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By HILLARY MILLER

T he Minnedosa Minor Hockey Association hosted the

Minnedosa Credit Union PeeWee Rural Tournament
of Champions last weekend at the local arena. The tour-
nament ran from Thursday, January 11th through Sunday,
January 14th, and was a full weekend of fun on the ice.
If your mailing There were twelve teams who competed in the tourna-
label reads ment. In addition to the hometown Bombers, visiting teams
included Carberry, Rivers, Russell, Wawanesa, Boissevain,
18 01 31 Carman, Killarney, Neepawa, Swan Valley and Roblin/
Grand Plains and McCreary.
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2 Friday, January 19, 2018 The Minnedosa Tribune

Minnedosa Signs On With CodeRED

New high-speed notification residents to include text,
phone, email and social
to streets, neighborhoods
or regions, so individuals
public safety officials to
create and send messages
start using CodeRed in full
swing by the end of Feb-

solution for time-sensitive

media platforms, from
anywhere, providing the
information they need-to-
messages and alerts know to make better in-
formed decisions.”
SUBMITTED disruptions, boil water ad- Registration for this
visories and other Town of notification service is cus-
within affected areas are
sure to receive this valu-
able information.
Additionally, residents
and visitors alike can keep
track of alerts in the Town
of Minnedosa with the Co-
on the go from any smart-
phone or tablet within sec-
onds, without requiring a
computer.
“The mobile tech-
nology for CodeRED is
extremely advanced,
ruary. In the meantime,
all residents are encour-
aged to visit https://public.
coderedweb.com/cne/en-
CA/BF9E9E02B4E7 to sign
up for CodeRED to receive
these informative alerts.

T he Town of Minnedo-
sa is proud to an-
nounce the launch of our
new CodeRED commu-
nity notification system to
send important alerts and
time-sensitive messages
to residents. Along with
emergency and critical
messages, the CodeRED
notification system can
also enhance our com-
munity engagement via
Minnedosa services.
“Upon evaluating our
current notification system
and other available op-
tions, we chose CodeRED
for its innovative features,
user-friendly platform”
said Cindy Marzoff, CAO
for the Town of Minnedo-
sa. “Their company-owned
redundant data centers
help ensure our data is
safe and that messages
tomized, allowing resi-
dents to choose which
alerts they’d like to sign
up for and their preferred
manner of receipt. Resi-
dents can select several
different methods includ-
ing landline, cell phone,
email, text message, TTY,
or even a combination.
These alerts can be specific
deRED Mobile App, which
notifies smartphone hold-
ers of real-time alerts in the
area. Similar to the online
registration, users choose
which notifications they’d
like to receive via the app.
Authorized town person-
nel will have access to the
CodeRED Launcher - an
app that allows authorized
providing us enhanced
flexibility to issue general
and/or emergency mes-
sages from any location,”
said CAO Marzoff. “We can
launch alerts from any-
where at any time and the
residents impacted will re-
ceive them directly to their
smartphones.”
The Town plans to
For more informa-
tion on the CodeRED
notification system or
registration, visit the Dis-
cover Minnedosa website
at www.discoverminnedo
sa.com under the head-
ing Government – Town of
Minnedosa and scrolling
down to the bottom and
clicking on CodeRed.

Families Gather To Curl

the release of important are delivered quickly to
but non-emergency in- thousands of individuals
formation ranging from within minutes. We’re ex-
trash collection schedule cited to expand our com-
changes, temporary water munication channels with
By Hillary Miller Minnedosa, and due to years-old to curlers in their a couple of times. A good
its success, there is a good seventies, giving the day variety of curlers could be
On December 31st, as 2017 chance the event will re- the flavour of excitement seen on the ice. There were
was winding down, Kathy turn again in 2018. and experience. three junior rinks, four out-
Men's Wellness Day Tomlinson organized a
family-fun day of curling.
There were twelve
teams that signed up to
There were no first-
time curlers at the event,
of-town rinks, and some
rinks who only come out to
January 27th, 2018 This was her first year or- play, and the individuals as all participants had curl once a year.
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ganizing such an event in ranged in age from six- previously curled at least To appease the atten-
(Lunch included)
tion spans of the younger
50+ Activity Centre players, the day consisted
31 Main Street South of only four end games.
This format also allowed

