— On October 16th, Myrna Wells, at left, on behalf of R.J. Waugh staff, presented $735.00 to Lorraine Fisher, Carberry - North Cypress United Way representative. These funds were collected from all R.J. Waugh staff through their Friday Jeans Fund.
Wednesday October 21, a cavalcade passed Carberry on the Trans Canada with a mission. Ten members of the crew of HMCS Winnipeg were on a run from the border of Saskatchewan into Winnipeg to renew their friendship with the city they were named for, and to raise funds for the Firefighters' Burn Fund, a charity of the Winnipeg Fire Department that the sailors have supported for many years now.
The Chamber of Commerce's October meeting coincided with Small Business Week, and the people at the Carberry GO Centre decided to make a special day of it, and invite the Chamber members out to the GO Centre to experience the Centre's new teleconferencing equipment, and hear about the things that Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has to support the work of entrepreneurs and small ...
(l-r) Heidi McMillan, Director of Parks and Recreation and Mona Nelson and Muriel McPhail, from the Communities in Bloom committee, stand beside the Colorado Spruce Tree they won donated by Patmores. Many thanks to Garth Steen and Ken Van Damme for planting it.
Raise your stein and step into “Oktoberfest” with an enthusiastic “Zicke Zacka - Zicke Zacka Oy Oy Oy!” That’s what 75 people from our community did this past Friday, October 23, at the Legion!
A contractor has been chosen to install the sewage system within the village of Brookdale. Prior to joint council, North Cypress council met for a short meeting on Tuesday October 27, where they gave consideration to the quotes that had been received to do the project.
They kept everyone in suspense right up to the moment of the award. When the envelope was opened on stage, the Rural Journeyperson of the Year was Clyde McCallum, and he went up to receive the statuette and shake the hand of Andrew Swan, the minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade.