Russell Campground Upgrades and Park Improvements Discussed
Russell town meeting notes improvements for Russell campground including a well pump out system for washrooms and seasonal operation from early June to late September. A development officer for Parkland west Communities was hired, with Nesewich to start when funds are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell's
Monsesibeve
Harold Clement
Parkland West
Swan River
Roblin
Grandview
Russell
Rod Nesewich
University of Winnipeg
Nesewich
Local Governments to receive Manitoba tax sharing funds
Rural Development Minister Jack Penner announced west central Manitoba will get 997000 in provincial municipal tax sharing payments. Russell area will receive over 403000. Per capita base rises to 40.65 for 1989 and urban supplements apply by centre size. Grants listed include Shellmouth RM 82723.25 and Russell RM 25772.10 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Penner
Manitoba
Russell
Area
Penner
Province of
Manitoba to Waive Transit Fees for Stock Feed Transport
Manitoba livestock producers will continue to benefit from waiving permit fees for moving hay and straw. Highways minister Albert Driedger announced last summer that over dimension and overweight permit fees are waived for transportation of drought relief products. The government aims to keep livestock feed moving to drought-stricken areas at lower cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Highways and Transportation
Albert Driedger
Drilling begins on Rossburn waste site test area
The Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation started drilling about three miles south of Rossburn to assess a proposed waste treatment plant. Latonas notes shallow early holes, plans deeper testing to shale, with samples taken every foot and piezometers to map water tables. Public involvement encouraged as studies proceed and a local vote may follow once evaluations finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Desmarais
Rossburn
Manitoba Hazardous Waste Management Corporation
Graham Latonas
Latonas
Rossburn Review
RM Council
Caldwell
Russell
Manitoba
Ninth Terry Fox Run set for September 17 worldwide
The 9th annual Terry Fox Run will occur on September 17 at more than 2 400 sites in Canada and globally with over 350 000 participants. Since its start in 1961 the event has raised millions for cancer research and helped establish the Terry Fox Foundation in 1988.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Fox
Canada
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian ‘Track and Field Association and Fitness and
Amateur Sport Canada
Terry
National Cancer Institute of Canada
NCIC
Manitoba hog farmers face 12 million loss yearly says park council
Bill Wangs, president of the Canadian Park Council, warns that US ITC countervailing duties on Canadian hogs threaten Manitoba producers with up to 12 million dollars in annual losses. He notes Manitoba relies heavily on pork exports and predicts prices will keep dropping without a reversal or appeal under the free trade agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Park Council
Manitoba
Bill Wangs
International Trade Commission
Commission
State Department
Vangs
John Crosbie
Agriculture
Don Mazankowski
Ottawa
ITC
Crosbie
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Chamber
Gordon Sylvester
Sylvester
Myra Kilkenny
Russell Business Group
Portage Chamber
Portage and District Chamber of Commerce
Clement
Kitchener
Ontario
Earl Smith
Earl
Department of Industry, ‘Trade and Tourism
Travel Manitoba
Shellmouth
Silver Creek
Birtle
Miniota
Boulton
Binscarth
St. Lazare
Rossburn Advisory Committee
Ken Caldwell
Ife
NDP
Jay Cowan
Churchill
Brandon
Dauphin
Lynn Lake
Flin Flon
Norway House
Gillam
Pas
Sypher Muller
Cowan
Union of Canada Employees
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Fort Ellice
Brian White
Club
New Horizons Program of Health and Welfare Canada
Robert Decorby
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