Welcome to the RM of MontcalmThe Rural Municipality of Montcalm was incorporated in 1882. A special celebration was held on June 13, 2007 to mark the municipality's 125th anniversary.The R.M. of Montcalm is located approximately 60 kms south of Winnipeg in the heart of the Red River Valley and has three population centres: SaintJoseph, Letellier and SaintJeanBaptiste.We are active members in the Manitoba Association of Bilingual Municipalities, Triple R Community Futures Development Corporation, Pembina Valley Water Coop, Red River Recreation Commission, and Altona and District Health Care Board as we strongly believe in creating partnerships to assure our continued growth and diversification.The Rural Municipality of Montcalm coupled with entrepreneurial residents is well positioned for economic development.
The Boyne Regional Library Was First Organized By The Young Adult Group (Now The Young Citizens Group) In 1943. The Young Adult Group Was Lead By President Alfred J. Strachan And Secretary Margaret Burnett.Initially All Books Were Donated To The Library Because Of A Lack Of Funds. The Young Adult Group Also Needed A Building To House Their Library. They Asked Local Druggist, F.W. Humphries If They Could Display Books In His Front Window. He Willingly Agreed And Offered To Act As Librarian As Well.However, The Library Soon Outgrew The Front Window Of The Pharmacy And New Arrangements Had To Be Made. They Moved To Art Hands Insurance Office And Displayed The Books In The Window There. He And His Staff Acted As Librarians.
The Carman Dufferin Recreation Commission is governed by a board of directors representing local citizens, municipal and town officials. The Town of Carman and the rural municiality of Dufferin along with the Dufferin Agricultural Society work together to provide recreational facilities and programs for the area.
The Carman Area Foundation is a community foundation established by an Act of Incorporation in 1998. The Foundation invests the contributions it receives in a perpetuity endowment fund and uses the income earned tomake grants to a wide range of charitable groups – grants that benefit our local communities.
CLOSED Dates As of April 1, 2013, Computers for Schools will be charging $8 for Windows 7 license (C.O.A) for the No Charge (Free) computers. Windows 7 will be included for the charged ones. We are no longer installing Windows XP. NEW SPECS...There has been some changes to the applications, please use the new ones found under ''Apply for Computers'' section. CFS Computers for Schools, co-founded in 1993 by Industry Canada and the TelecomPioneers, refurbishes computers and related equipment donated by governments and businesses. These computers are distributed across Canada to schools, libraries and registered not-for-profit learning organizations.A Part of the National Program. For more information (English and Franc¸ais), please click here .
The University of Manitoba Welcome to the University of Manitoba - western Canada's first university. Founded more than 137 years ago, and located in the heart of the country, we are the region's largest and only research intensive university offering over 100 degrees, diplomas, and certificates – more than 60 at the undergraduate level including professional disciplines such as medicine, law, and engineering.Our energetic university community is comprised of close to 30,000 students, 8,700 faculty and staff, and 190,000 alumni. Nearly 13 per cent of our current students are international, representing close to 104 countries.The University of Manitoba is located on Anishinabe and Metis traditional land and is home to a thriving community of Indigenous researchers, staff and more than 2,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit students, including over 150 graduate students - one of the largest Indigenous student bodies in the country.Our university stimulates over $1.8 billion in economic activity in the province, and we are leaders in Manitoba's knowledge economy with groundbreaking research in areas such as nanotechnology, functional foods and nutraceuticals, HIV/AIDS, and climate change