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leadership in 2012, and cans from the school foyerRivers into Banner and Chimo Beach areas for con- put away in the proper place on

s r e p or t e d i n t he tion to the schools. was the first elected thewere Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. shelving units.as They March 9 edition, the Well,When that was unexpect22ndfantastic! premierWe of Manitoba all was said and done, are very, very Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the scales at Riverdale pleased.” plinary Studies in Science class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. ed! Onthe Tuesday, Aug. 10,Harvest in 2016.

He was re-elected a total of 434 pounds, “a Elementary school staff mema sen- notedpremier at Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was Manitoba Brian premier in 2019. project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Pallister announced that “After almost 10 years tire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane. he would notthose be we seeking ofher our party and to help serve. A as lot leader paign in school.

That threeBecause the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate students secured a canoe from re-election in 2023.

As well, moreweek than years as of times kids don’t get enough effortfive simply encouraged Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey credit but this group of students students to leave product play,premier with an intent to f ill it with be portaged across the street to tournament in which tothe stated a new our province’s premier, I in the canoe; 87 pounds of for certainly deserves some praise. non-perishables. Although the Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food leader for the Progressive believe that now is the timefood campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger Conservative Party would for a new leader and a preby that class, the original idea carried bags, boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak River help check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. came a suggestion hands of from Brian Burt andmade Dick He- preciated. The board appreciates be chosen before the next mier to take our province forward.” said Pallister. harvest volunteer Liliane apy. byThe Clack’s board members and encourages the use of masks, provincial election.

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During the announc- “By stepping aside at the appreciate all of the volunteers. but it is not mandatory. If you “I heard the idea at a meetWe have working very hard, would like to contact us, feel free ment Pallister did not midpoint in our second ing in been Brandon.

St. Augustine moving artifacts and renovating the to reach out and leave a message specify the exact timeline mandate, I believe this will School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with 10-day Clack’s Museum totheget ready for via phone or text at (431)-270-0014, for when he would be step- provide sufficient time not only for party members to Festival du Voyaguer in Winour official opening this Thursday, (204)-303-0014 or (204)-412-1555. ping down as leader. nipeg in February. It was very Pallister’s bombshell de- choose a new leader, but August 12. Come out and see our It has been a long two years of Covid successful and whenever I hear new and evermy growing displays!

We closures and we are excited to once cision was announced dur- for Manitobans to get to food bank, ears always perk will be open Thursdays – Sundays again be opening our doors to the ing the PC caucus annual know that new leader and up!”

She then brought the sugfrom 10:00am-4:00pm.

Walk-ins public. We look forward to seeing retreat, held this year in premier,” Pallister said. at Rivers Brandon.

The next prov incial gestion to Riverdale Harvest,are The are welcomed, reservations ap-canoe you all soon!

Elementary School was which supported the idea and Brian Pallister was ac- election is slated for 2023. adequately filled.

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any Manitobans experience frustration every day with the extremely poor cell service and internet service across rural parts of the province. The rest of Manitoba citizens experience frustration every time they travel through poor cell service areas. It’s tough to travel from any point A to point B without losing cell service.

Cell service is almost non-existent in some smaller towns, on farms and rural acreages and that is not just an inconvenience, it’s a major safety issue. If a person had an emergency in one of the many dips and hollows, in many “between tower” areas, it would be impossible to call for help or assistance. It is not unusual at all to lose cell service between Neepawa and Gladstone or between Neepawa and Kelwood for example. There are spots along Hwy. 10 where cell service just dies and west of Rivers is another cold spot on the road.

Internet service, which is the lifeline for businesses and families nowadays is spotty at best. There are people who have good service, some have a choice of hard-wired fibre optic services but I am told many get their internet off towers. Internet service in rural and farm areas is notoriously slow.

In some cases it’s non-existent. In some cases internet service used to be OK but due to changes in company ownership, or possibly, the removal of a tower or two, it’s no longer there.

In addition, cell service and internet service in Canada is very high compared to other countries.

