Controversy Over Manitoba NewStart Inc Operations
A long critique traces NewStart Inc from its 1969 surveys by a Toronto firm costing about $110,000 to recent governance changes. It questions director removals, contract authorizations, asset purchases, and the lack of disclosure on Phases 1–4 results and the aircraft’s disposition after a forced landing on highway ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NewStart Corporation
Toronto
NewStart
Department of Regional Economic Expansion
Ottawa
Manitoba NewStart Inc
Carl Nesbitt
Scott Bateman
Manitoba New Start
Manitoba
David Jackson
Messers, Nesbitt and Bateman
Barbara Fisher
Pas
Saul Millar
Number Ten
Winnipeg
Public scrutiny questions NewStart salaries and funding
Local letters raise concerns about a corporation named NewStart and its research spending. Figures from minutes show top salaries from eighteen thousand to twelve thousand, with additional office and assistant roles. The writer questions subsidies, car leases, and the use of up to a million dollars yearly, asking who benefits and what public good is produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NewStart
News
Frank McIvor
Wabowden
Melvor
Murray McKenzie
Manitoba Metis
Pas
Local Vandalism Cases Highlighted by Herald
The Herald notes vandalism and breaking and entering cases in the area and reports Mayor Trager urging a special committee to study the problem. It recalls Attorney General Al Mackling facing questions from Mayor Wayne Flett about bootlegging profits and police action, urging attention to local issues.
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The
Herald
Trager
Thompson
al Mackling
Norway House
Wayne Flett
Flett
Maeckling
Prudent A.G
Financial Post
Television Schedule Montage for February Weekend
A Sunday and Monday schedule lists daytime and prime time programs including Ed Allen Mr Dressup Manitoba Schools Friendly Giant Sesame Street Local News Around Town Luncheon Date Hazel Coronation Street Take Thirty Edge of Night Galloping Gourmet Banana Splits Beverley Hillbillies My Three Sons and CBC News hour by hour with a later night lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Allen
Mr. Dressup
Manitoba
Chez Helene
Television Schedule Fragment for Canadian Broadcast Day
A dense list of show times and titles across CBC and various networks including 24 Hours The Odd Couple The Interns World Cup skiing Curling and Canada Winter Games. Notable entries include Hawaii Five O The Forsyte Saga The Partridge Family The Nature of Things and Mary Tyler Moore with multiple repeats and late night programs.
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Stan
Hymin Sing
Bill Cosby
Skippy the Kangaroo
Julia
Tommy Hunter
Woody Woollpecker
Tommy Tompkins
Beverley Hillbillies
Somerset Maugham
Council Meeting Run Smoothly With Prepared Committees
Last week's regular council meeting lasted two hours and fifteen minutes as three committees reported. The mayor called for order at times, and the finance committee pushed a licensing by-law through. a draft by-law adjournment time was discussed.
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P.O. Box
Norman Publishers Ltd
Third Street
the Pan
Doug McBride
Larry Hastings
Canada
Mackling
RCMP
Forest Complex
A.G
Cal’s Avis
Cal Gibson
Anne Haukaas
Dial Electric Co
Ana Lut Ey
Rome
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