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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1989
Page
2
Town council received a letter from Minister of Highways Albert Driedger requesting an urban design for provincial trunk highways PTH 5 and 83. The design would add lighting sidewalks gutters and other facilities to support planned street reconstruction.
Renovations kept the plant operating and most staff unsure of outcomes as the sale to Manco approaches. Archie Bruce says the Manco name will stay on products and only 5 to 10 percent of plant jobs may be lost. Zaporzan notes Roblin’s butter plant status is unchanged for now and recalls a $33,000 1988 profit while conceding the plant is aging but well maintained.
From the plant operating, he added. He hopes the new owners will take the same approach. Zaporzan believes Manco may become stronger as a result of the amalgamation. He says strength is required in dealing with other corporate bodies and Manco's market share may increase. Manco currently has a 17 per cent market share in Manitoba. There are fears among Manco's 5200 shareholders that they will lose money because of the sale but Bruce said simply, no they won't. "I was hired to look after their interests and I'm still doing that," Bruce said Friday.
The Canadian Standards Association and Carr Tech Distributing recall Li'l Bug'r electronic insect killers CT4000 and CT8000. Under certain conditions plastic grid insulators could ignite. Return units for modification by parcel post to Carr Tech in Mississauga. Modified units will bear an inked M on the nameplate.
Council discusses the suit filed by Intermountain School Division No. 36 against the Auditors over a roughly $600,000 capital loan. Residents asked for the result and legal costs. A resolution asks the school division to inform Hillsburg RM of the outcome and expenses. A new Caterpillar Custom 180 grader motorgrader is due for delivery in December.
The Shell River Council passed a resolution to stop paying the sub agent fee on its municipal insurance policy, saving about 1000 dollars yearly. Councillors will handle issues with the insurer directly. They also reviewed road signage and hazardous intersections. A separate resolution allowed Roblin's Right to Life to hold the annual Hike for Life on September 23, with part of the route through the municipality.
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