Schreyer to speak at KCC graduation exercises
Premier Ed Schreyer will headline the Keewatin Community College 8th annual graduation, with about 450 graduates expected. Other speakers include The Pas MLA Ron McBryde and Mayor Doug McBride. ceremonies begin at 1 30 PM and are open to the public. The Lieutenant Governor's medal will honor the top overall student.
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Ed Schreyer
Keewatin Community College
Jim Goodridge
Pas
Ron McBryde
Doug McBride
Goodridge
Chamber backs municipal airport plan for The Pas area
The Pas and District Chamber of Commerce reaffirms support for The Pas Flying Club’s plan to expand Grace Lake airstrip into a municipal airport with an east west runway. The proposal aims to raise tourism and regional development with government and agency backing. The Flying Club cites positive responses from several bodies and seeks a meeting with MLA Ron McBryde to discuss northern affairs.
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Pas and District Chamber of Commerce
Pas Flying Club
The
Pas
al Hillsden
Flying Club
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Grace Lake
Manitoba Government
Air Service
Ken Ford
Ron McBryde
Grace Lake Strip
Detox Centre Opens With Ribbon Cutting in The Pas
A new Detoxification and Rehabilitation Center opened at the Harvey Rooms 219 Cook Avenue with Minister Bud Boyce presiding. The facility will be temporary until Rosaire House is finished, with construction already underway and a twenty week target. The centre will provide live‑in counselling for those with chemical dependencies and alcohol issues as staff prepare for the move from St. Anthony’s Hospital.
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Harvey Rooms
Cook Avenue
Corrections and Rehabilitative Services
J. R
Bud) Boyce
Rosaire House
Bob Howe
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mr. Boyce
J. Banman
Doug Lawrence
Pas
Ron McBryde
Doug McBride
Railway Avenue
Con
F. W. Sawatsky Ltd
Howe
Bud Boyce
St. Anthony's Hospital
Vaughn Wadelius
Terry Shillington
Prairie tour part of Life Week at Scott Bateman
Fifteen Scott Bateman Junior High students will tour the Prairie Provinces during Life Week leaving The Pas May 31 and returning June 8. They will visit Saskatoon Drumheller Banff and Jasper with costs around 60 dollars per student and camping plans to keep expenses down.
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Scott Bateman
Prairie Provinces
Betty Bates
Kathy Larson
Disneyland
Pas
Saskatoon
University
Museum and Art Gallery
Drumheller
Alberta
Badlands
Banff
Jasper
Edmonton
North Battleford
Duck Lake - Batoche
Riel
Bates
Total Moon Eclipse to grace skies May 24 25
Observers in Canada and the United States can view a total lunar eclipse the night of May 24 into May 25, with favorable spring weather and weekend timing. The event lasts about three hours and thirty six minutes, totaling an hour and thirty minutes, with mid eclipse near 12 48 a.m. CDT.
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Canada
United States
D.C. T
New Jail Planned for The Pas by 1976 Officials
Minister J. R. Boyce announces goal of a new jail in The Pas with plans by October and construction to start next year, part of Northern Corrections Committee recommendations. A Northern Correctional Facility Planning Group may be formed, with smaller jails planned for Churchill and Thom, and a Brandon facility contemplated. The Pas requests adult and juvenile detention facilities and a safety review follows a tour of the old institution amid critical reports from Fire Commissioner and Local Fire Department.
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J. R. Boyce
Phenee
Pas
Boyce
Northern Corrections Committee
Mr. Boyce
Churchill and
Thom
Brandon
The
St Vladimir’s Song and Dance in The Pas
St Vladimirs College Song and Dance Ensemble entertained about 150 people at Mary Duncan School auditorium on Friday May 16. The 36 member choir opened with O Canada in Ukrainian and performed five liturgical selections under Father John Stanchuk. Ukrainian dancing and a five piece college band complemented the program with choreographer Peter Szydlowski receiving praise.
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St. Vlad’s College Song and Dance
Mary Duncan School
Canada
John Stanchuk
C.ss.r
Peter Szydlowski
Chamber of Commerce backs Wildlife Association against gun control bill
The Pas Wildlife Association and Chamber of Commerce oppose Bill -14 in parliament as proposed by Donald Cameron with support from Warren Allmand. Vernon Maxsom and Ray Snyder argued the measure shifts weapons to the prohibited list and imposes permits, harming private owners and aboriginal hunting rights while failing to deter crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas and District Chamber of Commerce
Pas Wildlife Association
Vern Maxsom
The
Wildlife Association
Ray Snyder
Donald Cameron
Warren Allmand
Maxsom
Wanless Mobile Park Ruling Delays Project Approval
The Municipal Board of Manitoba ruled to hold the Wanless 70 acre mobile home park case in abeyance pending an investigation and report by The Pas District Planning and Advisory Commission. The May 6 judgment, from a March hearing in The Pas, found the commission did not investigate or report on the amendment to Planning Scheme 1974D sought by Michael D. Skorowski and noted unauthorized construction prior to approval.
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Municipal Board of Manitoba
Wanless
Pas District Planning and Advisory Commission
Pas
Leon Mitchell
Michael D. Skorowski
C. Alexander
LGD
D. Currie
Skorowski
Municipal Board
Consol
Forest Grove
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KCC Grad
Life
Umbra
St. Vladimir
By Michael Szadiak
Board
MFR
Woodlands
Kelsey
Cranberry of Planning
Tere
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