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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 2014
Page
4
The Roblin Review wraps 2014 with a look back at news, council amalgamation with Hillsburg, and community involvement. Editors thank readers for ads, submissions, and subscriptions, urging continued support to “keep the presses running” into 2015.
Manitoba Hydro edges toward expropriation of hundreds of Red River Valley farms using an Order in Council that waives required inquiries. The move, linked to Selinger’s cabinet actions, risks expanding expropriation beyond the utility’s rare historical use in 1961 near Grand Rapids.
The 2014 Sochi Olympics opened with Canada achieving 10 golds 10 silvers and five bronzes from 222 competitors. Canada posted four double podiums in freestyle skiing and golds in both men's and women's ice hockey and curling. Mascots were the Polar Bear European Hare and Amur Leopard. Sochi sits as a long northern resort city in Krasnodar Krai 1 600 km south of Moscow along the Caucasus.
John Henson, son of Jim Henson, died of a heart attack aged 48. He was a Jim Henson Company shareholder and a puppeteer for the Muppets, often performing Sweetums. Sesame Street marked its 45th anniversary this year, with Kermit the Frog and other characters spanning stages, films, and TV. Hannah Taylor’s homelessness outreach is highlighted, inspired by a wintry moment when a man ate from a garbage can. The piece reflects on a year’s worth of memories and hopes for 2015.
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