Turnover in The Pas Recreation Directors Sparks Debate
The Pas faces a revolving door of recreation directors with Bernie March set to depart for Edmonton. The town’s high recreation budget of about 125000 dollars prompts calls to raise director salaries and improve council cooperation to retain staff and ensure lasting benefits from progress like the indoor swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas
Eric McCormick
Manitoba
Bernie March
Edmonton
Recreation Commission
Profanity in Public Life and Culture Debate
A historical reflection condemns coarse language in 20th century culture from university graduation profanity to secular media. It argues that strong words reveal poor self control, harms literacy, and contrasts vulgarity with biblical restraint and prayer. It cites leaders and religious texts to urge refinement of speech.
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Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Thompson
Pacific Zone
Moses
James
Pilot Refuses to Wait for Emergency Flight Policy Questioned
A Moose Lake incident recalls a Lambair pilot who would not wait five minutes for an urgent aeromedical transfer. Local residents rushed 75 miles by boat to reach The Pas by midnight to aid a boy with a severed hand, but recovery was incomplete. The Herald confirmed the event with Lambair, noting the plane was daylight‑only and the pilot unaware of the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Premachuk
Stuart Sands
Sands
Pas
Landing
Moose Lake
Manitoba
Lambair
Clarence Bender
Fred Sanderson
Saskatchewan
the Herald
Tax questions loom over Pas reserve shopping complex talks
In ongoing discussions between The Pas town and The Pas Indian Band the shopping complex on The Pas Reserve raises tax questions. No clear progress is reported on tax compensation or education and business taxes with speculation over who benefits and who pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas
The
Kelsey
LGD
Consol
Manitoba
Band
Not Enough Clout for Dauphin and Northern Manitoba TV
Winnipeg gains a third TV station as Canwest obtains CRTC approval to launch in the capital and westward to Portage la Prairie. The Pas and northern centers win a second channel tied to CTV, but Dauphin’s outlet stalls amid cost and microwave facility disputes, leaving northern Manitoba poorly served.
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Winnipeg
Canwest
Canadian Radio and Television Commission
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Pas
CTV
Dauphin
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Christ
Rod Martin
Council
of the
C.N.R
N.J. Baxter
P.O. Box
Manitoba Community Newspapers Association
Norman Publishers Ltd
Third Street
the Pas, Manitoba
Doug McBride
Ursula Wohlfarth
Canada
Chain Saws Rentals & Repairs
B.J. Sales & Service
Hwy. N. Wanless
Jonsereds
Partner
Homelite
STIHL
Husquarna
McCullouch
Sheraton
Portage Avenue
Eaton's
the Bay
Motor Hotel
Carlton ST
ST. Mary Avenue
TELEX
Sheraton Hotels and
Motor Inns
ITT
Rainbow
Derrick
Brian
Twin Motors
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
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