Wider Service Aim of Women's Bureau
The Manitoba Women's Bureau expands its outreach to include homemakers and working women seeking career growth. Labor Minister Russ Paulley announced enhanced guidance and training information, with the office now open Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. for those who work daytime hours. A brochure is available at the bureau office in Winnipeg.
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Women seek better jobs through city bureau guidance
In three days 24 women booked counselling appointments and one traveled directly to the office for help. The bureau notes many working women in low level jobs lack confidence to pursue higher positions and offers free guidance, skill upgrading information, and planning for training and advancement. It may expand services to other communities while welcoming out of town visitors.
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Native Education Branch Formed Under Minister Hanuschak
Education Minister Ben Hanuschak announces creation of a Native Education Branch in Manitoba to focus on Indian and Metis schooling. The unit will assess needs, coordinate with government and communities, and plan programs while boosting native confidence and involvement in education. George Munroe named director. past roles include Winnipeg’s Indian Metis Friendship Centre leader and city councillor.
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Manitoba
Tme
Department
George Munroe
Indian Metis Friendship Centre
Winnnipeg
Ambiguous portrait hints at two faces in one image
The artwork invites viewers to discern two distinct figures, an old hag and a young woman, by changing perception as the head turns away. Viewers may spend time shifting focus to reveal both identities within the same depiction.
Second stage minimum wage rises to 2.30 an hour
Labor Minister Russ Paulley reminds that starting January 1 1975 the minimum hourly wage increases to 2.30 for most workers under the Employment Standards Act. The first stage had raised rates to 2.15 on July 1 from 1.90, and workers under 18 will see 2.05 from January 1, up from 1.90 last July.
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Russ Paulley
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