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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1974
Page
1
The Pas Keewatin Public Library Board votes 7 to 0 to ask Keewatin Community College to share costs for a joint library connected to the college building. Dennis Mosfat, Library Board Chairman, and a K.C.C. staff member were named.
Scouts canvass town to sell the 1974 Trappers Festival booklet to raise a commission for Scouts. The 64 page volume features photos from 1973 and a loose leaf daily program. The Library Board considers joint library ventures with K C C and shared costs versus an outright facility.
Approximately 150 M G E A members attended a mass rally at Keewatin Community College on February 2. The northern area gathering drew a majority of the provincial executive as the group seeks a stronger bargaining structure to counter CUPE's efforts. President R Vinet spoke as part of the continued push.
The Porky Packers case appeared before the Court of Appeals in Winnipeg on Friday February 1. Both Porky Packers and the Town of The Pas argued about costs and the court reserved decision on the disposition of costs.
Metropolitan Stores will anchor a 125000 square foot complex on The Pas Indian Reserve near The Pas Manitoba with about 30 stores. The project costs about 4.9 million dollars and is touted as Canada’s first shopping centre fully owned by Indian people with officials including Jean Chretien Morley Cohen and Chief Gordon Lathlin announcing the plan.
The Herald will distribute to stores on Wednesday evening February 13 to publish the places and times of Trappers Festival events ahead of schedule.
Morley Cohen of Metropolitan Stores spoke from Montreal about potential participation in a shopping office complex on The Pas Reserve. He said no deal exists until signed, but studies show shopping dollars leaving The Pas. A three way announcement was anticipated, with formal release planned for the week.
Town representatives opened tenders from five firms for a Town Garage in the Industrial Park and debated design options. Minish Construction from Swan River heads the bid, with a plan to separate school and town garage spaces and offices in the center. Funding comes from DREE a 225000 grant. If the revised price satisfies the committee a plan will go to the School Board Council and DREE for final approvals.
Charles Major, a former The Pas teacher with a complex career path, returns amid school shortages and student truancy. The region faces strained staffing, limited contracts, and tensions for teachers, as Major contemplates leaving while citing resistance to his resignation.
Manitoba Forestry Resources Ltd reports a mechanical breakdown in its effluent system at the pulp and paper mill caused direct discharge into the Saskatchewan River. The normal process would route effluent through the clarifier for retention before release.
Weekly developments around The Pas reserve and town show shifting relations. A three way announcement involving The Pas Band Indian Affairs and Metropolitan Stores was anticipated early next week after January 30 remarks by E R Drucker. The Pas Band Council and Town Council previously sought meetings.
Lambair concedes it cannot compete with a cost operating Manitoba Government Air Service. Donald Lamb says private flights from The Pas Thompson Churchill and Rankin Inlet have fallen as much as 80 percent since the government service began. Lambair has operated nearly forty years with bases in northern Manitoba and eastern Northwest Territories.
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