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THE president of the Plum Coulee Chamber of Commerce applauds an aid organization for reversing its decision to close its southern Manitoba warehouse and move operations to Winnipeg.
THE president of the Plum Coulee Chamber of Commerce applauds an aid organization for reversing its decision to close its southern Manitoba warehouse and move operations to Winnipeg.
Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba recently said it will remain at its warehouse and shipping facility in the town, after announcing in January that the facility would close on June 30. It would have been a big loss to our area, said chamber president Moire Porte, a retired school division employee.
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Darryl and Shirley Peters developed plans to build a 7,500-sq.-ft. private, non-profit medical clinic, including a maternity wing.
Instead of creating once-in-lifetime experiences for international tourists, former Winnipeggers living in Tanzania are using their pandemic downtime to employ dozens of their neighbours to build a much-needed medical clinic.
Instead of creating once-in-lifetime experiences for international tourists, former Winnipeggers living in Tanzania are using their pandemic downtime to employ dozens of their neighbours to build a much-needed medical clinic. People in our community really, really need work because there’s no tourism in the area, said Shirley Peters, who owns Dashir Lodge and Safari with her husband, Darryl.
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Manitoba Mennonites ancestors benefited from immunizations 200 years ago
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Archivist Conrad Stoesz holds a microfiche with a list of Mennonites inoculated against smallpox 200 years ago.
For a Winnipeg archivist, a bold move by an 18th-century Russian empress makes a strong case for people to get vaccinated during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
For a Winnipeg archivist, a bold move by an 18th-century Russian empress makes a strong case for people to get vaccinated during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Conrad Stoesz was reading about the efforts of Catherine the Great of Russia to protect her country against smallpox when he realized her connection to 200-year-old immunization records of Mennonite children held at Mennonite Heritage Archives at Canadian Mennonite University.
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STEINBACH pastor Kyle Penner doesn’t plan to preach a sermon that promotes the benefits of vaccination before the community’s hockey coaches, business owners or piano teachers weigh in.
STEINBACH pastor Kyle Penner doesn’t plan to preach a sermon that promotes the benefits of vaccination before the community’s hockey coaches, business owners or piano teachers weigh in.
Not because he is opposed to being vaccinated for COVID-19, (at age 37 he doesn’t yet qualify), but because he believes people who are hesitant about the vaccines will listen to people in their inner circles.