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New Year’s Eve plans they
eating, promoting social well-being and learning may have had that eve-
about resources beneficial to the aging population.
We are currently accepting orders for trees: ning.
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Manitoba Government
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trees are bare root stock no bigger than 24”. Tree order applications curling event. There was
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Learning Centre submitted by February 16th, 2018. – stuffed animals, toques,
High School Courses kitchen items, etc.
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Accessibility Planning To Break Down Barriers
By DARRYL HOLYK
T he Town of Minnedosa
has adopted an Acces-
sibility Plan for the com-
PeeWee Bombers Play Three Games In Tournament
Continued
from Page 1
Local Tournament
Chair, Ty Burton, said this
past weekend’s tourna-
ment went very well. Sun-
day, it was determined that
the Killarney Stars were the
winner of the tournament,
but Burton said it was a
close game, right up until
the very end. In the Cham-
pionship Final, Killarney
defeated Boissevain 5-1 for
the win.
The tournament
opened Thursday night
with an opening game
between Minnedosa and
Carberry which ended in
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munity. The plan lays out
the Town’s commitment to
ensuring all residents and
visitors have equal access
to services, programs and
a 5-2 win for Carberry. The
Bombers were back on
the ice Saturday night to
face Boissevain and after
a well played game were
defeated 6-0. Minnedosa
then returned to the home
ice Sunday morning for
their final game taking on
Rivers and were defeated
in a close game of 4-3 in
overtime. Although the
Bombers were not victo-
rious over the weekend,
the players appeared to be
having a lot of fun on and
off the ice. “They did really
well, it is a pretty strong
team,” said Burton. The
Bombers came very close
to an overtime win in their
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facilities in Minnedosa.
The local plan comes as a
result of the mandate of
the provinces Accessibil-
ity for Manitobans Act, for
which smaller public sec-
tor organizations had to
have their plan in place by
the end of 2017.
As part of the plan,
the Town will review exist-
ing programs and policies
and work towards required
new initiatives aimed at
removing or prevent any
current accessibility barri-
ers. The plan will be made
available to the public by
posting it on the town web-
site and circulating it in al-
ternate formats, for those
who do not have access to
the website. Town staff will
receive training and tools
final game against Rivers.
On Friday evening,
after the tournaments first
seven games, a skills com-
petition was held in which
each team was to collec-
tively complete an assort-
ment of tasks. The team
that scored the lowest time
to complete the array of
tasks was deemed the win-
ner. This year, the winner
of the skills competition
was Wawanesa. The com-
petition was a great exhibi-
tion of team spirit, as team
members cheered each
other on throughout their
timed periods.
Prior to the skills com-
petition on Friday, open-
ing ceremonies were held.
Dr. Ajai Khandelwal
Primary Care Clinic
Wine & Beer
Sampling Event
January 19th, 2018
Minnedosa United Church
January Blues Buster
Doors Open: 6:30 p.m.
Final Pour: 9:00 p.m.
Tickets $50.00
(Will Receive $20 Tax Receipt)
Tickets available at MCU and
Minnedosa Home Hardware
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to enable them to respond
to accessibility barriers
which may arise. With this
training, staff will be able
to recognize barriers and
report them to the working
group to determine how to
remove such barriers.
The plan also outlines
a number of accessibil-
ity achievements found
within the community at
public facilities. Facilities
that are wheelchair ac-
cessible include the Town
Office, Golf and Country
Club, campground, beach
pavilion, campground and
beach washrooms, Com-
munity Conference Centre
and Regional Library. Au-
tomatic door openers are
in place at the Town Of-
fice Library and Commu-
Ken Morrice, President
of the Minnedosa Minor
Board of Directors, took to
the ice to welcome play-
ers, coaching staff and
spectators to Minnedosa,
and thanked them all for
participating in this excit-
ing annual Tournament of
Champions. Minnedosa
Town Councillor, Len Luk-
er, brought greetings from
the community, welcom-
ing the many visitors to
town.
For the recent four-
day tournament some of
the visiting teams made
use of local accommoda-
tions and stayed overnight
in Minnedosa. Many of the
teams and spectators sup-
(40-3)
nity Conference Centre.
A number of these com-
munity facilities also have
designated accessible and
handicap parking stalls,
wide doors and wide halls
for better accessibility.
Other accessibil-
ity achievements listed in-
clude the Town’s sidewalk
replacement schedule
which includes wheelchair
accessibility features being
installed when repairs or
replacements of existing
sidewalks are made. Town
staff have been trained
and are instructed to of-
fer assistance to the public
when they enter a build-
ing and accessibility may
be an issue. Upon request,
public meetings can be ac-
commodated for hearing
ported local restaurants
and hopefully did some
shopping at local busi-
nesses while in the com-
munity. Hosting such a
tournament brings a great
deal of visitors to the com-
munity which is a positive
for the local economy and
tourism. Hopefully, some
of these visitors will return
to experience the many at-
tractions Minnedosa has
to offer both in winter and
summer.
According to Burton,
local tournament organiz-
@wmmfest
3
or visual accessibility.
Some current barriers
that are highlighted in the
Town’s plan include the
fact that the design of the
front reception counter at
the Town Office is not ac-
cessible for wheelchairs.
Another possible barrier
is that Town forms may be
too small for some to read
and they are not available
translated into audio, nor
is the community website.
Private, small mu-
nicipalities and non-profit
organizations must com-
ply to the Accessibility for
Manitobans Act by No-
vember 1st, 2018 and will
need to have similar acces-
sibility plans in place by
the end of 2019.
ers received quite a bit of
positive feedback from
the visiting teams about
how great the referees
were throughout the event.
“Overall, it was really well
done,” said Burton, “That
makes the tournament go
a lot smoother.”
This weekend, the lo-
cal arena will again be
buzzing with activity as the
Minnedosa Bombers play
host to an Atom tourna-
ment.
@wmmfest
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Viewpoint
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Around
Town...
By Darryl Holyk
Ride For Sight…
The Lions Annual Journey For Sight is underway
and is expected to make a stop in Minnedosa on its final
day, tomorrow (Saturday, January 20th), before the ride
winds up in Brandon. Since the fundraising snowmo-
bile ride began in Birtle in 1983, it has grown throughout
Manitoba and northwestern Ontario and has raised over
$2 million for the Lions Eye Bank to come to the aid of
those suffering from vision disabilities.
Funding Program May Cease…
Earlier this week, the Manitoba Community Services
Council (MCSC) announced that effective April 1st, the
provincial government will no longer provide funding to
cover the organization’s administrative costs. MCSC is
currently seeking new sources of administrative funding
and if it is not found, it is expected MCSC will cease to
exist. Losing such an organization would have a nega-
tive impact on non-profit organizations which have re-
ceived funding from MCSC over the years. Many volun-
teers have worked bingos through MCSC in Winnipeg for
funding of local projects. Over the past 34 years, MCSC
has provided more than $516 million in both cash and
bingo earnings to over 10,500 projects.
It All Comes To An End…
First it was Eaton’s and now Canada has lost another
long-time retail giant as Sears has wrapped up its opera-
tions in our country. For decades, Canadians shopped
at the big Eaton’s or Sears department stores or through
the long running catalogue, mail order service. The Sears
Christmas Wishbook was always something to look for-
ward to and sadly, children today and in the future will
never experience the joy and wonder of flipping through
the toy section of the Wishbook, as most Canadian chil-
dren of the past have. With these two iconic retailers
gone, only the last of the “big three”, the Hudson’s Bay
Company, remains in business and we can’t help but
wonder how long it will survive.
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Shop Local Sales And Save
By DARRYL HOLYK
M any Chambers of Commerce, including
Minnedosa’s, have promoted shopping locally
for many years. While many shoppers do support
their hometown businesses, there are others who are
of the mindset that it is always cheaper to travel and
shop at larger urban centres. This week, I decided to
do a “dare to compare” experiment with a few items
being advertised by three of The Tribune’s regular lo-
cal advertisers. I compared our local sale prices with
prices listed online by retail giants such as Walmart
and Canadian Tire. If you are already a loyal local
shopper, these findings probably won’t surprise you
but if you think things are always cheaper in nearby
urban centres, the results of my experiment will sur-
prise you.
On the front page of this week’s Minnedosa
Home Hardware flyer we find 3.4 oz. Working Hands
