Roblin 1923 boasts busy business town with many institutions
The Roblin Review from September 27, 1923 highlights Roblin as a thriving northern Manitoba town with numerous general stores offices banks doctors and trades. It notes the Consolidated School as world’s largest consolidated school area with 18 vans bringing children and a 24 piece Roblin Brass Band founded in 1919.
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Shell River
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Roblin Review
Roblin
Manitoba
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Yorkton
MacNutt
WHIP brings health info to communities via libraries
Two librarians in Yarmouth Nova Scotia Trudy Amirault and Jackie MacDonald launched WHIP Western Health Information Project after a surge in health queries. The program uses Community Access computers local library branches and a WHIP website to provide a wellness directory full-text health articles and links to health sources. In year one 94 percent of users found what they wanted and 75 percent said it was easy to understand.
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Trudy
Jackie Story
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Trudy Amirault
Western Counties Public Library
Jackie MacDonald
Western Regional Health Board
Western Health Information Project
Infotrac Health Reference Centre
Amirault-MacDonald
Manitoba
Health Canada
Steinbach
Carillon
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