachers Demand 10 Percent Salary Increase
Negotiations open between local teachers and the Kelsey School Division with a requested 10 percent raise. About 113 teachers would be affected, costing roughly $67,000 in the division, based on last year’s $676,000 in teacher salaries. The one year contract is under discussion. no counteroffer yet. Joseph Prokopow leads the teachers, Cal Gibson chairs the board negotiating committee.
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Kelsey
Jospeh Prokopow
Council Adopts Lower Trailer Tax With Self-Management
The town cuts the monthly trailer tax for the I. R. Development Trailer Court to 18.50 per trailer from 21.25, contingent on the court handling its own snow removal road maintenance and garbage collection, with fire police protection and education costs covered. The decision followed a special council meeting.
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I. R. Development
Coun
Goonick urges federal funding for low cost housing in The Pas
Cy Goonick MLA Cresantwood and economics professor told a NDP meeting in The Pas that Ontario uses the federal program for low rental housing and provincial and local governments should tap it. He said federal funds would cover most costs, with little provincial input. the issue arose during a Saturday Q and A.
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Harry Trager
N.D.P
Cy Goonick
Crescentwood
Goonick
Adva
Ontario
Town Puts Up $1,000 Towards Ice Machine
The town agreed to contribute 1000 toward an ice surfacing machine for the new arena. The Kinsmen and Lions Club will provide 2000 each. Council also approved Huskies signs on rink walls and trading in the old PA system.
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Kinsmen
Lion's Club
Pas
Pas Huskies
Huskies
Husk
Esul Vel Report Delivers Odd Fractured Read
A fragmentary OCR item presents unclear text about an event or name sequence. readable parts reference a person or place but lack coherent details, leaving the exact subject and outcome unspecified.
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North
Development Fund
George
Chamber
Cal Gibsons
Council
CY Gonick
Ballantyne
Skatchewan
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