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Manitoba's fight against infectious diseases

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:13:20 +0000

The Provincial Board of Health was responsible for the regulation of health care in the Province of Manitoba. At a meeting in 1897 made mandatory “the notification of every known case of smallpox, diphtheria and scarlet fever shall be immediately given to the Health Officer of the Municipality.

At a meeting in 1900 adequate protection against the importation of infectious diseases, through foreign immigration to Manitoba was discussed. As a result Municipal and Health Officers were sent a circular on the benefits of vaccination as protection against smallpox.

In April, 1916 the Provincial Board of Health passed a regulation to “select a sufficient number (of District Health Nurses) to meet the present requirements of health administration throughout the province.., at salaries not to exceed $75 per month and traveling and living expenses while on duty outside their respective regular places of domicile.”

Before there were Nursing Stations in Rosser, the District Health Nurse lived in Selkirk and covered the Interlake area. At that time duties would include school inspections, immunizations clinics, etc.

The Nursing Station and resident Public Health Nurse came about because many doctors were signing up to serve in the armed services in World War II and it was often difficult to get medical attention when needed. A request by the Rosser Women’s Institute to Rosser Council and Provincial Department of Health resulted in the arrival of Public Health Nurse Helen Patterson in Rosser. She was followed by Phyllis Hammond and then Margaret Leslie.

The nurse worked from 9:00 am. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. She was expected to spend most weekends in the community and take an active part in community life. As well the nurse was on call for any emergency that might arise. Her duties included: regular inspection of each child in each school in the municipality, with notes sent home to each child’s parent about any health problems encountered followed by a home visit; home visits to ex-TB patients, all newborns, pregnant mothers, diabetics and seniors; immunization clinics for school and preschool children as well as baby and preschool clinics; quarantine for communicable disease; emergencies.

In July of 1946 the Provincial Department of Health set up the Health Unit system now in place. The nursing station was closed and the resident nurse moved to another location. With the Health Unit, the Health Department phased out the emergency service for Rosser. Rosser Municipality was served by the Public Health nurse from the Stonewall Health Unit Office and this continues today.

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Have you been to Churchill?

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:25:17 +0000

The file illustration shows another view of Victoria Beach East Shore Lake Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba Canada.This was taken in the year 1930, where Einfeld Bakery was built and has been operated until now by its original family. Victoria Beach is located on the southeastern shores of Lake Winnipeg.

Vintage Manitoba Photo showing yet another view of Victoria Beach East Shore Lake Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba Canada.

This Photo was apparently taken in the year 1930, at the location where Einfeld Bakery was built and has been operated until now by its original family. Victoria Beach is located on the southeastern shores of Lake Winnipeg

Found in the heart of Canada near the Hudson Bay coast, Churchill has possessed a rich diversity of plants as evidence by northern boreal forest and tundura. In addition, abundant bird species seen during late May through mid-July in the town made Churchill a birdwatcher’s paradise. You also cannot ignore its rich marine life and cultural heritage which are part of Churchill’s established identity.

Known to be the polar bear and beluga whale capital of the world, Churchill had been so active with its year round activities, thanks to their thousand but unique and strong human populations. These activities had kept the town alive and had entertained visitors and locals as well. The Churchill Arts Council is composed of some of those individuals. The Churchill Arts Council was founded back in 1985. However, the art activities in the town were practiced as early as 1940s and were initiated by American military USO shows. The council is a member of the Manitoba Arts Council and Manitoba Arts Network.

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Manitoba Act – Queen Victoria Lord Lisgar

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:38:59 +0000

While it may be true that the actual date in the year – the specific date of June 15 was the date when the Province of Manitoba specifically , and legally became a province according to the terms of the :”Manitoba Act”, however May 12 was the prevailing date when the statute was finally given Royal assent – it was physically and officially signed and given the stamp of approval by Canadian Governor , General Sir John Young , Lord Lisgar ,of behalf of Queen Victoria -after being passed by the house of commons. The tally of the vote was fully 120 yes to 11 No. One wonders what was in the minds , or the demands of those dissenting voice or cast votes.

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Chosen Dates Celebrations Of Manitoba's Past

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:59:24 +0000

Interestingly in previous times the date chosen for anniversary and birthday celebrations of the Province of Manitoba was celebrated on July 15 instead of the now current day of the current May 12.