hand cream on sale for $4.99. You can travel to Bran-
don and pick up this same item for $8.97 at Walmart
or $9.99 at Canadian Tire. This same Home Hard-
ware flyer has a 236ml bottle of Goo Gone Cleaner
for $3.44. This item sells in the big box stores for $6.88
and $6.99! On the back page of the Home Hardware
flyer is WD-40 All Purpose Lubricant at $4.57 for a
342g can. This same size is available at Walmart for
$5.17 and while I could not find this exact size on the
Canadian Tire website, I did find a smaller can (311g)
of WD-40 for $5.29.
Next, we move on to this week’s Minnedosa
Pharmacy I.D.A. flyer. Three items on sale at the lo-
cal pharmacy include Axe body wash 473ml at $3.99.
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The price for this at Walmart is $4.97. Pampers Baby
Wipes are in the local pharmacy flyer for $11.99 while
at Walmart they are available for $13.97. The third
item I chose from our local flyer is Old Spice deodor-
ant which is available at $1.99 for 85g. At Walmart,
shoppers pay $2.98 for this same item.
Our final regular advertiser I compared to
Walmart prices is Kim’s Quality Foods. The Kim’s ad
in this edition of The Tribune has a 225g box of Kraft
Dinner on sale at 99 cents. Walmart is selling it for
$1.47. Oasis juice (960ml) is on sale at Kim’s for $1.25.
Meanwhile, Walmart sells it for $1.65 up to $1.84. The
third item from our Kim’s ad is Hamburger Helper
which is on sale this week for $2.00, a 47-cent saving
over Walmart.
Now, if we purchased one of each of the above
items in Minnedosa our total bill would be $35.21 be-
fore taxes. If we travelled to Brandon to “save money”
at the big box stores these same items would have cost
us $48.53 before taxes (using the lowest price when
there were different prices for different retailers). For
these nine items alone, we would save $13.32 by stay-
ing home, watching the sales and shopping local. We
should also take into consideration the savings in fuel
costs by not having to travel a far distance.
You can’t always buy everything local and do
have to shop out-of-town for some things but if you
are a smart shopper and watch your flyers and ad-
vertisements, you can actually save money by stay-
ing home, shopping local deals and supporting your
hometown businesses. Remember, these businesses
are the ones that often donate and give back to our
community.
It’s not a thing
of the past!
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newspaper advertising
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The Minnedosa Tribune
Re: Eat Beef If You Care About The Environment
Dear Editor,
M r. Sopuck is not in-
correct in his asser-
tion that well-managed
extensive cattle ranching
can be beneficial in terms
of landscape conservation.
But when he says that crit-
ics of the cattle industry
ignore these benefits when
they link the industry to
rainforest deforestation,
methane production and
overgrazing, he misses
his mark; so much of the
world’s beef production
does not take place on
these “diverse and produc-
tive grasslands”.
His dismissiveness of
environmentalists as sit-
ting in front of computers
for too long and not getting
out on the land reveals an
underlying attitude but we
need to have honest dis-
cussions about the global
food system complex.
Critics of the cattle in-
dustry are not arguing that
we grow grains and veg-
etables on “sandy, sloping
and fragile land”, as Mr. So-
puck suggests. We do not
need to cultivate the fragile
ecosystems he describes.
There is already more
than enough food being
produced to support the
world’s population right
now. We just need to stop
using what is being grown
to feed cattle. Neither is
it true, as Mr. Sopuck sug-
gests, that “a purely plant-
based human diet encour-
ages the cultivation of
more and more fragile na-
tive grasslands.”
The growing world de-
mand for beef is responsi-
ble for major deforestation
and the expansion of pas-
tures for cattle production
is one of the driving forces
behind the wholesale de-
struction of ecosystems.
The major meat and
Dr. Derek Papegnies
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dairy companies have,
over the past few decades,
become incredibly power-
ful and have “successfully
pushed policies to support
rapid growth of industrial
meat and dairy production
and consumption around
the world at all costs” (The
Guardian, Nov. 7/17).
Their justification for this
is for world food security
but their production sys-
tem actually undermines
food security. The millions
and millions of small scale
farmers and herders who
depend on livestock for
their livelihoods and who
do “feed billions of people
every day” lose those live-
lihoods when these same
large industrialized meat
and dairy companies en-
ter their markets with their
highly subsidized prod-
ucts.
Although the top meat
and dairy corporations
do not track their own
greenhouse gas emissions
(GHG) others have calcu-
lated it and the number
is staggering. Livestock
production contributes
nearly 15% of GHG, more
than the entire transpor-
tation sector - land, sea
and air. If the top 20 meat
and dairy companies were
a country, they would be
the world’s seventh larg-
est GHG emitter. We in
Canada are not removed
from the industrial food
production complex and
we cannot pretend all our
practices are as wonder-
ful as Mr. Sopuck would
have us believe. We would
do well to support small
Friday, January 19, 2018
producers rather than fac-
tory farms and massive
agribusiness yet how often
do we, as consumers, feel
that we can even make that
choice?
Climate change seems
like an abstract and remote
phenomenon and most of
us have done little to al-
ter our lifestyles and our
business as we ‘view’ it as
if from behind glass. We
cannot, however, separate
ourselves from the ecosys-
tems we depend on.
Articles like Mr. So-
puck’s do little to address
the need to take a big step
back and look at how the
way we live and eat affects
not just us but the entire
planet. We need to have
honest discussions about
the negative impacts of the
meat industry and under-
stand how our choices af-
fect others. I wonder if Mr.
Sopuck even considers the
big picture; He jokingly
dismisses the well-studied
and documented health
detriments of consuming
too much red meat, sugar
and alcohol yet the major
costs of these to us and
Minnedosa & District Foundation supported the
purchase of a new piano for the Minnedosa Personal
Care Home. Shirley Dyck and Eleanor Taylor accepted
on behalf of the fundraising committee. The residents
will enjoy music from this lovely instrument.
For more info or to make a donation to the Foundation go to
www.minnedosafoundation.com.
our public health system
are something he should,
as our MP, be aware of and
concerned about. He ro-
manticizes the beef indus-
try and ignores so much
of what is going on world-
wide.
I found Mr. Sopuck’s
flippancy at the end of
the article very disturbing.
This is not a joke and to
paraphrase Gord Downey
what we are living is not a
dress rehearsal. Our ev-
eryday lives are and will be
affected by climate change
including our security, our
finances, our food and our
water. Everything is con-
nected and despite our
best efforts, our lives are
still dominated by nature.
As we consider the en-
vironmental destruction
wreaked on New Orleans,
New York, California,
Puerto Rico, Fort MacMur-
ray and most recently New
Brunswick and Newfound-
land (to name but a few)
we should not just return
to our lives as they were
once the news cycle turns
to something else. This
big challenge we all face is
not going away because we
turn our backs on it.
Sincerely;
Louise Uhryniuk,
Minnedosa, MB
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Ye O l d
Trib
1888 – The post office at Clanwilliam is to be re-opened
at 30-16-17 W with Mr. Archibald Dickie as postmaster.
1898 – While chopping in the woods on Friday last, a
settler by the name of Sykes was seriously hurt by a tree
falling on him. He has been taken to Winnipeg General
Hospital.
1908 – A petition is circulating in town asking that the
bars in the hotels be closed at 6 o’clock every evening.
1918 – So far, this winter, there has been only an in-
terruption of one night in the electric lighting service.
It is hoped now that the season is so far advanced that
it will be able to “carry on”. Meanwhile, it is not gener-
ally known that a gasoline lamp in an insured building
required a special permit from the insurance company,
otherwise, in case of loss therefrom, no insurance money
will be paid.
1958 – Stephenson Motors have extended their busi-
ness to include a fully equipped body and paint shop as
well as a wheel alignment shop. The expansion is housed
in the large, airy, concrete block building just erected.
1968 – The Minnedosa Agricultural Society has flatly
and finally refused their property for a proposed com-
munity centre complex.
1978 – The Library now has 1,098 members and in the
near future, will require a larger, more adequate space.
1988 – Acting on a request from Norman Sims, Town
Council will make an application to have the Minnedosa
Court House designated as a Heritage Site. Mayor Beth
Gordon said it didn’t matter whether it was a municipal
or provincial designation, the building should be pre-
served.
1998 – Rapid City Mayor, Harold Hyndman, has an-
nounced that Rapid city, the R.M. of Saskatchewan and
Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to form an
Economic Development Committee with plans for the
community to take advantage of the recent announce-
ment of the Maple Leaf plant coming to Brandon next
year.
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An Old Time Barber Shop For Men

