U.S. changes hit local unemployment support plans
A House of Commons bill cuts unemployment insurance benefits and premiums in Canada, reducing maximum weekly payments from 448 to 413 and duration from 50 to 45 weeks. The measure aims to save 1.7 billion dollars and shift aid toward low income workers, with regional unemployment rates influencing eligibility. local offices report 350 job seekers this winter, now about 250 as seasonal openings grow.
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Joan Eliasson
House of Commons
Warren Allmand
Senate
Home Care workers win labor dispute in Manitoba deal
Home care workers across Manitoba ratified a two year contract protecting jobs from privatization after a month long dispute over privatizing 25 percent of Winnipeg services. Rural workers gain a one year transition with no contracting out during regional health board setup.
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Nur
Manitoba
Trealth
Jim McCrae
Winnipeg
Ren Ildant
Manitoba Government Employees Union
Isdahl
Hildah
Mary Topolinski
FLANI
Dauphin Herald
Dauphin
Manitoba Water Services Board
Roads lauded in Shellmouth R M for best maintained system
Reeve Ali n Zimmer receives provincial shield from Manitoba Rural Development for best maintained municipal roads division C. Patrol operators Ivan Rowan and Grant Flandra praised for efforts amid 1995 spring disaster damage.
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N Zimmer
R.M
Shellmouth
Roger Dennis
Manitoba Rural Development
Ivan Rowan
Grant Flandra
PIT NAMES Cargill Ltd partner for inland terminal
A Parkland Inland Terminal steering committee meeting on May 3 chose Cargill Ltd as PIT’s business partner to build an inland terminal at Roblin serving Parkland area farmers. Planning moves forward to establish the facility.
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PIT
Roblin
Parkland Inland Terminal
Cargill Ltd
Parkland
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