Election Day in Manitoba
Polls are open across Manitoba for the 41st provincial general election.
Polls will close at 8 tonight, at which point CKDM will begin its live election coverage.
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Gilbert Plains Must Decide What to Do with Community Hall
The people of Gilbert Plains are trying to decide what to do with their aging community hall.
Reeve Blake Price said at a community meeting last night, that the current hall is not up to code, citing problems with the bathrooms and kitchen, ventilation, and a lack of fire alarms, among other problems.
Price presented four different options: building a new hall, renovating the current one, adding on to the hall, or doing nothing and forcing it to close down the line. Price says he wants to build a new hall.
"From a subcommittee standpoint especially, I think our preferred option is to build a new hall. I mean, it’s long term, it’s done. You’re finished with it."
Price says renovation would cost about $750,000, compared to $1.3-million for a new hall.
Those in attendance were given informal ballots to see which way the community wants to go. If you were unable to make it, you can pick up a ballot any time this week at the Gilbert Plains municipal office.
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Grading, Pothole Repair Will Start When Ground Thaws
Dauphin's public works director says it's still only April, and we're a long ways off from a lot of road maintenance work.
Asked about backlane and road work, Bill Brenner told council last night the ground needs to thaw and dry.
"We will grade all the lanes first thing in the spring and we normally do it in the fall, and same with pothole repair, as soon as the streets are dry enough, as soon as we can get out to do some of this work we will definitely be out there doing it."
Brenner said boulevard sweeping will start either later this week or early next week.
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Taliban Claim Responsibility for Deadly Attack in Afghanistan
Afghan authorities now confirm at least 28 dead and 320 wounded during a co-ordinated assault today by militants on a key government security agency in the capital, Kabul.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility.
The attack, including a suicide car bombing, appears to have targeted an agency similar to the US Secret Service, that provides personal protection for officials.
