Rossburn Collegiate to emphasize multi cultural issues in classroom
Six native students from Waywayseecappo moved from Rossburn Collegiate to Major Pratt School in Russell after racist slurs and a car vandalism incident. RCMP investigate the parking lot vandalism as the school plans enhanced multicultural and native history emphasis in Grade 9 11 Social Studies and student discussions.
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Rossburn Collegiate
Oy Omeves Maras
Lizard Point
Rossburn
Pratt School
Russel
RCMP
Waywayseecappo Band
Rossburn School
George Nixon
Nixon
Stosses
Pratt
Russell
Waywayseecappe’ Education Authority
Enrollment Rise Boosts Pelly Trail Schools Across Division
Major Pratt School in Russell reports 29 more students this year for 578 total from 549, with 38 new Kindergarten faces. The division totals 1144 students, up 36 from 1108, while Rossburn and Elphinstone Elementary show declines. New staff include Greg Hodgkins, Cindy McMurray, Stan Furman, Ward Tweet, and others across multiple schools.
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Joe Desmarais
Pratt
Russell
Prat
Greg Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Rossburn
Elphinstone
Elphinstone Elementary
Rossburn Elementary
Peter Majko
Don Burt
Diane Fiarchuk
Sylvia Nowosad
Inglis Junior High School
Rossburn Collegiate
Mary Anne Ployshynsky
Steven Ross
Tereas Boucher
Pelly Trail
Bradshaw
Evenues
MTS to install Inglis cable cutting party lines
Manitoba Telephone System will begin laying 160 kilometres of cable in the Inglis area in late September. When finished next year the service introduces individual line telephone service for about 250 multi party line subscribers, part of the Service for the Future program to end party lines in Manitoba by 1996. Alvin Meakin, MTS Parkland GM, says the plan will modernize rural and urban service.
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Manitoba
Inglis
MTS
Ment
Box car phaseout hurts Thunder Bay area elevator firms
As of September 4, Canada Malting Co. Ltd. stops accepting box cars at its Thunder Bay terminal due to plant upgrades. Elevators on non hopper lines, including Russell United Grain Growers, lose malt shipments, shifting orders to Foxwarren or Langenburg where loads can be handled by hopper cars.
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Joe Desmarais
Canada Malting Co. Ltd
Thunder Bay
Russell United Grain Growers Elevator
Russell Ugg
Jack Leganchuk
Foxwarren
Langenburg
Leganchuk
Paterson
Cracknell
Dominion Malt Co
Winnipeg
Dominion Malt
FORD
Mexico
Toronto
Canada
St. Thomas
Ontario
U.S
Statistics Canada
George Saba
Montreal Trust
Bank of Canada
Major Pratt students raise funds for cancer research
Major Pratt Kindergarten to Grade Nine students and staff held a run on Sept. 14 for the Terry Fox Run. About 400 students participated and raised 1661.94 dollars for cancer research as a school group. The Russell-Binscorth Recreation District ran an event Sept. 16 with only 12 participants, totaling 103 dollars.
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Pratt
Terry Fox
Russell-Binscorth
Kerri Speare
Rec
Main Street
Golf Club
Terry
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Pelly Trails
Murray Bradshaw
CP Rail
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Jim Hartford
Michael Wilson
Agriculture Canada
Private Conference Board of Canada
Finance Department
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