PMA forms to build Roblin grain elevator project
Pool and Pioneer join to create Prairie Mountain Agra PMA building a new elevator north of Roblin to serve area producers. Six and a half days poured 6000 yards of concrete for a 130 ft tall structure with 70 more feet of machinery planned and a chemical warehouse fertilizer plants. Rail and truck access not yet set with operation expected by mid July 1998.
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Neepawa Plant Workers Vote On Strike After Offer Rejected
About 220 employees at Springhill Farms Hog Processing Plant under UFCW rejected the latest contract proposal and will vote again on October 16 to decide on a possible strike. They seek $15 an hour matching Winnipeg Maple Leaf plant wages, with a 35 hour week and a 2.5 percent raise over four years. If a strike occurs, workers would walk out at midnight October 31.
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Don Keith
Winnipeg
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Springhill
Taxpayers push back on federal budget claims by Vrsnik
Victor Vrsnik of the Manitoba Taxpayers Association challenges the federal Economic Statement. He argues deficit reduction relied on higher revenues, urges written debt plans, taxes relief, and real CPP pension reform, and criticizes ongoing waste and mismanagement. He cites Auditor General findings and calls for legislated debt limits.
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