The 50′th anniversary of the province was commemorated itself on July 15, 1920 , with the grand opening of the new Man Provincial Legislative Buildings .
Interestingly the “scandal plagued building” took seven years to complete, and is now regarded as a major landmark of the City of Winnipeg , as well as the Province of Manitoba and indeed symbolizes Manitoba’s progress as well as inherent stability and continual , constant growth.

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Manitoba Welcomes the Queen for Its 100 Year Anniversary of Confederation with Canada

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:41:11 +0000

July 15, 1970 was the celebrated event when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh , rode a carriage from the CNR (Canadian National Railways) station in Winnipeg down wide Broadway Street. In the following carriages were both Prince Anne and Prince Charles. Their eventual destination winding straight down Broadway Street was the Manitoba Provincial Legislative Building. At the Legislative Building , underneath the famous Manitoba Golden Boy, the Queen was to be in attendance to make a speech commemorating the very date on which Manitoba entered the Confederation of Canada , then part of the “British Empire”.

Along that very route it was estimated that some 100,000 people ( fully 1/10 or 10 % of the population of the whole far flung province of Manitoba), to cheer on the Royal Family. Arriving on the grounds of the Provincial “Lege”, the party received a full 21 gun salute, where the Queen and her entourage were greeted yet fully another 15,000 persons.

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Louis Riel Leads Provisional Government Dec 27, 1869

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:05:44 +0000

           Red River Colony – “Rupert’s Land” - At this point in time – December 1869 – Louis Riel announced that he had become the new leader of the provisional government at the Red River Colony in what was then referred to as “Rupert’s Land” – later to be called the “Province of Manitoba”.   This appointment was automatic following the resignation of John Bruce , Louis Schmidt , a lifelong friend of Riel’s suceeded him as secretary .

            It could be said at the time that these most dramatic events followed months and months of the most tense of negotiations.   On December 10 , 1869 Riel with the help of close associates , Ambroise-Dydime , Lepine and W.B. ODonoghue , hoisted the flag of the “Provisional Government” of the pole in center square of Fort Garry.    In design the standard of the new assembly is a fleur-de-lis on a full white backgrounnd.

              Riel now held the then colony’s only effective government. While at the time , some experienced and noted political and historical observerers , doubted that he had a strong foundation for an administration there was no question what so ever that Louis Riel had met his first and primary objective – that of keeping “Canada” from establishing William McDougall as the government of the territory which would of been simply “annexed “ by Eastern Canada.

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The Dirty Thirties – Effects on Manitobans

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:41:35 +0000

The “Dirty 30′s” which to most Canadians represented the times of the economic depression which followed the marker of the stock market crash had more than a major effect on manitobans and prairie people who lived through it. It served as an indelible marker on their lives. On the other side of the fence many of the social programs which Canadians and even Americans to some degree now enjoy came out of those shaping times. Stanley Knowles , the veteran Canadian policymaker and consummate CCF and later NDP politican was forever influenced by the memory of 3 brothers , who shared one pair of pants , and could therefore only go out one at a time . These memories were forever left on the people who lived through the “Great Depression” and the “Dirty Thirties” of the Canadian Prairies.

Farmers across Canada itself were struggling all the time to cope with the suffering and sufferings brought on by this great depression. In Manitoba itself , farming was the backbone of the provincial economy. When farmers suffered the province of Manitoba suffered. Annual per capita income in Manitoba declined from $ 466 in 1929 to $ 240 in 1933. Although Manitoba’s economy was less dependent on wheat and the wheat crop than that of Saskatchewan and Alberta ” the economic support of nearly 40 % of Manitoba’s population virtually collapsed” due to the large drop in grain prices according to the report of Roswell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations which was released much later in 1940 , just as the world was beginning to come out of economic doldrums due to war in Europe. The co-relation was no news to the fine people of Winnipeg and rural Manitoba.

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Social More Rules Pre World War 1 Winnipeg Society

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:30:42 +0000

When one visits Dalnavert, the restored mansion home of Hugh Jon Mc Donald – a former premier of the Province of Manitoba and the son of Canada’s first prime minister – Sir John A. Mc Donald , one is struck with the symbol of a small silver plate nearby the front door to the estate. This small plate is most symbolic , it was the place were calling cards were kept. It was the job of one of the main servants to inspect the cards left carefully , to evaluate if the caller was worthy of meeting the master at some point several days later. As such this served as a gatekeeper and enforcer of social standards and norms , in the pre World War 1 era , with all its instinsic rigid social class structures. This was after all Winnipeg , a part of the British Empire

Like the caste system of India , where each group sat in a “pecking order” and knew it well. Those below you in stature knew well that “you were better than them”. There were in addition many newcomers to the city of Winnipeg from Ontario and Britain who while being considered “socially acceptable” , had to be vetted and this either chosen to be welcomed or excluded.