By Hillary Miller there ever since. During work, and is a very friendly
her free time, Katie helps basset hound. “He’s quite

O ne of the vacant
spots on Main Street
Minnedosa has been
filled. Katie Hunter, origi-
nally from Rapid City, has
opened K.S. Hunter Barber
Shop in the building locat-
ed between the pharmacy
and the bakery.
The official opening
was on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 10th, and Hunter is
excited to see more people
come into her shop. She
said that despite the ex-
tremely cold weather we
have seen over the past
week, it has been a good
start for her.
“It’s been nice and
steady, for being such cold
days,” she said. Katie not-
ed that she was surprised
at this, since not many
people choose to go for a
haircut when the temper-
atures are as low as they
have been.
Born in Wales, Ka-
tie moved to Rapid City
at the age of eight. She
and her family have been
on the family farm and en-
joys barrel racing. Upon
moving to Rapid City, she
became involved in the
Minnedosa 4-H group,
which is one of the reasons
she chose Minnedosa as
the perfect town to set up
her new business.
Before opening her
shop in Minnedosa, Ka-
tie was working at Esquire
Barber Shop in Brandon.
She decided she wanted to
open her own shop, and al-
ready had clients who lived
in the area. She also men-
tioned that there was no
proper walk-in style barber
shop between Minnedosa
and Dauphin, making it
a perfect opportunity for
her.
Hunter has begun
to recognize some of the
friendly faces she sees
around Minnedosa, and
looks forward to meeting
more people, but her dog,
Copper, is the crowd pleas-
er. Copper can be found by
Hunter’s side most days at
a good little greeter. He’ll
come up, sniff you once
and want some attention,
and then he’ll be asleep
before the guy even gets in
the chair.”
Hunter is excited to be
her own boss, and learn
more about business as
she goes. She has some
ideas that she will bring
forward in time, but for
now, she wants to focus on
creating a good vibe for the
men who come into her
shop. “I want to make a
good vibe in a place where
any guy can go to feel com-
fortable.” She has deco-
rated her shop with an old
barber chair from the early
1900s and a traditional old
spinning barber pole.
While Hunter does not
want to take away custom-
ers from the many other
salons in town, she is sim-
ply trying to offer some-
thing specific for the men
of Minnedosa and sur- Photo submitted
rounding area.
Katie Hunter at work in her new Barber Shop.

Introducing The Westman

Regional Soccer Association
SUBMITTED with the work that you, the “I am thrilled to be ber as both a player and
WRSA Board, the leagues, a part of this very critical coach. He played for the

M anitoba’s first ever

regional soccer as-
sociation has been cre-
ated and will greatly
improve youth soccer
in the Westman area.
The newly formed
Westman Regional Soc-
cer Association (WRSA)
will serve the Brandon,
Minnedosa, Rivers and
18013gm6 Neepawa youth soccer
associations, working to-
gether to improve soccer
development and opera-
tions for the entire area.
“On behalf of the
Manitoba Soccer Asso-
ciation Board of Directors
and Staff I welcome the
Westman Regional Soc-
cer Association (WRSA)
as Manitoba’s first ever
Regional Soccer Associa-
tion Member,” said Peter
Muir, President, Manitoba
Soccer Association Board
of Directors, in a letter to
WRSA President Meagan
Ferguson. “We are ex-
tremely proud and pleased
clubs and volunteers in
the Region have done to
reach this monumental
milestone in our history.”
The WRSA Board of
Directors is made up of five
members from the various
communities served: Kim
Smith from Neepawa, Wes
Barrett from Minnedo-
sa, Alexander Cruz from
Brandon, Bobbi Schram
from Brandon and Fer-
guson from Minnedosa.
The WRSA is pleased
to announce it has hired  complies with the Canada
Jesse Roziere as its Tech-
nical Director. Jesse will
be responsible for the
technical investment in
WRSA’s player base, with
emphasis on youth player
development. Core to the
role is the creation and
implementation of the
organization’s Technical
Development Plan that
will outline the organiza-
tion’s commitment to the
development of its play-
ers, coaches and referees.
step forward for soccer
in the westman region,
and am more than ex-
cited to get started with
the WRSA,” says Roziere.
“A regional soccer as-
sociation will benefit all
players and future players
in local youth programs.”
Roziere, with guid-
ance from WRSA’s Board
of Directors, will continue
the work in designing a
player pathway specific to
the westman region that
Soccer Pathway, provid-
ing a roadmap for players
of all ages and aspirations
who want to play soccer at
the recreational, competi-
tive or high performance
EXCEL levels, with the aim
of encouraging lifelong
participation. The Pathway
is built around the prin-
ciples of Long-Term Play-
er Development (LTPD).
Roziere is a Brandon
resident and long-time
soccer community mem-
Brandon United Cougars
from age 10 to 18, winning
the MSA cup in U15 boys
category and represent-
ing Manitoba at Nationals.
As a youth player he was
selected to the Regional
Training Center with the
Canadian Soccer Asso-
ciation. Most recently, he
has been the coach of the
Brandon University men’s
team since 2016 and is
the founder/owner of the
Intuitive Motion Soccer
Academy which provides
soccer camps to youth.
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Fire Chiefs Urge Residents To Be Fire Safe

SUBMITTED smoke alarms give you that Install carbon mon- structed and easy to use. 
early warning.” oxide alarms outside all

I n the wake of a fatal

fire in Oshawa, ON on
Monday, January 8th, and
many other recent Mani-
toba fires the South Cen-
tral Mutual Aid District
wants to remind the public
to make sure that they have
working smoke alarms on
every storey of their home
and outside all sleeping ar-
eas, and have practiced a
home fire escape plan with
everyone in their home.
The South Central
Mutual Aid District in-
cludes fire departments
in Minnedosa, Rapid City,
Erickson, Onanole, Sandy
Lake, Newdale, Strathclair,
Oak River and Rivers.
It has not yet been
determined if there were
working smoke alarms in
the fatal fire in Oshawa.
“Fire moves so fast that you
may have less than 60 sec-
onds to safely escape a fire,
so early warning is crucial
to survival,” says Local
Fire Chiefs. “Only working
Just as important as
having working smoke
alarms is making sure ev-
eryone in your home knows
exactly what to do to escape
BEFORE a fire occurs. Prac-
tice a home fire escape
plan with everyone in your
home.
“It is up to you to make
sure these types of trag-
edies do not happen in our
municipalities,” urge Fire
Chiefs of South Central
Mutual Aid District.
Simple smoke
and carbon monoxide
alarm tips:
Install smoke alarms
on every storey and out-
side all sleeping areas of
your home. For added
protection, install a smoke
alarm in every bedroom
according to manufac-
turer’s recommendations.
Larger homes may require
additional smoke alarms.
sleeping areas if your
home has a fuel-burning
appliance, fireplace or at-
tached garage. For added
protection, install a carbon
monoxide alarm on every
storey of your home ac-
cording to manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Test smoke and carbon
monoxide alarms monthly
by pressing the test button.
Change the batteries every
year.
Smoke and carbon
monoxide alarms wear out
over time. Replace alarms
according to manufactur-
er’s recommendations.
Simple steps for home
fire escape planning
include:
Everyone should know
two ways out of each room,
if possible.
All exits must be unob-
If someone in your
home has a disability, de-
velop a home fire escape
plan with your household
that takes into account their
unique needs. Determine
who will be responsible for
helping young children,
older adults and anyone
who needs assistance to es-
cape.
Choose a meeting
place outside, such as a tree
or a lamp post, where ev- Photo by Darryl Holyk
eryone can be accounted
for.  Test smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
monthly by pressing the test button.
Call the fire depart- Change the batteries every year.
ment from outside the
home, from a cell phone or in apartment buildings fire safety plan, so the fire
a neighbour’s home. and need assistance department knows which
to escape: apartment you are in.
Practice your home fire
escape plan. Make sure you tell the Know the emergency
superintendent or landlord procedures outlined in the
Once out, stay out. if you need assistance. building’s fire safety plan.
Never re-enter a burning
building. Make sure your name For more information,
is added to the persons who contact your local Fire De-
For people who live require assistance list in the partment.

