Local Russell merchants report Christmas sales on par with last year
Local shops in Russell say holiday sales were essentially flat year over year, with busier pockets before Christmas. Merchants credit cold weather for slower shopping but note gains from smaller items and strong demand for sweaters and fleece tops.
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Dale Brown
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Russell Chamber
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the Royal
Credit Union
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Russell Brown
No drinking and driving offenses in Russell over festive season
RCMP report during the RISE alert over Christmas and New Years found no impaired driving offenses after checking over 100 drivers. Officials credited designated drivers and reduced incidents, while an unrelated case noted 124.5 grams of marijuana discarded at a junction and a hit-and-run vehicle damage incident later reported in Russell.
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Russell
Russell Rcmp
RCMP
No. 21 Retired In Honor Of Glen McLeod
The Russell Barley Kings and Russell Blues honored Glen McLeod by retiring his No. 21 sweater at a brief ceremony at Russell Arena on Friday January 5 before the Barley Kings faced St Lazare. McLeod’s family accepted the sweater, which will be hung in the arena.
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Russell Barley Kings
Russell Blues
Russell Arena
Barley Kings
St. Lazare
Russell Barley
Bob Paradine
Bruce Christopher
McLeod
Merna
John
Peter
Ruth
Cold snap boosts local businesses before Christmas
A 13 day cold snap before Christmas boosted business for garages, service stations, and auto supply stores. Barb Dow with Home Hardware notes high demand for car heater timers and battery blankets while Dennis Joss of South Side Service cites 30 plus cold related calls. Taxi service and plumbing heating firms also reported busier periods amid subminus temperatures from December 10 through 22. Dauphin Weather Office logs record lows, with the coldest December period at 41.5 on December 20.
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Barb Dow
Home Hardware
South Side Service
Dennis Joss
Dauphin Weather Office
Campaign History of Manitoba Disability Fund
In January each year the Manitoba society runs the Ability Fund Campaign across the province. Since the polio era in the 1950s the campaign was the March of Dimes and the society has built a strong record of providing necessary support to people with disabilities.
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Society For ‘Manitobans With Disabilities
Manitoba Pool Elevators announces retiree dividends
Manitoba Pool Elevators mailed 2 195 cheques totaling 2 133 086 to retired or 65 plus members for December payments. Estates of deceased members received 280 000 during the year. Total patronage refunds exceed 118 million. Members aged 65 or retiring in 1990 should apply using forms from pool elevators.
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Manitoba Pool Elevators
Pool Elevator
MPE
Council rescinds support for care home handi transit van
Russell and District Personal Care Home administrator Eric Nernberg says Town Council has reconsidered the handi transit sponsorship. They will fund only if involved municipalities sign for deficits, a step seen as difficult as partnerships across RM of Boulton Shellmouth Silver Creek and Russell must agree.
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Joe Desmarais
Eric Nernberg
Russell and District
Nernberg
Boulton
Shellmouth
Silver Creek
Russell
Vern Rosnoski
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