In a city of self made men where almost everyone with money had worked very hard to get it, denying access to the local version of “society” could well be tricky.   Leaders of local Winnipeg society , for example such as Mrs. Colin Campbell, the wife of Manitoba’s Attorney General, reinforced a system of “door keepers”, controlling in essence who was in …. who was “out”, who was invited and who was excluded.

Thus the parties given by wealthy hostesses like Mrs Agustus Nanton and Mrs. George Galt were described in the society collumns in the local established newspapers of note , so that those lower down in the totem pole pecking order could read about it and relish the tidbits of society gossip thrown in their paths.

Mrs. Hugh Phillips , the wife of a most successful Winnipeg lawyer in 1912 , recalled many many years later “ I remember Mrs. Sutherland – Lady May we called her because she held her head so high and was so grand. She had a satin blue dining room. She told W.F. Alloway to be careful of the chairs. He had sat down and put his feet up on the other chair. Mrs. George Galt and her husband also entertained on a grand scale. Her husband , George, and his brother John Galt where partners in a large grocery which among other things the firms’s popular “Blue Ribbon” brands. In January 1912 the Galts moved from their home on the corner of Broadway and Donald. to a beautiful new house at 460 Wellington Cresc. George Galt had designed many features of the house and made sure that it had plenty of room for entertainment and entertaining. The music room was eight meters long and 5 meters wide . The Galts daughter Alice recalled , years later “We entertained at home a great deal . We would have sing songs and roll back the rugs id we wanted to dance. We had any number of small parties of about a dozen people or less . We had gotten our first gramophone in 1908, but if we wanted to dance mother would play …When we were going to have a dance my sister and I my sister and I carried up most of the furniture up to the third floor to the would be billiards room so that if people wanted to go up there and sit they could.

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Manitoba "Selkirk Settlers"

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:10:08 +0000

Early on in the settlement of Manitoba nearly half of the settlers became so very discouraged by the difficulties that they encountered at the Red River settlement and settlements that they accepted the North West Company’s offer to fund their passage back to “eastern Canada” ( Lower Canada)

Until the arrival of cattle, the settlers lacked the wherewithal to feed themselves during the coming cruel Manitoba winter months.

Once currency began to circulate in greater quantity and quantities , the foundations were laid for further accumulations of wealth.

A noted Peruvian economist has explained that “capitalism” has not functioned in the “3′rd world”   because we missed some of the more crucial elements that Westerners had in the 18′th and 19′th centuries , like property rights. It seems that in this evaluation that the capitalism of the time had the ability and abilities to pick up the value of “people’s work”.   That is to accumulate and represent value and values and to utilize this to accomplish further productive ability and abilities.

In the particular case and cases of the Manitoba Red River Settlers , they both possessed title to their land and their livestock herds as well. This could then be used as actual collateral for loans in other money earning enterprises.

Thus those “Selkirk Settlers” who stayed on and persevered could do well.

This was the bedrock of the Manitoba experience and the future wealth and economic power and vibrancy of the Canadian Province of Manitoba and its people , society and communities.

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A point of view: Eighty-one-year-old artist Elinor Gillis … – A stroll through Elinor Gillis’ in-home studio in Point Prim is a walk through a pictorial of her life and that of her ancestors and the community in which they all lived.

Selkirk Settlers Dedication in Winnipeg – SEPTEMBER 7 – 10.30pm – Church Service @ Kildonan Community Church, immediately adjacent to the original first church built by the Selkirk Settlers; the historic cemetery is in the same vicinity. ~ All PEOPLE INTERESTED IN JOINING US …

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Educational and Public Program of the Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg

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The Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg Canada is a cornerstone of the Province of Manitoba’s educational system. Each year fully 90,000 Manitoba school children visit the facility for curriculum based guided as well as student and group leader led programs. Thousands more visit the Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg with their families to take part in MuZZeum Sleepovers , Spring Break and Summertime Day Camps and the special event programs during Halloween , Christmas and the school year Spring Break.

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