Community Rallies for Local EMS Paramedic with Leukemia
Rivers residents organize a June 6 benefit barbecue for John Klassen, longtime Riverdale Health Centre supervisor battling acute lymphocytic leukemia. The event raises over 7200 to cover travel and living costs as his family seeks aggressive treatment in Winnipeg for three more months.
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Canadian Cancer Society
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Winnipeg
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Lions Manor
Lions Club
Rivers Ems
YouTube
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Brittany MacDonald
Health Centre
Michael Jackson
Tanis Coulson
Jodi Wilson
Weston Bakery
Deerborne Colony
Rivers Bigway Foods
Brett
Fifth Avenue
Rolling Dale Enterprises
Bryce
Veteran Nick Kamula Receives Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
At the 13th annual veterans banquet in Brandon on June 7, Nick Kamula, a longtime Legion member and former Brockville Rifles enlistee, was surprised with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal presented by John Villers. Kamula, 91 in October, served in Jamaica 1943 46 and had a 40 year CN career before leadership roles in the Legion.
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Rivers
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Joan) Wright
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Jean) Young
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Omar) Champigny
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