Committee forms to study new community hall feasibility
A local committee convened to assess building a new community hall held its first meeting. Members invite public input before a February Rec Commission presentation and aim to submit an initial report at a late February or early March public meeting.
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Dale Yeo
Rec. Commission
Neil Stewart
Borden Hawryluk
Murray Goodman
John Perchaluk
Julius Zimmer
Marvin Mohr
Elke Schmidt
Dave Baranowski
Inside District Forecast and Opinion Highlights
The column previews local weather outlook and civic opinions for readers. It notes community priorities, shares brief public safety and service updates, and references RCMP and district reports affecting daily life.
Roblin Chamber Invites Public to Annual Meeting
The Roblin District Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to attend its annual general meeting at 7 30 p m located at the Main Street Mini Mall.
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Roblin District
Post Office Hours Cut Hits Rural Manitoba Communities
Rural Manitoba post offices face 7 358 hours of annual reductions in 1993 affecting Gilbert Plains Minitonas Ethelbert Winnipegosis and Roblin with Roblin dropping weekly hours from 151 to 149 and one staffer losing hours from six to four The move follows Canada Post policy to align hours with workload and comes despite rural council resolutions and free-time donations by postmasters.
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Canada Post
Manitoba
Allen Hunter
Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
Parkland
Gilbert Plains
Minitonas
Ethelbert
Winnipegosis
Roblin
Hunter
Brian Garagan
Garagan
Cat senses danger as house fire breaks out near chimney
In the early hours of January 8 at the Mervin Cords home, Boots the cat woke Rob Cords by sniffing the air. He and his family learned flames were spreading between a brick chimney and a steel liner, narrowly saving the upstairs before firefighters arrived.
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Boots
Mervin Cords
Rob
Cords
Bootsy
Dad
Mervin
Town council rejects 1 percent pay raise
Town council votes down a one percent increase for indemnities at the Jan. 13 meeting. Councillor Pogue Kelso and others question raises for new members while Mayor Nykyforak defends keeping increases small. The by-law is amended to a zero percent raise by a three to one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pogue Kelso
Robert Becker
Lawrence Dietrich
Borden Hawryluk
Betty Nykyforak
Nykyforak
Homegrown priest named Bishop for Australia and New Zealand
Peter Stasiuk, longtime director of St. Vladimir's College in Roblin, was announced by Vatican Radio as the new bishop for Australia and New Zealand. He is among the youngest Ukrainian Catholic bishops and will oversee about 40,000 Ukrainian Catholics in the eastern rite diocese.
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Merridale
Melbourne
Vatican Radio
Peter Stasiuk
St. Vladimir's College
Australia
New Zealand
Postup
Roblin
Michael and
Katie Stasiuk
St. Vlad's
Winnipeg
Maxim Hermaniuk
Holy Redeemer
Toronto
St. Micheal's
Ascension of Our
Petlura
Holy Spirit Parish
The
Pas
Stasiuk
Canada
U.S
Bryan Bayda
Rome
Bayda
Sid Prokopchuk
Holy Redeemer Parish
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Ed Doering
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