Christmas Lambs Born Amid Busy Sheep Ranch Season
At Tim Allen's field farm hundreds of lambs are expected with about 100 ewes helped around Christmas. This year differs from last when over 30 newborns required bottle feeding as milk production fell due to 30 C heat.
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Tim Allen
Province raises seat belt fines and adds $30 justice surcharge
The province increases driving offenses fines including not buckling up and introduces a $30 Justice Services surcharge on convictions for provincial offences municipal bylaws and federal tickets. Finance Minister Greg Selinger says realigned fees shift justice costs to offenders and tax cuts will be kept.
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Department of Justice
Greg Selinger
Manitoba hikes fines and cuts taxes in budget plan
The province raises fines for seatbelt violations speeding and school bus infractions and lowers taxes with a 39 million personal income tax cut and 12 million for business. The plan aims to save Manitobans 302 million annually and reduces the general corporate tax rate toward 15 percent by 2005.
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Selinger
General Corporation