Basswood News Mid‐West Planning District 

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE INVITATION 
 
By ZElDa FIrBy Congratulations to Grace Yerex of Erickson to
The Mid‐West Planning District is in the process of updating its Development Plan. The Development Plan 
Bernice McMillian of the Brandon to hear grandson
will guide development and growth in the Planning District through a series of objectives, policies, and 

C orrection from last

week – Joey Simms
was in Iceland, not Ireland.
Diane Harrington
spent the Christmas holi-
days with Karen and Jeff
Roshka and family in Win-
nipeg. Then on January 6th
Diane and Karen attend-
Minnedosa Care Home
who celebrated her 95th
birthday on Sunday.
On Sunday, Stan and
Zelda Firby accompanied
ATTENTION!!!
Joey Simms speak on his
Endurance Race in Iceland
at the Gate Community
maps. The Development Plan will address several topics, including: 
 Land Use   Housing 
Church.  Agriculture and Livestock   Demographic and Population Trends 
 Recreation   Infrastructure and Servicing 
 Community Feedback   Economic Growth and Employment 
A  draft  Plan  has  been  developed,  including  the  policy  document  and  mapping.  The  Planning  District 
recognizes  that  as  a  resident,  you  may  be  interested  in  the  future  growth  of  the  community.  Public 
consultation and community engagement are important parts of the Development Plan process. We are 

MINNEDOSA HOME OWNERS

ed the play “Come from
Away”.
Diane Harrington re-
turned home Tuesday af-
ter spending a few days in
Ottawa with daughter Jill.
Diane was accompanied
by daughter Karen Roshka
of Winnipeg.
Running on
Empty?
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8 Friday, January 19, 2018 The Minnedosa Tribune

Minnedosa 4-H Report

By RoByn BuRgess on Monday, February 12th vice project which we will
6:30 start at the Ukrainian be doing the beginning of

O ur first meeting of the

new year started at 7
p.m. on January 8th in the
MCI canteen.  Roll call was
made with everyone say-
ing their favourite gift at
Christmas, then the Secre-
tary and Treasures reports
were read, moved and
seconded. Everyone gave
a project report with a few
having finished up their
projects and some being a
little slow to get going.  ing Day on November
Head Leader Topham
gave a report on Commu-
nications Night which is
Photo submitted
Hall.  We welcome every-
one to come and listen to
our Speeches and Visual
February, and Ms. Moffatt
gave a quick update for our
second fun day of Painting
presentations. The top two and Potluck.  Achievement
winners in each category Day has been set for April
will move on to regionals.    19th at the Untied Church
Committee reports hall with set-up the night
were given by Danielle before.  
Brykaliuk for the Christ- We adjourned the
mas Toy Drive we did at meeting at 7:35 p.m.
the MCI hockey game and Ashley Magnus-
before Christmas, Grady son planned a fun public
Burton on our Fun Curl- speaking game with dice
and cookies for after. Our
30th (pictured). Torynn next meeting will be held
Dmytriw gave an up date On March 5th at 7 p.m. in
on our community ser- the MCI Canteen.

*We accept Visa, Master Card & debit card purchases

Sale Dates: *We sell lottery tickets
*We deliver within town limits Monday - Friday at 4:00 p.m
($2 charge - $10 minimum order)
JANUARY 18TH - JANUARY 25TH * Try one of our delicious BBQ chickens!
* We sell fruit, veggie & meat trays and fruit baskets
*Senior’s Discount every Friday (65 & up) (STARTS FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. - ENDS THURSDAY 9:00 P.M.) (24 hours notice is appreciated)
*We sell R.O. water

GROCERY
CL Leaf salmon sockeye/GS sockeye salmon ..213g ...... $3.79
KD original ...............................................................................225g ............. $0.99
Lays chips .................................................................................255g ..........2/$5.00
Oasis juice asstd ..................................... 960ml .. 4/$5.00
NN™ bath tissue ...................................................................... 24rl ............. $3.99
NN™ paper towel ....................................................................... 6rl ............. $3.99
FROZEN FOODS
FM muffins raisin bran/banana chocolate chip ............... 6x110g ............. $3.99
MP cuisine macaroni and cheese ..........................................226g ............. $2.99
Delissio Rustico asstd pizza ....................................................360g ............. $3.99
McCain RB straight cut fries ...................................................900g ............. $2.49
FM ice cream pail ....................................... 4lt ...... $6.49
PC™ orange juice can .......................................................... 295ml ............. $1.79

Spam luncheon meat ..............................................................340g ............. $3.49
Heinz beans asstd ................................................................. 398ml ..........4/$5.00
Heinz canned pasta asstd .................................................... 398ml ..........4/$5.00
Campbells RTE soup asstd................................................... 540ml ..........2/$5.00
Catelli spaghetti/macaroni ready cut.............900g ...... $2.99
Classico pasta sauce asstd ............................................410-650ml ............. $2.99
Knorr pasta/rice asstd ..................................................... 133-150g ..........4/$5.00
Uncle Ben’s rice converted/wholegrain brown ..............1.6 - 2kg ............. $6.99
Puritan Stew asstd ...................................................................700g ..........2/$5.00
Red River cereal ....................................................................1.35kg ............. $3.99
Eagle Brand milk sweetened condensed ............................ 300ml ............. $2.99
Dare Wagon Wheels asstd............................................... 315-360g ............. $2.49
Sunrype 100% juice asstd ..................................................... 900ml ..........3/$5.00
PC™ 12 pack canned pop .............................................. 12x355ml ............. $2.99
PC™ maple brown oatmeal ...................................................430g ..........2/$5.00
MEATS
Janes Pub Style chicken box....................................................800g ............. $7.99
ST-Hubert tourtiere .................................................................800g ............. $7.99
Swiss Chalet chicken pie .........................................................650g ............. $7.99
PC™ chicken wing with sauce ...............................................907g ........... $13.99
NN™ Canton egg rolls meat CP ..........................................1.25kg ............. $8.99
Smokehouse traditional bacon ..............500g ...... $3.00
Pork shoulder blade steaks ...................................................................... $2.79/lb
Beef stew ................................................................................................... $3.99/lb
Chicken thigh .....................................................................$2.79/lb

PRODUCE
PC™ jam strawberry/raspberry .......................................... 500ml ............. $3.49
PC™ Xtra meaty cat food canned ..........................................156g ............. $0.65
PC™ oatmeal cookies .............................................................350g ..........2/$5.00
PC™ dinner napkins ............................................................... 180s ............. $5.49
PC™ appletreats asstd ..................................................... 6x100ml ............. $2.00
Lipton/Knorr soup mixes asstd ........................................ 40-166g ..........3/$4.00 Navel oranges .................................................... $1.29/lb
Sapporo Noodle flats original .................................................100g ..........4/$3.00 Green onion ............................................................................................... $0.59ea
Chipits baking chips asstd .................200-300g ...... $3.00 Grapefruit ....................................................................................................2/$3.00
Kraft peanut butter smooth ....................................................500g ............. $4.00 NN™ peanuts ................................................................................................. 907g
BC potato mixes asstd ..................................................... 141-215g ............. $2.00
BC Hamburger Helper/Tuna Helper ............................. 166-233g ............. $2.00
Mr. Maple cookies ...................................................................325g ............. $2.49
Mio lemonade/fruit punch .................................................... 48ml ..........2/$7.00
I Can’t Beleive It’s Not Butter .................454g ...... $0.99
FM asstd yogurt .......................................................................650g ..........2/$3.00

LUCKY DOLLAR
ALL PRICES ARE PLUS GST, PST & OTHER LEVIES WHERE APPLICABLE *WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES
PB cho chunk cookie dough ...................................................468g ............. $2.79
BD pro slices cheese ................................450g ...... $4.00

