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In-school classes has been dismissed across all of Manitoba and when they’ll reconvene is currently unknown. On Tuesday, Mar. 31, premier Brian Pallister and education minister Kelvin Goertzen announced all kindergarten to Grade 12 in-school classes will be suspended indefinitely throughout the province.

The decision was made at the advice of the chief provincial public health officer to help ‘flatten the curve’ and reduce the impact of COVID-19 throughout the province. The suspension of in-school classes follows the province’s announcement on Mar. 13 that they would be suspended at all kinder-

garten to Grade 12 schools students will be held back through Apr.10. due to COVID-19 and Pallister noted during their grades heading into the presser announcing the the suspension of classes Back row Meghan decision that “We must do L/R: will be used as a baseline.

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Front ten the COVID curve also been cancelled. If row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile protect the health and well- Chassidy the pandemic Hubbard, Payette, ends prior to Morgan Ramsay, Bryce being of all Manitobans,” the end of the regular school Summers, Quinn Hrabok. said Pallister. “The decision year classes will resume in to suspend classroom learn- schools. ing in school indefinitely for “The efforts and success this school year is the easiest Manitoba teachers and decision to make because it educators have displayed protects our children and during this public health their education – it is the pandemic have been inright thing to do.” spiring,” stated Goertzen.

“I join all Manitobans in Still expected to learn asking educators to conKelvin Goertzen noted tinue doing all they can to that students will be ex- use remote and innovative pected to continue to learn, methods to teach students as teachers will teach re- through the remainder of motely, assign By work, this school year. Our govSheilaconRunions Staffernment is asking for an allduct assessments Banner and prethe schools. r e p or hands-on-deck t e d i n t he tion toapproach, pare final report cards.s No

with their assistance and with that of parents, caregivers, principals, trustees and superintendents for the benefit of all students.”

Child-care centres located in schools will continue to operate under the current conditions set out by the chief provincial public health officer. The overall plan is oriented toward the future and we will learn how to modernize educa-

tion through our response to this situation, Goertzen said. The combined efforts are geared toward the reopening of classrooms, as well as toward multifaceted ways to teach and to learn after COVID-19, he added.

The path ahead During his media conference, Kelvin Goertzen said that planning is currently underway to minimize the

impact this decision will have on the next school year and arrange for learning recovery where necessary.

“School buildings will close, but schools need to maintain essential staffing so teachers can access resources,” Goertzen noted.

“These efforts are aimed towards reopening classrooms, as well as multifaceted ways to teach and learn after COVID-19.

Over the past few weeks we have witnessed a pandemic that has impacted us all. As your MP, I believe that your Photo by Sheila Runions health and safety is of the utmost importance.

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March 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisciplinary Studies in Science class at Rivers Collegiate planned a project for Riverdale Harvest.

Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, students secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division with an intent to f ill it with non-perishables. Although the campaign was fully organized by that class, the original idea came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.

“I heard the idea at a meeting in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in Winnipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food bank, my ears always perk up!”

She then brought the suggestion to Riverdale Harvest, which supported the idea and asked her to present the promo-

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The canoe at Rivers Elementary School was adequately filled.

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Rivers Collegiate, along with all other Manitoba school will be closed for student attendance. School work is being conducted in a number of ways as teachers prepare class work so students can continue to work from home.

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nother week, another COVID-19 column. I promise, I do have other things I’d like to write about, but it’s hard when most of our lives are on hold, as we watch this virus race around the world.

The newspaper is a special form of media because it has a unique sort of permanence. Go into the archives and you can find stories from over 100 years ago. While they may be changed by corrections in future editions, those printed words can’t be revised– the original words will always remain. Those pages remain forever as a snapshot of a certain time and place.

As much as anything, this week’s column exists as a snap shot of today. Will we feel the same in a week? A month? A year? A decade?

This week will be one of the most important in Canada’s battle against COVID-19, it’s when we will find out just how successful our efforts to get out in front of the virus have been. We look around and see Italy, which is still registering a daily death toll of 700 to 800 people, a rate that has been constant for over a week. We look to Spain, which is about a week behind Italy, but is now showing a higher incident of infection– 1,881 cases per million residents, compared to Italy’s 1,683. Though Italy’s death rate, 192 per million of population, remains slightly higher.

Then we look south. The United States surpassed China

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Kate Jackman-Atkinson and Italy’s total reported cases on Thursday. Infection rates are continuing to grow exponentially and if that country’s numbers mirror those of Spain and Italy, in about a month, they will be looking at 550,000 infections and 54,000 deaths among the country’s 327 million residents.

