Prominent members of Manitoba’s business and health sectors and nearly three dozen military personnel were awarded Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medals Monday night, one week after the former monarch’s funeral in London.
Premier Heather Stefanson and Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon handed out the first 70 of 1,000 awards to Manitobans in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne in 1952.
“Each of you…