Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival Kicks Off With Parade
The 28th annual Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival opens with a torchlight parade to the Exhibition Grounds and a wiener roast for youngsters. The Fur Queen will be crowned at MBCI Auditorium with four candidates contesting.
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Northern Manitoba Trappers
MBCI
Miss the Pas United
Karlayne Kaplunchuk
Manitoba
Metis Federation
Phyllis Hrahowich
Friendship Centre
Marlene Buchannon
KCC
Andrea Martin
Pas
Ron McBryde
Churchill
Cecil Smith
Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
Rene Toupin
Thompson
New correctional plan calls for The Pas facility and regional prisons
A Northern Corrections Committee report to the Minister of Corrections urges a new adult male and female facility in The Pas and decentralization to smaller minimum security sites in northern communities to allow sentences near home. It condemns Headingley as unacceptable and describes The Pas building as chaotic and unsafe, with inmates and court users mingling in hallways.
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Pas
Minister of Corrections
Northern Corrections Committee
Headingley
a_correctional institute
Chamber to Meet With Provincial Judge and Discuss Sentencing
The Pas and District Chamber of Commerce will meet February 2 with Provincial Judge W R Martin and probation department representatives to discuss sentencing in local courts and the creation of a citizen's committee to convey community views. The group considers supporting a Steelgas fuel pipeline idea and reviews tourism oriented workshops funded by the Department of Tourism Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Three resolutions are prepared for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce on Easterville Highway completion, Carrot River Road Highway 283, and currency coin differences. Accounts totaling $65.88 were approved.
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Pas and District Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Martin
Probation Department
al Hillsden
Steelgas
Dome Petroleum
Department
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Easterville
Carrot River Road
Town The Pas proposal on industrial park access faces Band ridicule
The Pas Indian Band calls a proposed land lease and fire protection deal for access to the industrial park ridiculous and one sided. Chief Gordon Lathlin and Band Manager Oscar Lathlin reject a $1 yearly rent for 9 acres with fire protection priced at 3500 plus per truck hour, urging a fairer arrangement and warning of escalating terms.
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Gordon Lathlin
Pas
Lathlin
Oscar Lathlin
Doug McBride
Tony Moule
Band
Indian Affairs
Ottawa
Recreation Commission changes urged to streamline The Pas body
A 12 page report to Council proposes strengthening the Kelsey Recreation Commission to coordinate programs and facilities in The Pas. It calls for a 12 member panel with cross sector appointments, a seven member quorum and a committee structure. It highlights tax problems and facility priorities as barriers to coordinated recreation, and urges a director answerable to the commission.
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Kelsey Recreation Commission
Council
George Takashima
Pas
Recreation Commission
LGD
Kelsey School Division Board
KCC
Pas Indian Band
Commission
Freight rates surge in Northern Manitoba
John Bodnar, manager of the Co-operative Fisheries plant, reports freight rates in Northern Manitoba have nearly doubled since 1970. The rising costs affect local operations and communities reliant on regional exports and supply chains.
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John Bodnar
Co-operative Fisheries
Freight rate dispute stirs Canadian rail debate
ManFor comments on CN freight increases announced before Christmas that sparked controversy as users claim railways charge too much. Railways say profits require higher rates and seek subsidies. By Dec 31 the Canadian Transport Commission limited increases to half of the request for sixty days while talks with western provinces proceed. Northern residents bear the brunt as rate hikes push goods out of reach. Co op Fisheries ships about 200 400 pounds of fish monthly in the North. Bodnar notes rates up about 21 percent since January 1 despite a 19 15 percent rise.
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Canadian National Railway
Canadian Transport Commission
Chambers of Cammerce
Co-op Fisheries
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Bodnar
Armed robbery and five break ins hit a quiet Sunday night
RCMP report a sharp crime spree with five break ins and an armed robbery at Carnegie's Gulf where 75 year old attendant John Commodore was threatened for about 135. Five businesses were targeted Hill's Grocery lost 180, Canton Restaurant none, Bus Depot box taken, Cold Lake Rooms entry, C building pants found. Investigators pursue possible links and multiple suspects.
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RCMP
Sargeant Davis
Carnegie
Gulf Service
John Commodore
LaRose Avenue
Cold Lake Rooms
Ross Avenue
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Come Alive
Labatt's
Valley Rouge Wines
Transair
Ice Palace
Exhibition Grounds
Tommy Makem
Ryan’s Fancy
3 Dees
Mary Duncan School
Pas Ministerial Association
Speedway
Pas Arena
Native Communications Office
Edwards Avenue
Anitobe
Dorothy Davidson
ManFor
Manitoba Trappers
Manitoba Forestry Resources Ltd
Fred Moden
George Sakashima
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