Sunny Manitoba Smiles and Wild Tale of Trophy Night
The Manitoba Wildlife Federation schedules its annual trophy night on February 3 at CFB Winnipeg with awards for whitetail deer moose elk bear and caribou. The event features hunting tales from 1978 and anecdotes of big game and misadventures alongside notes on Wheat Board appointments and staff changes in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Wildlife Federation
Canadian Forces
Winnipeg
Nipigon
Ontario
Stan
Europe
Cayer and Toutes
Kenya
Time to wonder what Bill Smiley will do next year
Bill Smiley riffs on eccentric plans for the coming year, joking about self-improvement, hair, clothing, and public mischief. He half-seriously imagines dribbling, avoiding winter travel, a grand July 12 party with odd guests, and disowning his kids for a hardware business.
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Bill Smiley
Aseacher
Olden Days: 1908 to 1969 Local Items Span Decades
A collage of notes records moves and projects from Minniska to Grandview and Shellmouth. Robert Wishart relocates farms, CNR advances track work for spring, Smellie Bros add to a creamery with W Hembroff as contractor. Ernest Fingas dies at eight in Boulton from influenza. A new Lutheran church rises through local effort. A traffic bridge floor starts in Shellmouth. An electric clock is donated to Council Chambers. Local birth, rink, and political notes conclude with a 1969 Birtle Russell by election candidate Harry Graham.
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Robert Wishart
Minniska
John McVey
Grandview
C.N.R
Rossburn
Smellie Bros. Ltd
W. Hembroff
Boulton
Ernest Fingas
Fingas
Canada
North Dakota
Harry Graham
Bingearth
Birtle-Russell
Victoria columnist predicts correction on Shack governor general
Reggies Victoria columnist Gorde Hun ter expects CP wire service to issue a correction naming Eddie Shack as governor general instead of Eddie Schreyer. Winnipeg paper notes City School Trustees voted themselves a hefty salary increase at year end meeting.
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Victoria
Gorde Hunter
CP Wire Service
Eddie Shack
Eddie Schreyer
Winnipeg
Russell Council Moves on Drop-In Centre Renovation Plan
Russell town council discusses renovations at Lots 6 and 7 Plan 701 to establish a Drop-In Centre owned by the town. A ten year use agreement is proposed with limited liability, and By-law actions address grants and past due readings. The meeting covers By-laws 1061 1082 1051 1052 and 1050 related to grants sale of property and Memorial Hall renovation.
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Ashey
Brown
Wayne Rushton
Russell
Russell Club
Town of
Clement
Spurway
Russell Leisure Club
Gerk
C.T
Ushey
Ine Ee
Coupelor Clement
CN Rail to Spend 80 Million on Prairie Tracks and Projects
CN Rail will invest 80 million in the prairie region this year, about a quarter of its 325 million capital plan for 1979. Vice president RJ Hansen says 38 million funds track maintenance in Northwestern Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including relay work tie replacement and bridge repairs. An additional 13 million covers centralized traffic control and shop expansions plus vehicle purchases. The five year program started in 1975 will spend 29 million on siding extensions double track and yard revisions at Saskatoon Melville and Winnipeg. An extra 4 million from the Federal Government for grain line rehabilitation is not included.
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CN Rail
RJ. Hansen
Prairie Region
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Atikokan
Saskatoon
Melville
Hansen
Committees formed at council meet in Russell town
The Russell town council meeting presided by Mayor Kinney approved accounts totaling 21 860.10 and endorsed a subdivision plan for part of section 10 township 21 range 28 WPM. Conditions include rezoning M2 to RI and a development agreement restricting uses and relocating livestock. taxes must be paid.
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Russell
D.A. Kinney
Brown
Clement
Spurway
Ashey
Bar Berg
Counc
Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Telephone System
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Water ‘Resources Division
Parks Brach
Renewable Resources Highways Planning and Design
Environmental Control Branch
Crown land grazing fees to resume in 1979 season
Agriculture Minister Jim Downey announced the reintroduction of grazing fees on crown land leased by farmers for 1979. Fees will be based on an average rental per animal unit per month ranging from 75 cents to 1.25 dollars, adjusted by beef prices. Rates will be standardized with forage leases and hay permits set at 2.60 to 3.90 dollars per ton native hay and 3.82 to 5.88 dollars per ton tame hay.
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Jim Downey
Downey
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Russell Banner
Main Street
United States
Ccna
Sunny Manitoba
Hranting
Ste Pol Nieuwland
Canadian Wheat Board
Dick Jefferson
Robert Hamilton
Jefferson
Wheat Board
Ryly
Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Delhi
Father Fleming
Aylmer
W.A. Browne
Mc. Hamilton
Paar
Wells
Bim
Billy the Eleventeeth
Elwood
Argyle Syndicate Ltd
Tye
Crown Lands Group
Shellmouth
Pete Patterson
D.R. McDonald
Aberdeen
Ledoux
Binscarth
Sacred Heart Hospital
Clifford Clee
Reggies
Russell Council
Prairie Regi
ST. Mary's Church
R. Berg
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