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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1969
Page
2
A letter to the editor advocates using Indigenous terms for the man made lake near Assiniboine River, arguing Indian names reflect meaningful descriptions and connect to a broader regional heritage across two provinces. It lists example translations and urges schoolchildren to explore meaningful Indigenous names.
Dauphin Parkland Development Corporation announces a new technical reference library in Dauphin. It will be open Monday to Friday with morning hours 10 30 to 11 30 and afternoon 3 to 4. Borrowing limit is two items for two weeks with no charge.
The week covered Health Minister George Johnson on corrections and sex policy concerns, a Churchill visit, Liberal duties on Bill 15 committee referral, grain crisis talks, and the party's leadership contest centering on Bobby Bond. The piece notes potential rifts with younger Liberals and shifts toward the Conservatives, with the NDP as the remaining opposition.
Out-of-Dauphin residents should contact their local Parkland Director for further information and to order material. As yet, only a partial catalogue has been prepared and will not be issued for some time.
The Fisheries Branch of the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources reports West Blue Lake in Duck Mountain Provincial Park is closed to angling for the season. Dr. Fred Ward from the University of Manitoba Zoology Department leads a lake energy transfer study aimed at mapping lake life processes, necessitating the fishing ban to monitor fish populations.
The Merridale Community Club acknowledges contributors and canvassers after a house fire fund for Roy Cockerill Elizabeth Cockerill and family. Donations totaled by area include Herb Poyser Mort Cockerill $157, anonymous town donors $63, Mrs Arthur Cockerill and Leroy Sanders $245, Sid Townsin Dmetro Syko $267, A Shafranski $183, Rudolph Hawrylnk Arthur Cockerill $164.50, Bill Bailey $148, Joe Andronyk $98, plus Lorne Len Cockerill and out of district donors $76. Names and full lists are at Merridale store. Anton Shafranski President.
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