Taxpayers plan meeting on municipal amalgamation Thursday
A group of concerned taxpayers schedules a 7 p.m. meeting at the Roblin and District Community Centre to discuss provincial amalgamation mandates for small municipalities and the local push for or against consolidation amid regional debates among nearby townships and RMs.
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Roblin and District
Shellburg
Hillsriver
Crocus Plains
Lake of the Prairies
Roblin
Rms
Boulton
Shellmouth
Park North
Shell River
Park
Panda Time Use and Visitor Costs Cited
A brief note states giant pandas spend half their day eating and forty percent sleeping with the remainder idle. It also warns that visiting pandas will cost Canadians millions over the next five years.
Stompin Tom Connors Career Highlights and Songs
The piece surveys Stompin Tom Connors life from birth on February 9 1936 to later fame with songs like Bud the Spud and Sudbury Saturday Night. It notes adoption childhood hardship hitchhiking across Canada early break in Jimmins Ontario, a 13 month Maple Leaf Hotel contract, 300 plus songs 48 albums and Juno awards later returned in protest.
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Tom Conners
Bud the Spud
Sudbury
Farmer
Tom Was
Isabel Connors
Tom Sullivan
PEL
Connie
Russ Alward
Children’s Aid Society
Tom
Canada
Jimmins
Maple Leaf Hotel
Gaetain Lepine
Gaetain
Tom Connors
Ontario
Stompin’ Tom Ltd
USA
Conservative budget ignores today’s challenges
A letter urging action against the Conservative budget criticizes it for prioritizing a faux surplus over jobs and growth. It highlights rising unemployment since 2006, skilled labor gaps, stalled training funding, reduced infrastructure support, gaps in First Nations education funding, and cuts to agriculture and food inspection. The writer calls for real measures to boost growth and return to balance.
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Stephen Harper
Canada
Indian Head
PFRA
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