Grant boosts public Internet access in Manitoba libraries
Manitoba libraries in 46 communities will gain expanded Internet access via a 1.109 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with Microsoft Canada donating 312 thousand dollars in software to recipient libraries. The effort targets libraries serving high-poverty areas to narrow the digital divide.
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Manitoba
Canada
National Council of Welfare
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
William H. Gates Sr
Patty Stonesifer
Seattle
Global Fund For Children
Bill and Melinda Gates
Mixed community reaction to Trevor McKenzie case sentence
Manitoba readers and editors share mixed views on a youth manslaughter sentence that uses community service, curfew, and house arrest. Some urge jail and licence suspension while others call for rehabilitation and more case details before comment.
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Thompson
Manitoba
Wayne Biccum
The
Wakaw Recorder
Frank Wilson
Watrous Manitou
Trevor
Ben Kroeker
Deloraine Times
Star
Greg Nesbitt
Shoal Lake Star
Jack Gibson
Neepawa Press
Bob Harvey
Opasquia Times
Jamie Gibson
Grenfell Sun
Eleanor Dahman
Don Radford
Morden Pembina Times
Ontario
Fred McGuinness
Brandon
Manitobans urged to verify charity solicitations in Winnipeg
Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Ron Lemieux cautioned Manitobans to confirm charity authorization with the Consumers' Bureau or Winnipeg authorities before donating. The warning followed reports that the Garden of Missing Children Society solicits door to door in Winnipeg without approval. it is authorized in Brandon until March 2000.
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Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Ron Lemieux
Consumers’ Bureau
Winnipeg
Garden of Missing Children Society
Brandon
Ciety
Lemieux
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