On Mar. 30, the Unites States had 163,844 positive cases and 3,156 deaths. While initial hot-spots were located on both coasts, with New York especially hard hit, there are now stories of hospitals in places such as rural Georgia and Detroit becoming overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.

On Mar. 30, Canada had 7,448 cases and 89 deaths. That day, 1,128 of those cases and 24 of those deaths were new.

In Manitoba, we had a total of 96 positive cases, including four individuals in hospital and one in intensive care.

What will our future hold? This is the week Canadians will be anxiously watching the numbers come in. We are two weeks into physical distancing, with the public health

orders regarding crowd sizes, quarantine requirements for returning travellers and the types of businesses that can operate becoming increasingly strict. COVID-19 has an incubation period of up to 14 days, so new infections will have taken place with some form of physical distancing in place. Will we see widespread community transmission, or will it continue to be mostly limited to cases where the transmission chain is known?

On Mar. 30, the Manitoba Public Health order limiting public gatherings to less than 10 people came into effect and it was announced that starting Apr. 1, all businesses deemed non-essential would have to close. Additionally, restaurants can no longer serve within their building, only by takeout or delivery, something many were already doing. These orders will be in place for a minimum of 14 days. Each day, we watch to see if what we did weeks ago is working. Are we flattening the curve? Are we keeping our health care facilities from becoming crushed by an unrelenting wave of patients seeking care? Provinces with more cases than us seem to be seeing their infection rates grow at a less rapid pace than those places that were caught unaware or who failed to understand what the pandemic would mean. A positive sign.

Over the next weeks, we will have at least some answers.

Some observations on our current situation.

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have had the privilege of receiving information about the COVID-19 virus from an infectious diseases physician. His first and strongest message was that while he and his co-workers have been repeatedly thanked for being on the front lines, he emotionally insisted that it is the average Canadian, you and I and all our friends and neighbours, who are on the front lines in this great battle.

As to the actual pandemic, it is his learned opinion, that the two curves we have all seen so much about mean the same number of people will become infected. The slower curve hopefully means there will be fewer deaths, as the health care system has a better chance of saving the lives of those who get really sick.

There are two numbers to remember. The one is very easy to determine after the fact and that is how many will have died. That’s a pretty easy number to figure out. It’s the top number in the fraction or equation.

It’s called the numerator. The bottom number, the denominator, is much harder to determine and that is the number of people infected. It is his opinion, and the opinion of many others, that we will never likely know how many people become infected in this pandemic. Many won’t know, won’t be tested. With that in mind, it will be very hard to determine percentages. It’s his opinion that about 30 per cent of the population could become infected. How many

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If the virus was allowed to go unchecked, more people would become sick, many without really being aware they have anything but a regular cold or f lu. It’s the doctor’s thoughts that with an unchecked pandemic, the population would build up a wider immunity level and be less susceptible to a second wave of the disease. That has been titled “herd immunity.” There would be a lot more deaths too, as the health care system can’t handle the high numbers in a short time.

The underlying message is that many will get the virus, many won’t know, a very large percentage will recover. Tragically, some have died and more will die. The bigger question is how to handle the next wave of infection or the next disease.

•According to A lberta Health Services Media, they will soon have faster, more convenient access to COVID-19 testing through a new partnership between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and a Canadian technology company.

Spartan Bioscience Inc. is in the

late stages of developing an innovative handheld, rapid-testing device for COVID-19, which can confirm test results for the virus in less than one hour. Unfortunately, it also reported that Health Canada may take weeks to approve the device.

•Under the heading “unexpected consequences”, I have read that with most airline travel and land vehicle traffic shut down, the CO2 level in the atmosphere is dropping. Two things come out of that. One is, I guess farming wasn’t to blame for the so-called excessive CO2 levels after all. Second, with a lower CO2 level, worldwide crop production levels could decline, as plants need and respond to higher CO2 levels.

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Apr. 5: Rivers Legion Snooker Tournament.

Apr. 16: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, 2 p.m.

Apr. 18: Rivers Legion, Crib Tournament.

Apr. 22: RDHA meeting, Kiwanis Courts, 1:30 p.m.

Apr. 24: Rivers Legion, Steak Night.

Apr. 28: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8:15 a.m. (Cancelled) May 9: The Beetles cover band, Rivers Legion, tickets available mid march.

May 21: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, 2 p.m.

May 26: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8:15 a.m.

May 27: RDHA meeting, Kiwanis Courts, 1:30 p.m.

Jun. 18: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, 2 p.m.

Jun. 23: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8:15 a.m.

Jun. 24: RDHA meeting, Kiwanis Courts, 1:30 p.m.

