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Donald Craik
Donald William Craik (August 26, 1931 – September 2, 1985) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon. Personal life Born in Baldur, Manitoba, to Ira Donald Craik (1890-1981) and Cordelia Bella Mae Young (1896-1981), Donald William Craik was raised at Greenway, in the Rural Municipality of Argyle. Craik's grandfather, William Craik (1849-1929), was a storekeeper who built Craik’s General Store in 1909 in Greenway. Ira Craik operated the store from 1925 to 1975. In 2012, the building was identified as a significant heritage asset by the Baldur-Argyle Heritage Group. Donald Craik earned his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering at the University of Manitoba, and his Master of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. After his graduation, he worked as a mechanical engineer ...
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Baldur, Manitoba
Baldur is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, Manitoba. Baldur is the largest community of the Argyle municipality, which is in southwestern Manitoba between Brandon and Portage la Prairie. The community is named after the Norse god Baldur, reflecting the Icelandic heritage of the people in the community. History The community was founded in 1890 with the coming of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway, which began building its line through the Municipality of Argyle in 1889.''We Made Baldur: Notable People from Baldur's Past''
Argyle Museum Heritage Advisory Group.
A railway officially originally suggested to name the post office "Chesterville" after local citizen Jesse Chester, w ...
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George Johnson (Manitoba Politician)
George Johnson, Order of Canada, OC (November 18, 1920 – July 8, 1995) was a medical doctor and is seen by historians as one of the leading political reformers of the twentieth century in Manitoba. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir and as the province's List of lieutenant governors of Manitoba#Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba, 1870-present, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, Lieutenant Governor from 1986 to 1993. Early life Johnson was born in Winnipeg, to a family of Icelandic heritage. He received a B.Sc. and M.D. from the University of Manitoba and served as a Lieutenant (later, Captain) with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941 to 1945. Political career Johnson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1958, for the riding of Gimli, Manitoba, Gimli, north of Winnipeg. A Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative, he was appointed Minister of Health and Public Welfare in the minority gover ...
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Public Libraries Act
Public Libraries Act—sometimes simply Libraries Act—is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom and Canada for legislation (" Acts of Parliament") relating to public libraries. Canada In Canada, public libraries are local jurisdiction, with authority from provincial/territorial legislation. * Canada (federal library) — '' Library and Archives of Canada Act'' (S.C. 2004, c. 11) * Alberta — ''Libraries Act'', 2000, c. L-11 * British Columbia — ''Library Act'', 1996, c. 264 * Manitoba — ''Public Libraries Act'', CCSM, c. P220 * New Brunswick — ''New Brunswick Public Libraries Act'', 2011, c. 194 * Newfoundland and Labrador — ''Public Libraries Act'', 1990, c. P-40 * Northwest Territories — ''Public Libraries Act'', 2009, c. 7 * Nova Scotia — ''Libraries Act'', 1989, c. 254 * Nunavut — ''Library Act'', 1988, c. L-7 * Ontario — ''Public Libraries Act'', RSO 1990, c. P.44 * Prince Edward Island — ''Public Libraries Act'', 1988, c. P-31.1 * Saska ...
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1966 Manitoba General Election
The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit. Results See also * List of Manitoba political parties Riding results Party key: *PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba *L: Manitoba Liberal Party *NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba *SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party *Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba *Ind: Independent Arthur: *(incumbent) James Douglas Watt (PC) 1902 * Frank Patmore (L) 1807 * C.M. Robson (NDP) 494 Assiniboia: *(incumbent)Stephen Patrick (L) 5168 * Stewart Millett (PC) 4800 *Charles Norman (NDP) 2943 Birtle-Russell: * Rod Clement (L) 2223 *(incumbent) Robert G. Smellie (PC) 2078 * Ronald Kostesky (NDP ...
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Answering Service
A call centre ( Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product or service support or information inquiries from consumers. Outbound call centres are usually operated for sales purposes such as telemarketing, for solicitation of charitable or political donations, debt collection, market research, emergency notifications, and urgent/critical needs blood banks. A contact centre is a further extension of call centres telephony based capabilities, administers centralised handling of individual communications, including letters, faxes, live support software, social media, instant message, and email. A call center was previously seen as an open workspace for call center agents, with workstations that included a computer and d ...
