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Vol. 128 No. 33 Friday, October 22, 2010 Minnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0 90 cents + tax

Do your part:
On October 27th Front end torn off
VOTE
N ext Wednesday, Oc-
tober 27th is Election
Day in Manitoba. Voters
will be heading to the polls
to elect municipal officials
and school board trustees
across the province.
Polls will be open on
Election Day from 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m. unless otherwise
stated. When going to cast
your vote, be sure to take
identification with you as
you may be asked to pro-
duce one piece of govern-
ment issued photo identi-
fication. If you do not have
photo identification, you
will need at least two oth-
er documents to provide
proof of your identity.
The following is a list
of Voting Places in our im-
mediate area:
Town of Minnedosa
– election for mayor. Vot-
ing will take place at the
Minnedosa Community
Conference Centre, 63
Main Street North. Mobile
voting will also be held
at Minnedosa Hospital
(10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) and Photo by Darryl Holyk
Minnedosa Personal Care The driver of the 1996 Buick was fortunate to escape serious injury after colliding with a semi travelling at highway speed.
Home (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.).
Town of Rapid City By DARRYL HOLYK before 12 noon. car, was about to turn in hicle. The semi was finally released with only minor
– election for mayor. Vot- RCMP investigation front of him, tried to avoid able to come to a stop injuries.
ing will take place at the
Rapid City and District
Valleyview Seniors Centre,
M innedosa

partment responded to
RCMP,
EMS and Fire De-
380 3rd Avenue in Rapid a two vehicle motor ve-
City. hicle collision at the junc-
tion of Highway #16 and
Continued #16A, south of Minnedosa
on Page 2 last Thursday shortly
revealed the driver of an
eastbound 1996 Buick was
attempting to turn north
on 16A toward Minnedo-
sa when he failed to see
an oncoming westbound
semi truck and trailer. The
truck driver, seeing the
a collision by braking and
entering the north ditch.
However, a collision was
not avoided and the truck
collided with the front
end of the Buick, causing
total damage to the front
end of the passenger ve-
further up the highway.
Fortunately, the driver of
the Buick was extremely
lucky and did not receive
any major injuries in the
incident. He was trans-
ported by ambulance to
Minnedosa Hospital and
As a result of this
collision, RCMP have
charged the driver of the
Buick, Roy Carter, of the
Clanwilliam area, with
proceeding before safe to
do so.

ELECT JAKE DAVIDSON COUNCILLOR IN HARRISON

COMMITTED TO RUNNING COUNCIL LIKE A BUSINESS WITH OUR RESIDENTS AS CUSTOMERS
ON OCTOBER 27, 2010 VOTE FOR CHANGE AND ELECT A BUSINESSMAN WITH 30+ YEARS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A CHANGE - MAKE JAKE DAVIDSON YOUR COUNCILLOR 32-2