Blizzard hits community with 100 kph winds
Winds gusting to 100 kph battered the town for two days stamping out drifts and delaying travel. Highways 16 and 45 closed while town crews battled snow. several motorists were stranded and local stores reported mixed sales as residents hunkered down and waited for relief. Roads drifted, post and people kept indoors, with a few aiding stranded motorists and deliveries.
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Joan Eliasson
Doug Cook
Russell Rcmp
Cook
Binscarth
Frank Clement
South Side Service
Oakburn
Carbon monoxide threat foiled in Russell home
A Russell family survived a carbon monoxide incident after a faulty flu like illness misled them. Yoram and Beate East, helped by a CO alarm, firefighters and local services, avoided tragedy as the gas filled their residence last week.
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Russell
Joan
Yoram
Beate East
Easts
Isoning
Centra Gas
Centra Gas Seeks 8 to 10 Percent Cut on Manitoba Rates
Centra Gas Manitobin Inc seeks a rate decrease from the Public Utilities Board of Manitoba effective January 1, 1996. If approved, typical Manitoba homeowners could save about 50 to 60 dollars annually, and annual residential rates would be the lowest since March 1991. Operating costs are expected to stay flat in 1996. The move follows reduced gas prices from Western Canada suppliers, with an anticipated 28 million dollar saving for 1996.
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Centra Gas
Centra Gas Manitobl Inc
Public Utilities Board of Manitoba
Western Canada
Lang
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Willie Brown
Macleods
Wilkies
Lauraine
Harold Wasslen
IGA
Harold
Ryan Preston
Jim Roszell
Agnes Klimack
Pelly Trail
Pratt
Main Street
Russell Area
WeatherTec Services Inc
Swan River