CHRISTmas cheque numbers down in Roblin promotion
The Roblin Chamber of Commerce and Roblin Credit Union report fewer participants and lower totals in the Christmas Cheque promotion. Dale Scott notes about 62 people borrowed roughly $51,000 this year versus 79 people and $63,000 last year, with tighter spending and an average loan of eight to nine hundred dollars per person. He calls the 1999 dollar total the second lowest in six years, while 43 merchants joined this year compared with 33 in 1998.
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Roblin Review
Chamber of Commerce and
Roblin Credit Union
Ito
RCA
Dale Scott
Scott
Churchbridge
Sask. Water Corporation
RCMP
Langenburg
Esterhazy
SaskWaters
Coin toss to choose host town for Nancy Greene-Raine dinner
Daymon Guillas flips a coin as Eldon Montgomery and Dale Yeo watch to decide which community will host a February 5 dinner in Russell to honor Nancy Greene-Raine after her Ottawa recognition as Canada's Female Athlete of the Century. Greene-Raine will attend to officially open the winter complex.
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Daymon Guillas
Eldon Montgomery
Russell
Dale Yeo
Roblin
Nancy Green-Raine
Canada
Ottawa
Greene -Raine
Afternoo
Canadian farmers to receive $500 yearly safety aid plan rejected
Canadian agriculture ministers met in Ottawa to discuss a proposed safety nets program worth 2.5 billion over five years. Manitoba and Saskatchewan walked out signaling discontent over a proposed 60-40 funding split versus 50-50, leaving details to be finalized. Ottawa had proposed sustaining 60 percent federal funding despite protests.
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Lyle Vanclief
Ottawa
Vanclief
Red Deer
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Vancher
Revamping liquor laws under Manitoba NDP government
Terrie Welwood notes it has been nearly twenty years since liquor laws were reviewed and with the NDP government in its fourth month they plan to reassess drinking times locations and purchases. Diane McGifford calls the Liquor Control Act a mishmash needing updates.
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Terrie Welwood
NDP
Diane McGifford
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Man Charged With Manslaughter In Shellmouth Homicide
Prairie Mountain RCMP have charged 71 year old William Charles Roper of Shellmouth with manslaughter after an altercation with a 42 year old Yorkton man. Police say a verbal dispute led to a push and head injury. The victim died at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg after transfer by air ambulance. The name is withheld per family request.
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Prairie Mountain Rcmp
Shellmouth
Yorkton
Russell Hospital
Health Sciences Centre
Winnipeg
Air Ambulance
RCMP
William Charles Roper
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