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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1990
Page
3
Readers were invited to a recycling survey and while responses arrive slowly, nearly all respondents to date are women. They express clear support for a community recycling program, with several arguing that women are more engaged caretakers and may influence policy if in leadership.
May is National Motorcycle Awareness Month highlighting rider safety amid driver inattention. The public is urged to watch for motorcycles, avoid sudden turns, and share the road to prevent collisions and gravel spray in traffic.
Roblin Russell MLA Derkach replies to editorials about a Community Places grant cheque to Waywayseecappo. He cites personal travel delays, bus delivery of the cheque, and his role mediating an unpaid bill, while defending support for local projects and disputing a planned corporate postal outlet. Hugh Kines and Mr Byas are invoked in criticisms of community consultation, with a call for clarity on Roblin’s status in the plan.
Reader flags Canada Post action on rural offices. Claims Roblin Post Office is not in the plan while alleging the corporation has closed 179 rural federal post offices, converted 457 to retail outlets, and has 306 rural offices under review. The letter urges Canada Post to publish an assurance signed by Donald Lander.
Jessie Kines criticizes Dave Byas of the Media Relations and Community Mid West Division, arguing postal outlets waste funds that should go to improving post offices. She laments a return to pioneer era mail delays and questions governance and action to aid postal workers.
Seventeen residents met in a former one room school turned club to discuss crime. Two days of unauthorized home entries were reported with one intruder scared away. Rural vigilance and neighbor protection were urged amid a rising number of rascals seeking easy gains. The area crime watch leader noted a large turnout when forming a neighboring association, highlighting community concern.
In Esterhazy Miner Journal and prairie communities Crime Watch and Crime Stoppers have reported 11 years of work with 398 arrests and $658,000 in recovered property and drugs seized. Tips from volunteers helped convict hydroponic marijuana cases and deter odd activity at rented farm homes, showing mutual self-help value.
Manitoba’s economy hinges on farming alongside health manufacturing and aerospace. Wheat prices fell sharply while barley rose slightly, crops face higher costs for inputs and borrowing, and insurance activity rises as farmers brace for below average moisture. Officials flag possible drought relief and interest rate relief, urging sustained moisture and longer term safety nets amid price pressures.
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