Manitoba Service Centres Open for Facsimile Transmission
Manitoba Telephone System opens four Service Centres in Winnipeg Brandon Thompson to allow instant transmission of documents to other centres in Canada including Montreal Toronto Ottawa and Halifax. Facsimile service costs 2 dollars per page plus long distance and initial page rates vary by distance. Documents must be standard sizes and no special training is needed to operate the machines.
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Manitoba Telephone System
Portage Avenue
Empress Street
Winnipeg
18Th Street
Brandon
Selkirk Avenue
Thompson
Status training session for women teachers in Manitoba
Twelve Manitoba teachers completed a three day training session as resource persons to conduct programs on sex role stereotyping in education. Sponsored by the Status of Women Committee of the Manitoba Teachers' Society, the session aimed to eliminate discrimination from stereotypes about abilities and needs of men and women. The team examined stereotypes in textbooks, teacher attitudes, and school structures, and will develop local programs to promote awareness and attitude change among teachers, students, and the community.
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Manitoba
Status of Women Committee
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Alice Cheatley
Annual Fire College Held In Boissevain After Registration
Some 53 senior fire officials from across Manitoba will attend the 13th annual fire college June 9 to 12 in Boissevain. Sponsored by the Office of the Fire Commissioner, sessions run at the Boissevain Inn and cover fire prevention, firefighting methods, and cooperative plans between communities. Noted speakers include Dr E J Tyler and Gerald May, with Fire Commissioner August Thorlbert and Claude Wright also addressing delegates.
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Manitoba
Boissevain
Paulley
Fire Commissioner
Boissevain Inn
E.J. Tyler
Brandon University
Gerald May
Morton
August Thorimbert
Claude Wright
Minister of Labor
Manitoba Faces Grasshopper and Beetle Pests This Season
Entomologist Dave Smith warns grasshoppers and fig beetles will threaten Manitoba crops. Overwintered grasshopper eggs mean hatching in 7 to 10 days, with Red River Valley worst and Neepawa McGregor area notable. Dimethoate and carbofuran are advised, with about 00,000 acres needing spraying. Beetles endanger rapeseed widely. control includes carbofuran or lindane seed treatments, azinphos methyl or carbofuran after emergence.
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Manitoba
Dave Smith
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Red River Valley
St. Claude
Neepaw
McGregor
Treasury Board outlines public service bargaining record and limits
The Treasury Board President defends free collective bargaining in Canada’s public service. Since 1967 there have been 317 agreements with 98 percent avoiding strikes, with seven strikes in eight decades. The government will prosecute unlawful strikes and pursue fair wages aligned with comparable outside work, while a Joint Commons Senate committee studies improvements to the system.
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Treasury Board
Public Service of Canada
Treasury Board Secretariat
Public Service Staff Relations Board
House of Commons
Senate
Inglis Students Enjoy Festival in Virden
On May 24, 48 Inglis students from Grades V IX joined a Folk Dance Festival in Virden. The group traveled at 10 15 a m lunched at a park six miles away performed dances and joined in Mass Dancing. They returned to Inglis about 7 00 p m thanks go to Mrs Kopetsky Mr Fingas Mrs Hunkin and Mr Mudrey for their supervision and help.
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Inglis
Virden
Canadian Red Cross Summer Safety Tip
A Red Cross safety note advises boat operators to slow down during sharp turns and when passing row boats and canoes to prevent collisions and injuries on the water.
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Red Cross
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Russell-Roblin
Pratt School
Russell
Russell Agricultural Society
Major
Avalon Theatre
Son of Lassie
Legion
Sunshine Singers
Windy Acres Drive-In
Man
Sat. Man
Tues
the Family Mator
Hercules Apg
Thur
Jean Chrétien
Duncan
Shelly Davidson
Billy Liar and His Girls
Jeff Rowie
Billy Liar
Moira Foot
Sandra
Billy
Billy Lier
Jim
Nassau
Cpl. Ewert
R.C.M.P
W. Forgel
THE
Royal Canadian Legion
Binscarth Cenotaph
Inglis, Russell, Rossburn
Birtle
Foxwarren and
Binscarth
Shell Bulk Agent
Endaven
Shell Endaven
Harry Stanchuk
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