Many people cannot conduct their dayto-day business from their homes due to bad cell service or poor and sometimes non existent internet service. There have been many time when emergencies or tornados have been spotted and the warning doesn’t come through on the cell phone.

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Ken Waddell Manitoba is unacceptably low its dangerous and a major hindrance to safety and conducting business. If a doctor, nurse, police officer or any other emergency personnel lives in a poor service area, it’s a danger to them and to us all.

Please let me know in a brief email with your experience. How have service providers treated you? What is your internet service like. Just email us at info@riversbanner.com or kwaddell@neepawabanner.com. We would like to hear about your experience. We can almost guarantee that

many people aren’t getting adequate cell service or internet service and are paying though the nose for crappy service.

If we get enough response, perhaps we can get some action towards improvement. I get the impression that providers don’t seem to care and if that is the case, it needs to change.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner staff.

Climate Clip #10 Green Energy

I started this series of articles with the hope that our readers would hear the other side of the climate debate and relax a little about the state of our world. Climate Change has been hijacked by most political parties and is being used to advance their agendas, to induce fear and in so doing control the narrative they wish to impose upon the population.

In the course of the research that I have done over the last few months I have come across facts about green energy that are appalling to me and it is with these facts that I am finishing.

There are three main “green” energy forms that are being pushed upon the public – wind farms, solar panels and electric vehicles - all in the name of saving the environment, curbing carbon emissions and getting rid of a fossil fuels.

Wind farms seem to be a benign form of renewable energy; they have been in use for hundreds of years for private and public use. However, the windmills of today are so enormous that they bring particular problems to their area of use because of their size. To begin with, their manufacture costs a great deal in fossil fuels, mined minerals, and rare earths. They have to be transported to the site of emplacement requiring very large machinery using more fossil fuels. If they are erected on land they will need a lot of it because of the spacing required to avoid wind shadowing - dead air in lee of the turbine which can rob another windmill of its ability to harvest the wind’s power. So if on land then natural habitat is greatly reduced.

The power of the blades regularly kills birds (particularly large birds of prey which tend to be endangered ) and bats and causes health disruptions to people living near them because of constant low frequency noise emissions. If the turbines are placed in the ocean they disrupt the communication and migration abilities of dolphins and whales and kill sea birds. Wind farms have been found to affect weather down wind of them increasing vertical mixing of heat and water vapour, increasing surface temperatures and affecting rainfall.

Solar power also needs a great deal of land requiring clearing and grading of the area and removing it from other necessary uses such as farming and food production.

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It can cause soil compaction, erosion, alteration of drainage channels, and more habitat loss because traditional open spaces for wildlife movement is removed. There is a particularly immoral cost to developing solar power.

Nearly all solar panel production takes place in China and most of that in the northwest provinces where Uyghur and Kazakh peoples are placed in forced labour camps precisely to make solar panels. The women are raped and sterilized; the men beaten and used like prisoners of war. If you know anything about Chinese culture you will understand that unless you are Han you are less than human in the eyes of the ruling elite and therefore expendable.

Both wind and solar are not reliable sources of power.

There are many days when the sun does not shine and the wind does not blow. To run a western style economy such as ours would be impossible.

Therefore, there has to be a standby source of power to pick up where the green lets down and that ends up being fossil fuels. The only other method of energy enhancement, if fossil fuels are not used, is batteries. These batteries have to be huge, such as the half ton Tesla style battery modules. They have a service life of 5 to 8 years. Guess where they go when they give out – the landfill. That is not the end of them because they still hold high voltages that can cause fires, explosions and leak toxic chemicals and heavy metals that pollute.