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Minnedosan Illustrates Children’s Book
By Hillary Miller
A local artist, Emily
MacDonald, has part-
nered with an author from
Glenella, Jessie Klassen,
to create a new children’s
book, “The Sapling”. Emily
is the daughter of John and
Louise MacDonald. She
grew up in the Cadurcis
District and is a graduate
of Minnedosa Collegiate.
“The Sapling” is a
story about a small maple
seed that is blown by the
wind and lands next to a
large maple tree. The seed
is afraid of growing up, and
through the guidance of
the large maple tree, over-
comes that fear.
Klassen had the idea
for her book when she was
out in nature. She felt it
was a story that needed to
be made into a book. “I’ve
always been very deeply
connected with trees, and
I’ve always had a very close
connection with my grand-
father, and it actually feels
like a grandfather talking
to their grandchild,” said
Klassen. “I suppose that
could have inspired it, but
I really do think it was just
a story from the trees, the
trees were speaking.”
However, having the
story, and illustrating it
are two different things.
Klassen knew what she
Cadurcis News
By Doreen TroTT
O ur sincere sympathy
to Dale McManus on
the passing of his wife Di-
anna. Members of the Mc-
Manus family and friends
from the Cadurcis and
Minnedosa area attended
the service at Russell on
Friday.
Sympathy is also ex-
tended to Darcy and Tra-
cy Bramley on the recent
passing of William Hales.
Congratulations to
Mark Thompson and Kris-
ten Harlos who were mar-
ried on January 3rd in
Winnipeg. Members of the
Thompson family attend-
ed the wedding.
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envisioned for the illustra-
tions, and knew that she
couldn’t do it alone. This
was when she reached
out to local entrepreneur,
Marlies Soltys, who put her
in touch with Emily. The
creative partnership was
born, and both are equally
passionate about it.
From their first meet-
ing, the whole process
took a little over a year, and
had many learning curves
along the way. “Now that
we’ve gone through it, I
can see it being an easy
process, but when you’ve
got absolutely no experi-
ence, then you’ve got some
learning to do,” said Mac-
Donald.
They pair initially self-
published online, but felt
that it was not the right
fit for them, so they then
got in touch with TellWell
Publishing in British Co-
lumbia. They knew they
wanted to stay in Canada
when it came to publishing
the book.
The two are planning
to collaborate on a series
of books, called the Nature
Child Series, which will in-
clude ways for children to
learn from nature. At the
end of each book, they will
include activities and ex-
ercises for children to go
through, which will help
them learn from and con-
Sunday visitors with
Malcolm and Shirley Rose
were Dennis and Beth
Wilcox and Olive Johns of
Rivers and Kianna Rose of
Brandon and Kiley Rose of
Basswood.
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author Jessie Klassen,
from Glenella.
nect to nature. “They en-
courage kids to get outside
and be in nature, espe-
cially in today’s world with
all of the technology, they
are overstimulated, so it is
beneficial for them to just
be in nature,” MacDonald
said.
Klassen hopes that
children will take away
the message that the most
important thing you can
do is to be yourself, and
be willing to grow. “We
are always okay, and there
is nothing to fear,” she ex-
plained. “There is nothing
about growth to fear, and
the greatest gift we can
give to the world is just be-
ing true to ourselves and
growing into who we truly
are.” She added that she
has had to live through ev-
THANK YOU !
Thank you to the Community for helping make Christmas
Day a wonderful day for so many through the Dinner
served at the Hall. Thanks so much to The Town,
Municipality, Service Groups, Companies, Organizations
and individuals who volunteered time or resources to
make the Christmas Day Dinner a success. Thank you All
for helping create warm smiles and warm memories!
The Christmas Day Dinner Committee
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Minnedosa’s emily MacDonald (left)
created the illustrations for a new children’s
book, “The Sapling”. Some of emily’s
creative artwork is pictured above.
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Remembering The Great North West Central Railway
By Alex CAmpBell
mB Agricultural museum
T he Government of
Canada in the early
1880s put in place a policy
of granting land subsidies
to small railway compa-
nies in the hope of these
companies would build
rail lines into areas of the
Prairies distant from the
Canadian Pacific mainline
and so open these areas
to homesteaders. One of
these so-called “coloni-
zation” railways was the
Great North West Cen-
tral Railway (GNWC). The
GNWC built and operated
a rail line from Chater,
which is just east of Bran-
don on the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway (CPR) main-
line, to Hamiota.
The original plan for
this railway was more am-
bitious. The railway was to
be called the Souris and
Rocky Mountain Railway
and the route to the Rock-
ies to be taken was roughly
the same as what the CPR
Mainline follows today.
The Souris and Rocky
Mountain came into ex-
istence in 1880 when the
CPR was considering a
route further to the north
however the CPR changed
its mind and proceeded to
build its mainline where
it is today. In 1880, the
knowledge of the Prairies
indicated that farming
on the Southern Prairies
was going to be a difficult
proposition but the North-
ern Prairies were wetter
and farming was feasible
there. So, the changing of
the CPR mainline route
was a momentous deci-
sion.    One result was that
the Souris and Rocky
Mountain was pushed off
its original route. How-
ever, it was then awarded
a route to Battleford along
with a 6,400-acre land
grant for every mile built.
Considering it was project-
ed that this rail line would
be 450 miles long, the land
grant would have been
substantial. At this time
the railway’s name was for-
mally changed to GNWC
Railway.  ever the contractor who
English money was be-
hind the GNWC  and con-
struction began in 1887.
One source indicates that
construction of the line did
not begin from Chater but
rather from Gautier which
is a location west of Rapid
City. A railway called the
Saskatchewan and West-
ern Railway had built a line
from Minnedosa to Gauti-
er in 1886 and probably
brought in material for the
GNWC. The Saskatchewan
and Western Railway is
very much unknown and
appears to have been con-
nected to the Manitoba
And North Western Rail-
way (M and NW) which
was in the process of being
built from Portage to York-
town. Just why the M and
NW would choose to build
a branch line to Gautier
when its mainline was un-
finished, is an interesting
question.
GNWC began building
west from Gautier in 1888
and reached Hamiota in
1890.    In 1889, the GNWC
began to build south from
Gautier to Chater where
the GNWC connected
with the CPR mainline.
The GNWC appears to
have finished construction
on this line in 1890. The
GNWC also built a three-
and-a-half-mile line from
Gautier into Rapid City in
this period.  management and began
During this time, the
GNWC came into dispute
with the M and NW Rail-
way. The GNWC wanted to
run their line in the vicin-
ity of Birtle and the M and
NW objected to the GNWC
being located close to its
line. This may account
for why the GNWC took
two years to build from
Gautier to Hamiota. It ap-
pears the GNWC’s char-
ter stated that the GNWC
line to Battleford had to
pass by the “mouth of the
Qu’Appelle River” which
appears to mean where the
Qu’Appelle River empties
into the Assiniboine River.
No information is available
as to why the change was
desired. The GNWC may
have wanted to move its
line to the north to obtain
a better crossing of the As-
siniboine.
However, by 1890, the
GNWC was in financial
trouble.  The English own-
ers of the GNWC wanted
the completed mileage
turned over to them how-
built this mileage was
declining to do so. While
the owners had advanced
the contractor 100,000
English pounds, the line
had cost the contractor
200,000 pounds. To com-
plicate matters the line
was not constructed to the
Friday, January 19, 2018
An 1890 photo of a Great North West Central (GNWC) passenger train
pulling into the station at Forrest, Manitoba on what may have very
likely been the inaugural run of passenger service on the GNWC.
agreed upon standards.
Litigation ensued on this
matter. Until the law case
was settled and the line
turned over to the GNWC,
the bonds the GNWC had
hoped to float in the mar-
ket to finance construc-
tion of the remainder of
the GNWC could not be
sold. The GNWC went into
bankruptcy in 1891, was
reorganized under new
operations in December of
1891.  the CPR could get into the
It would appear the
GNWC was not a terribly
profitable operation given
the length of line it operat-
ed. Today, there is no defi-
nite information as to the
cars and locomotives the
GNWC owned and there
is no information as to
whether the railway even
owned a shop to service
the equipment.   mainline service. Heat in
The GNWC was leased
in 1900 by the CPR. The
CPR extended the line west
to Miniota in 1900, built a
line from Forrest to Lenore
and a line from north of
Forrest to MacGregor.  were usually marshaled in
In the early years of
CPR operation on these
lines, all had daily pas-
senger service to and
from Brandon along with
freight train service which
was probably on an “as
needed” basis. The ef-
fects of the depression in
the 1930s was to reduce
the service on each of
the lines to twice weekly
“mixed” trains. These
trains left Brandon around
seven a.m. and returned to
Brandon in the late after-
noon. The train was called
“mixed” as it consisted of
passenger equipment and
freight cars. Probably the
passenger equipment var-
ied according to demand
and could consist of an
express car, baggage car
and a passenger car or a
“combine” which was a
car outfitted with a bulk-
head in the middle with
one half equipped to carry
passengers and the other
half equipped to carry bag-
gage. The baggage could
consist of passenger lug-
gage, mail order parcels,
cream cans, egg crates,
shipments of poultry, beer
and about anything else
car through the side doors
of the combine or baggage
cars used on these mixed
trains. If traffic volumes
were large enough, then an
additional express or bag-
gage car would be added
to a train. The passenger
equipment used on mixed
trains was usually wooden
equipment retired from
the passenger cars could
be supplied by steam tak-
en off the engine however
the cars probably were
also equipped with pot
bellied stoves. Freight cars
a mixed train between the
engine and the passenger
equipment as railways had
found that it was safest to
handle cars carrying pas-
sengers at the rear of the
train where ever possible.
As most freight cars did not
come equipped with steam
lines, when in a mixed train
with freight cars, the pas-
senger trains would need
stoves for heat. Probably in
the winter time, there were
few freight cars on these
trains so steam heat could
often be used.  also notify the dispatcher
The freight cars on the
mixed trains on these lines
were largely boxcars haul-
ing grain but could also be
tank cars hauling petro-
Photo submitted
leum products, stock cars
and flat cars hauling farm
machinery. As the mixed
train made its way down
the line, it would stop at
the stations on the line to
pick up and drop off pas-
sengers and less than car
load shipments. While at
the station the train crew
would do any necessary
switching of freight cars
at grain elevators, dealer-
ships and other locations
around the station. So
mixed trains were leisurely
affairs. If a loaded stock car
was included in the train
then it could be quite a
smelly one as well!  tlement in a time period
Stations along these
lines served a number of
purposes. As the stations
were linked by telegraph
the stations could aid in
train control. While indi-
vidual trains on these lines
were probably governed
by written train orders is-
sued before a train left
Brandon. Changes to these
orders did occur and could
be telegraphed to a station
or stations which would
pass the revised order to
the train crew. The sta-
tion and the agent would
also  handle less than
car  load  freight  such as
mail order parcels, cream
cans and so on. The sta-
tion agent also kept the car
order book which grain el-
evators at this location had
to use to order boxcars for
the loading of grain. The
agent would also notify the
train dispatcher when cars
were loaded and  available
for forwarding to the Lake-
head. The agent would
when tank cars  and other
cars unloaded at a location
were available to be picked
up and returned to  where
they were needed for load-
The Minnedosa Tribune
ing. In the days before the
modern telephone system
appeared, the railways op-
erated a public telegram
service using their  tele-
graph systems and the sta-
tion agent was  largely re-
sponsible for  taking down
the message, sending
and  receiving  them and
forwarding on to  people
any messages sent to them
via the station. If a train
was passing through a sta-
tion without stopping the
agent was expected to  in-
spect the train as it passed
by to watch for  anything
that may be out of order.
With the develop-
ment of modern roads in
the area by the early 1960s,
passenger service came to
an end and mixed trains
on these lines were discon-
tinued. Freight service re-
sumed however over time
all of the lines were aban-
doned. The bulk of the
trackage was gone in the
first round of branch line
abandonment in the early
1970s with the remainder
gone by the early 2000s.
While few traces of the
GNWC can now be found,
this trackage should not be
seen as a failure. It opened
up a sizable slice of West
Central Manitoba to set-
when the only transport
alternative was a wagon
which was slow, limited
in capacity and hindered
by poor or non-existent
roads.  While settlers often
did move into areas of the
Prairies well in advance of
the  building  of a rail line
into the area, they often
struggled with long hauls
to market for the com-
modities they did produce.
These long hauls were
not only expensive but
gave rise to bitter  claims
by the settlers that grain
buyers  would offer lower
prices to them as the buy-
er knew the producer was
not likely to haul the grain
back home. When rail lines
appeared, so did competi-
tion to purchase the pro-
ducers grain along with
the  opportunities to  pro-
duce other commodities
such as cream, hogs and so
on as transporting them to
market was now possible.
In addition, the  people in
the areas enjoyed more
competition for the sale of
inputs, supplies and  ser-
vices to them as merchants
followed the rail lines into
various areas.
The Minnedosa Tribune Friday, January 19, 2018 11

