First human West Nile virus case identified in Manitoba
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health reports the first human West Nile virus cases for 2008 in Manitoba. A man in his 50s from the Winnipeg area is affected. Mosquito samples from Brandon, Killarney and other communities test positive for West Nile virus, with higher counts in the Assiniboine health region. No adult mosquito control orders yet. peak risk historically late July to early August.
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Selkirk
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Legacy Run Chooses 5K and 12K Routes for Grandview
The Grandview Community Foundation hosted a Legacy Run on July 19 to raise awareness of the foundation. Participants joined a 5K walk, a 5K run, and a 12K run, with about 40 percent being former Grandview residents. Organizers aim to repeat the event during the Old Tyme Picnic in future years.
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Grandview Community Foundation
Grandview
Delmar's Hardware joins RONA in Melita grand re opening
A July 31 ceremony at Delmar's Hardware in Melita celebrated joining the RONA family with a board cutting and expanded product line. The event aims to draw customers to the Melita store under the new partnership. Nearby, about 600 residents gathered in Virden to demand changes after Virden hospital ended emergency services. Local leaders doctors nurses and patients shared concerns at a three hour session organized by Arthur Virden MLA Larry Maguire.
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Delmar’s Hardware
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Neepawa Banner
Westman
Virden Legion Hall
Virden Hospital
Regional Health Authority
Arthur Virden
Larry Maguire
Elevator reopens as Upper Lakes enters Prairie markets
Mission Terminal Inc a unit of Upper Lakes Grain Group has bought the community grain elevator and reopened the facility marking the company s first Prairie province venture. CEO Adrian Measner says the move aims to offer local producers a competitive alternative marketing system for their grains and to meet growers in the region.
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Mission Terminal Inc
Upper Lakes Grain Group
Prairie Provinces
Adrian Measner
Canadian Wheat Board
Workshop for Women Led by Greenline Equipment Expert
A group of local farm women joined a workshop on safe operation of farm equipment presented by Anthony Chwaluk of Greenline Equipment. One participant said she learned more in the session than in eight years on the farm.
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Russell Banner
Anthony Chwaluk
Greenline Equipment
Vandals strike Birchwood Cemetery in Swan Valley
Swan River RCMP responded to mischief at Birchwood Cemetery where about 27 headstones were overturned. The incident cost taxpayers an estimated 200 to 300 dollars as town crews cleaned up. RCMP urged anyone with information to call or Crime Stoppers.
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Swan Valley
Oswald visits Parkland RHA recruits Filipino nurses
Health minister Theresa Oswald announced Dauphin RHA will join an international recruitment drive in the Philippines during her August visit with MLA Stan Struthers. The plan aims to hire new nurses, potentially arriving as early as next spring.
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Dauphin Herald
Parkland
RHA
Theresa Oswald
Stan Struthers
Oswald
Dauphin
Philippines
PRHA
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