Russell Studios sign damaged in RCMP investigation
RCMP report Ransell RCM investigate property damage to the Russell Studios sign dated September 9. Police seek information. Also on September 9 theft of truck speakers in Lazare reported. A radar detector seized in Russell on September 18. Tools taken from a toolbox in Sver Creek on September 11. Impaired driver charged in Russell on September 12.
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Ransell Rcm
Russell Studios
T. Lazare
Russel
Vette
RLM
Sver Creek
R.M
Russell
Municipal elections loom in Manitoba towns and villages
Municipal races set for October 22 across 200 Manitoba municipalities with open mayoral and council seats. Russell targets mayor and four councillors while Binscarth seeks reelection for one councillor. ward seats and nominating rules detailed. deadline October 1 and 1 percent ward signatures required.
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Amarea
Manitoba
Russell
Tim Langford
Doug Maclanae
Harold Clement
Vern Rosnoski
Merril Kiliwnik
Binscarth
Robert Barrett
Charlie Sonsans
Saskatchewan drainage project faces huge cost and delays
Rural Municipality of Russell councillors heard an estimate that moving water from Saskatchewan into the Assiniboine River would cost 300 000 to 500 000 dollars. Engineer Marshall Thompson attributed the price to multiple road and rail crossings and potential culvert work. He will report to the Saskatchewan Water Corporation, likely dampening the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare Omg
Water Resources Branch
Russell
Saskatchewan
Assiniboine River
Manitoba
Marshall Thompson
Assiniboine Valley
Harrowby
Saskatchewan-Manitoba
Thompson
Saskatchewan Water Corporation
Ted Woychuk
Champion Road
Cece
Atteing
Woychuk
Champion
Lorne Davidson
Jack Wilson
Davidson
Aks Highways
Beet and Barley mascot bull moved from Highway 16 site
The 1906 Beet and Barley celebration loses its bull mascot as the statue was moved September 8 from the Highway 16 stand to make way for a convenience store. It is relocated near Russell Inn and later to a heated building for repairs. Russell Chamber of Commerce President Spence Reavie said repairs and repainting will be completed before the bull returns to a pedestal, aiming for spring ready for tourists.
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Beet & Barsey
Highway 16
Russell Inn
Russell Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber
Spence Reavie
Reavie
Yellowhead
Russell to Get Outdoor Pool in 1987
Russell pool committee chair Kerry Hutt announces an outdoor pool project starts in May 1987 and should open next summer. The 70 thousand dollars raised fall short of the 170 thousand needed to build a 60 by 42 feet pool with a 10 foot to 6 foot slope and a diving board.
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Andrea Long
Russell Pool Committee
Kerry Hutt
Hutt
Russell
Russell Agricultural Society eyes land sale to school division
Members vote to ask 12.00 for a Garrison Road acreage sale to the Pelly Trail School Division for a Major Pratt School addition. If the Public School Finance Board rejects, a second meeting may set a new price. Witty defends the price as fair given land size and potential expropriation. The meeting also discussed the future of the Russell Fair and Race Meet amid a $1,200 bank balance after higher betting system fees.
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Public School Finance Board
Witty
Russell
Society and
Public Schools Finance Board
Bryant
Wiy
Agricultural Society
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RCMP
Reeve
Boulton
Derek ‘Beao
Fred Frieze
John
Singereiss
Nat McKay
Gene Nerbas
William Burla
Pelly Trail
Joan Clement
Andrew Bidochka
Myre Sheeska
Len Darth
Sask
Department of Highways
Council
Key
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Croctorat
Au Expas
Mat
UMM
Margaret ‘Cooper
RM. of
Pilion
Tim Zentner
Provincia
Ussell Ann
Ag Society
Annette Bryant
Manteba
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