Search underway for Open Farm Day hosts

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Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS) wants your farm or agriculture site to be part of the seventh annual Open Farm Day. 

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Brandon will be Young at Heart

By Sheila Runions

Publicity

Brandon Rotary Club and James B. Chrisp United Commercial Travelers (UCT) have partnered to host the 34th annual 55 Plus senior provincial games in their city. The competition will be held throughout Brandon for three days in mid-June. These organizations have selected Young at Heart as the theme of their games. Because both service organizations have blue as their primary “corporate” colour, that will be the colour promoted throughout the June 14-16 competition. The title sponsor is Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MLL) so plenty of recognition will also be given this crown corporation. 

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Local nurse set to depart for second volunteer trip

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Submitted photo. Paula Lofamia (right) in Honduras in February of last year. She leaves for her next mission trip on April 27.

By Kira Paterson

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A nurse who has lived in Neepawa for the past five years is using her skills to help those less fortunate. Paula Lofamia, originally from the Philippines, is leaving for Africa at the end of the month to volunteer as an operating room (OR) nurse on a Mercy Ship. Mercy Ships is a global organization that has hospitals on ships that dock at developing countries to provide free health care services to anyone who needs it. The ship Lofamia will be aboard, the Africa Mercy, is docked at Madagascar right now and will be there until June. 

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Is modern agriculture threatening traditional First Nations herbs and berries?

By Larry Powell

Planet in Peril

They call it “The Standing Medicine People Project.”  

Researchers from three reserves in south-central Manitoba, Long Plain, Swan Lake and Rolling River, have teamed up with the charity, “Food Matters Manitoba,” (FMM) to conduct the project. 

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Manitoba Votes 2016 - Representing Agassiz

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Question: Why should you represent Agassiz constituency in the Legislature?

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