Bar owner found guilty on 13 counts in Manitoba smoking ban case
Robert Jenkinson of Treherne was convicted on 13 counts under provincial smoking in public places laws after challenging the ban as discriminatory against First Nations lands. The trial examined equality rights and jurisdiction, with calls to ban tobacco nationwide and debate on tax and employment costs.
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Treherne
Manitoba
Robert Jenkinson
NDP
Jenkinson
Cynthia Devine
Murray Howell
Autumn on the Prairies and Prairie Gold in Harvest
The Souris Plaindealer recalls autumn field color and harvest bustle as farmers adapt to crops like canola peas lentils and herbs. A Manitoba Master Farmer with 50 years of crop records notes years of good moisture dry spells hot July and August and grasshopper damage, with multiple entries detailing dry years and crop outcomes.
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Souris Plaindealer
Manitoba
Cost of farming and prairie harvest prospects in 1919
Archive excerpt notes friendly Manitoba yields from 1884 to 1933 across wheat oats and barley, with years of good and poor returns. It recounts 1919 Cost of Farming estimates for wheat per acre totals to 20.55 plus 9.20 indirects, and reflects on rising inputs, variable weather, and continued harvest as the Prairies’ peak season.
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Manitoba
Souris
Biggar Independent
International Dry Farming Congress of Nebraska
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Mena Moraes
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Roblin
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Government of Canada
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Ed Doering
Cathy Yellowaga
Roblin Review