Aug. 22: Rivers Legion, Manitoba 150

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Home Bodies

By Rita Friesen How do you spend your days?

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Name: Kim Richardson Birthday: November 3, 1977 Occupation: Lucky Break Ranch owner Certified - Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator/Riding Instructor -life skills development programs for youth and adults -teambuilding and leadership workshops for companies/ organizations -PTSD/Veteran programs -Youth summer camps -Trail rides -Riding lessons First job: Paper delivery route in Creston, BC for Creston Valley Advance.

Hobbies: Barrel racing, attending rodeos and training horses.

In Rivers area since: January 2016 Where do you live? Bought the Barry Dyck farm just south of Rivers on Hwy 250 and Mayne Road.

Hometown: Northern Alberta, Fairview/Slave Lake area.

Where did you attend school? EE Oliver Elementary in Fairview, AB; Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston, BC; Lethbridge Community College.

Dream vacation spot: Would love to spend time in Texas on the range or chase the rodeo circuit in the south, especially during the cold Canadian winter months.

Favourite food: Fresh fruit salad with yogurt.

Favourite holiday: Halloween- the one day of the year that you can be anything you want to be and not be judged.

Plus I just really love seeing all the kids dressed up in their costumes.

Favourite song or artist: Dustin Craig- “Her Heart is a Rodeo” Favourite sports team: Edmonton Oilers- gotta cheer for the home team. Go Oilers!

Favourite animal: hmmm….let me think….lol! Horse of course!

Favourite TV show: Smoky and the Bandit Favourite actor/actress: Burt Reynolds When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? I always wanted to be a cowgirl and work with horses. Since the time I was knee-high to a grasshopper.

Comment: I have always found coming to a new community to be a challenge. But, coming to Rivers has been wonderful! The people are absolutely amazing here! I am proud to call this home. I hope to help bring business and tourists to our community and continue to watch it grow.

I also look forward to bringing my programs to our community and help to change people’s lives by building their confidence, growing their self-esteem and helping them to become their true authentic selves. Live your passion and follow your dreams, the only one who can hold you back is yourself!

o how do you spend your days? Is there a difference from what was familiar? I am watching those who are acclimatised to going out for coffee twice a day. It’s tough. I am past the age where I have school children home. I have to admit that I loved the no school days, having the kids home, they were great company and I didn’t have to make a school lunch!

My days are quite different. I am getting used to doing less. There are projects in which I am slowly winning. Those boxes of photos that were anchoring the storage unit? They are now halved. If I didn’t recognize the people in the picture, discard. One more photo of the majestic mountain, no people, just mountain, out it went. The sleeves of negatives didn’t even get a second glance. I was not about to hold them up to the light and try to decipher who, and what, had been captured, by whom, in what decade. No, no, simply toss. There are a couple of albums that need to be culled and I will. If I run out of things to do, I may get my last three holiday photos put together!

Then there is the quilt. And this is –THE QUILT! I have used up almost every scrap of fabric and the

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein Thoughts on the power of prayer

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he Facebook post said it all. “I have never prayed so hard in my life.” As I read those words, I thought of many Canadians– some of whom I know personally– for whom these words are the story they have repeated ever since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared.

Some have seen remarkable answers to their prayers. They are now praying for others. Others are still waiting for their answers to come. They are praying for themselves and others.

Some pray because they believe in the power of prayer.

Others pray because they have tried everything else to deal with this crisis and prayer is the only option they have left. Either way, by praying, they avail themselves of the tremendous power that is released when people pray.

Ever since I was young, I was told that “prayer changes things.” For a while, I even had a motto with those words on it hanging in my room. But I’ve never been comfortable with that sentiment, and over the past few weeks, I think I may have discovered why that is.

Like many who read this column, I have a prayer list that I review several times each week. But my list is a little different. I don’t ask God for “things.” I learned many years ago that God has already promised to supply my needs and I know that is a promise he has kept and will keep.

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result is a double size crazy quilt. In the theme of use and use up, it is a quilt as you go quilt. So each square is backed by another scrap of backing fabric.

And the fill? Bits and pieces of the left over fill from all the other quilts I have made. This is no work of art, but it is taking me longer to complete than any other I have ever made. I had to watch three tutorials on quilt as you go before I found one that let me understand the concept, and then re-watched that one many times until I got the process correct.

All good.

Then I bought myself a paper shredder. At this point, I have shredded one bankers box full of services, and another boot box full of more services. I have been at this sharing my thoughts since 2010.

That’s a lot of stored paper. Two ginormous bags of shredded paper are now ready for compost, or weed control. Another two smaller boxes of paper to sort.

I am gaining.

