Outage Delays Wedding and Major Prairie News Brief
In eastern Canada a power outage disrupted life including Adolph and Elizabeth Melnyk of Rossburn and their family missing a son’s wedding due to Toronto airport closure. A Carberry area home burned near the old highway and TransCanada. Holland farmer Murray Lovie wins the Rural Mural Contest with a large mural for Holland Arena. St John’s Anglican Church in Elgin held its last service on August 17 and will be sold to St John Anglican Brandon. demolition and cleanup follow within a year.
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Canada
Adolph
Elizabeth Melnyk
Rossburn
Toronto
Murray Lovie
Holland
Ronlan EG
Holland Arena
Hubert Theroux
Carinal
Man
Prairies
St. John's Anglican
Elgin
St. John Anglican
Brandon
Boissevain Post Office Introduces Tommy the Turtle Stamp
A new post office stamp features Tommy the Turtle with two flags and the lines Boissevain Manitoba ROK CEO and Home of Tommy Turtle along with the date. Arson is suspected in a midnight fire near the Killarney Co op storage shed rear on South Railway Street. firefighters contained damage and a male youth fled on a bicycle. Manitou celebrates a new pool with large and small slides and a wading area.
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Boissevain
Tommy the Turtle
Tommy
Manitoba
Killarney
South Railway Street
Manitou
Trade tariffs hit Canadian wheat farmers in US duty hike
Keystone Agricultural Producers says higher US duties on hard red spring wheat 14.16 percent and durum wheat 13.55 percent curb farm gate returns. EW Newton warns the tariff will push costs back to farmers and cites legal bills against the Wheat Board. A final US ITC decision is due October 13.
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United States
Keystone Agricultural Producers
Manitoba
US Department of Commerce
EAP
Weldon Newton
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Newton
US International Trade Commission
Manitoba announces feeder aid for cattle on feed
The government launches the BSE Feeder Assistance Program on June 18 2003 to aid Manitoba cattle on feed in feedlots and other eligible species. Payments vary by species from $0.40 to $2 per day per animal, with three payment periods through October 17 2003 and rules on eligibility and verification with Manitoba Agriculture and Food.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Cattle Producers Association
Cervids
Manitoba Agriculture and Foodstaff
MAF
Health Canada reports West Nile neurological syndrome cases
Health Canada notes West Nile neurological syndrome including encephalitis and meningitis with potential rash. Most cases are severe but full recovery is expected and hospitalization is not usually required. Adulticiding orders were completed in Deloraine and surrounding communities as mosquito pool samples from Winnibe and surrounding areas show increased activity.
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Health Canada
West Nile
Deloraine
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Manitoba Agriculture
Manitoba Crop Insurance
CDC Falcon
Manitoba Agriculture and Food
Nile Vinas
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