Peters guest speaker at annual supper meeting
The Russell Agricultural Society will host its annual supper meeting on Thursday November 6 at 6 30 p.m. in Knox United Church basement. Guest speaker is Mr P J Peters known for poetry and the Symphony of Yesteryear with color slide shows and music. Tickets for the buffet are available from directors or secretary Mrs Roy Hassett.
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Russell Agricultural Society
Knox United Church
Roy Hassett
P.J. Peters
Agricultural Society
Mr. Peters
Russell
Yesteryear
Pete Peters
Graham Will Help Graham Will Help
MLA Harry Graham of Birtle Russell offers to assist Roblin constituents while MLA Wally McKenzie is hospitalized. He cites McKenzies’ conscientious service, provides contact numbers for home and legislature, and wishes McKenzie a speedy recovery.
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Wally McKenzie
M.L.A
Roblin
Wally
Binfarth
Winnipeg
60 Plus Curling Club Seeks Players
The 60 Plus Curlers invite interested fingers to join. Five curlers are needed and contact details for R. Glasman or L. Leifer are provided. The sessions run on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at 1 30 p m in the afternoon.
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R. Glasman
L. Leifer
Ed Schreyer Receives Backing At Oakburn NDP Meet
Provincial NDP leader Ed Schreyer drew a standing ovation at the Russell-Birtle Oakburn meeting as he urged a 4 percent voter swing to return the party to power and criticized cuts in hospital care and education. Maud Leland, federal candidate for Portage la Prairie Marquette, attended and spoke on agricultural self sufficiency and stricter import export controls. Leland plans future visits to Russell to engage local voters.
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NDP
Ed Schreyer
Russell-Birtle
New Democratic Party
Oakburn
Schreyer
Mantabe
Riding Mountain
Portage-Marquette
Maud Leland
Canada
Leland
Russell
Manitoba unemployment climbs in September report
Statistics Canada data show Manitoba's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rising to 7.3 percent in September, with the actual rate at 6.6 percent. Nationally, the real rate stood at 7.7 percent while Manitoba maintains the third-lowest unemployment level. Finance Minister Don Craik noted month to month shifts signal short term trends and urged federal provincial policy coordination to spur job creation.
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Manitoba
Statistics Canada
Finance
Don Craik
Craik
Winnipeg
Mr. Craik
Manitoba Remembrance Day rules on non working day
Labor Minister Norma Price notes Remembrance Day falls on Saturday with no provision to move the observance under Manitoba law. Some employers ask to substitute Monday off, but exemptions exist for essential services and emergency work. Officials emphasize remembrances and school observances to teach the day’s meaning.
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Labor
Norma Price
Manitoba
Major Pratt School Holds Parent Information Sessions
Major Pratt School plans a year long series of parent evenings to explain programs and policies. On October 16, Mrs Joan Loneberry spoke on development testing for kindergarten and grade one, detailing the Gessell Development Test and its use in instruction plans.
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Pratt School
Joan Loneberry
Loneberry
Pelly ‘Trail
Manitoba government re organizes depts in major reform
Premier Sterling Lyon unveils a broad re organization across most departments following Task Force recommendations. Major changes shift Parks to Mines Natural Resources and the Environment, create a Fitness Recreation and Sport ministry, expand Labour, and form new departments including Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Government Services.
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Sterling Lyon
Parks Branch
Department of Mines, Natural Resources and the Environment
Brian Ransom
Mines, Natural Resources
Manitoba
Air Division
Northern Ferries
Department of Highways and Transportation
Harry Enns
Ministry of Fitness
Bob Banman
Daly
Manitoba Sports Federation
Banman
Co-operative Development
Manitoba Development Corporation
Flyer Industries Limited
Communities Economic Development
Johnston
Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Norma Pr
Labour Department
Ken MacMaster
Civil Service Commission
Northern Affairs Department
Bud Sherman
Sherman
Department of Government Services
Sidney Spivak
Public Works Department
Manitoba Telephone System
Manitoba Data Services
Spivak
Treasury Board
Don Craik
Finance Department
Cabinet
Manitoba Energy Council
Manitoba Hyare
Ed McGill
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
Autopac
Manitoba Forestry Resources Limited
Pas
Warmer Dorgenson
Jorgenson
Government H House
MacMaster
Government Services Department
Departments
Municipal Affairs and Urban Affairs
Gerry Mercier
Aso
Licquor Control Commission
Lyon
Agriculture
Jim Downey
Keith Casens
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Gretna
University of Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Graham
Harry Graham, M.L.A. Birtle-Russell
Louis Klimack
Louis
Department of Labor
Walt Gee
J. Frank Johnston
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