These batteries, whether for solar back-up, electric cars or wind energy storage, all require tens of billions of tons of non-renewable copper, lithium, rare earth elements, limestone and plastic. Plastic comes from oil. All these substances require mining, crushing, processing, refining, transporting and that means using gigantic gas and diesel equipment. Then they need smelting and manufacturing and more transportation. None of this is clean, green or renewable. The left-over effect is acid mine drainage, mountains of waste rock, big lakes of toxic chemicals and extreme damage to the people doing the mining and handling of these elements. The saddest story I read on this topic was that of 4 year old children and their mothers in the Congo being forced to mine cobalt for electric car batteries. They get a few dollars a day,

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are under constant threat of cave-ins, exposure to toxic, radioactive mud, dust and water to provide today’s needs for this rare element. If we were to examine what would be needed to fulfill the current Biden agenda then the entire world’s supply would be consumed in a matter of a few years. The Global Green New Deal would require mining half the entire solar system. This is now entering the realm of fantasy and idiocy.

And who pays for all this? We do; because our governments, both the American and the Canadian, provide subsidies to people who can afford expensive electric cars, and solar arrays and to the companies that make and install them. We pay through increased electrical bills and taxes.

This is for their own personal use, not public benefit. We see a situation where the poor and middle class are paying for the virtue signalling of the wealthy. Do they need this help? No, but they think that they deserve it because they believe that they know better than we do about what should make our lives better, whether we want it or not. If we follow their lead the poor and middle classes will end up without the prosperity that fossil fuel development, use and improvements have brought us since the industrial revolution. The third world is still the third world because it has been denied access to reliable energy, spatial insect repellents and modern farming techniques all associated with oil and gas. That strikes me as being incredibly selfish - more of that “what’s good for thee but not for me” attitude so prevalent in men like climate czar John Kerry and Hollywood celebs who run around in private jets.

To finish on a positive note I must turn to the Bible. God created this wonderful globe on which we live. He designed it for us, gave us dominion over it and He has promised to renovate it in the future. We think that we are the “authors of our fate” but God says differently. “A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.”

Ecclesiastes 1:4. God has never been wrong so if I have a choice between believing the globalists, environmentalists, the Green New Deal promoters or just the ordinary climate alarmists, then I choose God Almighty.

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as well. We are all two weeks plus double vaxxed.

And then! Several of the grands stopped by with their young ones, my great grands! There we were, nine family members in one place at one time. The older great grand is becoming more comfortable with me, and being in my home. We know where the toys are, we know that we can feed Miss Daisy- with permission!- and we know that we can harvest peas, peppers, cucumbers but no tomatoes cause they are yucky. Her sentences are clear and concise, as are her opinions. Creative and active and a joy to behold.

The wee one is months old, and I give clear instructions that she will know this voice, this wrinkled face and this old voice, and so far, she seems ok with the arrangement! What a treasure to hug and to hold dear ones. And then, the very next day we had most of the same group gather for watermelon and roll kuchen. I reminded the young adults of the time we were planning this meal, and exchanging glances, the girls asked if I would let their aunt make the roll kuchen, for hers tasted better than the ones I made.

They were fortified at their boldness, and I applaud their honesty. I learned from it and take more care when making the Mennonite favourite.

I am not alone in having longed for family in these past long months. I am not the only one who missed the hugs and giggles. The games around the dining room table, the review, and sometimes revision, of old family stories, the laughter and some tears as memories are shared. There does not have to be a winner- unlike the cribbage games we played! Rainfall and family, both welcome blessings.

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t is a difficult decision- which card trumped?

Family gathered or two inches of rain?

This spring I was able to install a rain catchment device in the back yard. I am reluctant to use water from the tap/town, for I am, like all town residents, billed not only for water used but sewer fees for all the water used- whether it rushed down drain pipes or soaked into my gardens. The tank contains about two hundred gallons, and it requires one and a half inch of rain to fill the tank. For those of you keeping track of rainfall, we have not frequently received that amount in a one or two day rain. However, every time the tank is down to a dribble, rain has fallen.

I have felt not unlike the widow who gave safe harbour and food to the prophet Elisha, the jar never was empty. And this week the rain felt like the rains I recall from my early years; soft, sustained rain, soaking into the soil, gathering in low spots, greening the grass, and refreshing my spirit. This rain is indeed a God send. A high card in my world, in my farmer heart and mind.

