Registered Aberdeens
The Canadian Aberdeen Association reports a seventh straight year of increased registrations.
In a year-end report, Doug Fee, general manager of the association, said Aberdeen Angus were up three percent to an all-time high of 33,338 animals.
As well, the association reported pedigree and performance information on an additional 9,253 animals.
Transfers of Angus animals were up by more than 18 percent to 16,567, which Fee said shows that commercial buyers are placing more importance on the registrations and asking for the registration papers at the time of sale.
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The association also reports more than 600 new memberships for 1996, bringing its total to 3,000.
Fishing rules change
Manitoba has adjusted its rules for anglers in the 1997 fishing season. The licence fee is $15, up from $12.50, and now includes GST. A conservation resident licence is now $9, up from $7.50.
Manitoba anglers over 65 years old will now require a fishing licence. The non-resident licence fee is now $40, up from $32.50. The non-resident conservation licence is $22, up from $17.50.
Other regulation changes require the release of all catfish over 64 centimetres, and effective in the winter of 1998, the removal of ice fishing shacks from the Red River by March 15.
CN head honored
Paul Tellier, president and chief executive officer of CN Rail, has been named Railroader of the Yyear by Railway Age magazine.
The New York-based magazine is considered a leading industry trade journal.
The magazine’s publisher Robert DeMarco said in a press release the award recognizes Tellier’s “extraordinary leadership in guiding Canadian National into the private sector and positioning it for renewal and growth.”
The federal government privatized CN Rail in November 1995.
Tellier is expected to receive his award at a meeting at the Western Railway Club in Chicago March 18.
