Veterans in Russell Celebrate VE Day
Veterans in Russell marked VE Day with a private Legion Club Rooms banquet for about fifty local veterans auxiliary members and wives. A VE Day service at the Russell and District Community Centre drew veterans RCMP Sgt Petry and a small civic crowd, while Stan Yankoski lamented limited town participation and poor Legion advertising.
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Lieutenant Governor tours Russell on Manitoba Act history
Lieutenant Governor W. Yvon Dumont visited Russell with 600 students and staff for a Royal Assent Tour reenactment. He highlighted Manitoba's precolonial history and the 1870 Manitoba Act that made the province, the first in the west, part of Canada as his entourage prepared to continue a five day tour ending in mid July celebrations.
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Manitoba Legislature Opens May 23 With Budget Focus
Premier Gary Filmon announced the 36th Manitoba Legislature will open May 23 with the throne speech and a priority on balanced budget legislation and maintenance order enforcement. The session will run to June 30, with intersession committee sittings and a September return. PCs hold 31 seats, NDP 23, Liberals 3. Also reported is the drowning of Blaine Kreshewski, 27, at Minnedosa when a canoe tipped on the Little Saskatchewan River. seven men were in three canoes, four rescued, search ongoing and volunteers aiding the effort.
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