Mail sorting policy shifts disrupt Saturday deliveries
As of Sept 23 a new sorting policy requires mail be sorted on delivery day. Mail may not reach boxes until end of day and some rural post offices will stop Saturday sorting. In five communities Saturday sorters shift to a weekday schedule with one extra hour. Saturday mail is carried over reducing service.
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Canada Post cuts blamed on changed standards and RPO presence
Hunter argues Canada Post used a shift in mail handling rules to justify cutting part-time hours, while Garagan rejects a standard misstatement and says only part-timers are affected. Hunter links Roblin’s retail outlet to the reductions, though Garagan dismisses the connection and notes future rounds may affect full-time staff.
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Canada Post
Garagan
Roblin
Buckingham urges audience to act against impaired driving
The speaker cites an AMA study where bus drivers hit .04 and failed a driving course to illustrate risk. He warns that a first dose of any mind altering substance slows reaction, lowers inhibitions, and impairs judgment, urging simple personal decisions not to drive.
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Impaired driving talk hits home with Don and Brian tale
Buckingham recalls a crash scene where Brian 21 and Don 20, both sober or young drinkers, confront the consequences of impaired driving. Brian’s collision with Don leaves Don permanently scarred and both men haunted. Buckingham, injured but alive, urges action to save future lives.
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Manitoba Cabinet Appointments Outline Ministers
Len Derkach named Minister of Education and Training. Gerry Ducharme becomes Minister of Urban Affairs and Housing. Bonnie Mitchelson takes Culture Heritage and Recreation, and leads Multicultural Affairs, Manitoba Lotteries Foundation Act and Status of Women. Jake Penner is Minister of Rural Development. Harry Neufeld serves as Minister of Energy and Mines.
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Len Derkach
Gerry Ducharme
Bonnie Mitchelson
Jake Penner
Harry Neufeld
Energy
Mines
Manitoba Hydro Act responsibility and cabinet ministers
Harold Gilleshammer serves as Minister of Family Services while Darren Praznik holds the Labour portfolio. The ministers are responsible for Acts including Civil Service Act Civil Service Superannuation Act Civil Service Supplementary Severance Benefit Act and Public Servants Insurance Act.
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Darren Praznik
Labor
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Civil Service Superannuation
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Manitoba sets four percent rent guideline for 1991
Manitoba Housing Minister Gerry Ducharme announced a four per cent rent guideline for 1991, up from last year. The guideline covers operating costs including property taxes utilities and maintenance, allows for inflation adjustments, and is enforceable by written tenant notice at least three months prior.
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Manitoba
Gerry Ducharme
Rent Regulation Bureau
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