Manitoba Farm Equipment Night Safety Rules Updated
Effective April 1, the Highway Act changes require farm machinery to have a rotating amber beacon and a clearance light at the widest points for night travel. Minister Albert Driedger announced the new regulations to improve safer movement on provincial roadways.
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Highways and Transportation
Albert Driedger
Roblin Elementary Celebrates Read Month With Events
February reading celebration features Buddy Reading Week focused on home reading. Betty Wenner and Joan Chase judged Decorate a Door Day entries. World’s biggest read-in occurs Friday in the school gym with poet Gordon Jory attending. Door winner kept secret until the February 28 assembly. Students urged to dress as their favorite book character.
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Roblin
Betty Wenner
Joan Chase
Gordon Jory
Canada Post opens Roblin retail outlet at local store
Canada Post announced a Roblin retail postal outlet will open March 7 at Roblin Food Store. It will operate seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and offer stamps, money orders, registered mail, courrier services, and parcel pickup for rural route customers. Town officials and some residents criticized the move, while others view it as improving access to postal services.
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Canada Post
Roblin
Christine Desnoyers
Mid-West
Winnipeg
Bernice Maliteare
Kim Ludwig
Lawrence Dietrich
Dietrich
Bill Kushniryk
Desnoyers
RM of
Shell River
Albert Nabe
Nabe
MTS survey to decide Roblin San Clara merger plan
MTS plans a San Clara exchange survey to gauge demand for toll free calls to Inglis and Grandview. If consensus grows, Park’s LGD proposal to amalgamate Roblin and San Clara exchanges could be approved, with Meakin stressing need for public support before moving ahead.
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San Clara
Inglis
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LGD of
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Roblin
Alvin Meakin
Parkland
LGC
Rms
Shell River
Hillsburg
Meakin
Saskatchewan
Duck Mountains
LGD
Benito
Childs Lake
Blue Lake
Grandview. “We Haven't Run Into Any Real Problems In That Regard.” Gaye
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