Binscarth resident charged after hospital injury case
RCMP attended Russell and District Hospital to investigate a head wound requiring 11 stitches on a Gam bler Indian Reserve patient. A Binscarth resident was charged with assault with a weapon assault causing bodily harm and endangering a life by aggravated assault. The accused remains in Brandon Correctional Institute awaiting court. The weapon was a baseball bat.
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RCMP
Russell and District Hospital
Gambler Indian Reserve
Binscarth
Brandon Correctional Institute
Tractor collides with train near Watsview incident
A tractor driven by Alfred Simard was crossing railway tracks when a train cut the machine in half. Simard walked away unhurt. The accident occurred on June 17 around 5 45 p.m. on a municipal road 1 1/2 miles south of Provincial Road 553 near Watsview.
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Watsview
Alfred Simard
Simard
Manitoba Youth Hire a Student Week Preview
Manitoba Youth Job Centre promotes Manitoba Youth Hire a Student Week starting July 10 to help youths earn extra money and gain work experience. The week includes community benefit as students perform minor tasks for residents. Special activities are planned with Monday designated as promotion and job order day featuring button handouts.
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Manitoba Youth Job Centre
Odd Job Day and Student Labour Auction Notice
Centre near them. Also on this day give me a call at 773-3319 if you would like a student to work for you on Tuesday for Odd Job Day. During Odd Job Day 8 student will mow your lawn wash windows pick weeds clean the house paint or any other odd job you may have. On Thursday the student lottery is underway. This is a new and fun activity. Students will go door to door to sell tickets to raffle themselves off for S hours of free labour. There are 30 tickets a $1.00 each per booklet. Each booklet is one draw so your chance of winning one in 30 if you buy one ticket. All the monies go to the students who are raffling off their labour. Finally Friday we will be holding a car wash which will be located at the Bicknell Garage 119 Shell River. All proceeds made from the events will go equally to the students who participated. So let us make this week a success and Hire a Student. Watch for upcoming advertisement and poster for more details.
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Bicknell
Shell River
Know the Law by Joan Eliasson
A lighthearted reflection on old municipal by laws in Russell. The author notes amusing provisions ban nuisance behavior, stones and missiles, boisterous language, and indecent exposure. The piece highlights humor found in archival rules and ponders how such laws would spark comedy sketches.
Meals on Wheels schedule updates with deliveries and helpers
A revised Meals on Wheels timetable lists pickup at the hospital 11 30 a m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays during the assigned week. It covers payment on Fridays and mentions coordinators Shirley Davidson and Irene Thickett with spare driver Irene Thickett. The notice provides names and dates for volunteers through December including Beth Zimmer Suzanne Anderson Shelagh Lee Lucy Shuckree Anne Poole Helen Keating Edie Peltz and others.
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Beth
John Zimmer
Suzanne Anderson
Shelagh Lee
Lucy Shuckree
Anne Poole
Helen Keating
Edie Peltz
June Betke
Jessie Perrin
Verda Jackson
Dot Nickel
Lou Spurway
Edith Witty
Carol Jackson
Nettie Penonzek
Rita Silversides
Verna Kieper
Campbell edges Charest to win PC leadership by 187 votes
Jean Charest supporters and many Canadians were surprised as Kim Campbell won the Progressive Conservative leadership on the second ballot with 1 817 votes to Charest's 1 630. Campbell, BC born, rises rapidly to become Canada’s first female prime minister. Charest is expected to be offered deputy prime minister. The weekly publication notes a tense political climate and possible full election call ahead.
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Jean Eliasson
Jean Charest
Kim Campbell
Charest
British Columbia
Campbell
Canada
Quebec
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