Town leader urges support for multiplex funding
A Russell speaker pleads for regional cooperation to fund a $500000 multiplex project, warning that ratepayers and young families may leave small towns if the plan fails. He notes missed replies from Silver Creek and calls for councils to back the facility to protect land values and community cohesion.
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Om Russell
Tam
Shellmouth Boulton
Binscarth
Silver Creek
Killarney
Virden
Am’s
Canada
Russell
Clarification on RMNP East Escarpment Ski Area Talks
A reader offers clarification to a May 21 2010 South Mountain Press article about Parks Canada plans in Riding Mountain National Park. The letter notes no current ski area proposal in the 2012 management plan open to change and discusses area strategy, asset use, and local involvement.
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South Mountain Press
Russell
Parks Canada
Riding Mountain National Park
Agassiz
RMNP
Guillas
Russell Inn
Asessippi
Nile water conflict looms as upstream nations push claims
East Africa's Nile Basin countries vow to redraw a 1929 water accord arguing obsolete rights. Uganda Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia sign new deals to seek more Nile water. Egypt and Sudan resist signing any binding shift. Ethiopian leader warns of pressure as population growth strains regional needs. Egypt faces 95 million mouths in fifteen years with limited leverage.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sudan
East Africa
Cairo
Nile
Ethiopia
Uganda
Rwanda
Tanzania
Kenya
Congo
Burundi
Charity Ngilu
Addis Ababa
Horn of Africa
Meles Zenawi
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