Parking Meters and Traffic Concerns in The Pas
Local drivers criticize meters as tourist driven and poorly enforced with two town checkers reportedly inactive. Several incidents include three days of unpaid parking, unsafe bicycle behavior at Gordon Avenue, and delivery trucks parking in no parking zones. Concerns on meter spacing and congested areas around the Provincial Building are noted.
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Herald
Gordon Avenue
Fischer and
Second Street
Local Notes from The Pas Manitoba Highlights Business Tax, Cadets, History
The town reports on merchant tax payment practices amid government charges and delayed welfare payments. Bert Hutton announces Huttons Sporting Goods grand opening. George Bagshaw retires as Government Liquor Control Commission manager. Air Cadet 303 members join 41 cadets in summer training, including Senior Leaders course and bush familiarization. York Factory to be national historic site with preservation plan and caretaker. negotiations with Hudsons Bay Company underway. Royal Canadian Legion relocates the Pas war memorial to Third Street beside the Provincial Building. grassing and landscaping enhancements suggested.
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Air Cadet Squadron #303
Manitoba
Albert Streit
Pat Booth
Ernest Dion
No Tax For This Boy in Manitoba Stirs Retail Reactions
Manitoba's new 5 percent sales tax took effect last Thursday drawing mixed responses from merchants in The Pas. A shopper balked at a $4.05 tax on an $81 clothing sale, offering to have the tax absorbed. The clerk refused and the customer left the parcel on the counter, remarking it could have been a tax inspector.
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Department of Welfare
Bert Hutton
Hutton
Sporting Goods
B. & E.sporting Goods and Stationery
George Bagshaw
Government Liquor Control Commission
Pas
York Factory
Bud Simpson
Churchill
Arthur Laing
Northern Development
Laing
Simpson
Historic Sites and Monuments Board
Hudson's Bay Company
War Memorial
Royal Canadian Legion
Devon Park
Third Street
Community Pasture Association Meeting
W. L. Commodore
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PAS Herald
Feri Jaw National
Moe Ee
Marshall Wells
Poly-Styrene
Colers
Prevost Second Hand Store
Parsons
Hank and Lee
Parson Airways Northern Limited
Lynn Lake
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