Off Duty RCMP Officer Saves Life At Virden Derby
An off duty RCMP officer Cst Butterworth pulled Dwayne Hall from a flaming car during Virden’s mid August demolition derby. Hall, in his early twenties, suffered burns mainly to his hands and arms and was treated at Virden District Hospital then Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. condition listed as fair. Officials cite the fire likely from a ruptured fuel line and a plastic jerry can. safety rules mandate disabled fuel tanks and portable tanks for demolition cars.
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RCMP
Dwayne Hall of
Virden
Cst
Butterworth
Mr. Butterworth
Mr. Hall
Winnipeg
Health Sciences Centre
Derby
Hall
Third physician joins Russell Health Centre staff
Dr Rene DeWet and Ivy DeWet arrived in Russell from Carletonville South Africa to start a medical practice at the Russell Health Centre. Ivy, a pharmacist, praises the community’s cleanliness while the couple settles in. The piece also notes the Calvert family seeking an inquest into Lily Calvert’s death at The Pas Hospital after a long chain of injuries and delayed diagnosis.
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Russell
Russell Health Centre
Rene
Ivy DeWet
Carletonville
South Africa
Lily Calvert
Pas
Pas Hospital
Calvert
Dorothy Wilds
Tax debate on corporate welfare and job loss in Canada
The article argues government subsidies harm private investment and cost taxpayers. It cites Eatons declining a 4.5 million aid offer, Cash N Cash Inc receiving 82,630 with 91 percent loan defaults, and 4,315 loans totaling over 301 million since 1992 with 85 percent defaulting. It cites Auditor General findings on WED and calls to scrap subsidies and cut taxes. It urges readers to write to Finance Minister Paul Martin.
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Canada
Eatons
Winnipeg
N’ Cash Inc
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Denis Desautels
Western Economic Diversification
WED
Ottawa
Industry Department
Paul Martin
House of Commons
Victor Vrsnik
Manitoba Taxpayers Association
Talks Ended Without Resolution in CUPW Contract Dispute
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers broke off talks last week with no contract resolution. A potential strike would not occur until mid October. Nesbitt Publishing will guarantee newspaper delivery to post offices still open during any work stoppage.
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Canada Post
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Nesbitt Publishing
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Rossburn Review
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
Rossburn
Manitoba
ROJ
U.S.A
Gregory Nesbitt
Michelle Gensiorer
Donna Rose
Connie Kay
Dorothy Blight
Judy Pedersen
CCNA
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