Rural Manitoba towns resist bilingual province declaration
Ninety rural municipalities oppose making Manitoba bilingual after a provincial federal accord with the Franco-Manitoban Society. Local officials warn municipal and crown agencies would be affected, while several communities voice cost concerns and insist Manitoba remain Canadian. A separate weekend crash near Inglis left one seriously injured. Russell RCMP continue investigations.
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Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Harris
Beachell
Rusk
Roland Penner
M.a.um
Greenslade
Shead
Selkirk
Manitoba
Advisory Board
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporations
Manitoba ‘Telephone
Manitoba Hydro
Union of
Manitoba Municipalities
Worth claims expose Admail policy impact on papers
The document criticizes the Admail policy as harming smaller papers and notes that over half of Canadian Community Newspapers Association members rely on free distribution via Canada Post. It highlights 2,500 pages of contended content under free area distribution for weeklies, illustrating distribution advantages and tensions.
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Worth
Canadian Community Newspapers Association
Canada Post
Highway lighting planned at Yellowhead intersections
Russell Town Council met with the Department of Highways on June 2 to discuss lighting at key intersections. Nine 20 watt HPS streetlights would be installed at the junction of PTH 5 PTH 83 and Main Street, with costs to be checked with Manitoba Hydro.
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Russell
Department of Highways
Bar. Adamson
P. Eng
JH. McGuirk
Highways Department
Adamson
Manitoba Hydro
Main
Rich Thorn
Ken Selby
Water Services Board
Count
Pelly Trail Plans English Ukrainian Program
Pelly Trail School Board met June 20 to discuss English Ukrainian program interest in kindergarten and per class registration. Board approved hiring, discussed Home Ec and Industrial Arts 105 for Rossburn students, playground upgrades, Life Skills funding, and potential Life Centered program in Major Pratt with Special Education grants.
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Donalda Duna
Pelly Trail
Vince Furman
Roy Knezacek
Murray Bradshaw
Lenore Fenton
Barbara Kieper
Gene Nerbas
Clement
Elphinstone
Kindersgarten
Pratt
Sarah Cleland
Rossburn
Derkach
Bidochka
Ec and
Industrial Arts
Goletz
Bradshaw
Clement Goletz
Knczacek
Knezacek
Lonsberry
States
Cochrane
Mazure
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Silver Creek
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Binscarth
Birtle
Tne
Ellice
Bite
Douglas Lepan
By Judy Russi
Inglis
Brandon
Russell Rcmp
Asessippi Park
Yellowhead
By Judy Russin
Main Street
Augusta Street
Etal
Ments
Franco-Manitoban Society
Tory
CSP Foods Ltd
Langford
Harrowby
Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities
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