Inglis Hi Liters Seniors Club receives grant
The Inglis Hi Liters Seniors Club got a 1292 grant from Health and Welfare Canada's New Horizons program. Dauphin-Swan River MP Brian White presented the cheque to Emma Fingas at the Inglis Leisure Centre on Thursday. The club runs card games shuffleboard pool singsongs dinners teas and other social events.
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Inglis Hi Liters
Health and Welfare Canada
Dauphin-Swan River
Brian White
Emma Fingas
Inglis
Hi Liters
Local trucking firm sale in progress to Echo Transport
RTS signs a contract to sell Roblin Truck Service in Manitoba to Winnipeg based Echo Transport. The sale awaits provincial and territorial board approvals and may occur in summer or September. Owner Steve Kerchak, aged 65, plans to retire after 31 years and says the deal aims to benefit employees and the community. Echo Transport comments were not available.
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Manitoba
Echo Transport
Winnipeg
Steve Kerchak
Saskatchewan
Kerchak
Parkland LGD proposes Roblin San Clara telephone exchange merger
The Parkland LGD council asks MTS and the Public Utilities Board to amalgamate the Roblin and San Clara exchanges. A Feb public meeting in San Clara will gauge resident support amid concerns over loss of local identity and better service through Roblin.
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LGD
Park
Roblin
Manitoba Telephone System
MTS
Inglis
Grandview
Park Council
Public Utilities Board
Rms
Hillsburg
Shell River
San Clara Exchange
Alvin Meakin
MTS General
Saskatchewan
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Meakin
Ottawa bans risky accordion style baby gates
Acting Federal Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Harvie Andre announces new Hazardous Products Act regulations to prohibit sale of wooden and hard plastic accordion gates with diamond openings that entrap heads and necks. Two Canadian deaths linked to the design prompt parents to replace gates with safer models and ensure supervision.
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Ottawa
Harvie Andre
Canada
Andre
Helicopter helps Manitoba forests with tree improvement program
The Natural Resources department uses a helicopter over the Duck Mountains to collect genetic material for superior trees as part of Manitoba Forestry's tree improvement program. Gord McColm says crews identify "super trees" on the ground and then sample seeds and tissue by helicopter. Seed orchards for the Duck Mountains are in the Boggey Creek and Timberton areas. Residents saw the helicopter last week and later visited the Roblin NR office.
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Natural Resources Department
Duck Mountains
Manitoba Forestry
Gord McColm
Natural Resources
Dauphin
McColm
Interlake
Boggey Creek
Timberton
Ash disposal bylaw violations rise in Roblin
Roblin council heard sanitation workers report more residents burning wood and disposing ashes in metal cans, defying a bylaw that requires cardboard boxes. The issue adds to complaints of snow removal delays due to breakdowns, illnesses, and fuel supply.
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Roblin
Council
Doug Frost-Hunt
Glen Reierson
Reierson
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