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Henry Duckworth
Henry Edmison Duckworth, (November 1, 1915 – December 18, 2008) was a Canadian physicist and university administrator. The Duckworth Centre at the University of Winnipeg is named in his honour. Biography Born in Brandon, Manitoba, and raised in Winnipeg, Duckworth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesley College in 1935, followed by a Bachelor of Science degree in 1936 and a teaching certificate in 1937 from the University of Manitoba. From 1938 to 1940, he taught math and physics at secondary and junior colleges in Manitoba. In 1940, he continued his education, receiving a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1942. During World War II, he was a junior scientist with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals assigned to the National Research Council of Canada. After the war, he an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Manitoba from 1945 to 1946. He then was a Professor of Physics at Wesleyan University from 1946 to 1951. From 1951 to 1965, ...
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, sixth-largest city and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, eighth-largest metropolitan area. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Cree language, Western Cree words for 'muddy water' – . The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples long before the European colonization of the Americas, arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota people, Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis people in Canada, Métis ...
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Master Of Science In Engineering
A Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) is an academic graduate degree awarded by universities in many countries. It is differentiated from a Master of Engineering (a professional degree). A MSE can require completion of a thesis and qualifies the holder to apply for a program leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (often abbreviated PhD or DPhil) in engineering, while a Master of Engineering can require completion of a project rather than thesis and usually does not qualify its holder to apply for a PhD or DPhil in engineering science. The MSE is considered equivalent to diplom degree in engineering in the countries that do not have a specific distinction between MSE and Master of Engineering. In the UK the MEng is an extended undergraduate degree, and the MSc is a one year postgraduate degree for those who already have a BEng. They both contribute to obtaining a chartered engineer qualification. See also * Engineering education, about the structure in many countries * E ...
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Bachelor Of Science In Engineering
A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Engineering degree program is accredited by one of the Engineering Council's professional engineering institutions as suitable for registration as an incorporated engineer or chartered engineer with further study to masters level. In Canada, a degree from a Canadian university can be accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Alternatively, it might be accredited directly by another professional engineering institution, such as the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The Bachelor of Engineering contributes to the route to chartered engineer (UK), registered engineer or licensed professional engineer and has been approved by representatives of the profession. Similarly Bachelor ...
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Rural Municipality Of Argyle
The Rural Municipality of Argyle is a rural municipality in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Incorporated on 15 August 1881, it is named after John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll who was the fourth Governor General of Canada. Baldur is the largest community in the municipality, which sits between Brandon and Portage la Prairie. Part of Rock Lake can also be found in the municipality. Argyle is also home to the oldest standing Icelandic Lutheran Church in Canada, built in 1889. Communities * Baldur * Glenora * Greenway * Neelin History In August 1880, two men from the New Iceland region of Manitoba, Sigurdur Kristofersson (or Chistopherson) and Kristjan Jonsson, set out westward to see their friend who had settled in Pilot Mound. On their way, Kristofersson and Jonsson came across an area of rolling prairie grass with small lakes which had no settlers besides two men who lived in a tent. Kristofersson filed entry for the first homestead in what would later become the ...
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Greenway, Manitoba
Greenway was a village in south central Manitoba, Canada. It was named after Thomas Greenway, premier of Manitoba from 1888 to 1900. It was built as a result of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway's Morris Branch being run through the Rural Municipality of Argyle in 1890. See also *List of regions of Manitoba *List of rural municipalities in Manitoba A Rural municipality (Canada), rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's ''Municipal Act'' of 1997, an area must have a mini ... References Former villages in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Westman Region {{manitoba-geo-stub ...
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Cabinet Minister
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' premier', 'chief minister', ' chancellor' or other title. In Commonwealth realm jurisdictions which use the Westminster system of government, ministers are usually required to be members of one of the houses of Parliament or legislature, and are usually from the political party that controls a majority in the lower house of the legislature. In other jurisdictions—such as Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Slovenia, and Nigeria—the holder of a cabinet-level post or other government official is not permitted to be a member of the legislature. Depending on the administrative arrangements in each jurisdiction, ministers are usually heads of a government department and members of the government's ministry, cabinet and perhaps of a ...
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