Walk for Alzheimer’s: “Make Memories Matter”

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Dementia stats obtained from The Alzheimer society of Manitoba website:

“Currently, more than 22,000 Manitobans have Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia.  This number is growing at an alarming rate and by 2038 it is expected to reach over 40,700.

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Tribute to Hutterite history

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Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke and Premier Brian Pallister posing with members of the Acadia and Baker Colonies in connection to tribute to 100 years of Hutterite Colonies in Manitoba.

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On Monday, June 4, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke made the following private members statement, regarding the 100th year of Hutterite Colonies in Manitoba.

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New Chamber in Gladstone host first AGM

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Vern May (standing), the executive director for Portage Regional Economic Development, was the featured speaker for the Gladstone Chamber’s AGM.

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It was a dark and stormy evening…literally…when the Gladstone & District Chamber of Commerce was saved from extinction.

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News from the Margaret Laurence Home

By Brenda Ferguson

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The Margaret Laurence Home is now open for the season and we have already had many Canadian visitors as well as some from as far away as New York, Florida and Finland.

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Thumbs up - To 100 residents

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Thumbs up to the approx 100 residents who took interest in the May 22 Neepawa Tourism reveal.

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