Off-track betting opens at Russell Inn lounge soon
The Russell Inn lounge in Russell Manitoba plans to launch teletheatre betting by February 3 with Assiniboia Downs providing a permanent booth and Winnipeg based staff. The facility will feature three to four TV screens and a self contained parimutuel system. Russell aims to attract customers to the lounge and possibly expand to an outdoor patio area if the venture succeeds. The system stores bets in a central processor until ticket issuance and follows parimutuel rules where winners share the pool after deductions. The first teletheatre outside Winnipeg was opened after federal legalization of off track betting last fall.
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Desmarais
Russell Inn
Daymon Guillas
Assinicola Downs
Winnipeg
Assiniboia Downs
Selkirk
Dauphin
Thompson
Flin Flon
Swan River
The
Pas
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Canada
Russell
Manitoba
Guilas
Windsor
Park Inn
Gord Rothwell
United Tate Canada Inc
Russell and District Community Centre Receives $47,644 Grant
Brian White announces a grant under the Unemployment Insurance Act to the Russell and District Community Centre for phase II work. The funds cover interior partitions, dance floor, stage, ceiling, tiling, kitchen plumbing and fixtures, electrical, gas furnaces, ducting, panelling, air conditioning, and sound system. Four unemployed workers will be employed for 64 weeks.
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Brian White
M.P
Dauphin - Swan River
Russell and District
Chamber members report on busy year at Russell Inn meeting
Joe Vestern reports a busy year for the Russell chamber after a January meeting at the Russell Inn. About 50 attendees heard greetings from local officials. Reports highlighted tourism growth, festival promotions, and groundwork for rural Manitoba development, with multiple committees praised for efforts and future plans noted for 1990.
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Chamber
Joe Vestern
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Inn
Daymon Guillas
Russell
Silver Creek
Binscarth
Roblin-Russell
Manitoba Hydro
Viola Coulter
Gord Sylvester
Sylvester
Russell and District
Beef and Bailey Committee
Wyra Kilkenny
Russell Business Group
Donna Reid
Myrna Smith
Joan Montgomery
Spencer Reavie
Kilkenny
Lynn Spurway
Industrial Development Committee
Manitoba
Spurway
Rural Development
Neepawa
Brandon
Referendum clash over Rossburn hazardous waste study
Rossburn RM and the Village of Rossburn invited Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation to study a possible chemical treatment plant site. A January 17 referendum by the RM to halt further testing passed by 1 vote, amid criticism Mayor Kostecky says the decision bypassed the village and ignored local residents.
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Rossburn
Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation
Kostecky
MHWMC
Kastecky
Manitoba Drug Formulary cuts drug costs for Manitobans
A new listing of substitutes for prescription drugs will cut costs by nearly 1.3 million over six months. The Manitoba Drug Standards and Therapeutic Formulary guides pharmacists and doctors with about 200 commonly prescribed drugs and requires substitutions unless a prescriber demands otherwise. Savings stem from using lower priced, therapeutically equivalent drugs. A separate Angus Reid poll shows 72 percent of Manitobans oppose the federal GST, with Manitoba recording high disapproval.
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Don Orchard
Manitobans to get new driver licenses with photos
Manitoba will roll out photo licenses starting later this year with phased issuance by birth year. Odd birth years begin in 1991 and even years in 1992, with photo cards issued at license renewal or upon license acquisition. A Toronto firm wins the contract to install the system, which will operate in six Winnipeg testing centres plus Dauphin Brandon Portage la Prairie Thompson and 106 private agents in 67 rural towns. A camera operator will capture data and photo, issuing laminated cards within five minutes. Monthly fees to cover annual operation rise by four starting April 1.
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Winnipeg
Dauphin
Brandon
Portage la
Prairie
Thompson
Russell
Roblin
Rossburn
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Jacinthe
Reanne
Elise
Real
Rossburn RM
Angus Reid Group
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Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
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Angus Reid
Toronto
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