Manitoba to adopt a structured school curriculum
Education Minister Keith Cosens announced at the Manitoba Association of School Trustees convention that Manitoba will move toward a more structured core curriculum with specific, sequential content, while allowing flexibility in methods. He urged focus on essential standards, tested if needed, and urged tighter resource use and reduced waste to support adult education, special needs, and community uses of schools.
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Keith Cosens
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
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Cosens
United States
City Council panel praised for rejecting smoking ban bylaw
Winnipeg editors commend a City Council committee for turning down a bylaw to ban smoking in public places. They argue publicity and public opinion have already shifted rights toward non smokers, noting smokers still light up in public spaces.
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Winnipeg
Our Industry of Agriculture and a Family’s Decline
A narrator recounts childhood losses after their father’s death. The farm dissolves, horses and cows are sold, and a family moves into a pair of dilapidated houses. The remembered turmoil centers on debt, failed plans, and the collapse of their father’s promised “empire.”
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Walt Disney's The Gnome Mobile and more showings
The Avalon in Russell hosts Walt Disney's The Gnome Mobile tonight through Friday with showings at 8 90 P M Doors open at 8 00 p m. In Binscarth the Community Theatre presents The Gnome Mobile on Saturday and Sunday April 1 and 2. Also at the Avalon Russell on April 1 2 3 is Bobby Deerfield starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller with shows at 8 00 p m.
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Community Theatre
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Walt Disney
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Europe
Showtime
Wheat Board Advisory Committee Meeting Report
The Wheat Board Advisory Committee met on March 17 1978 with seven advisory members four commissioners and senior staff present. Delegates at Geneva for International Wheat Agreement talks may hinder agreement. Producers shipped 13 961 000 tonnes vs 13 377 000 year earlier and 10 429 000 two years ago. Gordon Mache outlined transport issues and rail service was criticized. West coast problem may improve with ongoing talks and quotas will rise in Manitoba ahead of navigation opening. District meetings were endorsed and an eleven district election planned for fall. Next meeting set for April 24 1978.
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Obituary: Longtime Russell Resident Jackson Dies
Born December 1892 in Richhill County Ireland, Mr Jackson lived in Boulton Municipality before retiring to Russell in 1986. He died March 22 978 at St Boniface Hospital after moving to Beacon Hill Lodge in 1973. He leaves wife Agnes four children ten grandchildren four great grandchildren two sisters and many nieces and nephews. He loved curling and was a life member of Inglis Curling Club and Russell Elks. Funeral March 24 at Knox United Church with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Foxwar Ren Credit Union Names New General Manager
The board announces the appointment of Gerald D. Moir as general manager of Fox Warren Credit Union Limited. Moir and his wife Hazel hail from rural Manitoba and have three children. He will assume management duties in early April.
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Foxwarren Credit Union
Gerald D. Moir
Foxwarren Credit Union Limited
Moir
Hazel
Manitoba
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