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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1987
Page
4
Russell Agricultural Society selects the fair as the host for the two day race meet but warns the date may stay if another group takes on the events. Rain damages in Killarney flood basements and trigger talk of disaster aid. CN incentive boosts grain shipments as 18 car loads cut shipping price.
The program includes six of nine main elevators such as Pioneer Cargill and United Grain Growers tied to a 250000 tonne capacity criterion. In Virden attendance at the second harness meet of the season dipped by over 600 from May with 1730 at the two day event and 45835 in betting versus 52411 from 2360 bettors in May. Neepawa plans over 10000 to dredge sludge and clean outfall pipes to prevent a dyke collapse and reduce lagoon maintenance for years. A TNT Transport semi trailer driven by David Thomas Nicols swerved to miss a deer on No 1 highway near Virden, suffering 60000 in damage. passenger William Trenholm was treated for minor injuries.
Timeline style item notes key events in August across Canada and nearby regions. It cites the 1791 division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, captures of York in 1814, the 1797 slave sale of Emmanuel Allen in Montreal, Aberhart’s 1935 Social Credit victory in Alberta, and earlier discoveries and colonial changes including Manitoba’s discovery in 1612 and Cape Breton’s 1784 separation from Nova Scotia.
A garbled summary notes the Chanak Crisis of 1922 involving Winston Churchill and Dominion defense commitments in Turkey. It also references historical events in Canada such as slavery abolition in 1833 British Columbia and the 1846 British Possessions Act empowering tariff control, plus a 1917 compulsory service act demonstration by five thousand in Montreal.
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