The pleasant weather is conducive to walking the dogs. The downside is that if we walk too late in the morning, both dogs need a belly wash when they come in. They have become accustomed to the procedure. Wait in the garage while I fill the kitchen sink, endure the washing, and lick a bowl with just a touch of cheese whiz while being dried off. And repeat. Still worth it.

These are unusual times. Even here, we watch the words we use. It is not to be a time of social distancing, for we are designed to be social creatures. We need connections. We are to be physically distanced.

We must be. And so we learn new habits. New ways of filling our days.

So when I pray, I pray for people and I pray that God will give them the qualities of character that they need to face the challenges of life. I ask that God will grant wisdom to those who have difficult decisions to make; that he will give us all the ability to cope with the restrictions placed on us by COVID-19; and that he will guide those in government so that the decisions they make will help to control and ultimately stop the spread of this virus.

I also pray that God will guide the thoughts of those who are working to find a cure for COVID-19– especially for those in Canada (since I live in Canada)– that their efforts will be successful. Canada’s research scientists are among the best in the world. They are even better when they collaborate with others. They have the tools.

With God’s help, they will finish the job.

Finally, I pray for myself, my family, my community, our country and our world. I fully understand the feelings of those who are in self-isolation or quarantine. Those who have suddenly become “home school teachers” have my condolences– and my prayers. If anyone needs patience augmented by a good sense of humour, you do.

So that’s what I’m asking God to give you.

As I pray this way, I’ve noticed one thing. The more I pray for others, the more I see God at work to change me– to change how I look at our world, how I react to crises, how I handle restrictions and how I should fill each day with activities that help and encourage others.

And I’ve learned an important lesson. Prayer doesn’t always change the conditions under which we must live. But consistent prayer releases the power of God’s Spirit to change people; and those whose hearts have been changed will work with others of like mind and spirit to change the conditions in our communities, our country and our world.

So I think I need to rewrite the motto I quoted above.

It now reads: “Prayer changes people. Changed people change things.”

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James Drury Rapid City Persons coming from older lands to this country have a very faint idea of the amount of capital, manual labor and brains required to start a homestead. They have read pamphlets and talked the subject over with friends, but the main attraction was that 160 acres of land could be had from the Dominion Government for the entry fee of $10 and certain conditions of residence and cultivation, after which the homestead would be their own forever, rent free, that is the great inducement to numbers of the struggling masses, more especially in the Mother Country, where rent and taxes take the greater proportion of their hard earnings.

As one of those coming here in the pioneer days allow me to offer some practical hints gained by experience as to the best way to start a homestead on limited means. In the first place the capital really necessary for a man with a wife and four or five children to begin with would be about $500, which he had better lay out as follows: yoke of oxen with harness, $120; wagon, $60; Verity plow, breaker and backsetter combined, $27; harrows, $20; tent and waterproof blanket, $15; cooking stove with pipes etc, $25; wood axe, pickaxe, bucksaw, shovel, scythe, 2 hay forks, wooden hay rake, trowel, 1 1/2 inch auger, spade, rake, hoe, and a few carpenter’s tools, $15; cow and dairy utensils, $30; 2 pigs, $12; fowls, $8; entry fee, $10; log house, $60; provisions, $50; 10 bushels seed potatoes, peas, beans, Swedish turnip, and small seed, $3; feed for livestock, $12; incidental expenses, $10; total, $465.

Our settler ought not to camp out before the 1st of May as some seasons are colder than others, making it dangerous with a young family. He must be careful to define the boundary lines of his land and pitch the tent near where the house is to be erected, which ought, if possible, to be on elevated ground about the center of the homestead, facing south or southeast, with a bluff at the back, but if on the plains artificial shelter can be afforded by planting trees. The next thing will be to select a piece of land near the house to break for a garden, say two acres, 1 1/2 for potatoes; 1/2 acre, turnips and small crops; this operation completed, he must look out for a good well, at this time of

the year there will be plenty of water in the ponds, let him choose one surrounded by willows, for household purposes there will not be any danger from animalcule if the water is strained through a cloth before using, and by digging nearby he will most likely find a supply of good water; the well should be 5 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep, stoned up which is cheaper than lumber cribbing, as they can be taken off the land; the well can be covered over with lumber, having a trap door to prevent anything getting into it.

