Community Group Considers New Directors for Festival
The meeting discussed recruiting new directors for the festival and future committee roles. Rod Nasewich was noted as Development Officer for Parkland Regional Development, with ongoing relations to Manitoba government on potash and other local matters. Wayne Digby of Agriculture spoke on farm trends and rural Manitoba prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkland
Rod Nasewich
Spurway
General Motors
Government of
Manitoba
Viola Coulter
Denis Boscher
Beef and Barley Committee
Cen
Russel
Doug MacIsaac
Executive Council
Gord Sylvester
Bill Stasiuk
Wayne Digby
Department of Agriculture
Digby
MAST President Pushes Municipal Tax Exemptions Bill 79
Manitoba Association of School Trustees President Brenda Leslie urged the province to amend Bill 79 to exempt all school division property from municipal taxation. She noted current rules only exempt four to ten acres for instructional sites, with buses and admin offices taxed, and questioned taxes on closed schools and the Education Support Levy. She urged full exemption of school division property to support classrooms and green spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
Brenda Leslie
Leslie
Standing Committee On Municipal Affairs
Manitoba farm groups debate grain system changes
A Manitoba advisory committee urged rural meetings in January to discuss the 1989 study on grain handling and transportation changes. The aim is to form a rational provincial position for the August federal provincial talks, with Shoal Lake as the closest meeting point. The author notes the current system may not be viable a decade hence and urges farmer and rural business input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Man. Ag
Charles Swanson
V.P
Man
Pool
Good Roads and
Marchwell plans history book in aging town drive
Marchwell community volunteers launch a project to collect histories of residents from Ingleside Maple Hill Easter Lily and Wolverine since the 1800s. Contacts Gladys Hogberg and Sob Schmidt invite former residents and families to share information and forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchwell
Ingleside
Maple Hill
Easter Lily
Wolverine
Gladys Hogberg
Sask
SOA
Sob Schmidt
Driver survives crash on Highway 16 in Alberta
RCMP report details a January 16 crash when an Alberta couple Don and Wanda Bragg lost control on a slick stretch near Binscorth Valley and rolled down into a ravine. They escaped injury, treated and released at Russell Hospital, with seat belts credited. Two eleven year old girls were found to be runaways from Yorkton and were escorted to Yorkton Family Services after hitchhiking.
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RCMP
Alberta
Highway No. 16
Binscorth
Don
Wanda Bragg
Fort McMurray
Russell and District Hospital
Perry
Russell
Petry
Braggs
Langenburg
Sask
Wanda
Yorkton
Set
Yorkton Family Services
Pension Benefits Act changes allow spouse consent
The Pension Benefits Act amendments give separating spouses more control over pension asset division. With mutual consent, couples can waive mandatory splitting when pension values are within 20 percent, reducing admin costs. If no mutual consent exists, current mandatory provisions still apply.
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Labor
Genie Hammond
Referendum debate over radius for hazardous facility in Rossburn
Local officials clash over timing and scope of a January 17 referendum on a hazardous waste treatment plant. Mayor Kostecky criticizes lack of village input and calls the process a misstep while RM of Rossburn Reeve Sitko says the vote reflected ratepayers and the village acted independently. Animosity between rural and town factions colors the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MHWMC
Rossburn
Swan Hills
Alberta
Shoal Lake
Birtle
Kostecky
Leonard Sitko
Sitko
Reve
Rossbun
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Tre
Coulter
Boscher
Chamber
Sharon Cuff
Route&3 Association
Oto
MAST
Pension Benefits Act
Hammond
Manitoba Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism
Mousy
Easteyn
Brandon
Mantoba
Sim Ernst, Mester
Jes
DE Cari
Transport Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Avd
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