Licence plates switch from reflective to painted design
Highways and Transportation Minister John Plohman announced a switch from reflective vehicle licence plates to painted plates this April. The change aims to save 120000 dollars per year, with plate numerals and letters in black on a silver white background and the Friendly Manitoba message embossed in black. Replacements will occur on a staged basis as stocks run low and new issues are issued, with Ontario, the North West Territories and the Yukon cited as other painted plate users.
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Highways and Transportation
John Plohman
Manitoba
Ontario
North West Territories
Yukon
Province buys into potash project in Manitoba
The Manitoba government takes 49 percent of the Manitoba Potash Project for five million dollars while retaining 51 percent. Canamax's Peter Tredger says the joint venture aims to attract foreign investors and fund feasibility studies to finish by the mid 1990s. Officials expect Indian and other foreign interests to sign letters of intent as part of a broader marketing effort.
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Stnewen Susoufces Liq
Manitoba
Canamax
Peter Tredger
Department of Energy & Mines
Tredger
Energy & Mines
Charles Kang
Fence
Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India Ltd
Kang
Russell
Harrowby
International Fertilizer Association
Bangkok
Grain price drop hits Canadian farmers hard
Canadian Wheat Board cuts initial grain prices as U S and E C price war hurts prairie farmers. No 1 Canada Western fed spring and amber durum fall from 160 to 130 per tonne, oats from 100 to 75, barley from 110 to 80, with six row barley and designated oats unchanged. Estimates warn of major income losses and ripple effects on rural towns, with calls for targeted subsidies and relief programs.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Charlie Mayer
Canada Western
Manitoba
Keystone Agricultural Producers
Jack Penner
Timates
United Grain Growers
Brian Hayward
United States
Eurean
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Hayward
Penner
Wheat Board
Mayer
Sandra Banks
Arnold Malone
Sand to blame at treatment plant in Russell
Russell town council hears engineer Andrea Brant outline lime pump issues at the water treatment plant caused by sand contamination. A grit trap and new check valve are planned. Other town business includes sidewalk checks, a gas main installation at trailer court, bicycle on Main Street warnings, and approval for two buildings and a fence for a miniature golf course.
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Bill Brant
A.J Poetker & Associates Ltd
Russell
Brant
Walter Schwaluk
ICG Utilities Ltd
Paul Cheney
Cheney
Dean Vinner
Russel
Pelly Trail Funding Shortfall Prompts Budget Strains
Pelly Trail School Division faces reduced provincial grants for 1985 and 1986, forcing use of its nominal surplus to cover a combined shortfall. Secretary Treasurer Murray Bradshaw warns of deficits while criticizing the education funding formula as punitive to rural divisions with surpluses.
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Pelly Trail School Board
Pelly Trail
Murray Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pell Trail
Department of Education
Srant
Provincial
Public School Finance Board
Dave Bell
Bell
Manitoba
Roblin-Russell
Len Derkachis
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