Normandy pilgrim veterans recall D-Day trip reflections
Tom Plumb leads Royal Winnipeg Rifles veterans on a Normandy memorial journey marking the 45th anniversary of D-Day. The group visits Beny-sur-Mer and Caen, attends ceremonies for Ontario soldiers, and sees sites at Juno Beach and Dieppe amid remembrances of heavy losses and wartime actions.
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Regina Rifle Regiment
7Th Brigade
6Th Armoured Regiment
1St
Hussars
Cameron Highlanders
Ottawa
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Courseuelles Harbour
Normandy
Beny-sur-Mer
Courseulles-sur-Mer
Ontario
St. George's Chapel
Chateau de Caen
Normancy
Tom Plumb
Binscorth
Inverness
Scotland
D—Day
Battle of
London
Heathrow
England
Stonehedge
Salisbury
Brighton
Sussex
New Haven
Dieppe
Capa
Bayéaux
D-Day
Caen
Juno” Beach
Bretteville-sur-Laize
Canadian War Cemetery
Mensil-Patry
Queens Own Rifles of Canada
1St Hussars of Canada
le Messil-Patry
Minister of Veterans Affairs For Canada
Halle Des Granges
Rue de Carel
Putot-en-Bessin
RWR
Chateau d’Audieu
3Rd
R.C.A
Cameron Highlanders of
6Th Field ‘Company
Royal Canadian Engineers
Manitoba Drug Formulary Cuts Prescription Costs
Manitoba introduces a new drug standards formulary effective July 1 1989 to lower costs by nearly 400 000 for prescriptions. Pharmacists must dispense the lowest priced equivalent unless the prescriber writes a specific form. Manitobans are expected to save over 6 9 million in drug costs in six months. Copies available from Queen's Printer and Manitoba Drug Standards office for 5 each.
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Zun
Manitoba
Winnipeg
The
Manitoba Drug Standards and Therapeutics Committee
Empress Street
RSC
NDP Pushes for Churchill Port Bumper Year Shipping
The NDP welcomes a Canadian Wheat Board hint that Port of Churchill will ship this year but urges a firm federal and Wheat Board commitment to allocate a fair share of Canada’s grain exports through Churchill. Jay Cowan cites 3 percent as the target, noting 2000 carloads of barley in August fall short of needs for profitability and stressing ongoing grassroots pressure in the Prairie provinces.
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New Democratic Party
Canadian Wheat Board
Churchill
Canada
Jay Cowan
NDP
Churchil
Cowan
Prairie Provinces
Wheat Board
Wir
Ottawa
Tts
Manitoba Ag grads of 1949 reunion marked 40 years
The 1949 University of Manitoba agriculture graduates known as the 49ers held a three day 40th anniversary reunion at Gulf Harbour Lodge Hecla Island drawing 160 attendees. The group included veterans who pursued masters and PhDs and produced many professionals in education government and farming. distinctive early postwar impact noted by organizers with guests from 1948 and 1959 classes.
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Kurt Meyer
Royal Canadian Regiment
Free French Underground
France
RCA
Carpiquet
Paris
Eiffel Tower
London
Vimy Memorial
Tom
University of Manitoba
Aggie” Grads
Gulf Harbour Lodge
Manitoba
Hecla Island
Jim Lapka
Russell
Route Changes and School Board Actions At RCI
The RCI grade 9 students will join a Track and Field event. A motion to make I A H Ec compulsory for grade 9 passed. Staffing actions were approved. Brenda Leslie and Jerry MacNeil from MAST will meet the Board before Aug 21. The Inglis Citizens praised added staff. Ditch drainage bids for Major Pratt will be sought with tenders due July 19. Next meeting July 31 at 8 PM. public welcome.
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RCI
Liske
Drul
Elphinstone
Rassburn
Brenda Leslie
Jerry MacNeil
MAST
Inglis
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Juno Beach
Ag Grads
Russell-Binscarth
Pelly Avenue
Province of
Russell-Binscorth
Province
Insearth
Binsearth
Rec
Thacker Street
Binscarth
G.W. Brad