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Brandon University Looking to Offer Intro Courses in Dauphin
 
Dauphin is set to get more post-secondary education options.
 
Brandon University has been in talks with the city, with B-U acting vice-president, academic and provost Steven Robinson saying they're excited about the possibility of offering some arts and sciences courses here.
 
Robinson says it's unlikely a full degree could be offered in person here, but by offering a healthy range of first-year courses, then students can test out university and see if it's for them.
 
"Our view is that there are probably a lot of students in the Dauphin area who find it a barrier to have to go directly from high school to a campus farther away, either in Brandon or Winnipeg or elsewhere, who might think they're interested in university but they're not sure they want to make that jump."
 
Robinson says the hope is to have courses available as early as this September, but says it's more likely a fuller version will be offered in the fall of 2017.
 
"If we can get something started in the fall of 2016, even on a smaller scale, we would love it and we would jump at it."
 
Mayor Eric Irwin says details still need to be worked out, and once that's done there will be a formal announcement.
 
Irwin says Dauphin can be flexible, mentioning online courses, night courses in Brandon, and other ways to augment what could be offered here. He says by building a foundation and adding more later on, he sees Dauphin able to get most of a Bachelor of Arts or Science in town.
 
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Iowa Caucuses
 
It's very close between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses.

So close, Sanders is calling it a "virtual tie.''

But the Clinton campaign team is claiming victory, pointing to Clinton's capture of at least 22 delegates to the party's national convention to Sanders' 21, with one left to be decided.

On the Republican side, Ted Cruz was the winner in Iowa, with Donald Trump second and Marco Rubio a close third.
 
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Report says Canada Ill-Prepared for Peacekeeping
 
A new report from two independent think tanks suggests the Canadian military is far behind other nations in its readiness to support the United Nations and train for modern peacekeeping.

The Trudeau government has promised to get Canada back into the peacekeeping business.

But the study by the Rideau Institute and the Centre for Policy Alternatives notes for the last decade, our army has specialized in counter-insurgency warfare because of the combat mission in Kandahar.

Study author Professor Walter Dorn says peacekeeping-related skill sets have been put on the backburner, so new in-depth training is required. 
 
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Groundhog Day Cancelled
 
An untimely death has cast a shadow over this year's Groundhog Day festivities in Winnipeg.

Winnipeg Willow, the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre's resident prognosticator, died on Friday. As a result, today's planned Groundhog Day events have been cancelled.

Willow, who was five when she died, came to the centre in 2010 after her mother was killed by a dog.

The centre intended to release her back into the wild, but she broke her leg and after healing, had become too attached to the staff to survive on her own. 

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Flying Club Holding Meeting This Week

The Dauphin Flying Club could be getting off the ground again soon.

Rumblings of a renewed club have come up at both city and RM of Dauphin council meetings.

A meeting is planned for the evening of March 3 at the Dauphin airport.

City of Dauphin CAO Brad Collett informed council last Monday that despite the loss of Perimeter and the need to cut costs, the airport has had multiple requests for new hangars and is expanding.

RM Reeve Dennis Forbes thinks it would be nice if flight lessons could be offered in the area again.

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Highway 16 Still Closed

Some Manitoba roads have re-opened since blowing snow closed them last night, but not all.
 
Manitoba 511 says Highway 16 is closed from Minnedosa east to Westbourne.
 
It lists highways around Dauphin as snow-packed, with swirling snow through Riding Mountain.
 
South of the park, Highway 10 is ice-covered, with poor visibility and blowing and drifting snow.
 
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Fire Kills Three in Winnipeg
 
A rooming house fire in Winnipeg has killed several people.
 
Two women aged 20 and 21, as well as a 49-year-old man, died yesterday.

Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
 
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Polar Bear Encounters Up in Churchill
 
Manitoba government documents suggest polar bear encounters with people have reached record levels on the shores of Hudson Bay.

Polar bear activity reports from the past three years show the number of documented cases in Churchill, Manitoba, has jumped from 229 in 2013 to 351 last year.

Daryll Hedman, regional wildlife manager for Manitoba Conservation, says climate change is largely to blame.

The lack of sea ice means bears spend more time on land with less fat, and they grow hungry and can venture into town in search of food.

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Canadians Dead in Texas After Traffic Accident

Authorities have identified four Canadian residents who were killed in a horrific traffic accident 35-kilometres south of Austin, Texas.

They were in a minivan that was hit by a car that was headed the wrong way on an interstate.

Dead are 30-year-old Gerhard Hiebert Peters, his 27-year-old wife Margaretha Wall Hildebrandt, 31-year-old Heinrich Martens, and 16-month-old Jacob Wall Hiebert.

Two others in the minivan -- girls, aged three and six -- suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are eager to talk to the car's driver, who is in critical condition in hospital.
 
 
Sentence Reached for Last of 2011 Stanley Cup Rioters
 
The judicial book is finally closed on the Stanley Cup riot that rocked downtown Vancouver almost five years ago.

