Funeral honors for fallen soldier Christopher Holopina
A Roblin funeral procession honors Sapper Christopher Holopina with full military rites. Ninety nine personnel march with pipe and drum as a Howitzer casket is flown over and a Dash 8 circles above. His mother Gloria is named among those urged to remember his sacrifice and community service.
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Christopher Holopina
Roblin
Holopina
Kevin MacLeod
Shell Valley
Sapper Holopina
St. Claude
APV
Community Tabs Drive Wheelchair Fund Raiser
A reader describes starting a drive to collect drink tabs for wheelchairs after a rumor. Church groups join in collecting tabs, extending to the whole community and inspiring Ed Doering to publish the story. The writer says the article changed their life.
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Ed Doering
Community rally drives 150 pounds of pull tabs for wheelchair
The author thanks callers and passersby for support as they pursue a goal of 1 500 pounds of pull tabs to fund a wheelchair. They note prices from 1 000 to 1 500 dollars and appeal for continued help from local supporters and a scrap dealer.
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Shaun
Woman Receives Justice In Domestic Violence Case
In Selkirk a mother reports her son’s extreme violence against his wife. Police prosecute. the abused wife initially hesitates to testify. The aggressor will spend one year in jail plus three years supervision and treatment.
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Stonewall Argus
Selkirk
Community fundraisers rally for ill children and families
The piece highlights a two day benefit barbecue at a local mall where Safeway staff shaved heads raising about 250 per head. Sixty four donors carried the head shaving, with 24 men and one woman bald under BHD Bad Hair Day caps. Funds top $20,000 toward Danielle’s hospital pharmacy. Other drives include Sarrah Kirby’s heart surgery costs and Natalie Foidart’s chemotherapy. The Pas Correc tional Institute leads Breanne Hanson Memorial Bike Ride raising about $20,000 for leukemia relief with editorial praise from the Opasquia Times.
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Danielle
Safeway
Kiwanians
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Arborg
Interlake Spectator
Sarrah Kirby
Medicare
Breanne Hanson
Breanne
Pas Correctional Institute
Opasquia Times
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