E-911 Proves Effective For Hamiota Ambulance Service
The Hamiota Ambulance Service along with Police and Fire Departments have used Emergency 911 since Oct 23. The FleetNet radios offer better communication than pager radios. Dispatch transfers call details to Health Centre and can mobilize additional agencies. Growing pains are expected but the system will enhance emergency responses.
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Hamiota
FleetNet
Bou
Brandon
Ional
Mergency 911 Centre
Blanshard joins 911 emergency system in Manitoba
Rural Municipality of Blanshard and nearby areas join the province wide 911 service. The move, effective Oct 30, means residents no longer need seven digit numbers as calls auto forward to Brandon call centre. Service operates 24 7 365 with nearest responders dispatched. Miniota and Woodworth also expected to join on Nov 13.
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Wanda Strachan
Blanshard
R.M
Hamiota
Brandon
Miniota
Woodworth
Birdtail River School Division hires staff and sets meetings
The board approved two new hires Jodi Needham at Birtle Collegiate and Corinne Ladder at Birtle Elementary, with start dates Oct 7 and Nov 3 respectively. Connie Zimmer takes maternity leave January 5 to June 30 1998. Trustee Chris Yuen for Ward 6 joins November 1997 to October 1998. An adhoc committee for the Board Administrators Workshop includes R Earl A Bray K Bohm M Canam R Van Den Bussche. A substitute list addition is approved along with Policy EEFF. The next BRSD board meeting is November 4 at 7 30 p.m. at Crandall.
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Birdtail River
Jodi Needham
Birtle Collegiate Institute
Corinne Ladder
Birtle Elementary
Connie Zimmer
Birtle Elementary School
Donna Cyrenne
Chris Yuen
R. Earl
A. Bray
K. Bohm
M. Canam
R. van den
BRSD
Crandall
Reader tips and contact numbers for tips and ideas
The newspaper invites reader tips for breaking news or feature ideas and provides office hours plus direct lines for Greg with daytime and evening numbers and a weekend mobile line. The contact details list 759-2644 during the day 759-2447 evenings 773-4277 after hours.
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Greg
Cellular
BU student teachers keep serving rural Manitoba schools
Brandon University dean of education Ron Common states BU education students number 400 this year teaching in rural and northern Manitoba, outpacing the University of Manitoba’s former rural assignments tenfold. He disputes NDP critic Jean Friesen’s claim that rural standards will fall due to U of M’s policy shift.
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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Perimeter Highway
Ron Common
Brandon University
Manitoba
U of M
Common
Dition
Jean Friesen
Ndp-Wolseley
J. Friesen
Friesen
Linda McIntosh
Brandon
Mr. Common
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