Manitoba moves to compulsory Medicare plan
Premier Walter Weir announced Manitoba is crafting a compulsory premium Medicare plan after Ottawa rejected the no premium proposal under the Medical Care Act. The plan aims for year end operation, coordinating hospital fees with premiums and involving the Manitoba Medical Insurance Corporation and medical groups.
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Winnipeg
Walter Weir
Weir
Department of Health
Manitoba Medical Insurance Corporation
Manitoba Medical Association
Manitoba Medical Services
Manitoba Hospital Commission
Manitoba
British Columbia
Munro
Canada
Social Studies Program Expands Across Manitoba Schools
Manitoba expands the social studies program sciences sociales in French and English across more grades and schools. Last year 15 schools offered the courses now grades three eleven added and grade seven gains geography. About 4600 students in St Pierre St Boniface and several other communities will take part, with texts supplied by the Manitoba textbook bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
St. Pierre and
St. Jean Baptiste
Lorette
St. Lazare
St. George
Ste. Genevieve
Richer,Laurier
Birdtail River School Division 38 Trustees Meet at Shoal Lake
The Birdtail River School Division No. 38 held a Shoal Lake meeting on August 29 1968 at 8:00 p.m. Trustees Fulton Rapley Selby Randell Lewycky Butcher Hyndman Waddell Falloon and Armitage attended. A committee on insurance was formed with Selby Rapley Fulton Randell and Waddell. Motions approved included adopting August 22 1968 minutes, handling correspondence, assisting Foxwarren Kindergarten, renovations at Hamita Elementary at about 360 dollars, and various route and tender actions including hiring L Gilchrist for Miniota to Birtle, Kyler Drake for Oakner, and R E Beal for Harding. Bills of 2000 dollars to Bills Painting and Decorating and 2000 dollars to Kola Building Movers were approved. Meeting adjourned to September 5 1968 at 8:00 p.m.
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Shoal Lake
Bozard of Trustees
Birdtail River
Fulton
Rapley
Selby
Randell
Lewycky
Butcher
Hyndman
Waddell
Falloon
Foxwarren
Hamiota
Manitoba commits $25 million to elder care expansion
Winnipeg Manitoba reports about $25 million invested in elder care facilities over ten years adding care for 2,558 people. Welfare minister J B Carroll notes expansions include 34 hostels with 1,667 beds and 11 personal care homes with 514 beds, plus four new projects and six more under consideration.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
J. B. Carroll
Age and Opportunity Bureau of
Greater
Carreh
Carroll
Department of Health
Shower Honors Bride Elect Janice Baillie at Oak Lake
A gathering at Mrs. Wm. Cowan’s Oak Lake home honored Janice Baillie, bride elect for Sept. 28. Corsages for the bride and dearest family were given, a contest held, recipes shared, and Miss Ann Leach read the address. Five boys delivered gifts, and Janice invited guests to Griswold. Grandma Mc Bain was serenaded with Birthday. Lunch followed.
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Wm. Cowan
Oak Lake
Janice Baillie
G. Bilton
R. McBain
Roy Crampain
Ann Leach
Richard
Brent Thiry
Janice
Doug
Griswold
McBain
Winnipeg River Flows Up Again After August Rains
The International Lake of the Woods Control Board boosted Winnipeg River outflow due to weekend rains. Flows rose to 25 000 cfs on August 27 and 35 000 cfs on August 30, aiming for about 60 000 cfs by mid September, echoing levels seen in late June and July. Peak had been 70 075 cfs on August 1.
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Winnipeg
Lake of the Woods
International Lake of the Woods Control Board
Manitoba
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Legion
Guelph University
Geoffrey Dyson
Barbara Scott
Legion Clinic
Ottawa
Birdtail River S. D
Special Insurance Committee
Armitage. Cc
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
Province of Manitoba
Strickland
Insurance
Oakner
Department of Labour
Bob Evans
L. Gilchrist
Miniota
Birtle
Kyler Drake
Oakner School
R. E. Beal
Harding
Kola
RED Cross
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
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