Manitoba Moves To Compulsory Medicare Plan
Manitoba premier Wal ter Weir announced work on a compulsory premium medicare plan after federal health minister John Munro rejected the no premium proposal. The plan would include premiums, a $50 deductible, 20 percent co insurance up to $100 per family yearly, and aim for operation by year end.
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Walter Weir
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Department of Health
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Manitoba Medical Association
Manitoba Medical Services
Manitoba Hospital Commission
Manitoba
Manitoba Medical Service
Mune
Canada
Summer Nearly Over In The Blue Bombers Favor
Reggie's Ramblings notes a layoff suggestion as fans urge drastic action. In a ST. REGIS Beverage Room chat, readers joke about firing the coaching staff and turning control over to sports writers amid the team’s lowly standing.
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Wheat as Livestock Feed Warns of Ground Coarseness
Manitoba experts outline wheat use in beef dairy cattle swine poultry rations with ground coarseness and protein considerations. Beef cattle may reach about 70 percent of the ration with proper start and coarse grinding. dairy up to 50 percent. swine 60 percent in growing rations and 40 percent in finishing. Higher energy in wheat affects fat to lean balance. oats may be added and protein quality matters less for ruminants. Frost damaged oats buckwheat and flax pose nitrate or prussic acid risks. submit frost-damaged roughages to Manitoba university for analysis at $1 per sample, or $5 for full forage and grain analysis.
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Cam Brown
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Invests $25 Million in Elderly Care Facilities
Winnipeg Manitoba reports about 25 million dollars invested statewide in elderly care over ten years, creating 45 facilities with capacity just under 2200 beds and employing plans for four new projects this year. Welfare Minister J B Carroll notes ongoing expansion and shifts in funding responsibility to the province.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
J. B. Carroll
Carroll
Department of Health
Manitoba expands social studies program for more grades and schools
The Manitoba school program science sociales expands in the coming term to include grades three and eleven with full course in grade seven plus geography, and adds several schools and parishes such as St Boniface and St Pierre to the roll bringing total participants to about 4600. Texts are provided by the Manitoba textbook bureau.
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Manitoba
St. Pierre and
St. Jean Baptiste Collegiates
Lorette
St. Lazare
St. George, Ste. Genevieve
Richer, Laurier
St. Leon
St. Vital
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