Borderland Venture faces push for local funding
Borderland Ven tures directors press for quick local commitment to a 20 million project centered on a 15 000 head feedlot with a potential partner in agriculture. They seek 50 percent equity from local investors, about four million dollars, to attract a major corporate partner and push the plan toward next spring. So far about 600 000 has been raised from locals as time runs out.
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Borderland Ventures
Russell, Roblin
Saskatchewan
Lanigan
Borderland
Borderland Project
MRTA to acquire Rossburn subdivision rail line
The Manitoba Recreational Trail Association announces an agreement with Canadian National Railways to acquire the Rossburn Subdivision. The 108 mile rail line between Neepawa and Russell, abandoned in 1996, is expected to close the sale on December 31, 1997. MRTA leaders Doug Mackie and Fred Whitehouse spearheaded the acquisition with support from the Rossburn Subdivision Trail Association.
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Manitoba Recreational Trail Association
MRTA
Canadian National Railways
Rossburn
Neepawa
Russell
Doug Mackie
Fred Whitehouse
Rossburn Subdivision
Dam From Sharpe Lake Sparks Rural Council Stand
A dam from Sharpe Lake is being removed with the support of the R.M. of Winchester council, which passed a resolution opposing future diversions or impediments to the water flow from Sharpe Lake to Lake Metigoshe, under guidance of the Minister of Natural Resources. In Minnedosa, the Hydro compound was broken into, with 439 kilos of copper wire stolen, and a Plumas area farmer survived a lightning strike to his 1995 GMC pickup, with damages potentially reaching 3000 dollars.
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Winchester
Sharpe Lake
Lake Metigoshe
HYDRO
Minnedosa
RCMP
Manitoba Hydro
Plumas-Area
Lawrence Buhr
Buhr
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Herb Lovas
Connor Cochrane
Kyle Christopher
Jacob Boryskiewich
Tammy Garnett
Terrie Pel
Auto Parts
Delorain
R.M
Nnchester Council
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