Manitoba rights panel clears Trappers Festival charge
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission dismissed claims of racial discrimination against the Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival Board after a thorough probe prompted by The Pas inquiry and CBC TV's A Place to Mix. The commission found no substantiation of discrimination in festival policies or practices.
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Trappers Festiva
the Pas
John Harvard
of the Pas
Harvey H. Moats
Trappers’ Festival
CBC
Pas
Canadian Radio and Television Commission
C.R.T.C
Human Rights Commission
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C.B.C
Moats
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CRTC
Four men plead guilty in Clearwater Lake assault case
John A. Robak was sentenced to fourteen months for assault causing bodily harm in a case linked to an unprovoked Clearwater Lake attack last month. Co-defendants Douglas Mayer Wayne Chartrand and Timothy Coutu pled guilty and await sentencing July 26.
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John A. Robak
Robak
Clearwater Lake
Douglas E. Mayer
Wayne S. Chartrand
Timothy A. Coutu
Wm. Martin
Mayer
Chartrand
Coutu
Break-in at Howe's Sporting Goods nets probation and restitution
A break-in at Howe's Sporting Goods on July 11 led to Percy Bradley Gott receiving six months probation and $100 restitution. Pharmacist George Darke, awakened by breaking glass, helped summon police as Gott appeared at the window with weapons cases found inside. He had four shotguns and multiple rifles and ammunition.
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Howe
Sporting Goods
Percy Bradley Gott
George Darke
Gateway Drugs
Darke
R.C.M
Roy Carter
Gott
Garry Kembel catalogs The Pas historic buildings
Garry Kembel, a second year University of Manitoba architecture student, works for Parks Canada in The Pas photographing and recording old structures. He surveys sites 1914 and earlier, focusing on churches like Christ Anglican and Sacred Heart, plus the 1916 Community Building Town Hall, noting the value of renovation over demolition and discovering local heritage.
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Garry
U of M
Parks Canada
Christ Anglican
Sacred Heart Catholic
Town Hall
Seventeen-year-old saves man after dangerous ladder fall
Kevin Sawula, a neighbor, helped Mr. Melvin Haggstrom after a ladder slipped while painting a gable. The window shattered, leaving Haggstrom badly cut. Kevin and Flora Fox secured aid and transported him to hospital where he received blood and care. Haggstrom credits Kevin with preventing a fatal outcome.
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Kevin Sawula
Nora Haggstrom
Kevin
Melvin Haggstrom
Bignell
Mr. Haggstrom
Air Hockey Comes To Foster Home In The Pas
The Group Foster Home for boys south of The Pas receives an Air Hockey Game from the Big Brothers Association after a recent games party. Director Roger Bates says completion delays due to CMHC funding. A $33,000 mortgage is sought to finish the building and furnish the home, drawn from a $60,000 operating budget via a per diem charged to Health and Social Development.
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Big Brothers Association of
the Pas
Big Brothers
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Department of Health and Social Development
Health and Social Development
Ontario
Swan River
Flin Flon
Kersell
New Recreation Chief Takes Charge in The Pas
Irving Kersell appointed Recreation Co-ordinator in The Pas Town Hall to run pool arena and planned summer baseball. The six two ex football player emphasizes real involvement over coaching ten or twelve teams, citing family duties and volunteer shortages as key challenges. He aims to create social spaces at Winton Pool and boost participation.
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Ivan Kersell
Kersell
Simcoe
Ontario
Guelph University
Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Winton Pool
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Winnipeg
Red Lake
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Garry Kembel
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Banks
Foster Home
Irving Kersell
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