Immunization Month Observance Planned in Manitoba
Manitoba to mark Immunization Action Month in November encouraging parents to vaccinate children against communicable diseases. Health Minister Bud Sherman notes growing awareness and free vaccination through the Department of Health and local providers. Schedule covers DPT Sabin measles mumps rubella and boosters with ages from two months to fourteen to sixteen years and reminders for wound care.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bud Sherman
Sherman
Department of Health
City of Winnipeg
Immunization Month Acknowledges Booster Shots in Canada
Dr John Eadie acting provincial epidemiologist prepares to administer booster shot to Kevin Buckner five months old of Winnipeg. The observance of Immunization Action Month in November stresses immunization against communicable diseases and following recommended booster schedules.
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John Eadie
Kevin Buckner
Winnipeg
Canada
Mercier Rejects Federal RCMP Contract Proposal
Manitoba Attorney General Gerry Mercier rejects a federal plan to shift RCMP policing costs, warning the provincial share would rise from about $15 million to over $26 million, with municipal costs also climbing. He vows strong negotiation to renew provincial municipal RCMP contracts on reasonable terms.
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Mercier
RCMP
Winnipeg
Gerry Mercier
R.C.M.P
Manitoba
Robert Kaplan
Dauphin
Flin Flon
Portage la Prairie
Selkirk
Pas
Thompson
Community Halloween Safety Appeal From Police
The police urge parents teachers and the community to ensure children are visible with reflectorized costumes and masks with clear eye openings. Emphasizing safe highway behavior and parental supervision the notice warns vandalism costs and potential criminal charges for offenders.
Weed Fair Dates Set Across Manitoba in 1981
The Manitoba Weed Fair will run January 30 31 at the Keystone Centre Brandon and February 3 4 at Winnipeg Convention Centre. Organizers anticipate over 7000 attendees with exhibitors from Manitoba Agriculture University of Manitoba and provincial weed supervisors. The event offers crop management guidance herbicides pesticides fertilizers and equipment demonstrations including metric unit training as the pesticide industry switches to metric on January 1 1981.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Keystone Centre
Brandon
Winnipeg Convention Centre
Dave Donaghy
Manitoba Agriculture
The
University of Manitoba
Provincial
Donaghy
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