Roblin area news mixed with long history notes
Twenty years ago town council seeks a permanent effluent disposal solution with land and equipment cost estimated at 300 000 dollars. The Roblin District Health Centre staff anticipate transferring psycho geriatric patients from Brandon Mental Health Centre with first arrivals in early April. Northstars aim for MAHA provincial B title ended in 8 7 overtime loss to Pine Falls Paper Kings. Ferguson to leave Roblin for BC. Planning district forming with Town and RMs of Shell River and Shellmouth. Sixty four rinks participated in Roblin Mixed bonspiel. Grant Andrews rink won Cross Town Motors shield. Fire damaged Roblin Forest Products post peeler building. Forty years ago snow, birds, and flowers described. Bruce Parker rink won men’s bonspiel with 60 rinks. 50 years ago robins and awards noted. 60th anniversary crest contest offered. W A S Beattie family received agriculture award. 40+ years have many local notices on bylaws, dances, and obituaries.
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Roblin District
Brandon
Northstars
Pine Falls Paper Kings
Shell River
Shellmouth
Roblin
Grant Andrews
Roblin Forest Products
Bruce Parker
Ronald R. Cockerill
Documenting churches a race against time
A University of Alberta historian undertakes a broad project to document Ukrainian and Russian churches across the Prairies, preserving faded histories of abandoned buildings and their cemeteries. The tale frames these churches as treasures and tragedies, reflecting once vibrant communities, rites, and events now at risk as congregations dispersed and structures decay.
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University of Alberta
Prairies
Neighbourly OWS Pi Han in Disrepair and Loss
The piece laments prairie churches facing demolition or decay as volunteers fade, noting Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church at Blumenfeld as a survivor turned historic site with no designated funding. It recalls Berthold von Imhoff artworks in several churches and urges preserving memory by documenting families and events if buildings cannot be saved.
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Saskatchewan
Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic
Blumenfeld
Prairies
Berthold von Imhoff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ferguson
North Dakota State University
Bottineau
Intermountain School Division
Borden Hawryluk
W.A.S. Beattie
Roblin and District
Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Pavillion
Bill Devares
The
Deepdale News
Ron
Jakeman
J. Hillana
Borden
Hawryluk
Merle Lamb
Walter Sorbo
Zelena
John Cockerill
Merridale
Goose Lake Collegiate
Sitka
Field
Bield News
Merridale News
Carlson Bros
Bishop
1St Ave
Mts
Iki Eos
Doris Schmitt Laroche
Stationroblin
Gmail
Westman Foot Clinic
Victoria Avenue
R. Bellmo
Nt de Norking
Roblin Health Centre
Blue Cross
Roblin Tire
Main St
Suspension Services
Emi
Salurlat
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