National breast cancer screening program reaches Manitoba
Manitoba joins Canada wide effort with a Winnipeg screening centre opening mid June at 700 Bannatyne Ave to test women aged 40 to 59. Dr. David Bowman will lead the Winnipeg unit as part of a national drive to screen 90 000 women annually and teach self checks.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Bannatyne Ave
National Cancer Institute of Canada
Federal
Department of Health and Welfare
Manitoba Health Services Commission
Canadian Cancer Society
East Kildonan Lions Club
David Bowman
Manitoba Cancer Foundation
University of Manitoba
A. B. Miller
National Cancer Institute
Bowman
Manitoba Announces 5 Million Hog Stabilization Fund
Manitoba government pledges up to 5 million dollars to create a two year hog producer income insurance plan for market hogs and weanlings. Participation is voluntary with producer premiums and a five member management committee. A loan guarantee of up to 5 million may be offered if deficits arise.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Jim Downey
Downey
Manitoba Hog Producers Marketing Board
Brandon
Ottawa
Festival of Faith 1981 gathers faiths in Hamiota church
The Hamiota United Church hosted the 1981 Festival of Faith with Anglican and Pentecostal cooperation on April 13. Eighty six attendees heard speeches by Rev. House, Rev. Beck, and Rev. Lynas on themes including Twenty years of saying No and The Search.
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Hamiota
Hamiota United Church
House
Anglican Church
Beck
Pentecostal Church
Lynas
Gerry Hedley
Carol Knight
Kenton United Church Choir
Jean) Embury
Chumah Hall
Lions Foundation creates trust for Costa family child aid
Lion John Sinclair announces a special trust fund by Lions Foundation of District 5M Canada to aid Carlos Costa, an eight year old Winnipeg boy with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. donations to Lions Foundation of Manitoba and North Western Ontario, Carlos Costa Trust Fund, Box 1977, Winnipeg, or at any Royal Bank of Canada branch. Receipts issued.
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Winnipeg
Lions Foundation of
Carlos
Hamburg
West Germany
Manitoba
North Western
Ontario
Carlos Costa Trust Fund
Royal Bank of Canada
Depths along Amazon River reveal bed well below sea level
Snippets report more than ten sites along a 500 mile stretch of the Amazon River showing depths of 300 feet or more, indicating the river bed lies far below sea level. Separately, notes mention the 1793 French calendar reform adding extra days and the United States remaining non metric among industrial nations.
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Amazon River
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Festival of Faith
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Crandall
Bradwardine
Isabella
Solsgirth
Rossburn
Rapid City
Newdale
Binscarth
Kenton
Lenore
Arrow River
Shoal Lake
Vista
Harding
Foxwarren
Pope
United States
Norm
Music Service
Norm Andrew
Man
Murray’s Electric
Killarney
Erin Park
Shell
Shell ‘Roteliat
Shell Canada Limited
McCallum Services Limited
Oak River
McMaynes
Decker, Man
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