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Her husband, Bruce, was the one who put the wheels in motion for Bu- chanan’s nearly 28-year career. He became a bus driver while Gwen was a stay-at-home mom with three kids. At the time, he encouraged his wife to become certifi ed as a bus driver in case he needed her to fi ll in for him while he dealt with matters on the family’s cattle and grain farm near Argyle. Gwen got her licence and became busy with the Interlake School Divi- sion, driving 47 of 52 routes as a spare bus driver over the years. After that, she became the routes co-ordinator for the school division as well as the divisional courier to de- liver supplies to schools. She eventually asked to become a regular driver and got her fi rst pick of routes, driving the Grosse Isle express TRIBUNE PHOTO BY JO-ANNE PROCTER Gwen Buchanan (middle) drove her last bus load of students on Dec. 18. 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During an interview with the Selkirk Another issue the RHA has been Record, Van Denakker talked about the targeting are personal care homes, busy year that was 2015 and what the or rather the lack of personal care RHA has planned for 2016. homes. When it comes to physician recruit- Van Denakker said the need for per- ment, the CEO said there were a lot sonal care homes in Selkirk is par- of challenges, but the RHA had some ticularly dire, as those on waiting lists success. are occupying many of the hospital’s While they lost a few doctors, Van beds. Denakker said there were six or seven “Our beds are 50 per cent full of new physicians added to the region in people who are waiting placement 2015. for personal care homes, and that’s an In hopes of luring more doctors to unfortunate thing for them,” he said. the region in both the near and long There is some help on the way when term, he said the RHA is hoping to it comes to adding more beds in the build relationships with young stu- region however. Van Denakker said dents in hopes of attracting them to a new personal care home in Lac du the area when they get into the health Bonnet, which would give the RHA a fi eld. net 50 new beds, it making good prog- TRIBUNE PHOTO BY BRANDON LOGAN “We’ve invested in physician re- ress and is almost ready to go to ten- Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority CEO Ron Van Denakker cruitment from a resource perspec- der. said the RHA has had a good 2015 and is expecting to announce many tive,” Van Denakker said. “So some- Meanwhile, the CEO added the new projects in the new year. body who’s actually working in that RHA developed a 10-year personal area to establish relationships with care home plan for Manitoba Health late in an approval for another signifi - creating “a signifi cant number of new residents and medical students, so we that identifi ed the region’s needs. cant capital project,” Van Denakker jobs.” can start to reap the benefi ts of home- “We’re hopeful that work will trans- said, adding he’s confi dent they will Looking ahead to 2016, Van Dena- get provincial money in 2016. kker said the RHA has many projects As for the RHA’s biggest on-going ready to begin, one of which is tied to project, which is the new Selkirk hos- the future shutdown of the old hospi- pital, everything seems to be trending tal. Festival of Wreaths upwards. “We are hoping we’ll have the an- Van Denakker said the hospital nouncement of a new ambulance sta- should be completed by spring 2017 tion here in Selkirk. That’s required and, as of now, the project is on top because the existing ambulance is and on budget. actually juxtaposed or attached to the With the exterior near completion, hospital,” he said. “When that hospital he said work on the inside has already comes down, that EMS station has got begun soon. to come down too.” “Staff will start to come over a lot The CEO also promised increased more to familiarize themselves with collaborative work with First Nations the new environment, because it’ll communities and the announcement be signifi cantly different,” he noted, of more programs to increase health adding the new building will also be care in smaller, more rural communi- a “big economic driver” for the city by ties. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY NATASHA TERSIGNI Winners of the South Interlake Regional Library Stonewall branch Tracey Malone - Financial Advisor annual Festival of Wreath contest were announced on Dec. 18. This Inview Insurance, 344 Main Street, Stonewall year the contest had 15 wreaths made by local organizations and [email protected] businesses and brought in $435 for to the Stonewall Christmas Cheer Phone (204) 467-8927 Board. Librarians Darlene Dallman (pictured left) and Joan Ransom show off this year’s winners, from left to right, third place Stonewall Teulon Tribune with 56 votes; fi rst Back to Health Chiropractic with 107 votes and second Beyond Bread with 57 votes. Life & Disability Commercial Home Farm 4 The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, December 31, 2015 Woodlands’ 135 a successful year for King By Stefanie Lasuik opportunities for childcare, King said funding 50 per cent of the project. son hits in 2016. King said the RM has More jobs, better roads, and im- the municipality will also see the cre- While the lagoon expands, King built up reserves for the project over provements to an elementary school ation of jobs. According to King, the hopes to build an entirely new mu- the past few years. all highlighted Trevor King’s year as RM was happy to welcome approxi- nicipal shop once construction sea- Reeve of the Rural Municipality of mately 15 jobs through Arrow Cattle- Woodlands. quip, which is expanding its business In 2015, the municipality focused on in the municipality. construction for Miami Beach Road These activities came in a year the with help from the provincial govern- Rural Municipality of Woodlands cel- ment. ebrated its 135th birthday. The RM “It was a good partnership between marked the anniversary with special us and the province to get that infra- Canada Day festivities and hopes to structure rebuilt,” said King, who ex- continue anniversary celebrations ev- plained the route was in great need of ery fi ve years.