Pharmacy dispensing fee rise approved by minister
Health Minister Larry Desjardins announced a government and Manitoba Society of Pharmacists agreement to raise the prescription dispensing fee by about one percent. Effective August 1 1986 pharmacies may charge up to 5.25 dollars. Specialty extemporaneous prescriptions get 5.25 dollars for the first 15 minutes and 8.50 dollars for each additional 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Desjardins
Manitoba Society of Professional Pharmacists
Saskads promise low prices for Manitobans
Border town merchants warn that Saskatchewan ads touting no sales tax on clothing and cheap gas lure Manitobans to shop west. Art Kinney reports fear of lost Manitoba sales. Kostyra pledges review while border chambers plan formal response to pressure for tax reform.
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Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
Quinlan
Melita
Flin Flon
Brandon
Dauphin
Kinney
Chambers of Commerce
Russell Chamber Moves Bull for City Expansion
At a July 9 meeting Russell and District Chamber of Commerce voted to relocate the Beet & Barley bulls statue from the Russell Inn lands to land beside Highway 16 owned by the Town of Russell. Inn owners will cover moving costs and base construction.
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Ty Andrea Longusel
The
Beet & Barley Us
Rusens
Russell and District Chamber of Commerce
Highway 16
Russell
Wil
Russell Inn
Kinney
Manitoba
Dauphin
Brandon
Sasatchewa
Branton
Dap
Fin
UGG Forecasts Record Wheat Harvest in Prairies
United Grain Growers projects a record Wheat crop in 1986 as prairie farmers seed more land. Estimates 30 million tonnes could be produced, surpassing the 1982 record of 2 million tonnes.
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Asers
United Grain Growers
UGG
Boundary changes may redraw Russell MP seat in Manitoba
Commission updates Manitoba federal boundaries to 14 districts average population 73 902. Russell sits in Portage Marquette now. Mayer potentially loses seat as boundaries merge Dauphin Swan River with much of Portage Marquette. White welcomes farming expansion. Mayer supports center based districts and travel links. Dauphin Swan River name preference prompts criticism.
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Manitoba
Russell
Portage Marquette
Charlie ‘Mayer
Marquette
Dauphin-Swan River
White
Dauphin
Swan River
Portage-marquerite
Mayer
Carberry
Lisgar
Jack Murta
Dauphin Swan River
Jacques Marquette
Rural doctors shortage hits Rossburn as residents travel for care
Rossburn Manitoba with 973 residents lacks a local physician since July 18 forcing patients to seek treatment in Russell or other nearby towns. Dr George Johnson of MHSC notes rural doctors face lifestyle and on call hours challenges, urging extended temporary work periods and stronger incentives to keep permanent physicians in communities.
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Andrea Long
Rossburn
Rossburn Hospital
John Mitchell
Russell Hospital
Russell
George Johnson
MHSC
Johnson
Manitoba
Canada
Te Loen
Pelly Trail Plans Land Purchase For School Build
Am Long Project and Prairie Partnership with the Pelly Trail School Board determine a five to one hundred ton strip is needed for construction along the south side of the current building. The note continues on page five.
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Prairie Partnership
Pelly Trail School
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Saskads
Russell District Chamber of Commer
Spence Reavie
Saskatchewan
Russell’s Bull
Canamax
Hugh Vallant
Fisheries Branch
Department of Natural Resources
Lake of the Prairies
Swain
Daymon Guillas
Staf
Chamber
Dale Browns
Museum
Guillas
Babe Winkleman
North America
Winkleman
Binscorth
New Marquette
House of Commons
Shortge
Pelly Trail
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