Annual Pony Express Race Highlights Postal Service Gains
Manitoba community publishers wrapped up the Great Pony Express Race from Melita to Morris, surpassing mail delivery in two days versus eight, while noting provincial second class service improved. It also warned of continued delays to British Columbia and urged ongoing Post Office reforms ahead of next year’s Canadian Community Newspapers Association meeting in Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Melita
Morris
MCNA
Manitoba
Jean-Jacques Biais
British Columbia
Canadian Community Newspapers Association
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Pony Express
The Olden Days Highlights From Russell Chronicle
A dated digest of local events spanning Augusts from 1907 to 1967. Notable items include wolf bounty payments, meat contracts for railway outfits, property sales in Winnipeg, cattle shipments, teacher examinations, barley cutting, piano exams in Birtle, stock shipments to Winnipeg, a hot Russell day with fair notes, post office fire aftermath and recognition, a career shift for Bill Lawson, and Manitoba Pool Elevators expansion in Russell with storage and annex details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell River
Pollard and Archer
Robert Anderson
T.A. Crerar
Mr. Crerar
Winnipeg
Yd. Attwood
J. Adams
J. Devlin
Isobel Brewster
Dorothy Cartwright
Oscar Taycock
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Eleanor McLennan
Doeen Bell
Birtle
C.N.R
Shellmouth
Eadcliffe
Bill Lawson
Manitoba Telephone System
Mani
Manitoba Pool
Russell
Public debate over oil pricing and Manitoba hydro policy
A reader challenges Lynn Spurway and Ottawa’s oil policy, urging questions on future price controls and public utility oversight. The letter defends hydroelectric power and Manitoba developments, citing Nelson River and Churchill River Diversion projects as long term safeguards for cheap power, contrasted with coal plant plans. Separately, Labour Minister Russ Paulley announces September 1 as the start date for Manitoba's Workplace Safety and Health Act with a unified regulatory framework and safety committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sire
Lynn Spurway
Trudeau
Otta
Manitoba
Alastair Gillespie
Alberta
National
Public Utilities Board
Ottawa
Hydro
Canada
New Democratic Party
Schreyer
Nelson Ri
Churchill River
Lake Winnipeg
Russ Paulley
Pauley
Prairie Rail Action Committee Announces Appointments
Transport and Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang announced the Prairie Rail Action Committee appointees from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba The three producers are Jack Gorr of Three Hills William Cooper of West Bend and Lorne Parker of Ste Agathe The PRAC will advise on rail line upgrades transfers to a permanent prairie rail network and the Prairie Rail Authority concept with headquarters in Regina and a permanent staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transport and Wheat Board
Otto Lang
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Rail Action Committee
PRAC
Lang
Fred Anderson
University of Regina
Alberta
Jack Gorr
Three Hills
Gorr
Alberta Grain Commission
Alberta Agriculture
Saskatchewan
William Cooper
West Bend
Cooper
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan Rapeseed Growers Associ
Lorne Parker
Ste. Agathe
Parker
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada Grains Council
Manitoba Farm Bureau
Mr. Lang
Weste
Regina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Bant
Russell Banner
Main Street
Russell, Manitoba
United States
Chaloner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
4-H
Frank Clement & Sons Ltd
Keating’s
Impien
Jamie Langford
Harry Stanchuk
Russell Moat Processors
Clement's
Doug Macisaac
Liberal
Len Derkach
Gail Glasman
Department of Public Works
Angusville
Mike Katchen
Katchen
Tag Cartwright
Married TV
Mind Beng
Gor
Soweses
Mr. Pauley
Ners
Government of Canada and
The
Railways
Prairie Rail Authority
P.E.P.P
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Garry Stree
RSC
M.h.r.c.’S
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