Rivers Fire Level 1
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- Published on Thursday, May 7, 2015
By Richard Brown
Instructor
On Feb. 4, 2015 members of South Central Mutual Aid District, including members of Rivers-Daly Fire Department, began taking Level 1 firefighting. This course is more than 200 hours so it takes up a lot of time and a lot of dedication for these members who are all doing it for their communities. The course took place in Rivers fire hall as well as some practical training at Manitoba Emergency Service College training site.
Neepawa Town Council approves new budget
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- Published on Thursday, May 7, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The Town of Neepawa has approved its new budget. On Tuesday, May. 5, Council gave second and third reading to the document, which allocates $6,718,130.27 to the general operating fund and $3,078,319.65 to the utility operating fund.
Du Plooy named 'Physician of the year"
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- Published on Monday, May 4, 2015
Submitted Article
Prairie Mountain Health
Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) congratulates Dr. Johan du Plooy, of Brandon’s Western Manitoba Cancer Centre, who was recently named as the Physician of the Year by Doctors Manitoba.
May is Tree Month
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- Published on Sunday, May 3, 2015
By Donna Morken
After recognizing the need for future tree growth within the municipality, Rivers & Area Community Foundation (RACF) applied to Tree Canada for the CN spruce seedling program in August 2014. Tree Canada offers a program with different sponsors for seedlings and since the community was founded because of the railway, it seemed like a logical connection. The local Millennium Park is a reclaimed CN gravel pit and works very well for this type of program.
Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary - Apr. 30
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- Published on Saturday, May 2, 2015
By Lisa Smith
Publicity
The regular monthly meeting of Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary was held April 6 in Rivers Legion upper hall; 21 members attended. Reports and minutes were read and adopted. There were no requests for donations this month and no new applications for memberships.
