Mail delivery continues after truck fire outside post office
Rob Deverne delivering between Brandon and Shellmouth saw his truck fire outside Shoal Lake post office at 6 15 am on Sept 26. Firefighters put out the blaze in twenty minutes and mail was distributed from the back of the burning truck. The driver credited neighbors and 911 for helping locate him and noted a second truck was sent to complete the route, keeping service only an hour late.
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Rob Deverne
Brandon
Shellmouth
Shoal Lake
Dverne
Kostecki Trucking of
Rossburn
Auditor General blasts Manitoba loan program
Auditor General Jon Singleton faults the Manitoba Student Financial Assistance Program for 1998 99 loan payouts without proper verification. The report says the program frequently provided more money than borrowers were entitled to due to lack of checks and safeguards.
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Manitoba
Provinces
Jon Singleton
Singleton
Manitoba Student Loan Service Bureau
Mark urges respect for park wardens in Parliament
In a throne speech reply MP Inky Mark questions the role and status of Canada's national park wardens. He cites a labour board ruling in wardens’ favor and argues wardens are being downgraded to paper pushers while delays by RCMP allow illegal activity to persist in parks. He calls for respect and restoration of wardens as peace officers.
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Mark
Inky Mark
Canada
Heritage
Lee
Labour Board
Saskatchewan to reopen hog farm relief amid price slump
Saskatchewan government plans a short term hog producers loan package similar to the 1998 program as pork prices fell last August. Ag Minister Clay Serby said loans offered in 1998-99 totaled 11.4 million to 221 hog farmers, with up to 40 per market hog and 10 per weanling. 122 accounts worth 1.4 million remained outstanding as of March. The NFU urged targeting large corporate producers and packers for aid and restoring single desk selling to stabilize the industry.
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Saskatchewan
Clay Serby
Saskatchewan Ag
National Farmers Union
Serby
Big Sky
NFU
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