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Who is Wally Daudrich? The next PC Leader and the next premier of Manitoba Dorothy Dobbie
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ally Daudrich is a new name you are no doubt hearing about. No matter what your political affiliation, it matters who becomes the next leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba as this person will be in line to become premier one day. I have known Wally and Dawn Daudrich and their five kids for more than a decade and have come to love and respect this wonderful family who epitomize the pioneer spirit that made Manitoba great. Wally was born in the west end, south of Portage on Dominion Street. He went to school at Gordon Bell, graduating from Daniel McIntyre and then moving to Churchill, following his ancestral family tradition of fascination with life in the north. To make a living in Churchill, Wally took whatever jobs he could get, among other things, as a tour guide, his introduction to tourism. Being a natural entrepreneur, in his spare time, he built a little log takeout chip shop. This core building is still part of his iconic lodge in the town of Churchill. And he and Dawn did it through sheer creative imagination, grit and determination. There had been a forest fire in the nearby boreal forest. The logs were just lying there, bark conveniently burned off. Somewhere in his past, Wally had learned how to u 9 ‘Wally Daudrich’
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What will it take to get the NDP Government to agree to install an MRI at the new Portage Hospital?
The new hospital in Portage la Prairie.
Jeff Bereza Wally Daudrich.
Carly Edmundson
Celebrating 15 years of CentrePort Canada: Carly Edmundson.
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The funds are there! The need is there! Why say NO? Is it strictly politics?
Celebrating 15 years of CentrePort Canada adding billions to Manitoba’s GDP
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ince its creation in 2009, CentrePort Canada has shown that bold ideas can create new and exciting realities. It’s been the catalyst for the transformation of empty fields into sold-out industrial parks, connected to world class infrastructure. It is proof that a strategic approach to ‘if you build it, they will come’ can create decades of opportunity for
our province and our country, and that if we work together as a community, we can create something impactful. The milestones of CentrePort Canada • 2008: The Government of Manitoba passed the CentrePort Canada Act, with unanimous support, designating the boundaries of the inland port and creating CentrePort Canada Inc., the corporation. • 2013: CentrePort Canada Way officially opened. This exu 8 ‘Centreport’
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magine hearing your 89-year-old mother say, “I think I just want to go to sleep and not wake up.” That heart shattering scenario was a reality after one family went up against healthcare red tape. Last week, I met with a senior in Portage la Prairie who has been in the hospital waiting for an MRI at Boundary Trails in Winkler. On the first day she was to go to Boundary Trails by ambulance, she was awakened and dressed at 5:30 a.m. and left in a wheelchair to wait. At noon they came and told her she would not be going that day as there was no ambulance or stretcher service to take her. This happened twice more until the family finally lost patience and asked if there was an alternative to get her down to Boundary Trails. They were told they could take her themselves. This woman, who is suffering from congestive heart failure, on oxygen, and weighs 88 pounds, was expected to be transported over an hour down a two-lane highway in the winter by u 6 ‘Portage Hospital'