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Beef-processing plant closure “devastating”
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Beef-processing plant closure “devastating”

Our History: November 1990

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The front page of our November 8, 1990 issue carried the news of closure of the last major beef-processing plant in Manitoba. Burns had announced the immediate shutdown of its Brandon plant, meaning the loss of processing capacity for 2,000 cattle per week and 145 jobs. However, the plant had only been running at half
Ad-ventures in beer promotion
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Ad-ventures in beer promotion

Our History: August 1961

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Acceptance of advertisements for alcoholic beverages was sometimes a controversial subject for delegates at meetings of Manitoba Pool Elevators, the Co-operator’s former owner. Some argued that it should not carry alcohol ads, but others pointed out that it would be hypocritical for a company to on one hand refuse beer ads while on the other
Mechanization, ‘that extra hired man’
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Mechanization, ‘that extra hired man’

Our History: January 1960

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More than 100 Manitoba livestock producers had purchased this electric mix mill advertised in our January 7, 1960 issue. It could mix and grind up to four ingredients at a cost of 23 cents per ton. Free trade, or the lack of it, was the main news item on the front page that week. Manitoba
Canadian Grain Commission chief operating officer Gordon Miles is retiring after a nearly 40-year career in Canada’s grain industry. He was studying for the ministry but “a summer job became a full-time job, became a career.”
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The CGC’s Gordon Miles is retiring after nearly 40 years in the ag industry

How a hockey-playing city kid studying divinity rose to pivotal roles in the grain business

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Forty years ago, Gordon Miles had no idea he would one day find himself looking back on a career in agriculture. The soon-to-be-retiring Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) chief operating officer was a hockey-playing city kid, with a bachelor of arts degree who had majored in French and minored in religious studies and was one year
Opinion: Wheat growers support free trade
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Opinion: Wheat growers support free trade

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Since the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s government monopoly control over the marketing of western Canadian wheat, there has been a great deal of change in the Canadian wheat industry and positive modernization of many regulations. One of the most significant changes to come from marketing freedom for wheat farmers has been the growth
Have you hugged your cow today?
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Have you hugged your cow today?

Our History: December 1998

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The just-completed merger of Manitoba and Alberta Pools into Agricore took up much of our Dec. 3, 1998 issue. That included what became a somewhat controversial “Farming is everything” advertising campaign, that included the new grain company’s double-page spread of a farmer hugging a dairy calf. The issue had an interview with Agricore CEO Gordon
Manitoba Pool Elevators still going strong
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Manitoba Pool Elevators still going strong

Our History: December 1994

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Manitoba Pool Elevators was still going strong in 1994 — this ad in our Dec. 1 issue reported member allocations of $3.47 per tonne for 1994 and $1.58 for the following year. Member equity was at $140 million. Canamera Foods, then Canada’s largest oilseed crusher and 50 per cent owned by Manitoba and Saskatchewan Pools,
The former Manitoba Pool elevator in Homewood still shows the spot where the sign once hung.
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Brandon University to save MPE archives

The treasure trove of historical documents are being ordered and catalogued


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A huge collection documenting the entire history of Manitoba Pool Elevators is being put in order through a project at Brandon University’s (BU) S.J. McKee Archives. Work began this fall to organize textual records in the large volume of documents known by archivists as fonds, but there’s much more work to process a huge volume
Get on your Moto-Ski and slide
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Get on your Moto-Ski and slide

Our History: October 1968

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You had 11 Moto-Ski models from which to choose if you contacted the retailers listed in this ad from our Oct. 24, 1968 issue. According to Wikipedia, the Moto-Ski company of LaPocatière, Quebec started snowmobile production in 1963. It was purchased in 1971 by Bombardier, and the last year of production was 1985. That issue
This pair of photos illustrates the 25,000-bushel UGG elevator at Whitemouth, in 1962 before it was repainted with more modern corporate colours, and in 1966 after its paint job and construction of a 34,000-bushel annex. Despite local opposition, the elevator was closed in July 1979.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: June 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator

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