Happy birthday Canada! From the residents at Elks Manor

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A pioneer permit teacher

By Ed Arndt
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Some of the readers may recall seeing an article entitled, “A Vanishing Species” published last year in papers throughout Manitoba.  In that article I briefly outlined the history of the permit teachers in Manitoba. I also shared with readers a number of experiences of permit teachers throughout the province.
This year, instead of relating a number of permit teachers’ experiences, I would like to highlight the contributions of one Permit Teacher, the late Peter Maendel, whom I consider a “Pioneer in the Field of Hutterite Education”

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New owners at Clear Lake Trading Post

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2017 Co-op community spaces recipient

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Rivers Police Service - July 6, 2017

By Bruce Klassen

Rivers Police Chief

Rivers Police Service attended 58 calls for service for the month of June, here is the breakdown of those calls. Criminal Code charges amount to four, one break and enter and three various other crimes, such as breaches, public mischief, harassing phone calls, etc. There have been a total of 22 Criminal Code cases in the first half of 2017; there have been two assaults, two break and enters, two thefts under $5,000, one offensive weapon and 15 others.

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