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OPPORTUNITY TO BE YOUR OWN BOSS! 2 The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, January 19, 2017 RM of Woodlands council sells off pasture land to Topigs Progress continues on swine research facility in the RM By Natasha Tersigni site, as remote as we could, for bios- After months of closed-door nego- ecurity purposes,” said Mah. tiations, the RM of Woodlands coun- Last summer, Topigs was in discus- cil has accepted an offer from Topigs sions with a Woodlands resident to Norsvin Canada to purchase 80 acres purchase land in the RM, but due to of land on the northeast side of the a number of public concerns, Topigs Woodlands Community Pasture for cancelled that land purchase and be- Topigs to build their new Delta II Re- gan looking at other options. search facility. “The community pasture land does At their Jan. 10 meeting, council ap- provide us the fi ve-kilometre buffer TRIBUNE PHOTO SUBMITTED proved the 80-acre land sale to Topigs zone we were looking for, and the area The conceptual building design for Topigs Norsvin Canada Delta II for $500 per acre for a total of $40,000. around it is very sparsely populated. research facility to be built on the northeast side of the Woodlands Council members told The shelter belt we community pasture. the Tribune that the will keep around land was valued by the land and it will a property appraisal provide a signifi - company based on “IT CERTAINLY cant buffer for any current market values. noise or potential Money from the land ISN’T A PRACTICE smells from the ma- sale will be put into nure storage shed.” the RM’s economic WE WANT TO GET During his presen- development reserve INTO ... BUT THIS IS tation, Mah spoke fund, with the hopes to in depth about the use the money in the CERTAINLY A GOOD facility and the eco- future to purchase the FIT AND A GREAT nomic impact it will community pasture have in the com- land that is currently OPPORTUNITY FOR munity. The facility owned by the federal itself will be home and provincial govern- THE COMMUNITY.” to cutting-edge re- ments. search where em- The land sale is sub- ployees will collect ject to Topigs entering into a condi- data related to two of Topigs top four tional use agreement with council boar breeds in order to develop supe- and having all the provincial require- rior genes. The only other facility that ments met. During the conditional the company owns similar to this one TRIBUNE PHOTO BY NATASHA TERSIGNI use agreement process, a public hear- is in Norway. Topigs project consultant Peter Mah, left, attended the Jan. 10 RM of ing must be held and that will be an The cost to build the facility is pro- Woodlands council meeting. Planning consultant Bill Sawka, right, has opportunity for residents to raise any jected at $10 million, and the building been contracted by the RM for input on this project. He recommended concerns they may have regarding the will bring in an estimated $10,000 an- that the pasture land be sold as it would be a suitable site for Topigs facility. Before the offer to purchase nually in municipal and school taxes. proposed research facility project. resolution was called to question at The research facility will create 15 the council meeting on Jan. 10, Topigs jobs in Manitoba, including 10 onsite good fi t and great opportunity for the project consultant Perter Mah ap- jobs in the RM. diligence here, and the time has gone community.” peared as a delegation and spoke to Reeve Trevor King is excited about into ensuring all concerns have been Council and RM offi cials will work council. the opportunity to work with Topigs addressed,” said King, who spoke on closely with Topigs to continue prog- “We felt for various reasons that the and to have the state-of-the-art re- the issue of setting the precedent of ress on the project, including the con- community pasture site was the best search facility in the community. selling community pasture land. ditional use agreement that must be site for the community. We looked “We have spent a lot of time back “It certainly isn’t a practice we want entered into by both parties before long and hard at the community pas- and forth in negotiations of this land to get into, selling off our community construction can begin. ture as we wanted to fi nd a remote and we feel we have done our due pasture land. But this is certainly a What are you saving for? Inview Insurance Services Discover your path 344 Main St | Stonewall to financial security. 204-467-8927 Let’s talk. www.cooperators.ca/Inview-Insurance-Services Home Life Investments Group Business Farm Travel Not all products available in all provinces. Versatile Portfolios Navigator™ is offered by, and is a registered trademark of, Co-operators Life Insurance Company. Versatile Portfolios Navigator™ provides guaranteed benefits which are payable on death or maturity. No guarantee is provided on surrender or partial withdrawal in respect of Units acquired in the Segregated Funds. The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, January 19, 2017 3 New shop in the works for TRIBUNE PHOTO BY NATASHA TERSIGNI Construction has begun on the RM of Woodlands public works shop expansion located just off of Highway 6. The project, budgeted at $1,275,000, was awarded to Nodaco Building Solutions Inc. The new building will be Woodlands attached to the existing shop and includes four vehicle bays, one wash bay, offi ce space, a lunch room and has room for future growth to meet the RM’s needs. The completion date is set for April 2017, but because of December’s snowfall and January’s extremely cold temperatures, delays are expected. St. Laurent customers left without power during blizzard By Jeff Ward According to Powell, a power imbalance in some More than 700 Manitoba Hydro customers in of the sub-station equipment caused the outages St. Laurent were left without power last Thurs- and no major damage occurred. Powell said that day when a blizzard blew its way through south- response time was impeded by nearly zero vis- ern Manitoba, bringing with it strong northwest ibility during a wind storm that kicked up snow winds gusting up to 90 km/h and extreme cold. that ended up causing closures on most Mani- A fast-moving cold front swept across the toba highways. province, making travel hazardous as visibility “We were actually pleased with the response neared zero in some spots. Numerous highways time considering the conditions,” said Powell. were closed as a result, including Highway 6, “Before we’re able to restore power, we have to parts of the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 59, diagnose the issue, and in conditions like we saw and Highway 75 to the U.S.