Rivers area profile: Gordon Allen profile feature
Gordon Allen born June 11 1943 is a Rivers area resident and former cemetery caretaker retired farmer and former Chapman Museum partner. He began as a labourer on PFRA dam construction and has lived in Rivers all his life while collecting toys and volunteering locally.
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Gordon Allen
Roseville
Harrow School
Chapman Museum
PFRA
Rivers
Little
Saskatchewan
Celtic
Montreal Canadiens
Julia Roberts
On This Day March 23 Historical Milestones
Key events on March 23 include Lewis and Clark reaching the Pacific in 1806 and starting their return, the first photograph of the moon in 1840, the Wright brothers patent in 1903, and Evel Knievel’s 93 bones broken after a 35 car jump in 1972. Wayne Gretzky’s 802nd goal in 1994 and Titanic’s 11 Oscars in 1998 also mark notable anniversaries.
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Lewis and Clark
Pacific
Wright Brothers
Irish Rovers
Calgary
Shel Silverstein
Evel Knievel
Wayne Gretzky
Gordie Howe
TB Persists in Canadas North Amid Funding Gaps
Connie Lebeau of Victoria urges action as World TB Day highlights the disease in northern communities. She notes 2016 deaths and warns that declining funding for research risks drug resistant strains, calling for UN engagement and Canada’s leadership.
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United Nations
Canada
Sustainable Watersheds Act aims to protect Manitoba wetlands
World Water Day highlights Manitoba move to preserve wetlands with the Sustainable Watersheds Act. Ducks Unlimited Canada and others assist in crafting drainage rules to curb loss of wetlands, now reduced by up to 90 percent in parts of the province. Funding, a Conservation Trust, and green initiatives offer hope for flood control and water quality. Letters to the Rivers Banner welcome reader input.
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Manitoba
United Nations
Rick Andrews
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
World TB Day calls out persistent global killer
Nathaniel Poole of Victoria B C warns that tuberculosis now eclipses HIV and malaria as the top killer. He cites funding declines, antibiotic resistance, and TB’s persistence in Indigenous communities as a moral and public health failure demanding federal action at home and abroad.
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Canada
Nathaniel Poole
Victoria
B.C
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Wil Warkentin
PVM Avd Processors Ltd
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