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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1987
Page
1
Russell Taxi owner Kathleen Martens quotes cabbie Ron Moore as cautious about a local Handivan study to aid seniors and wheelchair users. He notes potential loss of customers, especially on out of town trips, and cites his own limited wheelchair service while remaining neutral pending a council decision.
The operator notes his policy to take customers anywhere they want and says helping seniors is not to be begrudged. He also faces competition from unregistered taxi services moonlighting, which he says already affects his business.
Twenty six Japanese students aged 16 to 17 from Fukujima province arrived in Manitoba for a five day homestay with host families in Foxwarren Binscarth Angusville Inglis and Roblin. Sponsored by the York Benimaur Foundation the trip aims to showcase farm life and boost trade relations as the group tours local farms dairies and a CSP Foods plant after a prior 10 day English and culture program in Los Angeles.
Manitoba Business Development and Tourism Minister Maureen Hemphill announced total provincial support of 5,605,500 for 1987-88 to assist the racing industry. The funding includes rebates on pari mutuel taxes and backing for Assiniboia Downs and the Manitoba Great Western Harness Racing Circuit, plus continuation of the takeout reduction program and other assistance through 1988-89. A review of programs will be conducted after the 1988-89 year with a consulting firm hired to complete the study.
Waywaysee cap of the Lizard Point Indian Reserve announces an A I week carpentry course run by Assiniboine Community College Brandon. Five to six residents, ages 24 to 47, with Grade 9 education or equivalent, participate. The program, hosted in a new water truck shed, pays participants and aims to qualify workers for area contractors and reserve needs.
The partial OCR note lists page sections and topics across pages 6 7 12 13 and 14 covering sports crime crops 4 Hs action classifieds and farm items. It indicates a multi topic newspaper layout with feature blocks and column references.
One of Manitoba’s oldest papers, the Jourlis Plaindealer of Souris, shuts after 16 years as editor Garth Stouffer notes tough times rather than competition. The paper ends with 1,700 subscribers, 700 out of town, while the rival Souris Valley Echo is a cooperative formed by former Brandon University students.
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