Ah, family! One of my daughters joined our household for several days. One of my grandsons stayed over

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This past week many Canadians have been watching TV with a passion, following the Olympics, including me. I was watching Canada, but also my birth country, even though it has been many years since I left there. I shed tears and yelled, confusing my dog. They were running races in terrible hot and humid weather or pulling the oars of their boats with a remarkable strength. I got up in time to watch Canada win the gold in soccer.

We are all running a race in life. It does not matter what age we are. We might slow down somewhat as the elderly age reaches us, but we are not done until God calls us home. The Bible states it so clearly in Hebrew 12:1 and 2 “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, f ixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

We will not give up when we know that God is in control and will guide us along, one step at a time because He cares for us.

What happens now?

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A big change came down on Tuesday as Premier Brian Pallister announced that he wouldn’t be running in the next election.

Pallister took a somewhat disorganized PC party of Manitoba and did a pretty good job of making it into a government. It was as Pallister said, a good time to announce his intentions.

What many people don’t understand is that he didn’t resign. He just announced that he won’t run again. He plans to stay on as leader and premier until a new leader is elected. He may even stay on as an MLA until the next election. If the newly elected leader is not a sitting MLA, there will be an acting premier named until the new leader wins a seat in the legislature. It will be an interesting season as we will likely have a federal election and then soon after, a PC leadership race.

When a political leader indicates they are stepping aside it isn’t their call as to who or when a successor is chosen, that decision rests with the party board and executive.

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Off road and Do you have a “work family”? on the road

Early in the week accidents keep RDFD busy

PHOTOS BY THE RIVERS/DALY FIRE DEPARTMENT

On Aug. 9, 10:20 a.m., RDFD was called to a single quad roll over off PTH 10.

One patient was transported to the hospital by Brandon Firefighter Paramedics.

On Aug. 10 at 4:48 p.m., Rivers Fire was dispatched to a single vehicle accident, in the RM of Riverdale.

One person was transpor ted with minor injuries.

Rivers Police Services and Full Tilt Towing and Transport were also on the scene.

Someone you consider a mentor, like an older sibling? Someone you can joke around with? A close friend? Or perhaps there’s someone you often disagree but with whom you must learn to co-operate?

This is only natural when we spend about a third of our lives at work.

But sometimes the lines between professional and personal can be blurred to a point that creates conf lict in the very place we can’t escape.

Maybe you’re in the position to grant a promotion to someone, but your favor it ism for a friend makes that difficult for everyone involved.

Maybe you’ve become so relaxed around your colleagues that you say something inappropriate and offend someone without meaning to. Maybe a co-worker asks you to lie to your boss on their behalf and puts you in a compromising position.

Knowing your ethical boundaries can help you stay af loat in these types of situations.

Underst a nd ing t hat your first reaction may not be the best reaction, and thinking about how your words and actions affect others can save your personal relationships and professional reputation.

This is also true in volunteer positions. Sometimes the traits that make us successful at work don’t apply in these roles. But ethics help us always.

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We can all recall a time when we’ve faced a dilemma at work. What guiding principles helped you out? Did you make a decision you now regret?

LIFT gives you the principles that are tailored to your personality and values so that you can make choices you’ll be proud of.

It gives you the tools you need to accomplish your goals while creating a healthy work environment around you. After all, when we’re spending much of our lives at work, we want that place and those people to bring us joy. And we want to bring joy to our work family.

It’s not as easy as “making good decisions.” LIFT teaches participants how

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LIFT also goes further to teach the foundation of good citizenship, creating stronger communities.

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Aphids

Patricia Hanbidge Orchid Horticulture

There are some critters that we encounter that are just “out of this world”! Aphids are one of these insects whose ability to reproduce in unique ways is unequaled.

Depending on the time of year and the environment they are in, they have the ability to produce progeny without any male aphid involvement; the ability to give birth to live progeny identical to the mother; to lay eggs that will hatch into either male or female aphids; and even the ability to produce winged progeny to ensure repopulation in areas that are less crowded and have a better food supply. Who would believe this is possible?

