Manitoba Legislature Review of Bills 83 and 86 Progress
Lawmakers near session end report on Bill 83 to amend the Landlord and Tenant and Condominium Acts with public hearings wrapped after 30 of about 85 names presenting. Bill 86 tests a Milk Prices Review Board to set pricing and protect both producers and consumers amid opposition.
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House
Manitoba
Winnipeg
N.D.P
Vic Savino
Warner Jorgenson
Downey
Milk Control Board
Manitoba Milk Prices Review Board
Commission
Sam Askiw
Lac du Bonnet
Canada Post truck fleet saves gas with mpg gains
Canada Post drivers nationwide saved about 165000 gallons of gasoline last year despite traveling two million more miles than the prior year. The program aimed for five percent better miles per gallon and achieved nine percent, with 8765 trucks and vans covering nearly 40 million miles annually.
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Canada
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Canada Post
Auction season mirrors past decades amid dry year observations
Bill Story reflects on auction sales that draw crowds in 1980 and compares current farming fortunes with the 1930s and 1960s. He notes a retiring farmer selling gear at strong prices, a young buyer planning a modest western farm, and the broader hope of surviving drought through diversification, family labor, and adapted equipment.
Boat People Learn English Through Catalogues In Canada
Continuation of article on boat people describes morale boosting classes where learners adjust to life and language. Instructor Kozak uses catalogues to explain Canadian clothing furniture and necessities, noting pictures aid English learning and awareness.
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Kozak
Vietnamese English Program Expands at Local School
Kozak reports two advanced students have finished levels one and two and are on level three with potential to reach levels four to six. The course length will be set by the Department of Education and may become a continuing program pending government approval. He expects three of ten students to enroll full time in fall. Meanwhile Vietnamese learners study English in Room 22 while adjacent room hosts Ukrainian summer students.
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Kozak
Department of Education
Market Report from Roblin Auction Mart July 17 1980
A total of eight head of livestock passed through the Weiller Williams Roblin Auction Mart on July 17 1980. The sale included 806 cattle 10 sows 4 boars 59 weanling pigs 111 feeder pigs 6 horses and 2 sheep with prices listed for butcher steers heifers cows bulls feeder steers and calves and pigs. Manitoba forest fire warning followed urging prevention of wild fires due to dry conditions.
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Weiller & Williams Roblin Auction Mart
M. Robin
Jim Onofriechuk
Roblin
Man
Paul Lungal
Russell
Ron Yakimishyn
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Roblin, Man
Bield
Keewatin Community College
Pas
Canada Manpower
The
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Iene
Government OF Canada
Postal Code
Bill Story
John Deere
Pveae
Mme Laie
Carl Ronellenfitch
Miami
Labatt
Dee’s Electric
Market Report
Betty Yakimishyn
R. P. Ashcroft
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4Th Ave
Dauphin
P.R
Boggy Creek
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Bank of Montreal
First Canadian Bank
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