Teachers leave Pelly Trail in line with annual turnover
Howie Smith, Pelly Trail School Division superintendent, notes resignations rise yearly as contracts end May 31. Three more teachers offered their notices at Monday's board meeting, bringing resignations to six in two months. Jim Procyk, Jim Moran and Lynn Boyce depart from Rossburn elementary, Major Pratt School and Rossburn Collegiate Institute respectively.
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Satnieen Maroens
Pelly Trail
Howie ‘Smith
Jim Procyk
Rossburn
Jim Moran
Pratt
Lynn Boyce
Rossburn Collegiate Institute
Smith
Block Parent program rolls out in Russell community
Russell launches Block Parent, a safety effort led by Ron Blaylock. Volunteers will display red and white signs in windows to signal a home is staffed. Applications open to residents 18 plus with RCMP screening and no fee.
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Katheen Martens
Russell
Ron_Blaylock
Blaylock
Russell Block
RCMP
Paul Cheney
Russell Rcmp
Reavie's
Saan
Russell Clinic
Russell Hospital
Morning bus service under review by Manitoba board
Greyhound seeks to cut daily 7 a.m. Russell to Winnipeg bus to three days weekly citing low ridership and high costs. MMTB has three objections and will hold public hearings with full notifications. If approved, Russell departures would be 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. other daily buses remain unchanged.
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Russell
Winnipeg
Manitoba Motor Transport Board
Greyhound
Robert Leech
MMTB
Leech
Tripartite Stabilization Plan For Sugar Beets In Manitoba
Canada and Manitoba governments along with Manitoba sugar beet producers announce a national tripartite stabilization plan. The release is credited to Jake Epp Minister of National Health and Welfare Charles Mayer Minister of State Canadian Wheat Board and Bill Uruski Manitoba Minister of Agriculture.
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Manitoba
Government of
Canada
Jake Epp
Charles Mayer
Canadian Wheat’ Board
Bill Uruski
Russell Pool Committee vows to push on after grant denial
The six member Russell Pool Committee vows to keep fundraising after being denied a $75 000 capital grant from Manitoba Community Places Program. The outdoor pool project, costing about $200 000, would have added to local life quality with church land purchases and donations since 1965 yielding a $100 000 pool fund.
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Kathleen Martens
Russell Pool Committee
Troviical
Culture, Heritage and Recreation
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wayne Blackburn
Manitoba Community Places Program
Blackburn
Inside Foxwarren Award Second Section Badminton
Freight Rates and Troubled Farmers anchor pages six and fourteen in the edition. The note points readers to coverage sections on badminton, freight pricing, and agricultural difficulties, suggesting a structured classifieds or feature layout.
Major Pratt School renovations planned in Russell
Major Pratt School in Russell will undergo a 1.6 million renovation adding 9000 square feet of science computer business and daycare space after approval at a Russell meeting with Pelly Trail School Division. The division will buy land from the Russell Agricultural Society and has hired Prairie Partnership Architects. Work aims to accommodate all district students. A liquor ban will apply at Wasagaming campground during the May long weekend from noon May 5 to 9 p.m. May 8, with liquor available elsewhere and park wardens patrolling. Motorcyclists will join the Sun National Ride for Sight on June 13-14 to raise funds for RP Eye Research Foundation of Canada.
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Kathleen Martens
Pratt
Russell
Representaives
Pelly Trail
Public Schools Finance Board
Tony Frechete
Major Pratt School
Russell Agricultural Society
Prairie Partnership Architects
Major Pratt
Wasagaming
Riding Mountain National Park
Mac Estabrooks
Estabrooks
Canada
Sun National
RP Eye Research Foundation of Canada
Manitoba
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Assistance
Federal Jobs Fund
Murray Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pratt School
Eldon Montgomery
Ratheen Martens
Foxwarren
Major Pratt Construr
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