135 Years

Volume 136 Issue 1 Friday, March 16, 2018 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

Tribune
Turns 135
Pharmacies Being Hit Hard
By HILLARY MILLER
By DARRYL HOLYK
W ith the recent release of the
new budget by the Mani-
W ith this edition, The
Minnedosa Tribune
marks its 135th year of
toba Government on Monday,
many of the pharmacists in the
province have been given cause
publication, remaining the to be concerned, as many chang-
Oldest Weekly Newspa- es will be implemented affecting
per in the Canadian West. the level of service they may be
Founded in March 1883 able to provide.
by William Gibbens, The The local Personal Care
Tribune has stood the test Home was previously being ser-
of time while a few other viced by a Brandon pharmacy,
local newspapers, The whose sole business it was to
Minnedosa Star and The provide prescriptions and medi-
Minnedosa Mercury folded cations to a number of different
their operations after short Personal Care Homes around the
periods of time. region. Now, based on the new
A small-town business budget and plan, this service, as
marking its 135th Anniver- well as the contracts for all per-
sary is no easy feat and is sonal care homes in the province,
the direct result of many have been streamlined to be ser-
people over the years. In viced by a single company out
addition to the nine own- of Winnipeg, called MediSystem
ers and numerous staff Pharmacy. This is an Ontario-
members who have been based company with a location in
employed at The Tribune Winnipeg.
during its 135 years, this
old newspaper could not Continued
have survived without on Page 2
its advertisers, subscrib- Photo by Hillary Miller
ers and other customers.

Town Proposes Water Rate Increase

We must also recognize
the many volunteer cor-
respondents who have
submitted various reports
over the years – whether
By DARRYL HOLYK law #2538 which went into effect metre (c.m.) to $0.61 per c.m. metres (minimum quarterly con-
it’s district news, sports re-
January 1st, 2016. “As members of However, water rates have seen sumption of 14 cubic metres),
ports or other news items.
We could not have done it
without you!
F ollowing an unaudited defi-
cit of over $105,000 for the
Town of Minnedosa Water Util-
council, we all pay water bills so
we certainly don’t like to see an
increase anymore than anyone
an increase from $2.06 per c.m. to
$3.77 per c.m. for domestic (first
500 c.m.) and have gone from
water could increase from $28.84
to $52.78 while sewer has de-
creased from $12.60 to $8.54. This
With the continued
ity in 2017, Town Council gave else,” stated Mayor Ray Orr. $0.47 per c.m. to $0.64 per c.m. means the minimum quarterly
support of advertisers and
second reading to Bylaw #2559 Within the new bylaw and for wholesale (over 500 c.m.) charge, overall would increase
subscribers, The Minnedo-
to increase water rates Tuesday rate structure, the base quarterly So what do these decreases from $59.19 to $78.32.
sa Tribune will hopefully
night. Once approved by the service charge has decreased and increases mean for the cus-
continue on for many
Manitoba Public Utilities Board from $17.75 in 2016 to $17.00 in tomer receiving a bill from the Continued
more years to come!
(PUB), the new rates will replace 2018. Sewer rates have also de- Town of Minnedosa Utility? on Page 2
the rate structure set out in By- creased from $0.90 per cubic For customers with 16 mm

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