Aphids are soft-bodied insects that range in size from 2 to 3 mm (1/16th to 3/8th inches) in length, are generally pear shaped and come in many colours. They may or may not have wings. They feed by piercing the plant tissue and sucking out the juices of the plant.

They prefer to dine on new growth that is succulent and tender – like shoots, buds and the underside of leaves.

As they eat, the excrete honeydew which is just a nicer term for aphid urine. You may also see frass which is again a nicer name for excrement.

You may also see aphids inside your homes - especially if you move your tropical plants or any other plant outside for the summer months and then bring them back into the house as fall arrives. As with many pest problems, aphid control begins with good cultural practices. Keep your plant material in good shape and more often than not, they can withstand most aphid infestations.

When combating any pest problem, it is also important to understand the lifecycle of a pest. There are many different species of aphids, each having its own particular life cycle; however, there are some features that are similar with all species. One of the most common features of aphids is that they are incredibly prolific.

Wingless adult females can produce up to 50 to 100 offspring. Even more amazing is that within about a week, the newly born aphid becomes a reproducing adult that can then produce up to 5 offspring per day for up to 30 days. What is even more amazing is that with most species of aphids, reproduction is accomplished without the help of male aphids in a process called parthenogenesis. When female aphids reproduce parthenogenetically, instead of laying eggs they give birth directly to smaller versions of themselves. A single mother aphid has the ability to produce 600 billion offspring in a single growing season.

The average life cycle of an aphid begins in the spring when the overwintered egg hatches. This produces a wingless female aphid that soon parthenogenetically produces more wingless females. Their individual lifespan is short but generations of wingless females will survive one another until hot weather comes or the plant they are living on dies. At this time, some of the females will grow wings and f ly off. Typically, late in the year when winter is soon approaching, some aphids will develop into both males and females. Sexual reproduction takes place and the females will lay fertilized eggs on the chosen host plant. Next spring, females will hatch from the eggs and the cycle continues.

Aphids are preyed on by a wide range of natural predators, including the ladybird beetles, lacewing f lies and syrphid f lies. However, in some cases the aphids are present in much higher numbers than their predators.

When this happens it is a good idea to exercise control measures. The least toxic alternative always takes more work. If you are having an outbreak inside, ensure you only use products which are recommended for that area. One solution if you catch the infestation early is to spray the infected plants frequently with water at high pressure. This will wash away some aphids and kill others with the impact of the water. Please, if you choose to use a registered pesticide, always follow the specific product instructions and use proper safety precautions as specified on the product label.

The way I see it: Colonialism

Minority activists manage to spit out ‘colonialism’ as a curse word with a terrible aftertaste. They live in a dream world where pre-colonialism, all creatures lived in harmony. They contend that colonialism was a harmful intrusion into a peaceful Eden. They are dead wrong.

Before 1840, life was brief and brutal. People died from all manner of illnesses and injuries. Without drugs to treat infections, a deep cut, abscessed appendix or tooth would kill a person. From the 1500s until around 1800, life expectancy hovered between 30 and 40 years.

There is no defence against the practice of slavery. However, slavery was a widespread practice for centuries before 1840 and involved most nations and tribes within countries. Nations and tribes warred over riches and terri-

tory. People captured during wars became slaves of the victors. Slavery, now called human trafficking, thrives today. It is a social disease we have not eradicated.

Discrimination is not a result of colonialism. Worldwide, nations and tribes discriminated against one another. It is not uncommon for immigrants from a nation to hold demonstrations to seek support for their side in discrimination ongoing in their home country.

They are so affected by their created history they miss the hypocrisy in their colonialism protests.

The French and English who colonized northern North America were technologically advanced. They had ocean-going ships, carts with wheels, firearms to replace arrows and spears, and the ability to forge iron for tools

and weapons. They understood using water wheels to drive grist mills and windmills to pump water. People adopted the technology.

As our nation developed, so did our access to and creation of improved technology.

