Mackenzie School Renos Taking Longer Than Initially Thought
Renovations at Mackenzie Middle School are going to take longer than initially thought, and the school won't be ready to house grade sixes until September 2017.
Mountain View School Division superintendent Donna Davidson says she's disappointed, but there is a flipside.
"I'm extremely excited that we have the additional dollars for the industrial arts and home ec. That was not originally anticipated into the project, so we have a brand new state of the art industrial arts area for our students."
Additional work in the Industrial Arts area delayed the tender process by four months and another delay occurred when tender estimates exceeded the budget and it took several weeks to secure the necessary funding.
Fog Advisories Across Manitoba And Saskatchewan
It's going to be a very foggy morning across Manitoba.
Fog advisories have been issued by Environment Canada for parts Southern Manitoba and Southeastern Saskatchewan where near zero visibility in fog is expected or occuring.
A large area of fog associated with a warm front along the U.S. border has settled over the southeastern prairies.
Visibilities are expected to improve by mid-morning as the fog begins to lift.
RIDE Program Set To Return
An annual program in Dauphin that provides a safe trip home people who have been out drinking alcohaul will be returning this December.
The Dauphin RIDE program will return once again with program coordinator John Shuttleworth saying the'll be providing rides between 9:00pm and 3:00am on a handful of dates.
"We're starting on December 4, and we'll be working the 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26 and 31."
Shuttleworth says over 500 people used the program last year, and says the number gets bigger each year as people become more aware about the problems caused by drinking and driving.
More Clubroot Found In Manitoba
Clubroot galls have been found in five fields in Manitoba, with
four in the Swan River area, and one in the R.M. of Pembina. This
compares to last year, when although 25 fields had clubroot spores
in the soil, there were no symptoms on plants.
Manitoba Agriculture's oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec says
although clubroot has been in the province since 2011, this is
should be another wake up call for producers.
She says they need to be out in their fields looking for patches
that are dead and properly identifying the disease, not just
assuming it's a drowned-out section.
Soil can have clubroot spores without showing symptoms on plants,
which is why Kubinec says it's important for producers to test soil
and catch any low levels of the disease before it shows up on canola
plants.
four in the Swan River area, and one in the R.M. of Pembina. This
compares to last year, when although 25 fields had clubroot spores
in the soil, there were no symptoms on plants.
Manitoba Agriculture's oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec says
although clubroot has been in the province since 2011, this is
should be another wake up call for producers.
She says they need to be out in their fields looking for patches
that are dead and properly identifying the disease, not just
assuming it's a drowned-out section.
Soil can have clubroot spores without showing symptoms on plants,
which is why Kubinec says it's important for producers to test soil
and catch any low levels of the disease before it shows up on canola
plants.
