MTS to wire Manitoba with fibreoptic broadband plan
Manitoba Telecom Services will invest 300 million over three years to install 40 000 kilometres of fibreoptic cable enabling Internet speeds up to 200 times faster than dial up. The program targets 85 percent of Manitoba’s business and residential customers, expanding from Brandon and Winnipeg to 11 more communities this January and adding Russell and others by 2003. The province currently has 62 000 dial up and 10 000 high speed customers.
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Terrie Welwood
Manitoba Telecom Services
MTS
Manitoba
Brandon
Winnipeg
Cites
Portage la Prairie
Selkirk
Steinbach
Winkler
Russell
Gas rebates debated as Canada weighs relief plans
Ottawa mulls bold relief options to curb soaring pump prices. Finance Minister Paul Martin signals targeted help for low income Canadians, possibly via direct rebates or GST credits, with talks on income tested credits tied to higher fuel costs.
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Ottawa
Chretien
Paul Martin
Rural Manitoba towns gain utilities by 2003 timeline
Western Manitoba communities including Souris Virden Shilo Wawanesa Douglas Killarney Carberry Rapid City Rivers Robiin Russell and nearby towns will receive new service no later than 2003, ensuring broader access to essential utilities across towns such as Souris Virden and Robiin Russell.
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Manitoba
Alexander oPeee
Harvest of friendship unites Manitoba neighbors to help farmer in need
Zane Wonitoway, facing lung cancer and brain metastasis, nearly retired from farming. A community effort led by Gerry Lyttle, Sonya Lyttle, and Gloria Tibbatts organized eight combines, trucks, and volunteers to harvest Wonitoway’s 600 acres in hours. The event, described as a modern barn-raising, fed hundreds and highlighted Manitoba’s close-knit neighborly spirit. A donation to the Foxwarren Recreation Commission honored those who helped, reflecting decades of communal support and gratitude.
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Zane
Wonitowa
Winnipeg
Sonya Lyttle
Barbara
Foxwarren Recreation Commission
Police bulletin notes multiple incidents in Russell area
A sequence of unnamed incidents is reported from Sept 13 to Sept 19 including a hit and run damaging a vehicle, a break in with interior damage, a possible prank with letter cutouts, a prohibited driver charged on Highway 16, missing highway markers, a wallet stolen at a house party, and a public patrol reminder. RCMP seek volunteers for COPPS and advertise the Oct 29 meeting. Proceeds from Husky print ticket sales benefited the RCMP Run for Cancer.
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RCMP
Russell
North Battleford
RM of
Department of Highways
Binscarth
IGA
Alex Ashey
Geordie Daneliuk
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Ken Tibbatts
Gloria Tibbatts
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Manitoba Housing
Barb
Nas
Sonja Lyttle
Verek Lippatts
Trent Tibbatts
Kevin Lyttle
Matt Smith
Don Hodgson
Floyd McTavish
Derry Moulson
Shawn Tibbatts
Larry Copping
Peter Kostiuk
Garth McTavish
Cory Hodgson
Jason Smith
Raymond Jells
Stu Scantlebury
Brian Bicknell
Pat Michalchuk
Polic
Thiev
Copps Citzens
HCMP
Cst
Sheri Fedorowich
Russell Detachment
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