Olden Days highlights from Millwood to 1968
A 1908 note marks Millwood’s new water tower near the CP bridge as a landscape feature. 1918 reports coal shortages affecting schools and the telephone office with CN R and others offering donations. farmers haul grain amid rising rice interest. 1928 mentions interior upgrades at Allies Cafe and continued mild weather. 1968 notes curling veteran Eddie Leifer earning a 200th bonspiel prize and Endcliffe Hall moved to Bill Wileman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
C.P. Bridge
Fred Terry
T. Hill and Son
Portage la Prairie
C.N.R
Eddie Leifer
Endcliffe
Bill Wileman
Warm Weatherlessness Becomes Midnight Stormland
A Manitoba style diary notes a brutal blizzard with drifting streets and stubborn shutters. The narrator describes failed commutes, tow trucks, and a frozen landscape while family life and small comforts persist amid the storm.
Polls in politics stir debate over reliability and standards
The piece questions the value of opinion polls in shaping elections and referendums, noting no universal standards for poll methods and suggesting voters still seek outcomes at the ballot box.
Birth Weight Rules Tighten for Manitoba PPP Progeny Test
Manitoba agriculture announces a 1979 Progeny Proving Program rule requiring formal birth weight and calving ease records for bulls to gain eligibility. Five bulls from 1975 and six from 1976 are already in progeny testing as part of the provincially funded PPP, with 10 bulls admitted per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
MDA
Andrew Boston
Boston
West-Man Grant Aids Regional Development Corporation
Industry and Commerce Minister Bob Banman announced a provincial grant of 46 000 to the West-Man Regional Development Corporation to cover operating expenses. The agency has aided community development through planning analysis studies and programs aimed at improving rural growth centre infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industry and Commerce
Bob Banman
West-Man Regional Development Corporation
Think Small by Jim Smith: The Tax Man Cometh
An editorial argues provincial tax rules cripple small businesses. It recounts a printing firm fined for tax collection methods, and costly appeals with no reimbursements. It urges a national tax appeal board and expense reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Smith
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Banner
Main Street
Russell, Manitoba
Cena
Peg
Allies
Mrs. W.J. Petite
Selec
Russell, Manitobe
ST. Mary’s Church
University of Manitoba
Rosetown
Sask
G.A. Foodliners
Russell Memorial
Bill Smiley
Wwe
The
Pony Express
Argyle Syndicate Ltd
Reggies
Ottawa
Ontario
Alberta
RCMP
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