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Canadian Heritage.

Volume 132 Issue 40

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Town Proceeding
with MREC
Debenture

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Jingle All The Way

By JENNIFER PAIGE

s various recreation groups continue to move forward with projects at future MREC site, Minnedosa
town council has begun to proceed with a debenture for
the future facility.
The Town is going to have to raise the lions share of
the money for this project. Council has recently decided
that we will be applying for a debenture of $3.5 million,
explained Minnedosa Mayor, Ray Orr.
The baseball, soccer and the agriculture groups
have done a phenomenal job moving forward with their
projects at the site and with the idea of it being a regional
event centre with all the different sports facilities in one
centre, I think it is coming along really great, commented Minnedosa Mayor, Ray Orr.
Following a feasibility report conducted by Jack
Harper and Associates, plans for the MREC facility had
been temporarily pushed aside during the process of the
municipal election in October.
Now with council seats fi lled, the group will begin the
process of applying for a debenture in order to gather the
necessary funds to proceed with the project.
Funding will come from three areasthe Town, the
provincial and federal governments. The provincial government will likely participate to some degree and right now
the federal government is limiting their contribution to recPhoto by Jennifer Paige
reation-type infrastructure to the Gas Tax, explained Orr.
According to Orr, the federal government has told
Young and old enjoyed a horse drawn wagon ride through the hoarfrost covered
municipalities throughout the country that the new Build
streets of downtown Minnedosa last Saturday as the Chamber of Commerce hosted
Canada grants do not have funds allotted for recreational
its annual Santa Day. See more on Page 11.
infrastructure but the gas tax has been made available for
these projects.
In previous years the Gas Tax has been placed toward street and road projects. Last year, Minnedosas Gas
Tax totaled approximately $135,000.
By JENNIFER PAIGE
At approximately 7
occupant was able to exit damage in the back end
Minnedosa Town Council will be proceeding with
p.m., fire crews arrived on the structure on his own, as well as heat and smoke
applying for the debenture through the proper chanstructural fi re in the the scene to fi nd the rear commented Minnedosa damage to the rest of the
nels, with notices posted in upcoming editions of The
Poplar Park Trailer end of a mobile home en- Fire Chief, Dallas Bryka- structure.
Minnedosa Tribune as well as holding a required publiuk.
Crews were able to
lic hearing, which has been tentatively scheduled for Court called Minnedosas gulfed in flames.
volunteer firefighters into
The fi re was conThe fi re did not result control the blaze within 40
January 27th.
action on the evening of tained to the back end of in any injuries but the trail- minutes and the cause has
Saturday, December 6th.
the trailer and the single er did sustain significant not been disclosed.
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