Morning News - December 10

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Missing And Murdered Women Inquiry Underway

The Canadian Government announced earlier this week, Phase 1 of the inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The announcement has gotten a lot of support from First Nations groups around the country.

Assembly of First Nations Manitoba Regional Chief Kevin Hart says First Nations people voted in large numbers in October to get the Conservative Government out of office, so progress could be made.

"We have a new government in place now, we're very encouraged and optimistic by the words the Prime Minister has said to our people, and we look forward with a big sense of relief that the last 10 years are behind us and we look forward to the future for our people."

Phase 1 of the inquiry involves consulting with victims' families over the next two months, to determine how the rest of the inquiry should be carried out, and what the end result should be.

New President And Executive For CNUF

Canada's National Ukranian Festival now has a new president.

Last night's AGM for the festival saw the election of a new executive and Dave Federowich as the new president for the festival.

Fedorowich says he's really excited about his new position.

"For challenges, I think we're just gonna have following up our great 50th anniversary celebration that we had. We have a good head start on some lineup additions, and I think that it will just work itself out to be a really good year again once again."

Outgoing president David Katcsma, who served as president for seven years, says he's learned a lot in the position and enjoyed every moment of it.

Clear Ice In Clear Lake Getting Attention

A number of calm cool nights and a lack of snow has lead to the ice on Clear Lake forming a see through skating rink.

This kind of phenomenon only happens in Clear Lake usually once every five to ten years, and the visitor experience manager for Riding Mountain National Park, Richard Dupuis, says they're seeing a lot more people coming to visit the park recently.

"We've had many people skating at the Aspen picnic site, which is at the north end of Clear Lake, and also even near the pier, we've been seeing a lot of traffic and also calls coming in at out call centre, and also people just driving up from Winnipeg for the day."

Churchill Raising Money For New Fire Truck

The volunteer fire department in Churchill, Manitoba, has taken
to crowd-funding to raise part of the money it needs for a new fire
truck.

The department wants to replace one of its pumper trucks which is
more than 45 years old. It hopes to buy a used one that is only 10
or 15 years old.

The deparment hopes to raise $50,000 on a Go-Fund-Me
page.

The fire chief says a new truck could cost $1 million and
there's no way the community can afford that.

Canadian Honey Production Up

The Canadian beekeeping industry is buzzing over new numbers that
show honey production is up.

New figures from Statistics Canada show beekeepers produced
95.3 million pounds of honey in 2015, an increase of
11.4 per cent from the previous year.

The total value of the sweet stuff is up by 10.9 per cent
to $232 million due to the increased production.

Rod Scarlett of the Canadian Honey Council says the numbers show
the industry is successful and growing.