Newdale News
By RAVen’s gLen WI hope that means warmer preciate his monthly visits. every Thursday evening so Winter cards have you want one.
weather will be coming Congratulations to if it ever warms up come begun at the Drop-In Cen- Many in town were

O ur community sends
get well wishes to
Hilda Davies of Minne-
dosa, formerly of Newdale,
who was taken to Winni-
peg hospital last week for
some medical tests. We
hope you are soon on the
mend Hilda and home
again all snug.
Was nice to have the
Leisure Inn smorgs return
as of January 14th and we
soon. Sharon and Brian
and staff enjoyed some
well-deserved time off
over the holidays.
Dan Jardine of Brook-
dale was the lay minister
who took last Sunday’s
service. Dan always takes
a bit of good natured teas-
ing about his “bare knees”
during our winter cold
spells. He comes in his kilt
every Sunday and we ap-
Dave Clark and Robert
Lamb who made it to the
final of the First Event at
the Brandon Men’s Bon-
spiel last weekend, curling
with Dale Brooks of Hami-
ota. A good game but un-
fortunately, they lost on
last rock!
Newdale Curling Rink
got their winter sched-
ule underway with eleven
mixed rinks participating.
There are two draws held
down and watch some
good curling. The bonspiel
will be held in February.
David Caird is caretaker
again this year.
High school students
in Strathclair wrote exams
most of last week and we
wish them all good marks!
Grade twelve students are
busy filling out scholarship
applications for next fall
along with beginning to
plan for Safe Grad in June.
tre with 500 being played
every second Wednesday
and the cribbage players
meeting on Friday after-
noons. Planning will begin
soon as Newdale will host
the District Cribbage tour-
nament in February.
We hope everyone in
our area misses the “flu
bug” making the rounds,
they tell us there is still
time to get a flu shot, so
check at the pharmacy if
very shocked to hear that
the Strathclair Co-op
store will close and has
been sold. When New-
dale’s store closed many
folks then made the trip
to Strathclair for shop-
ping. It’s always sad to
see a business close in our
small towns, many towns
seem to have a big struggle
trying to keep their Main
Street alive.

