Bridge Survey Underway For The Pas Saskatchewan River Link
The Manitoba Government began a survey for a new bridge across the Saskatchewan River at The Pas. Officials favor Edwards Avenue as the preferred route, extending Gordon Avenue into Edwards. Construction timing remains undecided though officials are hopeful about progress.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan River
Pas
Edwaars Avene
Gordon Avenue
Edwards
Gordon
Carnegie Motors
Edwards Avenue
MTS Offers CBC Live Television Plan
The Manitoba Tele system has proposed carrying micro broadcasts from the south to The Pas and Flin Flon for CBC live television. Premier Duff Roblin confirmed a new and attractive offer to the CBC, with hopes it will be adopted. Conservative MP Bud Simpson echoed the ongoing negotiations ahead of the November election.
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CBC
Pas
Flin Flon
Manitoba Tele
Duff Roblin
Winnipeg
MTS
Bud Simpson
Simpson
Lions Auto Show Set in The Pas Arena
The Pas Lions Club announces the first annual Auto Show to be staged in The Pas Arena on October 8 and 9. Four major local dealers Carroll Motor Floyd Motors Profit's Service and Twin Motors will display the 1966 models. Beers Texaco Service features a special display of motorized toys. Evening entertainment games of chance and a fish pond will attract attendees. Admission is 25 cents with hourly door prizes donated by merchants. Net proceeds go to Lions Community Service.
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Pas Lions Club
Pas
Lions
Carroll Motor
Floyd Motors
Profit
Serce
Twin Motors
Beers Texaco
Lions Community Service
Pony Little Leagues Stage Awards Windup
The Pas Pony and Little Leagues held a wind-up banquet at the Leg Ion Hall on Saturday with awards for individual players and teams. Mac Profit awarded the Profit's Furniture Trophy to The Braves of The Pas Reserve for winning the Little League Championship.
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Pas
Cranberry Portage
Legion Hall
Mac Profit
Profit
Braves of the
The
Legion
Harry Trager
Len McAdam
Kelsey Bus Lines
Trager
Pat Martin
Michael Dickie
Ed Lavallee
Four Way Contest Nominated in Churchill Riding
About 25 Social Credit supporters nominated candidates for a four way race in the Churchill riding for the November 8 federal election. The event extended into Saturday evening with Social Credit backing consolidating in the riding.
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Churchill
Social Credit
Chief and Council seats in The Pas Reserve election
Campaign coverage notes a September 30 election in The Pas Reserve with four candidates for Chief and nineteen for Council. Names include Carnelius Bignell and John Young for Chief, Albert Head and Gordon McGillivary for Council, plus regional nominees from Swan River and Thompson. A rally featured Al Bathingthwaite of Brandon.
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Pas
Pas Reserve
Carnelius Bignell
John Young
Gordon Lathlin
R.P.G. McGillivary
Albert Head
Gordon McGillivary
Lawrence Whitehead
Joe Ross
Philip Bignell
Mathew Lathlin
Charlie Constant
Joe
Trappers' Festival Votes To Back New Sports Complex
Festival directors approved backing a new sports complex and in principle the 1966 program with a 2000 advertising budget. The Fur Queen contest rules were approved, Evans Premachuk named Queen Committee Chairman, and guest speakers include Damien Giordani the French Consul and Cliff Gardener of CJOB.
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Festival Association
Evans Premachuk
Damien Giordani
Winnipeg
Cliff Gardener
Cjob
Pas
Canadian National Railway
Sandy Cherry
Transcona
CNR
Appea
21 Lb. Trout Out Of Evergreen
The Clear Water Lake trout bite produced a 21 1/2 pound fish by Mel Williams of North Vancouver. While guest at Evergreen Lodge he landed the 35 inch lake trout Sunday evening using a six pound test line from a boat. He fought the fish for about 30 minutes and landed it by pulling it in with one hand.
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Clearwater
Mel William
North Vancouver
Mr. Williams
Evergreen Lodge
Wadelius Completes RCAF Radio Navigator Course
Flying Officer L E Wadelius of The Pas Manitoba has finished the RCAF Radio Navigator Course at the Air Navigation School in Winnipeg. He received his Ww from Group Captain B E Christmas commanding officer RCAF Station Winnipeg Manitoba. He also earned Senior Matriculation from The Pas Collegiate.
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L.E.H. Wadelius
Pas
Manitoba
Air Navigation School
Winnipeg
B. E, Christmas
RCAF
Wadelius
Cepeans Ne Oe
Ioe
Gradu Veshtirued
Canadian actors to perform The Dream in The Pas
Eight veterans of Confederation will star in The Dream a Centennial Commission drama to be staged at Margaret Barbour Collegiate Auditorium The Pas Saturday night at 8 with free admission The tour continues to Yorkton Dauphin Brandon Portage and Winnipeg and targets high school and grade eight students and teachers across The Pas region
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Land of All That
Confederation
Fathers of Confederation
Pas
Margaret Barbour
Yorkton
Dauphin
Brandon
Portage
Winnipe
Charlottetown
Sacred Heart
Guy Indian School
Town Council
Overture
Music Festival
DM Chorus
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Lions’ Auto Show
Pony - Little Leagues
Cecil Bignell
Gordon Young
Cornelius Bignell
Eric Lathlin
Craig Bignell
Rod McGillavray
Lucky” Constant
George Constant
William Lathlin
Eddie Azure
Dan Young
Benet Chartrand
Roland la Vallee
Brian Bernstrom
Doug Gallagher
Gord Richards
Larry Koszyk
Doug Long
Jim Roman
Greg Fulmore
Garry Deighton
Jim Madrigga
Steve Booth
Bob Jackson
Ardian Boyko
Socreds
NDP
Curt Shielman
Swan River
Ken McMaster
Thompson
Inco
Bud" Simpson
F.L
Bud" Jobin
Shielman
Swan
Steelgas
al Bathingthwaite
Trappers’ Festival
Keystone Fisheries
Evergreen
F-O Wadelius
Sir George Etienne Cartier
Quebec
Andrew Allan
George Brown
Jean Cavall
George Etienne Cartier
Robert Christie
John A. Macdonald
Sean Mulcahy
Thomas D’ Arcy McGee
Serge LaSalle
Hector Louis Langevin
Frank Perry
Charles Tupper
Claude Rae
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Gerard Parkes
Donald Gunn
Dennis Thatcher
Clifford Sifton
Centennial Commission
Ottawa
T. W.tommy Tweed
Commission
Manitoba Centennial Corporation
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