Livestock A log pig pen 8X10 feet, height 5 feet with a closely fenced run, will be the next in order, followed by a fowl house the same dimensions but 7 feet high, made of logs or lumber, placed in a dry situation with the door to the south and window to the east, roof of rough lumber covered with tar paper, perches placed on a gradual slope ladder-wise against the walls, which will be well chinked and plastered, on no account use sods, as mink, badgers and skunks burrow through easily. I am particular about the protection of fowls, as by taking a little extra care they can be made very remunerative. There should be a small paddock for the cattle at night; to keep off mosquitos it will be necessary to light a fire in the center of it, surrounded by sods to prevent flaring, and spreading. The next most important work is choosing a field to commence breaking, and weather permitting he should break 20 or 30 acres, it ought to be broken 2 inches thick to rot quickly. For the first year a tar-papered shanty built with walls before winter set in may be all he will have time for.

Lodging If he got logs out in winter his cabin should be 16x28 and 14 feet high to top logs, door and window in front, another at the east end, small window in each gable upstairs; door at the west end leading into

a lean 10X12, with window to front and a door at back; this will be found a very convenient summer kitchen and scullery, as well as protecting the house from a northwest wind; the house should be well chinked, plastered inside and out, roofed with rough lumber and thatched; the thatch mixed with soft mud; cellar under the house 12X14, 6 feet deep with 2 feet between the outside walls and cellar; height of living room 9 feet; a cupboard under the stairs leading to the bedrooms, these being about 9X14 each, could be divided by a curtain to save expense of lumber partition at first; a lumber porch over the front door before winter sets in would add very much to the comfort of the family.

A No.9 cooking stove would heat the rooms if placed in the east end near the center of the lower room, the pipes running towards the west end of the roof; a square piece of tin with a hole in the middle for the pipes to pass through should be nailed on the upper flooring, another square inside the roof, and a plate with attached on the outside of the roof for the pipes to go into, as a precaution against fire, but the pipes should be cleaned once a month in any case. It will be necessary to form a bank of earth round the outside walls of the house, 2 feet thick at the base and 2 1/2 feet high, sloping away gradually, and a heading of large stones outside the bank to keep the soil in its place; rock plants could be grown on these giving a pleasing effect to the whole. The above would be a very comfortable house and last for years, but could reconverted into a granary at any time and a larger and better house erected. I am supposing our settler within reach of timber, either by purchase or Government permit; if he is on the plains of course he will have to buy lumber for his buildings; thereby causing extra expense, in which case he would have to reduce their respective sizes and “cut his

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A homesteader with a 6 ox team backsetting using a ride on plow. Backsetting was the very common practise of plowing virgin prairie sod to a depth of 2 to 3 inches making sure that the grass and vegetation was completely rolled under.

Then, at a later date, the field was re-plowed at a depth of 5 to 6 inches. This resulted in the vegetation and root mass of the prairie grasses beginning to rot and break down while buried at a shallow depth and then being re-buried at a depth where this mass of rotting vegetation would not interfere with seeding a crop the following spring. The first plowing was carried out in the spring or early summer when there was likely to be sufficient soil moisture which was necessary to begin the process of rotting the vegetation. The second plowing took place in the fall.

coat according to his cloth.”

Back Setting July would be entered into before all this work could be accomplished, so he had better arrange to have as much hay as possible cut and raked by a neighbor, returning work for it and any other help he has had for well and buildings; before stacking he must select a spot for the stable, placing the stable with easy distance but not too near, when the stack is finished plough a fire guard of fifteen furrows around it. Next he ought to plough a guard 33 feet wide round the whole of his buildings, another guard the same width should be ploughed further out leaving a space of 33 feet between, which should be burnt in August before the grass gets too dry. These fire guards are of great importance and can be utilized the following year for growing potatoes and

turnips. He should commence backsetting the 20 acre field, and will now find the benefit of the Verity plow, breaker and backsetter combined, as doing first class work and saving the price of a separate plough for backsetting; I use one and it works most satisfactorily. By the time he finishes the field harvest will be close at hand, then he can replenish his purse by working out with his team which will enable him to buy winter provisions, seed grain & etc. Harvest over he must get up a log stable 15X18, 9 feet high, door in the middle, small window by the side of it to admit light when the door is shut in the winter; divide the stable into two stalls, 9 feet each, one for the oxen and the other for the cow. The stable should be dug into the side of a bank, facing the east, 4 feet at back, making a wall of sods at front and sides the same height as the back; it will economize logs and be

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Philanthropy helps to keep health care nimble

