Tuesday marked the end of an era in Flin Flon education as three school trustees officially called it a career.
Trustees Karen Yeo and Vicki Davie attended their final board meeting. And though he was unable to attend, Tuesday also marked the final meeting for Trustee Glenn Smith, a retired Hapnot Collegiate principal.
Trustees Yeo and Smith joined the board in 2006, serving two terms. Davie was acclaimed to the board in 2010 and is leaving after one term.
The next school board will be acclaimed with no voter input, as seven candidates stepped forward for the seven positions.
Remaining with the board are incumbents Angela Simpson, Murray Skeavington, Tim Davis and Trish Sattelberger. They will join newcomers Andy Burbidge, Leslie Fernandes and Amy Sapergia Green.
The new board’s first meeting will be Oct. 28, at which time trustees will be sworn in. Election of the new chair and vice-chair will follow, along with the committee selection process.
A group of Hapnot Collegiate students are about to learn the power of “we.”
Twenty Hapnot students are scheduled to attend We Day at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre on Oct. 29.
Over 15,000 Manitoba students are slated to take part, heeding words of inspiration and wisdom from influential leaders and social activists.
This year’s lineup of speakers includes one-time Irish president and former UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson.
Other guests include Canadian astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, hip-hop artist Son Real and anti-bullying crusader Travis Price, among others.
A new survey is bad news for Flin Flon MLA Clarence Pettersen and his New Democrats.
A Probe Research poll of Manitobans suggests the opposition Progressive Conservatives hold a 12-point lead over the NDP.
The survey puts Tory support at 42 per cent compared to 30 per cent for the governing NDP. Another 20 per cent support the Liberals, who have just one seat.
The poll had the PCs and NDP statistically tied in Winnipeg and the Tories far ahead in ridings outside of Winnipeg.
The poll was commissioned by CTV Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Free Press. It surveyed 1,009 people with the results considered accurate 95 per cent of the time, give or take three percentage points.
The Manitoba government is touting the economic spinoffs of Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask Generating Station project near Gillam.
Keeyask is being developed by the Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership, a venture between Manitoba Hydro and four northern First Nations: Tataskweyak Cree Nation, War Lake First Nation, York Factory First Nation and Fox Lake Cree Nation.
Stan Struthers, minister responsible for Manitoba Hydro, called Keeyask “one of the largest capital projects in Manitoba’s history.”
The Manitoba government has formally established Chitek Lake Provincial Park as the province’s 88th park.
Chitek is located about 350 km northwest of Winnipeg, along the shore of Lake Winnipegosis. It is Manitoba’s 12th largest park, covering about 1,000 square kilometres.
Chitek will become the first land in the province to be classified and preserved as indigenous traditional use.
This new classification gives recognition to lands of natural or cultural significance to indigenous people and that these parks are significant traditional-use areas.
While the park has the new classification, it will be open to licensed hunting, fishing and
trapping.
