Manitoba Vote Boosts Filmon Tone and Open for Business
Premier elect Filmon’s Conservative majority signals a mandate to push a business friendly agenda. The piece questions the cost to workers like Britcher’s mill families and cautions about a looming recession and regional economic shifts.
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North America
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Carstair
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Ontario
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Roblin Review Letters Policy Clarifies Signatures
The Roblin Review invites letters to the editor but requires letters be signed and include the writer’s address and phone number for verification. Only the name and town address will be published.
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Filmon's slim Manitoba majority seen as stable
The province awarded Premier Gary Filmon a slim 30 seat majority, seen as adequate for now though vulnerable to health-related or backbench shifts. Doer’s NDP gains in Winnipeg and Carstairs Liberals’ weakened urban base shape a cautious, evolving political landscape for Manitoba.
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Duff Roblin
Manitoba
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Progressive Conservatives
Sterling Lyon
Canada
Gary Doer
Winnipeg
Liberals
NDP
Ontario
Sharon Carstairs
New ideas bloom on Saskatchewan farms with berry ventures
The Melfort Journal reports Berry Delicious Farm near Melfort, a new strawberry operation by Byron Irvine Bonnie Irvine and their children. The piece notes 200 pickers on a recent U-pick day, with 16 litres collected in two hours, and highlights irrigation weed control and winter-kill risks shaping the venture.
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Berry Delicious Farm
Byron
Bonnie Irvine
Prairie perspective on crops and small animals gains interest
The Hudson Bay Post-Review notes producers and plant scientists discuss high-bush cranberry as a potential specialty crop with a three year action program. Miniature donkeys attract buyers as companions or watch donkeys for flocks. Darrell and Bonnie Eidie convert a Morris garage into a meat plant, producing smoked Eioise sausages and expanding to beef and other meats.
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Prince George
Hudson Bay Post-Review
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Sharon
Grant Cooke
Blackie
Darrell
Bonnie Eidie
Morris
Scratching River
Filmon Leads Manitoba to Majority Government in 1990
Manitoba premier Gary Filmon and the Conservative party secured a majority in the province, solidifying gains in west and southeast Winnipeg while the Liberal party collapsed, with NDP and Conservative traditional bases restored. The shift prompts questions about future budgets and Filmon's relation to Mulroney.
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Conrad Santos
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Swan River
Winnipeg
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