Manitobans Press Debt Relief and Tax Cuts in Consultations
Terrie Welwood reports on provincial hearings where over 2000 Manitobans urged debt reduction as the top priority. They also pushed for health care, education, families, and justice, while preserving the Fiscal Stabilization Fund and supporting tax cuts amid steady job growth and a 1997 unemployment rate drop.
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Terrie Welwood
Tories
Subway opens Russell's new fast food outlet with ribbon cut
A year and a half after the idea began, Subway officially opened last Tuesday afternoon March 10. Subway supervisor Arvella Unger and Mayor Bill Russell joined Chamber of Commerce president Roy Perrin and Russell Inn general manager Daymon Guillas as the ribbon was cut to inaugurate Russell's newest fast food outlet.
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Subway
Arvella Unger
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Perrin
Bill Russell
C-Centre
Helen Sidoryk
Russell Inn
Daymon Guillas
Russell
Manitoba shifts VLT fees amid casino expansion and tragedy
The province plans a 55 million expansion of Winnipeg casinos to include liquor service and entertainment while boosting VLT oversight. Bars hotels and restaurants will pay 150 per VLT and ticket sellers 125 per machine annually. The move funds gambling site investigations and machine testing as families lament gambling debts.
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VLT
Manitoba Addictions Foundation
Winnipeg
Dennis Wynan
Manitoba Lotteries Commission
MLC
Manitoba Gaming Control Commission
MGCC
Rick Josephson
Gaming Control Commission
The
Gaming Commission
Breakfast program offered at Birtle Elementary School
Birtle Elementary School announces a breakfast program each school day from 8:40 to 9:00 a.m. with muffins juice cereal toast milk and fruit. It serves students who occasionally miss breakfast to catch the bus. If used more than five consecutive days, parents will be notified and the matter investigated. RCMP receive 100000 for vehicle video cams. Ten cameras for highway patrol vehicles will be installed with side cameras wireless mics and recording gear.
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Birtle Eye Witness
Birtle Elementary School
Canada Good Guide
RCMP
Justice
Vic Toews
Manitoba
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