Water and sewer projects progress across Manitoba
Agriculture Minister Jim Downey announced the Manitoba Water Services Board is building or committed to building 13.572 million in water and sewer facilities for 4 Manitoba communities with 95 percent provincial support and loans for the rest. Projects include Altona Arbory Ashern Binscorth Birtle Blumenort Cranberry Portage Emerson Grandview Grunthal Hamiota Lac du Bonnet MacGregor Manitou McCreary Morris Neepawa Pilot Mound Portage la Prairie Rapid City Richot Roblin Russell Ste Anne St Jean Baptiste St Pierre Jolys Sandy Lake Sanford Shoal Lake Starbuck Stonewall Whitemouth Winkler and Winnipeg Beach with 1982 constructions planned for Grandview La Salle Selkirk Somerset Souris and Tyndall. Other committed sites include Birtle Flin Flon Glenboro Kleefeld Neepawa Oak Lake Reston Riverton Ste Rose du Lac St Adolphe Shoal Lake Snow Lake and Teulon. Northlands agreement projects total 1.827 million with 40 percent provincial and 60 percent federal funding completed or underway in northern Manitoba.
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Jim Downey
Manitoba Water Services Board
Manitoba
Altona
Arbory
Ashern
Binscorth
Birtle
Blumenort
Cranberry Portage
Emerson
Grandview
Grunthal
Hamiota
Lac du Bonnet
MacGregor
Manitou
McCreary
Morris
Neepawa
Pilot Mound
Portage la Prairie
Rapid City
Richot
Roblin
Russell
Ste. Anne
St. Jean Baptiste
St. Pierre Jolys
Sandy Lake
Sanford
Shoal Lake
Starbuck
Stone‘wall
Whitemouth
Winkler
Winnipeg Beach
la Salle
Selkirk
Somerset
Souris
Tyndall
Flin Flon
Glenboro
Kleefeld
Oak Lake
Reston
Riverton
Ste. Rose du Lac
St Adolphe
Snowlake
Teulon
Manitoba Northlands
Department of Northern Affairs
Aghaming
Berens River
Crane River
Stedmans Opens New Russell Store on Main Street
Mayor Jim Langford opened the Stedmans store on Main Street South in Russell on a Thursday morning. The ribbon was cut by Stedmans representative Don Waslenko and owner Mel Makin with his wife Joan and their children Wendy Darrell and Colleen. Chamber President Dale Brown and Mercantile Chair Spencer Reavie attended. Betty-Ann Van Damme won the door prize television.
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Stedmans
Main Street
Russell
Jim Langford
Don Waslenko
Mel Makin
Joan
Wendy
Darrell
Colleen
Chamber
Dale ,Brown
Mercantile
Spencer Reavie
Manitoba Junior Citizen of the Year nominations open soon
Nominations for the Fourth Annual Manitoba Junior Citizen of the Year awards close December 31. Winners announced at the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association Winter Meeting in Winnipeg in February. Awards include a $200 Pioneer Trust Guaranteed Investment Certificate and recognition from Pioneer Life and Pioneer Trust and MCNA. Eligible youths are ages 6 to 18. nominations may include school church or community acts of courage.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Winnipeg
Pioneer Trust
A Management Ltd
Pioneer Life and Pioneer Trust
MCNA
Canadian Pioneer Management Ltd
P.O
Regina
Saskatchewan
SAP
CSP Foods Harrowby plant making progress on schedule
Construction at CSP Foods Limited canola crushing plant at Harrowby near the Manitoba Saskatchewan border proceeds on schedule for 1902. By Thanksgiving weekend outside yard work water systems and ponds were finished, water treatment at 70 percent, boiler room built, and structural steel on site. Krupp expellers due in December with eight staff already in Barrowby Russell district and potential 60 to 70 more hires by August pending continued progress.
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CSP Foods Limited
Harrowby
Manitoba-Saskatel
Ding
Volcano Limited
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Krupp
Barrowby-Russell
CanWest gets CRTC approval for Minnedosa western Manitoba station
CanWest Broadcasting Ltd CKND TV receives CRTC green light to rebroadcast CKND on Channel 2 from a 100000 watt transmitter atop a 1100 foot tower. The Minnedosa based station will serve Western Manitoba within about a 75 mile radius including Dauphin and southern areas. Don Brinton says two applications were needed after a 1978 rejection and notes interest in extending service to the Interlake region if approved.
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CanWest Broadcasting Ltd
Cknd - TV
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Cknd-Tv
Manitoba
Minnedosa
CKND
Dauphin
Don
Don Brinton
CRTC
Brinton
Interlake
Ould
Rembrandt
Winnipeg
Victoria Beach
Pine Falls
Lake Winnipeg
Deficit Downshift from Projection in 1980-81
The 1980-81 deficit ran 53 percent below the projected level after an initial budget of 140 million was increased to 191 million with legislative aid and fire suppression costs. The actual deficit stood at 90 million, compared with 101 million in 1977-78, 4 million in 1978-79, and 45 million in 1979-80.
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Legis
4-H Specialist Shaunda Rossington Appointed
Jum Downey announced Shaunda Rossington as H and Youth specialist for the province, replacing Eleanor Menzies who moves to clothing and textile work. A 1976 graduate from the University of Manitoba, Rossington previously worked at Eaton's and joined Manitoba Agriculture in 1979. She will coordinate 325 4-H clubs and organize government and industry supported H travel exchange programs.
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Manarer
Jum Downey
Shaunda Rossington
Ms. Rossington
Eleanor Menzies
University of Manitoba
Rossington
Eaton's of
Can
Manitoba Agriculture
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
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Betty-Ann van Damme
Pioneer &McNa
G.E. Ross Sneath
CSP
Assiniboine
Canola
Royal Canadian Legion
The
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
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