Trout Biting Spree Marked By Rob’s River Luck
Rob describes early morning fishing by the Neepawa Reservoir with two bobber runs yielding a fat rainbow of about three pounds and a follow up strike from another fish. The Manitoba Wildlife Branch conducts a big game aerial census covering over 4000 miles while Master Angler awards list 1963 winners across lakes and rivers. New Manitoba highway map highlights roads and Camp sites, and the Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival at The Pas features the World Championship Dog Derby during February.
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Rob and Gun
Neepawa Reservoir
Manitoba Wildlife Branch
Manitoba Government
Department
Manitoba
Helmut Jug
Winnipeg
Kississing Eke
Kississing Lake
God's Lake
Reed Lake
William
Persse Lakes
Lake Katherine
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba Narrows
God’s Lake
God’s River
U.S
Flin Fion
Pas
Ted .Peck
Trails
Ted
No. 10
Manitoba launches vast salvage program for fire killed timber
The salvage program in Manitoba recovers millions of board feet of fire killed timber and thousands of cords of other wood after a devastating freeze. Private operators, aided by market demand and gold prices, ship large volumes of black spruce pulpwood to American mills. Timber is reused as fence posts poles rails bridge planking and telegraph poles for domestic markets in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The effort is described as one of the largest forestry recovery programs in Manitoba history, led by private operators and government support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duck Mountain
Cowan
Swan Lake
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Manitoba previews jobless prep course with 515 enrolled
Manitoba education minister announces 515 students have enrolled in a new prevocational upgrading program for the unemployed. The program, funded by federal and provincial governments, aims to provide grade ten level work in business English mathematics and science to help place unemployed individuals into skilled trades.
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Manitoba Department of Education
George Johnson
Manitoba Job Training Program Expands Across Province
Dr. Johnson reports 500 plus students in 26 classes launched in January. instruction runs in 12 centres with seven classes at Manitoba Teachers College campus and three at Manitoba Institute of Technology. Additional sites include Brandon Vocational Training Centre Portage la Prairie Flin Flon and small classes at Dauphin Neepawa The Pas and St Malo. Families receive living allowances and transportation aid. Courses free of tuition with textbooks provided under NES guidance led by W S Lockhart and supported by provincial inspectors.
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Manitoba Teachers College
Tuxedo
Manitoba Institute of Technology
Brooklands
Winnipeg
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Flin Flon
Dauphin
Neepawa
Pas
Manitoba
W.S. Lockhart
Camp Commissary Ends Ration Split For Duck Mountain Work Crew
In Manitoba's Duck Mountain area a work crew receives 25 cents per day from the camp commissary, with the rest credited to their accounts and paid on release. They perform tasks for the forestry service such as clearing undergrowth for access roads and brushing timber stands.
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Manitoba: Forestry
Duck Mountain
Trainee Forestry Camps Guard Whitehall Fire Threats
Government runs three camps in Whiteshell park where trainees plant spruce seedlings and assist timber aims. The program trains volunteers from Headingley and Dauphin jail to provide a disciplined standby force to fight fires, with an escape rate under one percent among 1,600 participants since 1980.
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Whiteshell
McLean
Headingley
Dauphin
White Bass Debuts in Manitoba Fisheries Watch
A white bass appears in Lake Winnipeg near Gimli, the second Manitoba sighting. biologists from the Manitoba fisheries branch monitor the newcomer as they assess habitat, growth, and potential commercial value. Hon Sterling Lyon notes the fish could become a significant sport and eventual economic asset.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Fisheries
Lake Winnipeg
Gimli
Sterling Lyon
Q.C
Minister of Mines and Natural Resources
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ROD & Gun Digest
Master Angcers
Moiutu
Agassiz
Riding Mountain
Mt. Aggassiz
Dauphin Plains
Ben’s Auction
Oil Company
Roblin
J. Hunko
Haultain Avenue
Yorkton, Sask
Roblin, Man
Wedgewood Dining
Forest Room
Red River Room
Serragie
Natal
Sterling Lyon, W
CBC. TV
Alan” Millar
Maggie. Morris
Allan Mannings
Arne
Valentine
Peratiaaly
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