Pool Discussions In Gilbert Plains
Gilbert Plains' Centennial Wading Pool may not open by July 1st.
Reeve Blake Price says every effort will be made to try and have it open but it's probably going to be a squeeze.
After some discussion last night, Gilbert Plains council authorized painting of the pool.
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Province Helping Students With New Website
Manitoba is investing in a new online portal to help more students attend post-secondary education institutions.
ECampusManitoba.com will allow students to go online and complete a number of tasks with the click of a mouse.
The online system allows students to transfer credits, access online textbooks and transfer courses.
The strategy has been in the works for several years. Part of the website is already up and running; other links will take until December to be operational.
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Lake Friendly Accord Signed
Ontario and Alberta have signed on to help Manitoba improve water quality in Lake Winnipeg and other waterways.
At a meeting of Canada's environment ministers, the two provinces signed the Lake Friendly Accord.
Lake Friendly executive director Colleen Sklar says it commits them to reducing nutrients and algal blooms in the water.
Ontario has pledged to reduce the amount of nutrients flowing into Lake of the Woods.
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Fed's Ratify UPOV '91
Canada has announced that it has ratified the UPOV '91 treaty to improve the plant variety protection system, finalizing one of the key measures of the recently-passed Agricultural Growth Act.
With the ratification of UPOV '91, plant breeders have more protection and farmers have better access to a wider variety of seeds.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says stronger intellectual property rights have proven to provide greater incentives to increase investment in research and development for Canada's crop sector, giving farmers greater access to the newest crop varieties.
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Foreign Doctors Easing Pressure In Rural Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government says physicians recruited from outside of Canada are helping to ease the demand for family doctors in rural areas.
The government says 15 new doctors are practicing in Saskatchewan thanks to a program that assesses the abilities of people who have graduated from foreign medical schools.
Another 11 graduates are being reviewed and could begin practicing family medicine in communities later this summer.
Dr. Dennis Kendel, CEO of the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan, says the physician shortage is no longer a crisis.
But he says recruitment continues for doctors in Canada and internationally.
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NATO Resigns Itself To Russian Challenge
NATO appears to be taking a collective deep breath and resigning itself to a long confrontation with an unpredictable Russia.
Defence ministers from the US, Canada and other NATO countries open a meeting in Brussels today to continue reshaping an organization originally founded in 1949 to deter the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Moscow is once again a major challenge, added to new ones like Islamic extremism and cyberattacks.
