Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival Opens With Torch Parade
The 28th annual festival kicks off with a torchlight parade to the Exhibition Grounds for a wiener roast. The Fur Queen will be crowned at MBCI Auditorium with four contestants vying for the title. Renowned guests include Ron McBryde Cecil Smith Rene Toupin and representatives from Flin Flon Trout Festival and King Miner's Days. The schedule features the Labatt Trophy World Championship Dog Race with $5,000 prize, Junior Dog Derby Freight Race and more, plus stage shows with Tommy Makem and Ryans Fancy.
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MBCI
Miss the Pas United
Karlayne Kaplunchuk
Manitoba Metis Federation
Phyllis Hrabowich
Friendship Centre
Marlene Buchannon
KCC
Andrea Martin
Ron McBryde
Churchill
Cecil Smith
Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
Rene Toupin
Labatt’s
Valley Rouge Wines
Transair
Ice Palace
Exhibition Grounds
Tommy Makem
Ryan’s Fancy
3 Dees
Correctional reform urged for The Pas facility and decentralization
A Northern Corrections Committee report calls for a new adult male and female facility in The Pas and smaller minimum security units in northern communities to allow local sentence serving. It condemns Headingley as an unsuitable solution and describes the current site as a courthouse and prison in one, with crowding, juvenile mixing, and fire hazards. It notes counts of inmates and detainees in 1973 74 and highlights lack of educational space recreation and rehabilitation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas
Northern Corrections Committee
Headingley
Chamber to meet with Provincial Judge and discuss court sentencings
The Pas and District Chamber of Commerce will meet February 24 with Provincial Judge W. R. Martin and probation department representatives to discuss sentencing issues and the idea of a citizen’s committee to convey community views to the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas and District Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Martin
Probation Department
al Hillsden
Steelgas
Dome Petroleum
Department
The Pas Band Opposes Town Access Plan For Industrial Park
Indian Band Chief Gordon Lathlin and Band Manager Oscar Lathlin denounce the Town of The Pas proposed lease of over 9 acres for a 40 year access right to the Industrial Park as one sided. They call for fair terms including a land-for-fire-protection swap, while negotiations press toward a memorandum of agreement to unlock CN spurline contracts and DREE grant eligibility.
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Gordon Lathlin
Pas
Lathlin
Doug McBride
Tony Moule
Band
Indian Affairs
Ottawa
Recreation Commission reforms urged in The Pas report
A 12 page report to Council recommends strengthening the Kelsey Recreation Commission to coordinate programs and facilities in The Pas. It calls for a 12 member board with seven member quorum, a committee structure, and a recreation director answerable to the commission.
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Kelsey Recreation Commission
Council
George Takashima
Pas
Recreation Commission
LGD
Consul
Kelsey
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 risen about 100 percent since 1970. He notes the impact on local operations and prices.
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Manitoba
John Bodnar
Co-operative Fisheries
Freight rate hikes spark North disputes in CN rail debate
ManFor comments on CN Railway freight increases announced before Christmas. Critics say rates are too high while railways claim losses under current pricing and rely on subsidies. A December 31 Canadian Transport Commission ruling limited increases to half the original for sixty days, hitting Northern residents hardest as fish shipments rise and locals protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Transport Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Co-op Fisheries
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Bodnar
Armed Robbery and Burglary Flurry Hits Local Businesses
RCMP report a Sunday night wave of crime including an armed robbery at Carnegie's Gulf where 135 dollars was taken. Five other break ins followed at In formation Communications Bus Depot Hill's Corner Store Canton Restaurant and Cold Lake Rooms with loot totaling about 180 dollars from Hill's Grocery. Police note a 75 year old attendant was threatened during the Gulf robbery and several suspects are being questioned as investigators probe if events are connected.
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RCMP
Sargeant Davis
Carnegie
Gulf Service
John Commodore
LaRose Avenue
Cold Lake Rooms
Ross Avenue
Sargeant Davisees
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Come Alive
Mary Duncan School
Pas Ministerial Association
Old Delicious Bakery
Salvation Hall
Lathlin Avenue
Valleywest Speedway
Speedway
Pas Arena
Native Communications Office
Edwards Avenue
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Easterville
Carrot River Road
Manito8
Dorothy Davidson
ManFor
Forestry
Manitoba Trappers
Manitoba Forestry Resources Ltd
Fred Moden
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