MP pushes to reopen historic road in Riding Mountain NP
Inky Mark, opposition Heritage Critic for Dauphin Swan River, urges Ottawa to reopen a road closed nearly 40 years. He notes parallel moves allowing a 116 kilometre Wood Buffalo road and calls for discussions with Parks Canada, Sheila Copps, RMNP officials, and local leaders to advance environmental screening and economic benefits.
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RCMP seize 49 pounds of marijuana near Dropmore
RCMP from Prairie Mountain Detachment seized 49 pounds of marijuana growing in the Dropmore area after electronic surveillance warned police. Roblin and Russell officers attended within 15 minutes but found no culprits. A Parkland RCMP canine unit later recovered a 17 pound bag of harvested plants about a mile away.
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Duck Dash canceled by wind on Assiniboine River
Organizers halted the third annual Duck Dash as a steady wind pushed 350 plastic ducks upstream and around the river. The event was rescheduled two days later with Peter Sarantopoulos winning $3,000 for the first duck to finish.
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Blooming success crowns area Communities in Bloom winners
The Shoal Lake Star reports area communities excel in the provincial Communities in Bloom contest. Birtle earns four blooms in the population 1 to 1000 category, Hamiota three, and St. Lazare two. Four bloom towns gain automatic national-level invitation. Birtle also noted for tidiness.
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Avian Botulism Strikes Whitewater Lake Again
The Boissevain Recorder reports avian botulism spreading at Whitewater Lake this summer, killing thousands of ducks for the fourth consecutive year. Clean-up crews have recovered 13,189 dead birds, about two thirds ducks, though many remain submerged. The 1996 season saw the highest toll with over 117,000 carcasses collected.
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Whitewater Lake
Southern Manitoba Railroad first run on Tulare Valley line
The Southern Manitoba Railroad made its debut on the Morris to Elgin route of the Tulare Valley system leaving six cars to be loaded at the Agricore elevator in Baldur. The train was operated by Engineer Tom West with crew Kurt Bekker and Ian Hogens.
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Day Care Initiative Moves Toward Grandview School
An informational meeting at Grandview School Aug 26 about a potential day care centre drew enough support to green light the project. A five member board was formed and will meet with the Intermountain School Division board Sept 2 to resolve details.
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Rally Brings Unions to Dauphin in Support of Locked Out CEP Members
Members from Manitoba Government Employees Union Canadian Union of Postal Workers nurses and teachers CUPE and IBEW joined a Dauphin lunch hour rally at the Manitoba Telecom Services building on August 26. They voiced support for Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union members on the picket line since June 3.
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