Manitoba rainfall exceeds norms with Birtle atop list
Manitoba weather figures show total rainfall 22.8 percent above long term average to August 17. Birtle station led with 408.9 mm from April 1 to August 17, while Sprague reached 483.2 mm. Graysville posted 72 percent above normal, and provincial temps averaged 20 C by day and 4 C at night, with August 5.5 C below normal.
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Manitoba
Birtle
Atmospheric Environment Service
Winnipeg
Manitoba Agriculture
Rossburn
Sprague
Graysville
Gladstone Grass River
Morris
People's Store in Rossburn Celebrates 30th Anniversary Sale
Wally and Jean Perchaluk run People's Store in Rossburn a family business since March 25 1955 marking over 30 years of service. The original 1940 building houses a mixed grocery and clothing operation with changing prices and products over time.
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People’s
Rossburn
Wally
Jean Perchaluk
Pickoff
Sam Nataros
Perchaluk
People’s Store
Heinz
Campbell’s
Jean
Co-op
Derlago’s
Dave Clelana
John Herchak
Joe Nychuk
Pawchuk
Slater
Gilbert Plains
Larry
Winnipeg
Theresa
Esterhazy
Patti
Vista
Stall may have caused plane crash near Onanole
An uncertified source suggests a high speed stall led to the Luscombe aircraft crash that killed Strathclair farmers Russell Verne Glenn and Donald Fredrick McDonald. RCMP describe stalls as removing lift during steep turns, causing a nose dive. The missing bull search team from Glenn prompted the flight. wreckage was found by CF SAR near Onanole after 8 p.m.
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Onanole
Strathclair
Cpl
Garnet Woodman
Wasagaming Detachment
RCMP
Russell Verne Glenn
Donald Fredrick McDonald
Glenn
Luscombe
Canadian Forces Search and Rescue
Edmonton
Lizard Point Resident Killed After Bus Collision
A 22 year old local man Johnny Norbert Myron of Lizard Point Indian Reserve was fatally struck by a Webb Bus Lines bus while bicycling along highway 45, ten kilometres west of Rossburn at 3:35 PM on Monday September 2. Investigators with the Rossburn RCMP Detachment are reviewing the crash.
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Lizard Point
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