As we were vacating our offices at the Health Sciences Centre Foundation a number of days ago, I was struck by the realization that in times of crisis, our health-care system needs the capacity to be nimble. And I was reminded of the impact our donors have in the pursuit and maintenance of excellence at Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba’s largest hospital. All year long, every day, we raise money to purchase new medical equipment for HSC, renovate spaces, support research and much more. Yes, it is the government’s responsibility to fund health care, but it is philanthropy that allows additional and special initiatives to move forward. These are the types of projects that typically create new efficiencies and lead to even better care for all Manitobans. The evolving COVID-19 crisis shines a bright light on how donations from individuals and businesses can make a difference in the provision of health care to all Manitobans. Thanks to money already raised by our foundation for HSC’s Diagnostic Centre of Excellence, we were able last week to fast-track the purchase of new diagnostic equipment that the hospital can use for advanced COVID-19 testing as the pandemic intensifies in Manitoba. Our current major fundraising initiatives were launched many months ago, before any of us had even heard of COVID-19, but as I look at them through the lens of the current crisis, I see how everything we do is unquestionably interconnected. For example, HSC is planning to expand and reorganize Manitoba’s busiest emergency department, which will make the hospital more nimble to address everyday emergency needs and community crises alike for the long term. This expansion will be made possible through the development of the new Manitoba Urologic Centre, for which we have been raising funds for several months. As this COVID-19 crisis evolves, I am confident that HSC will be ready to provide optimal care to those who need it.

The centre will provide better and more timely care for Manitobans dealing with kidney, bladder, prostate and other urologic issues. And because the plan centres on redeveloping existing facilities, more space will be made available for emergency care. Another example is an initiative our donors are supporting that will keep more hospital beds open for patients with acute health-care needs. In partnership with the University of Manitoba, we are raising funds for an innovative body of work known as "ambient assisted living," which is the idea of using computer technology, artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep older patients with certain degrees of dementia safe, functional and as independent as possible, for as long as possible, in their own homes. Once fully operational, ambient assisted living will mean better care for these patients, and it will enable the hospital to offer more timely care for people with acute medical needs. The technology can be used to help patients remotely, and it will therefore help HSC become even more nimble. There’s that word again: nimble.

At the foundation, we see our colleagues at HSC as heroes and partners. They are passionate, flexible, level-headed experts who care deeply about implementing best practices in the provision of care to Manitobans. We are proud to do our part and we are moved by the generosity of our donors, lottery ticket buyers, corporate sponsors and others who show their support. As this crisis evolves, I am confident HSC will be ready to provide optimal care to those who need it. I am equally confident our foundation’s staff and our volunteer board will continue to excel in the face of this unprecedented challenge. I am especially confident that our supporters will continue to step forward with passion and enthusiasm — as they always have — to keep HSC and the entire health-care system strong. The crisis is reminding us all how interconnected all pieces of the health-care system are. And it’s reminding us all how interconnected we are as Manitobans.

By taking care of ourselves, our families and our communities through acts of kindness and philanthropy, we will persevere. We are generous. We are resilient.

Stay well, Jonathon Lyon President & CEO Health Sciences Centre Foundation

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Why does God allow suffering?

Part one

As promised I will put forth my attempt to explain why God allows suffering.

We have all faced it of some kind, some worse than others, but suffering nonetheless. Currently, we see so much of it due to the virus that’s having a global impact resulting in a long list of tragedies. People are out of work, isolated and alone not to mention sick and dying. In my letter two weeks ago I shared with you the journey of my family during the past seven years which included my developing cancer, having a leg amputated and watching our savings disappear along with our two sons going through a terrible period with one becoming an alcoholic, not to mention my wife having to watch all of this happen. (God couldn’t have allowed me to marry a more wonderful woman because He used her as the glue to hold us together) It was not a joyous time for the Klassen family which led us to wonder why God is letting this to happen to us. I also said that Jesus Christ is our certainty in uncertain times and last week I told you that God was in control of everything. All four of us truly believe this because we have witnessed with our own eyes the love, mercy and compassion that our God has for this family and what He has brought us through. Don’t think that everything is a bed of roses because there are still many matters we are dealing with, but with Jesus Christ we have hope for a brighter today, tomorrow and forever.

The existence of suffering is the reason many use to question the existence of a god, let alone a good one. But this family knows there is a good and wonderful God. For so many the question is why would a good god allow all this to happen and my reply is to whom are you asking the question? If there is no God, then is there any sense in even asking the question because who is it directed to?

Without hope are we just left with the attitude that it is what it is and let’s hope for the best? But there is hope, in this life and the next, and that hope my friend is Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13 says He is our blessed hope. Jesus never promised to take our sufferings away, but what He does give us is His strength to endure them. But He did so much more than that. The Son of God became one of us so He Himself could experience our sufferings and then allowed Himself to be crucified so that by believing in Him we could have forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. What does eternal life entail for those of us who love Christ?

There are many glorious benefits but one that speaks to us today can be found in the Book of Revelation 22:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain…” God promises to look after us in this life and the next if we love and believe in His son Jesus Christ.

