Millennium scholarships awarded to two Manitoba students
Ashley Ewasiuk and Phoebe Wurtz won $4000 Millennium scholarships from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation for leadership, academics, and community service. Ewasiuk's school service and Ukrainian dance, and Wurtz’s reading, sports, choir, and colony duties are noted. The program has funded thousands across Canada with renewables up to $16,000 provincially and $20,000 nationally.
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Canada
Ashley Ewasiuk
Elton Collegiate
Phoebe Wurtz
Oak River Colony
Ewasiuk
Troyanda School of
Brandon
Canadian Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Wurtz
Manitoba Canon Envirothon
Manitoba
Norman Riddell
Millenniumscholarships.ca
Volunteer Manitoba offers project planning workshop in Rivers
Volunteer Manitoba will visit Rivers on Monday to present Successful Project Planning, a course designed to help community groups minimize cost overruns and roadblocks. The session runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rivers Ukrainian Hall, with lunch and coffee breaks. Registration: 1-888-922-4545 or www.volunteermanitoba.ca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Manitoba
Ron Hayes
Manitoba
Tracy Douglass
Ron
Rivers Ukrainian Hall
Volunteermanitoba.ca
ACC student wins silver at national Skills Canada event
Kaila MacDonald of Assiniboine Community College earned a silver medal at the Skills Canada National Competition in Calgary after winning gold at the Manitoba provincial contest in Winnipeg. The ACC competitor joined four peers from Manitoba for a two day, 12 hour e commerce website challenge against 10 other provinces. MacDonald, daughter of Alan and Betty Rivers, represented Manitoba in the national event.
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Skills Canada
Assiniboine Community College
ACC
Brandon
Calgary
Kaila MacDonald
MacDonald
Red River College
Princess
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Skillscanada. Mb.ca
Skillscanada.com
Alan and
Betty
Rivers
Girl Guides hold regional gathering in Rivers Manitoba
About 350 Girl Guides from five age groups visited Rivers on Friday May 23. Hosted by Assiniboine Region, the event drew participants from La Salle and local groups with 40 girls arriving from the area. They camped at Lake Wahtopanah and attended activities at Zion Pentecostal, Rivers United, and Rivers Collegiate. Guides of Canada will mark its 100th anniversary in 2010.
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Jessie Bell
Rivers
Assiniboine
Girl Guide Organization
la Salle
Lake Wahtopanah
Zion Pentecostal
Rivers United Churches
Rivers Collegiate
Rivers Fair Grounds
Girl Guides of Canada
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By Steve Cannons
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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