Wake up call to Manitoba tragedies across roads and waters
A Manitoba week records multiple drownings and crashes. Four boaters lose life near Garden Hill and Pelican Rapids. another man presumed drowned on Lake Winnipeg. Road crashes claim elderly women and teens amid red lights and speed. A 16-year-old dies after a car rollover. alcohol and seat belt issues cited. A Winnipeg pedestrian near a crash survives. The piece urges life jacket and seat belt use as a collective wake up call.
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AMM debates funding shifts for rural veterinary boards
Manitoba AMM plans a resolution next week to seek more funding for rural veterinary boards noting stagnant funding since 1989 while costs rose. The piece traces the program to late 1960s and 70s, its sunsetting debate, and proposals to reallocate dollars to infrastructure and per capita funding for municipalities.
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