Manitoba election call signals Tory pledge surge
Premier Gary Filmon announced Manitoba's April 25 election with a platform stressing 30 000 new jobs and continued capital spending of 1.5 billion aimed at highways health care facilities education and the information highway. The REDI Grow Bond programs stay, a Community Micro Loan pilot for rural small business launches, and a Smart Health deal still under finalization. Doer vows to cancel Smart Health and redeploy funds to patient care, with school nurses to aid immunizations. St James Chamber of Commerce involvement noted.
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Joan Eliasson
Gary Filmon
REDI
Filmon
Manitoba
New Democratic Party
Gary Doer
Doer
Virden objects to new school division boundaries
Virden Council voices dissatisfaction with Boundaries Review Commission proposals creating No 10 Yellowhead School Division and No 8 South West Division. They urge splitting Virden into three parts, reincluding Woodworth in Division No 2. They argue the change preserves transportation and community interests and would affect 25 schools in the new Yellowhead strip versus 20 previously.
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Joan Eliasson
Virden Council
Yellowhead
Russell
South West
Virden
Boundaries Review Commission
Clayton Manness
Robin Eslinger
Woodworth
Commission
Pelly Trail
Daylight Saving Time Returns to Manitoba April 2
Daylight saving time begins in Manitoba on Sunday April 2 as clocks move forward one hour under the Official Time Act. The change occurs at 1 a.m. Sunday, advancing clocks to 2 a.m. and marks the start of the period lasting until the last Sunday in October.
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Manitoba
Infrastructure grants announced for Dauphin-Swan River area
Manitoba MP Marlene Cowling announced a $1 million infrastructure funding injection benefiting Dauphin-Swan River, with grants including $19,000 to RM Russell for a service road near Keating Zentner businesses on Highway 16 and $42,000 for Russell fire hall overrun. Additional funding covers Binscarth paving and $17,000 to RM Silver Creek for road reconstruction. Funds split equally among federal, provincial, and municipal governments.
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Joan Eliasson
Dauphin-Swan River
Marlene Cowling
Cowling
RM of
Russell
Keating/Zentner
Highway 16
Binsearth
Silver Creek
Quadruple birth shocks Roblin area ranchers
Glen Young reported four calves born within 15 minutes on St Patrick's Day, three heifers and a bull, with the vet pegging odds at 400 000 to one. The mother and all newborns, nicknamed Mr Mom, are healthy as Young helps with the final calf. Greenhouse bonds to fund RCS Greenhouses in Waskada seek 280 000 for a 3500 square metre high tech tomato operation using local resources and sunny conditions.
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Roblin
Glen Young
Greg Hunter
Young
St. Patrick's Day
Mama
Billy
Doc" McCauley
Mr. Mom
Waskada
RCS Greenhouses Ltd
RCS
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