Rally in Melita voices western farmer anger at Liberal inaction
About 2,200 farmers, municipal officials, and businesspeople gathered in Melita to demand more federal action for western Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers. They criticized Ottawa for funding provincial programs while ignoring farm livelihoods, urged letters to politicians, and warned that farmers could become an endangered group if policy does not change.
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Melita Area
Raylene Lamport
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Melita
Inky Mark
Mark
Melita Farm
Benough
Regina
Prince Albert
Filmon
Roy Romanow
Red River
Province pledges $50 per acre to unseeded farmers
Manitoba premier Filmon announced a $50 per acre payment plan for unseeded land in the southwest, with $25 per acre upfront from AIDA and the rest shared 60-40 with Ottawa if federal participation is secured. The program covers restoration, pasture, and haylands, retroactive to June 1, and aims to start payouts by August after MCIC figures.
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Terrie Welwood
Filmon
AIDA
Ottawa
MCIC
Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation
Enns
Council adopts drainage by law and bids approved
The Rural Municipality of Ellice votes to adopt Drainage By Law No. 4-99 in first and second readings and approves a memorandum of understanding with respect to drainage matters. Council discusses road bids with Little River Earthmoving and notes changes in Constabulary staff as Myles Kopytko and Greg Site attend. The balance sheet shows general accounts totaling 32 066.54.
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Council
Reeve Boucher
Yorkton
Assiniboine
Sgt. Perry
Prairie Mountain
Lis
Sgt. Petry
Darcy Davidson
Ralph Sutherland
Sgt
Perry
C.A.C
Richard Nowell
Little River Earthmoving Ltd
Huberdeau
Hamilton
Ellice
AMM
Simard
Lowes
Manitoba
Province of
Natural Re
Myles Kopytko
Greg
Upper
Assiniboine River Conservation District
Myles
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Jake Hoeppner
Howard Hilstrom
Roy Bailey
Eric Upshall
Vancliet
Agriculture
Harry Enns
Vanclie
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Wester Diversification
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Department of Rural Development
Stis
Premiere Romanov
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