In the century and a half since Confederation, our living standards and lifestyle have steadily improved. Minority groups have had the advantages of the improvements in living standards. By 2020 life expectancy had doubled to 82 Years.

Advances in living standards have made it more difficult for immigrants, particularly refugees, to integrate. The gaps in language, technology and lifestyle cannot be bridged easily or quickly. We need paths to bring newcomers and those who have fallen through the cracks with the educational,

technical and vocational skills that enhance their opportunities for success.

We have failed to create training that enhances opportunities for single parents, welfare recipients, immigrants, refugees, and marginalized people to participate and thrive. We are obliged to assist the poorest in our society to become selfsustaining. The investment in support will be offset by reductions in social assistance, crime, discrimination and strife.

Programs funded by the provincial and federal governments need to be offered at the community level employing high schools and community colleges. The potential payback is enormous.

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RIVERS 4-H BEEF CLUB We would like to give a major thank you all the bidders, buyers & sponsors for this year’s show & sale! We thank you and appreciate the support.

Grand Champion

Shayden Manz – Buyer: Ron Lasota

Karas Munz – Buyer: JS Henry Seeds

Reserve Grand Champion

Chase Airey – Buyer: Redfern Farm Services

Blake Airey – Buyer: Trouw Nutrition

Landon Hockley – Buyer: Masterfeeds / Total Farm Supply

Austyn Peters – Buyer: Prairie Rose Meats

Kinley Peters – Buyer: Woodworth Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Ltd.

Jillian Burt – Buyer: Oak River Quick Freeze & McCallum Services Ltd.

Thank you to our judge Levi Rimke!

Kate-Leigh Heapy – Buyer: Way-Mor Agencies Ltd.

We hope to see you at a live show and sale in 2022! Thanks again!

We would like to thank all the sponsors: Canada Malting Co Ltd., Daly Repair, Melody Acres, Redline Transport, Ritchie Bros, HTA Charolais, Brierwood Creek Café, Total Farm Supply, Masterfeeds, Manitoba Charolais Association, Manitoba Simmental Association, DLMS, Rock’n H Livestock Supplies, Southwest Area 4-H Council & Manitoba 4-H Council for their contributions to our show and sale.

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Notice is hereby given that a vote of THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OAKVIEW will be taken to elect a Municipal Councillor for Ward 2 from the following duly nominated candidates: For the office of Ward 2 (Former R.M. of Saskatchewan) Councillor: 1. CHRISTIE, Robert 2. CLARKE, Reginald VOTING PLACES Voting places will be open for voting on Wednesday the 18TH day of AUGUST, 2021 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations: Voting Station #1 (Rapid City Poll) – Rapid City Firehall at 415-3rd Avenue in Rapid City (Townships 13 & 14 Range 19 and 20W) Voting Station #2 (Basswood Poll) – Basswood Community Hall at 125 McKinnon Street in Basswood (Township 15 Range 19 and 20W) IDENTIFICATION MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE. A person may be required to produce one piece of government issued photo identification (for example - driver’s license or passport) or at least two other documents that provide proof of identity.

ADVANCE VOTING For the purpose of accommodating persons who are qualified to vote, but who have reason to believe that they will be absent or otherwise unable to attend their proper voting place on election day, an advance voting opportunity will be located at: R.M. of Oakview satellite municipal office at 435 – 3rd Avenue in Rapid City, MB and will be open on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Application to Vote by Sealed Envelope A voter who is unable to go in person to the voting place or vote in advance, may apply in person, in writing, by fax or email to the senior election official at R.M. of Oakview office at 10 Cochrane Street Oak River, Box 179 Oak River, MB R0K 1T0; Fax number (204) 566-2126; or email financemgr@rmofoakview.ca.

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Please join Tempo, Federated Co-operatives Ltd, and Heritage Co-op in congratulating Cross Town Tempo on 40 years of business success. We have been proudly supplying quality Co-op Fuel products to this location throughout this time and they have been great ambassadors of the Tempo Brand. Thank you for your continued support in this partnership that has seen growth and success for 40 years.

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