Farmers Earned Thankful Prayer Featured In Funeral Service
In a rural Manitoba reflection Rev. Mark Satterly gave thanks for farmers during a table grace after a funeral service. The speaker, a farm boy and rural church pastor, urged including gratitude for farmers in every grace, noting their work and weather-driven challenges.
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Mark Satterly
Eepawa United Church
Beore
Satterly
God
Homer Simpson
Assiniboine River
Shellmouth
Brandon
Grand Valley Road
Manitoba
Planting trees in memory of Homer Gill
A community remembers Homer Gill, educator and former mayor, by planting trees in his honor. The author moved to fulfill a pledge to plant three ditch pines in damp soil, continuing Homer’s legacy as a planter of trees and a trusted figure in town.
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Homer Gill
Homer
Neepawa
Tme
Swan Valley celebrates 60 years of marriage and community events
A Swan Valley week of joy features a 60th anniversary for a couple, a thriving arts festival with young participants earning trophies, and the Swan Valley Community Band marking 20 years of musical service with thanks to the director. The message urges daily gratitude and encouragement.
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Swan Valley
Cele
David
Two tiered tired health care and emergency services debate
Manitoba legislators and local officials clash over health care costs and ER access in rural towns. MLA Myrna Driedger questions two tier care as rural ERs close and ambulances pick up cost burden, while Wayne Chacun explains 911 use and ambulance routing to Brandon and cost differences.
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Speaker
NDP
Virden
Anne Davison
Virden Empire Advance
Wayne Chacun
Virden Health Services
Chacun
Brandon
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