Potash Production Hits New Saskatchewan Record in 2000
The Four-Town Journal notes Saskatchewan produced 14.3 million tonnes of potash in 2000, a new record and up 10 percent from 1999, with sales of 14.1 million tonnes, just shy of 1997’s high. The industry employs over 3,100 in 10 mines across southern Saskatchewan. The RCMP High Risk Drivers program ran Dec 8 2000 to Jan 3 2001, reporting 8,906 vehicles checked, 65 impaired drivers, 3 fatal collisions, and 53 injuries.
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Northern RHA nurse recruitment program sparks backlash
Manitoba Nurses Union denounces northern retention incentives as unfair labour practices amid a province wide nurse shortage. Charges target Churchill and Burntwood RHAs over $3000 retention bonuses and $10,000 per diem for new recruits, while Erickson Hospital faces temporary closure without staff. Increased retirements and wage gaps across provinces fuel rural hospital anxieties.
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Demolition of Binscarth Water Tower Ends Era
Eight decades of service end as Binscarth water tower built in 1920 is torn down last Thursday. It fed steam locomotives through the 1950s with a 40,000 gallon cedar tub supported by cedar beams. Water rose from a windmill well then a 1921 pumping station raised water 175 feet from the valley. Only two towers remain nearby near Sommerset and McGregor now on display at an agricultural museum.
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Pelly Trail School Vision Amalgamation Talks Begin
In December 1999 Education Minister Drew Caldwell reopened the Norrie Report while noting the NDP were only reviewing the 1994 plan to reduce Manitoba school divisions from 57 to 22. The goal is to facilitate efficiencies to free funds for classrooms.
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