No Smoking at Brandon General Hospital and Milk Price Drop
Brandon General Hospital now bans smoking in all patient care areas including Day Rooms with smoking confined to designated cafeteria areas. Milk price falls by one cent per litre for the first time in over a decade due to lower dairy costs. A prenatal class from Shoal Lake notes four boys and zero girls born so far, with Darren John born November 27, 1986 to Allan and Val Cottingham of Rossburn.
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Brandon General Hospital
General Centre
Manitoba
Shoal Lake
Darren John
Allan
Val Cottingham
Rossburn
Government approves one billion grain program to aid farmers
On October 3 1986 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pledged one billion in cash flow support for grain and oilseed producers. December 10 details of the Special Canadian Grains Program were announced as the largest farmer assistance in Canadian history. Payments total 1 billion with 300 million this winter and 700 million in spring. Eligible are wheat oats barley mixed grains rye flax canola grain corn soybeans sunflowers. Farmers with 1986 seeded acreage and Oct 3 1986 operations qualify. Payments based on seeded acreage and regional yields with a hurt factor. first payments via Canadian Wheat Board permit books.
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Brian Mulroney
European Economic Community
United States
Canadian Wheat Board
Glimpse of Manitoba Communities Details and Local Losses
Included notes on Deloraine store closure and Patrick Macleods CFO Bill Chalmers statement. Reports on local fishing catches by Daryl Brown and Murray Percival at Oak Lake and Turtle Head Creek reservoir. Community birthdays, historical milestones, and Cunningham family farm loss donations from Parkland area with plans to rebuild in spring.
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Deloraine
Manitoba
Bill Chalmers
Macleods
Daryl Brown
Virden
Oak Lake
Turtle Head Creek Reservoir
Murray Percival
Cunningham
Gilbert Plains
Ethelbert
Grandview
Notable Canadian Events From 1786 to 1910
The article notes Scotia Micmac Indians making peace with settlers and the 1786 opening of New Brunswick’s first legislature in Saint John. It marks Britain’s 1815 ban on American settlement in Canada and Henri Bourassa’s 1910 publication of Le Devoir in Montreal.
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Scotia
New Brunswick
Saint John
Britain
Canada
Henri Bourassa
Montreal
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THE
Rossburn Review
Darrell Nesbitt
Ottawa
Charles Mayer
Portage-Marquette
Agriculture Canada
Farm Credit Corporation
John Wise
Jim Schmidt
Boissevain Recorder
Timmy
Dauphin
Gregory Scott Clover
Winnipeg
Lucy Oakden
Boissevain Per
Bora Laskin
Supreme Court of Canada
W.L. Mackenzie King
Commonwealth
Alberta
Sarnia
Ontario
Nova
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
the Review
Canadian Community Newspaper Association
Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Manitoba Press Council
Gregory Nesbitt
Michelle Gensiorek
Tracy Peacock
Birtle
CCNA
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