First Inglis Ward trustees race contested
Inglis Ward 1 votes will decide between Ken Liske and Edith McPhedran in the ward's first school trustee election. Liske, 41, runs K and G Food Centre and bus driving for the division. McPhedran, 30, a former bus driver and union president, both pledge accessibility and public outreach as they address future school funding, enrolment, and keeping Inglis School open. Elections happen November 9 at the Inglis Activity Centre, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Martens
Inglis
Pelly Trail
Ed Bartram
Bartram
Ken Liske
Edith McPhedran
Larry Liske
Inglis School
Gloria
Vic Phedran
Ken Galatiuk
Public
Education Department
Liske
McPhedran
No Jan 2 town holiday in Russell prompts merchants' stance
Russell merchants say January 2 holiday would extend closures. Binscarth merchants favor the date, and the village council declares the holiday. The brief notes WHL scoring leaders Theoren Fleury and Terry Yake, plus Canada United States free trade deal details, Camp Birchbark diabetes program, and Manitoba cattle producers' new voluntary levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Retail Merchants Committee
Binscarth
Fleury
Theoren Fleury
Terry Yake
Mather
Moose Jaw Warriors
Yake
Brandon
Brian Mulroney
Canadian Diabetes Association
Health Department
Ontario
Manitoba
School Board Rejects Shorter Meetings
The local school board narrowly defeated a motion to limit regular meetings to three hours, with meetings currently averaging five hours. Trustee Ed Kreshewski proposed extending times by unanimous vote, but the majority rejected the idea citing rushed decisions. An eighth trustee seat is vacant pending a Dec 30 byelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelly Trail
Ed Kreshewski
Trustees meet public over Central school renovations
Trustees face residents in two January meetings to discuss renovating Rus sell's Central school into a division office. Ken Nakonechny says constituents fear loss of small Oakburn and Elphinstone schools and demand more information on funding and future impact. Public sessions set for Oakburn on Jan 19 and Rossburn Collegiate on Jan 29 as board awaits Manitoba Public Schools Finance Board decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Martens
Pelly Trail
Russell’s
Tfice
Ken Nakonechny
Elphinstone
Russell
Oakburn
Sylvia Nowosad
Leonard Goletz
Rossburn-East
Oakburn School
Rossburn Collegiate
Manitoba Public Schools Finance Board
Tax reform plan targets alcohol and personal tax reliefs
Federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson outlined June 18 tax reform proposals in a Commons ways and means motion. Highlights include reducing brackets to three, eliminating certain deductions, expanding child credits, raising Sales Tax on alcohol and tobacco, converting exemptions to credits, cutting corporate taxes, and phasing in a 15 percent capital tax by 1982 with changes postponed to 1989.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wilson
Commons
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Chelsey
Diabetes
Manitoba Cattle Producers Sociation
Fulton
Manitoba Beef Commission
Kreshewski
Rossburn-West
Binscorth
Louise Miller
Sugges
Tion
MAST
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
Joan Clement
Central School
By Kat
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