William Fisher and Jeff Milne -- the last two rioters -- have been sentenced to 36-months and 32-months respectively.

They're the longest sentences handed out for the riot on June 15th, 2011 -- the night the Canucks lost Game-7 of the final to the Boston Bruins.

Of the 300 suspects who were ultimately charged, all but 16 pleaded guilty.
 
 
Cantaloupe Recall
 
Some cantaloupes sold in Manitoba and Alberta are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Freshpoint Vancouver is recalling the Del Monte and Sysco Imperial Fresh-brand cantaloupes, which were also sold in B-C and possibly across the country.

There have been no reported illnesses linked to the fruit but people should either throw it out or take it back to the store where they bought it.

Salmonella bacteria can cause serious and possibly deadly infections in young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
 
 
Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter Speaks at Winnipeg Conference
 
Civil rights activist Nelson Mandela's granddaughter has delivered the keynote address at the National Fair Trade Conference in Winnipeg.

Tukwini Mandela owns House of Mandela Wines, a fair trade company.

She says consumers are moving toward a far greater awareness of their purchasing power and want to buy products with a soul and a purpose.

Around 400 delegates are attending the conference, which runs until today. Topics include marketing fair trade goods, climate change and advocacy

Six had their charges stayed and 10 went to trial, resulting in nine convictions.
 
 
Rare Falcon Spotted in Northern Manitoba
 
A rare white gyrfalcon has been captured on camera on top of an observation tower at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in northern Manitoba.

The footage was captured by http://explore.org, an online organization that documents nature across the globe, and uses the camera in Churchill to stream live video of the northern lights to viewers.

The bird is the largest breed of falcon and experts say it is very rare to spot in the wild.

Researchers at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre say the gyrfalcon was a resident before the camera went up, and as a territorial animal, it keeps returning to the perch where the camera now lives.

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Manitoban Hockey Legend Dead

Hockey Hall of Famer Andy Bathgate has died at the age of 83.

The Winnipeg-born player starred for the New York Rangers but won his only Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He made his mark on the N-H-L by consistently leading a woeful Rangers team in scoring in the 1950s and early 1960s.

He won the Hart Trophy as the league's M-V-P after recording 88 points in 70 games in 1959.

 

Threats Made to Saskatchewan Hospital

No patients were evacuated, but the public has been told to stay away from the hospital in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, while police investigates three threatening phone calls.

The Kelsey Trail Health Region announced the temporary closure yesterday morning.

R-C-M-P say they investigated and found nothing suspicious at the hospital, adding all three calls came from the same phone number in the community.

To be on the safe side, the health region diverted emergency patients to hospitals in nearby Melfort and Tisdale.
 
There's been no word on when the Nipawin hospital will re-open to the public.
 
 
Unclaimed Winnings in Lottery
 
You might want to take a quick look through your purses and pockets.

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says more than $200,000 dollars hasn't been claimed yet in winning lottery tickets sold in Winnipeg.

One of the winning tickets, drawn last March 31st, is worth $100,000 dollars, while another is a Lotto Max ticket drawn around the same time that is worth more than $103,000.

The opportunity to cash in the winning tickets ends in March.
 
 
Provinces Offer Support to National Inquiry
 
The provinces say they'll support and co-operate with a national inquiry into missing or murdered indigenous women.

The pledge was made in Winnipeg at the end of a two-day meeting involving federal and provincial ministers as well as indigenous leaders and families of the victims.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says that means the inquiry will examine areas under provincial jurisdiction, including child welfare.

Details of the inquiry -- including its scope, who will lead it, and when it will start -- have yet to be worked out.

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Manitoba Mudrun Registration Open

Registration for the 2016 Manitoba Mudrun opens at noon today!

This year’s event takes place August 6 at the Countryfest site.

Tickets are $60, and you can register at www.manitobamudrun.com

 

Refugee Goal Reached

With two days to spare, the Trudeau government says it has met its goal of accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of this month.

The 25,000th was among a group of refugees who were aboard a plane that landed last night in Montreal.

In the coming days, they will be re-settled in eight provinces.

The three refugee families coming to Dauphin have all arrived.

 

Winnipeg Fatal Crash

Police in Winnipeg say one of the two vehicles in a crash that killed a man yesterday was stolen.

Investigators say a Honda Civic was stolen by an unknown female and that it later crashed into a Buick Regal.

Two drivers -- a 71-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman -- were taken to hospital in critical condition. The man has since died.

Police say they are still investigating.

 

MB Polar Bear Incidents

Manitoba government documents show encounters between humans and polar bears on the shore of Hudson Bay reached record levels last year.

They show there were 351 encounters in Churchill in 2015 -- an increase of one-third over 2013.

Experts say global warming is partly to blame.

They say shrinking sea ice is making it harder for polar bears to hunt seals, so the hungry bears are spending more time on land without food.

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