Chancellors Rapid City 4-H Beef Bits

Hockey Report By AnjA VAn de
LAngemheen
done, roll call, minutes of
the previous meeting, and
treasurer’s report were
be selling hotdogs and
drinks, as well as raffle
tickets to win the Bar-B-
supplying the BBQ!    We
will be there from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m., and hope to see
By LAURA gOOd
T he Rapid City 4-H
Beef club had its first
read. 
Speech night will be
Q we are going to grill the
hotdogs on, the same day. 
many people come out,
buy a hotdog, and say, “Hi”

T he Chancellors only had one game this past

weekend. The Chancellors and fans headed
out in the frigid cold to McCreary to take on the
meeting of 2018 on Janu-
ary 11th.  As per usual,
the meeting was called to
held February 22nd. 
Our club will be at the
Brandon Peavey Mart on
We would like to say a Big
Thank-You  to Peavey Mart
for their generous support
to the Members!  

Mountaineers. The first period went scoreless with order, the 4-H pledge was April 7th, 2018.  We will of 4-H, and for hosting and Running on
a couple of good chances for each team. Early in the Empty?
second period a power play goal by Liam Bachewich
assisted by Braeden Good and Lucas Beatty opened
up the scoring. Just a couple of minutes later Liam
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Bachewich scored again assisted by Matt Kowal, put-

ting the Chancellor’s in the lead two zip. The boys Bowling Results Results Fill up before you’re out!
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down by the Mountaineer’s goalie. The final score
was 2-0 for the Chancellor’s. Jayden Morrice was
between the pipes recording the shut out with some
timely saves.
B owlers of the week were Paul Chapski +56 (154) and
Donna MacDonald +86 (126,127).
Other good games were Marjorie McNabb 138, Rose-
1st - Doug Thiessen/
George Caughell
2nd - Wilf Taylor/
The Bombers have two games on the road this Mary Hamilton 205, Vivian Cullen 193, Dan Motuz 201, Mel Harvey
weekend, Friday night they head to Glenboro to face Debbie Tarn 190, Florence Brown 203, Hazel Stonehouse 3rd - (tie) - Carol
the Wildcats and Sunday is a short road trip down 186, Bev Chapski 189, Bob Tychuk 198, Alan Tarn 224, Lonsdale/Lois Philips
Highway #16 to take on the Neepawa Tigers. Betty Ann Bertrend 218, Doug Pettigrew 277 (100 P.O.A.), and Linda Vint/
Chrystal Stoller 135, 134. Gwen Manns

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF MINNEDOSA
The Town of Minnedosa will be receiving
Quotes until February 2nd, 2018 for the supply of
ATTENTION
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THE TOWN OF MINNEDOSA
100 cords of seasoned firewood, DOG & CAT OWNERS Take notice that the audited financial
cut and split 12 in. to 16 in. length. report of the Town of Minnedosa for
AllThe
dogsTown ofwithin
and cats Minnedosa
the Town will accept
of Minnedosa
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be licensed property taxes
annually. 2016 has been deposited in the office
on an as required basis Aduring theofmonth
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for rabies must be and is available for inspection by any
produced before a license is issued
Quotes will be for the 2018 and 2019 seasons with
2014 Dog & Cat licenses are available
person or his agent, during regular
Pre-payments collected basedaton thethe
option for the 2020 season.
Town Office
full 2017 net taxes will receive a 2%
business hours and that any person or his
Info. Contact Kevin Marcino at 204-867-0037 Owners of unlicensed Dogs & Cats, Dogs & Cats
incentive added to your tax account agent, at his own expense, may make a
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charges. will be
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Any or all of the quotations may not

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BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY HELP WANTED TENDERS IN MEMORIAM

Hip or knee
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Other medical conditions
that lead to Restrictions
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MINNEDOSA CREDIT UNION SE 1/4 3-13-17 WPM (approximately 130
DEPOSIT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE/
The disability tax credit arable acres) No mines and minerals
allows for a: MARKETING COORDINATOR
$2,500 Minnedosa Credit Union is looking for looking for an energetic professional for the permanent SW 1/4 3-13-17 WPM (approximately 130
Yearly Tax Credit full time position of Deposit Service Representative/Marketing Coordinator.
arable acres) No mines and minerals
$40,000 The Position
Lump Sum Refund The Deposit Service Representative/Marketing Coordinator position is responsible for
delivering a wide array of account, deposit and investment options to new and existing Highest or any tender not necessarily
and Rebates
Minnedosa Credit Union members. This position entails assessing member needs, accepted.
For Expert Help determining the appropriate product or service and delivering these services at a high level.
1-844-453-5372 The candidate will also be responsible for providing support in the design, development,
implementation and delivery of the overall credit union marketing and community support Closing date for sale to be March 31st, 2018.
program for Minnedosa Credit Union. The successful candidate will demonstrate a passion
FINANCIAL for business development and will actively communicate with members to provide expert Mail tenders to:
In Loving Memory of
SERVICES advice and quality service. BURGESS LAW OFFICE JEAN McLEAN
Minnedosa Credit Union offers a competitive compensation package that includes salary, 3000G Victoria Avenue January 27th, 2017
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR pension, benefits and incentive pay.
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VOLUNTEERS The Organization CARD OF THANKS always keep.
“Community Owned Community Minded” Minnedosa Credit Union is a successful single
branch full–service financial institution with 3,500 members and assets of $130 million. We We love you Mom
The Kidney Foundation have been providing Minnedosa and surrounding communities with high quality service and The family of Ruth Delmage wish to thank friends, family and miss you everyday.
is looking for volunteers for products since 1947. For further details see: www.minnedosacu.mb.ca and neighbours for their many acts of kindness, words of From your loving family.
the Door to Door campaign Please forward your cover letter and resume by January 23, 2018 to: comfort and messages of sympathy. To those who visited our Irene McLean
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ible, easy; all materials provid- Minnedosa Credit Union nations and food during our recent bereavement. The outpour- Janice and Barry Meadows
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bross@minnedosacu.mb.ca great grandchildren.
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help people affected by kidney Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted. soloist Jim Comrie, the United Church Choir and accompanist x
disease? Contact Lisa at  204- (44-2) Eleanor Taylor. Appreciation to Scripture readers, granddaugh-
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ACCOUNTING CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION
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Appleicious Tips
Solutions and
Substitutions
By
REENA NERBAS
Dear Reena, in a bowl. Sprinkle with
Whenever I bake ap- lemon juice, brown sugar,
ple pie, the crust ends up white sugar, salt, nutmeg
with a soggy texture. What (optional) and cinnamon
can I do to prevent a soggy (according to the recipe).
crust? Mavis Leave at room temperature
for one-two hours. This al-
Dear Mavis, lows the apples time to
Before you bake your release their juices. Strain
next hot, apple pie, cook the liquid before adding
the apples slowly first over the apple mixture to the
low heat for 15 minutes. crust, let apples drain for
Add sugar to the apple slic- 15 additional minutes.
es; doing this will extract Continue to follow the rec-
some of the juices, and ipe as directed.
make the crust less soggy.
Choose Granny Smith ap- Dear Reena,
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