Town Hall Meeting Opens Discussion On New Hall
Roblin town council invites all citizens to Memorial Hall this Wednesday at 8 30 p m for an open forum. The discussion covers need for a new hall possible locations and funding options with a citizen committee as a possible outcome.
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Scout Registration Tonight at Roblin Cultural Hall
Scout registration is set for 7 00 p m at Roblin s Cultural Hall inviting new members and families to join this community program at the venue in town.
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Fire destroys main sawmill at Britcher's Mill
The Britcher's Mill near Roblin suffered a major blaze late Wednesday with the main building destroyed. Owner Bob Britcher, 53 years in the business, contemplates retirement as investigators rule the likely electrical cause an accident. Plans for a portable mill and potential successors are discussed amid demands for timber quotas to sustain 20 local jobs.
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Bob Blitcher
Roblin's
Britcher’s
Tom Bowley
Roblin
Bob Brakefield-Moore
Bob Britcher
Britcher
Len
Bill Angus
Roblin-Russell
Len Derkach
Department of Natural Resources
Roblin Eyes Duck Lake for Effluent Discharge
Roblin seeks provincial approval to discharge lagoon effluent five kilometres south into Duck Lake as an alternative to Shell River dumping. Town officials note irrigation use by Harvey Switzer may end and council votes to terminate the existing two-party irrigation deal after a decade.
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Council
Duck Lake
Roblin
Manitoba
Environment Department
Harvey
Switzer
Doug Frost-Hunt
Frost-Hunt
Shell River
Alex Mohr
Will Sutton
Alberta
High River
Cargill
Hostage family hopes for progress in Hussein talks
A Canadian ambassador residence hostage crisis prompts a private delegation to seek government action. The sister of a held man describes phone campaigns and personal resolve as other nations report successful hostages returns.
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Hussein
Chase
Isoo
Fami
Tean
Gardewine North Eyes Echo Transport Deal in Roblin
Gardewine North may acquire Echo Transport as of January 1 after a mutual inquiry into Echo’s Roblin operation and several other towns. Dave Tuckwell, Gardewine operations manager, says talks ongoing and rumors premature while Echo had already bought Roblin Truck Service Ltd and took over in early October. He cites discussions with local representatives and plans to speak with six towns.
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Roblin
Gardewine North
Echo Transport
Dave Tuckwell
Gardewine
Tuckwell
Tom Bowley
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