The recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Manitoba has been a challenge in recent years. And while there is more work to be done to ensure that all rural Manitobans are able to access a family physician some encouraging signs have occurred in recent weeks.
We are told that at the dawn of agriculture, which is believed to have occurred around 8000 B.C., there were approximately 5 million people on this earth.
Here we have the Apostle Paul saying that his prayer for the Philippian Church (and present-day Christians) is that their love for Jesus Christ, and all believers through out the whole world, would grow greater every day.
Here we go again – a long weekend, family gatherings, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie – that’s pretty well the first thing folks think of when Thanksgiving approaches.
To mark Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation, the theme at Mennonite Heritage Village for 2017 is “Storied Places.”
There are more than 200 different viruses known to cause symptoms of the common cold. In North America, there are billions each year, with children averaging 6-8 and adults averaging 2-4 colds yearly.
Last week our government announced an increase to the annual operating grants for licensed, home-based child-care providers. In total an additional $245,000 will be invested in this fiscal year, with additional increases in future years.
Recently there was an item on CBC radio that set my little grey cells working, and this was that the population of Newfoundland was going down.
Recently I had the privilege of attending the Rescue on the Island event, put on by the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) team.
A year ago, delegates to the annual conference of the Association of Manitoba Museums viewed a new film directed by Andy Blicq of 4th Avenue Productions.