“For salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12.

In following letters, I will help us to understand the reasons for suffering which I have broken up into the following: Creation, Conf lict, Character, Companionship, Chastening and Crowns.

Oh, one more very important thing. Jesus didn’t stay dead!! He rose from the grave on the third day.

As usual, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me.

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if they are within reach, but if on the plains he could work away all the winter in the bush or elsewhere; in the spring he must buy harrows for putting in his crop, 15 acres of wheat; then he should break another 25 acres and improve his buildings; he can help his neighbors to be returned in cutting hay and grain; buy a wagon, put up his hay and backset his land, after which he could work a few weeks at harvest, and when his turn to reap came let him remain at home and erect a small granary, make his shanty and stable more comfortable and prepare for his own threshing. This over, he could afford to winter on his homestead, having grain to haul to market, clean for seed, sell some hay, make stools, table and etc., to improve his home, at the same time improving his mind by the same means as advertised for the married man.

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Starting Seeds – Part I wet for the new seedlings.

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Caboose and Memory Wall at Millennium Park Millennium Park is located on the north side of Highway 25 just as you enter Rivers from the east. Within this park, which is situated on the edge of a reclaimed gravel pit, you will find two memory f lower planters, a wall of memories and an arbour constructed of rails nestled in with a caboose and box car.

The initiative to build these memorials came from a Hometown Main Street grant, Province of MB through Rivers in Bloom and fundraising by R ivers Train Stat ion Restorat ion Committee.

The brick work for the memories f lower planters and wall of memories was completed by Charlie Pulver of Chimo in 2009. Rapid City Memorials did all the engraving.

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donation to RTSRC in order to have their own name, group/family name or that of a loved one placed on either the wall of memories or the memories f lower planters. I happen to know that the names of four beloved neighbor ladies, who played cards together several times a week during the 70’s and 80’s, are engraved along one wall. Do you know who they are? We called them the Canasta Ladies. There is plenty of space on either of these memorials for your name, a special team or group, or your beloved relative who may have passed. Contact Donna Morken for more information at 204-328-7841.

The municipality plants the f lowers every year and the area is maintained by a green team member.

Thank you to Donna Morken for supplying me with most of this information.

Now, for next week, who can tell me where the Caboose came from and what year it was set in its present location?

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Last week our column focused on the importance of growing food – especially in these challenging times. We talked about plants needing light, water, warmth, oxygen and food to grow and then focused on the importance of having supplemental light in order to produce any substantial amount of food. This focus will continue for a time with the garden column as growing is without doubt a great activity with many added benefits while we are all staying home!

Growing your own plants from seed is not just fun, but allows us freedom to grow almost anything we desire!

There is an amazing selection of different varieties and cultivars of plants that sometimes makes it rather difficult for us to decide what we should grow. It is easy to get carried away and grow too much as this time of year we are craving green growth and those tiny little packets don’t seem to hold that much! It is only once those plants get growing, we see how a few seeds can easily grow into way too many plants! Instead of planting all the seeds in the package, only plant as many as you will need. Share the leftovers or store them in a cool, dry place.

In order to be successful starting seeds, it is useful to understand a little bit about the seed itself and what it requires to germinate. Seeds are made up of an outer seed coat that protects the inner parts of the seed during dormancy. Inside the seed coat lies the endosperm which serves as the food supply that is essential for the early

growth of the seedling. In the center of the seed is the embryo which is really a very minute undeveloped plant.

There are four things that seeds need to germinate. Water is essential for penetrating the seed coat which causes the endosperm to swell. The water dissolves nutrients in the endosperm which are then available to the embryo and life begins!

Some seeds need light in order to germinate while others do not. Oxygen is also necessary as the seed needs to respire in order to break down those nutrients in the endosperm. Last but not least, germination requires heat. Each seed will have an optimum germination temperature for the best rate of growth.

If you are new to starting seeds, then choose to grow those plants that are relatively easy to germinate and do not need special conditions. Most seed packages will give directions on how to plant those specific seeds.

Generally, small seeds need not be covered with soil but instead gently pressed into the media or soil. Medium seeds can be lightly covered and large seeds can be poked right into the soil. A good rule of thumb is to plant the seed to the depth of their diameter.

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Riverdale Community Sign The Riverdale Community Sign is now ready to promote your group’s events, business hours of operation, Happy Birthday wishes, welcome spring, stay well wishes, wash your hands or many other posters to communicate with our community. It is located between Rolling Dale and Rivers Banner on Second Avenue. Increased visible community signage was one of the recommendations that came out of the Riverdale Tourism Plan of 2017.

