Canada Post launches national letter writing contest for youth
Canada Post with UPU invites 12 to 15 year olds to write a 500 word letter explaining why Canada appeals to a refugee child. Entries can be in official languages. a national winner receives a home computer and an Ottawa ceremony on UPU Day, with International and UNHCR support and potential publication in Refugees.
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Canada Post Corporation
Universal Postal Union
UPU
Canada
Canada Post
Andre Villeneuve
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Refugees
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Ottawa
International Com
Rossburn Rural Municipality approves 8 mill tax hike
The Rural Municipality of Rossburn plans an 8 mill increase on property taxes for 1986. Education levies rise by 5.7 percent to 5 mills and general municipal levies by 3.3 percent to 3 mills, bringing the total mill rate to 187 from 179. A landowner with a $3,000 assessment faces a $561 bill, up $24 from 1985.
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Rossburn
Ernie Antonow
Antonow
Rossburn Budget 1982 Raises Education and Municipal Levy
The R.M. of Rossburn notes a 21 mill increase in the education tax or 29.5 percent and a 13 mill rise in the municipal levy or 15.8 percent for the 1982 budget period.
Derkach Added to Filmon Shadow Cabinet in Manitoba
PC leader Gary Filmon unveils a shadow cabinet with two rookie area MLAs, Glen Findlay and Len Derkach. Findlay becomes agriculture chief critic with Glen Cumm a as deputy, while Derkach is named chief critic for Northern Affairs and is assisted by Dave Blake.
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Gary Filmon
NDP
Howard Pawley
Virden
Glen Findlay
Roblin Russell
Len Derkach
Findlay
Shoal Lake
Arthur
Jim Downey
Ste. Rose
Glen Ane
Derkach
Minnedosa
Dave Blake
Brrt
Filmon
Don Orchard
Gerry Mercier
J. Frank Johnston
Arnold Brown
Albert Driedger
Abe Kovnats
Glen Cumma
Charlie Birt
Daylight Saving Time Begins In Province This Spring
Under the Official Time Act the province adopts uniform daylight saving time for six months from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Clocks advance one hour at 2 A.M. on Sunday April 27 to 3 A.M.
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