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JASON HALSTEAD / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Marlene Bertrand receives the Eira 'Babs' Friesen Lifetime Achievement Award from YMCA-YWCA board chair Catherine Thiessen (left) and Rochelle Squires, Manitoba's Minister of minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage at the the 40th annual YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala on May 4, 2016 at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg. The awards celebrate the talent, achievements, imagination and innovation of Manitoban women. Proceeds from the gala support programs that positively impact the lives of women, youth and children in Winnipeg.