The community sign was completed through the Riverdale Community Development Corporation with the design continuing along the unique railway theme which is so strong within the community. It was produced with the help of Hamilton Iron and Cardinal Signs out of Brandon.

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to subsection 162(2) of The Municipal Act that the Council of Riverdale Municipality intends to present its financial plan for the fiscal year 2020 at a public hearing at the Legion Hall, Rivers Royal Canadian Legion, 633 – 2nd Ave, Rivers, Manitoba on the 14th day of April, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Council will hear any person who wishes to make representation, ask questions or register an objection to the financial plan, as provided.

Copies of the financial plan are available for review and may be examined by any person during the regular office hours of Riverdale Municipality at 670 – 2nd Avenue, Rivers, MB on or after April 7th, 2020. All interested parties are encouraged to attend this public hearing.

Kat Bridgeman, CMMA Chief Administrative Officer Riverdale Municipality is committed to following the guidelines set out by our Provincial Government regarding Social-Distancing. We are also committed to providing our residents the opportunity to be part of the 2020 Financial Plan Public Hearing. We ask that anyone who wishes to attend, to please RSVP to cao.riverdale@mymts.net or call (204) 328-5300 so we may make the necessary accommodations to maintain social distancing.

If you do not wish to attend but have questions, please feel free to email the address above so we may address those as well.

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We believe that our success is founded on the strength of our team.

As such, we place a great deal of emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining good people, and consider every one of our employees to be a highly-valued member of the HyLife family. To that end, we are committed to providing a working environment that not only fosters personal growth, but also recognizes our employees’ contributions towards the common goal of our company’s success because of this HyLife has been recognized as a Platinum Member of Canada’s Best-Managed Companies.

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Thank

You!

To every single UFCW 832 member, dealing with this extraordinary challenge.

You have quickly become to the public what we have always known you to be... a critical service to all Manitobans.

To those members who have been laid off during this time, we are here to help you through this process and will continue to be here when you are able to get back to work.

UFCW 832 union-represented workplaces: A.E. McKenzie (McKenzie Seeds) Amalgamated Transit Union 1505 Association for Community Living Agropur Aramark Refreshment Aramark CFB 17th Wing Arctic Co-op Arctic Drugs Aviscar / Budgetcar Aryzta Brandon Community Options Bearskin Airlines Brewers Distributor (BDL) Bunge Foods Canadian Linen Carberry Distribution Centre Celebrations Dinner Theatre Chalet Malouin Coca-Cola (Brandon & Winnipeg) Compass Group Dauphin Consumer’s Co-op Diageo Dunn-Rite Food Epic Opportunities ESIT Canada Exact Graphics Extra Foods Fairmont Winnipeg Faroex Federated Co-op Warehouse Fort La Bosse School Division FreschCo G4S Secure Solutions Garda Security Gate Gourmet General Mills Gillam Co-op Exceldor Co-operative Hatchery Exceldor Co-operative Poultry Group NB Groupo Bimbo (formerly Canada Bread)

Heartland Livestock HiTek Print Holiday Inn Downtown Homestead Co-op HyLife Foods IKWE International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 2034 Impact Security Instabox Integrated Messaging JC Foods Kwik Kopy Printing Krown Produce Life’s Journey Leaf Rapids Co-op Loblaw Malteurop Maple Leaf – Winnipeg Maple Leaf - Brandon McCain Foods Manitoba Nurses Union Mound Milk Naleway Foods No Frills North of 53 Co-op Northern Meat Service NPF CFB Shilo Old Dutch Pepsi - Brandon Pepsi – Winnipeg Portage Friendship Centre Premium Plaza Lounge Red River Co-op (including Lorette & Selkirk) Red River Co-op Gas Bar Reh-Fit Rolling Dale RW Consumer Products Ltd. Safeway (Sobey’s West inc.)

Safeway Gas Bars (Sobey’s West inc.)

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Shoppers Drug Mart / Regent Sobeys Extra Sobeys Retail Support Centre Souris Valley Foods SRG Security Resource Group Inc. SSP Canada Food & Airport Services Stella’s - Sherbrook Location Stella’s - Osborne Location Sun Gro Horticulture Superstore Syn-Tex Sysco - Warehouse Sysco – Inventory Control Thompson Burntwood River Legion Thompson Homeless Shelter Town of Virden Ukrainian Farmers Co-op Unicity Taxi Valleyview Co-op Vantage Foods Versacold Transport Versacold Warehouse - Dawson Vision Loss Rehabilitation (Formerly CNIB) Visions of Independence Vista Park Lodge Viterra Westburne Electric Western Glove Works Wings of Power Winnipeg School Division #1 Bus Drivers Winnserv