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24 Mar, 2021

Campaign for the Walter and Maria Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre

Join our $42-million campaign so we can do what no one has done before. We’re creating a centre where the world’s top specialists treat the toughest brain and…

Donor to subsidize milk program cut by school division

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20 Mar, 2021

Donor to subsidize milk program cut by school division

Winnipeg Free Press – A city philanthropist will serve up a $210,000 donation to restore a milk-subsidy program drained from Winnipeg School Division’s budget this month. The cut…

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