GST plan cuts tax by two points but taxes homes as well
The Manitoba Real Estate Association criticizes Ottawa's proposed GST reduction to seven percent while expanding the tax to include home purchases. Critics warn it taxes family savings, hits first time buyers, and could raise mortgage costs and rents.
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House of Commons
Ottawa
Manitoba Real Estate Association
Association
Don Hawking
Russell
Joan Montgomery
Montgomery
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Ireland
New Zealand
Canada
Russell RCMP report details deer season incidents and drunk driving
The Russell RCMP tallies multiple deer season events from November including night lighters, trespass on private property, a deer hunter injuring livestock, and several alcohol related incidents. Additional reports cover a stolen truck recovered by Brandon Police, mischief to a vehicle, youths at a convent, and two hit and run cases with ongoing investigations.
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RCMP
Uth
St. Lazare
Russell
Inglis
RM of
Ellice
Rossburn
Cox's
Winnipeg
Russell Inn
Russell Rcmp
Petry
Sacred Heart Convent
Westbourne
Main Street
Brandon City
Brandon
RCMP report tire slashing quieted in Russell
The RCMP says a rash of tire slashing in Russell from late October to early November has eased. Sgt. Perry notes about 10 tires were slashed, mainly at South Side Service. Autopac data show each slashed tire is a separate claim under a $100 deductible. A separate private insurance auto extension can cover the full deductible in vandalism cases.
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RCMP
Russel
Sgt. Perry
South Side
Autopac
Guy McMurray
Manitoba MLA highlights education and rural Decentralization plans
Len Derkach outlines legislative priorities and community programs in Robiin-Russell. He mentions distance education expansion, a plan to decentralize 500 government and 100 crown positions to rural Manitoba, and a multi year road and health facility development, with office access details for constituents.
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Len Derkach
Robiin-Russell
Manitoba
Canada
Umm
Crown Corporation
FBDB officer speaks to chamber members
The Russell Chamber of Commerce held its regular monthly meeting with Lynn Spurway reporting on the Rural Development Forum in Brandon held October 26 and 27. Spurway named speakers including Minister of Rural Development Jack Penner and noted calls for self assessment and asset inventories to boost rural Manitoba development. Denise Bagley of the Federal Business Development Bank Brandon then presented on small business opportunities.
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Russell Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lynn Spurway
Brandon
Spurway
Jack Penner
Penner
Manitoba
Daymon Guillas
Denise Bagley
The
Federal Business Development Bank
Bagley
FBDB
CASE
Manitoba approves 246.5 million for hospital projects
Health Minister Donald W. Orchard announces 246.5 million for 28 major Manitoba hospital projects. The plan increases health capital funding from last year and aims to modernize care, create thousands of jobs, and boost the construction economy through new beds and facilities in Parklands Dauphin Roblin Swan River and Swan Valley regions.
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Manitoba
Donald W. Orchard
Orchard
Parklands
Dauphin
Roblin
Swan Haver
Manitoba Health
Eye donations accepted at Shoal Lake hospital
The Shoal Lake Strathclair Health Centre now accepts eye donations for corneal transplants and research. A two part October seminar introduced enucleation equipment and staff learned tissue harvesting and shipment prep from Lions Eye Bank experts.
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Shoal Lake-Strathclair
Manitoba
Shoal Lake
Carol Gerrie
Lions Eye Bank
Winnipeg
Surrounder
Deborah Cunnington
Shoal Lake- Strathelair
Rowena Kominko
Oakburn
Strathelair
Elphinstone
Lions Club
Town uses pits and carbon dioxide to eradicate rats
Russell town officials Clement and Town Maintenance Foreman Walter Scwaluk led a rat elimination project that dug new pits and filled old ones, drilling four inch holes and releasing carbon dioxide for two weeks. A pest controller reported no rats three years after the effort.
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Clement
Walter Scwaluk
Russell
Wally Brad
Manitoba Bill 8 Proposes Broad Income Tax Cuts
Finance Minister Clayton Manness introduces Bill 8 to provide 61.4 million in personal tax cuts and payroll tax relief. Trax benefits for dependents rise to 250 while a Manitoba family with a 25 000 net income saves about 400. The measure cuts the basic rate and doubles payroll tax exemption, retroactive to January 1, 1989, with refunds in 1989 and payroll changes in 1990.
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Clayton Manness
Trax
Manitoba
Manness
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Manitoba Real Estate
Imately
JoAnn
Lorraine
Hamper
Sestions
Sustainable Development
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