Hamiota hero warned cars at foggy crossing
Darnell Keen a 43 year old MTS driver in the Shoal Lake area hailed a hero for stopping a chain reaction crash at a CN crossing near Hamiota Manitoba. In dense fog Keen activated his van emergency beacon to alert motorists as a CN train barreled toward the crossing. A Federated Coop semi failed to see the train and collided with Keen’s van, pushing it into the train cab. Braun escaped and pulled Keen to safety before serious injury. A Winnipeg man then hit the damaged vehicles, all four people taken to hospital, RCMP investigate possible arm damage from a prior night semi.
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Terrie Welwood
Hamiota
MTS Company
Highway 21
Darnell Keen
MTS
Keen
Federated Coop
Jonathan Braun
Manitoba implements online consumer protections in e commerce act
Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Ron Lemieux announced the proclamation of Part 6 of Manitoba’s e commerce law, amending the Consumer Protection Act to regulate Internet sales. It provides cancellation rights, credit card protections, and 30 day delivery rules, taking effect March 19 as Manitoba leads Canada in online consumer protection.
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Consumer and
Ron Lemieux
Manitoba
Canada
Lemieux
Doer reshapes cabinet adds new ministry for universities
Premier Gary Doer announces a cabinet revamp creating a Department of Advanced Education and a new ministry for universities and colleges. Scott Smith becomes minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and head of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, while Ron Lemieux takes Culture Heritage and Tourism and sport.
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Gary Doer
Universities and Colleges
Scott Smith
Brandon West
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Ron Lemieux
Culture
Diane McGifford
Doer
Department of Advanced Education
McGifford
Drew Caldwell
Ben Lemieux
la Verendrye
Sport
Joe Clark's Tories seat costs revealed
The Conservative Party spent 4.5 million to win 12 seats in the November election and retain status. They say they were under budget by about 500,000 across a national campaign not reaching Saskatchewan or the three territories and expect debt around 8 million. Stockwell Day's Canadian Alliance spent roughly twice as much to win 66 seats. Susan Elliot touts efficiency of the Tory campaign while noting ongoing debt and a charter plane bill from 1997.
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Joe Clark
Tories
Canada
Saskatchewan
Territories
Clark
Air Canada
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Winnipeg
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Hamiota Hospital
Jim Feeney
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Russell
By Terrie Welwood
Transportation
Minster
Steve Ashton
Labour
Becky Barrett
Thompson
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Gaming
Inkster
Labour and Immigration
Workers Compensation Board
Lee
Mpurative Corporation
Lord Roberts
Status of Women
Wren Caldwell
Brandon East
Gregory F. Selinger
St. Boniface
Manitoba Hydro
By Mark Dunn
Ottawa
Calgary Sun
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day
Susan Elliot
Tory Party
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