Flying Club to Make Big Purchase
The Dauphin Flying Club is getting an aircraft.
President Mike Potoroka says some club members have pledged a substantial amount of money towards the purchase of a plane.
"It kind of got the ball rolling. There was a bunch of members that we like to refer to as founders that pledged financial support, and it looks like we're going to go ahead with a club aircraft purchase here in the next couple of weeks or so."
Potoroka says they've narrowed their search to two or three airplanes, but went on to say they're looking at one in particular.
He says, broadly speaking, to use the plane, a club member with a current pilot's license would pay an annual fee.
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Manitoba Landmark Hotel Burns Down
A decades-old log hotel on the east side of Lake Winnipeg has gone up in flames.
The Manigotagan North Star Hotel is considered a local landmark. Neighbour Marilyn McNish says the blaze broke out Tuesday but firefighters were still on scene yesterday putting out hotspots.
She says the hotel was moved from Long Lake many years ago and has been empty for the last few years. RCMP say the fire is not believed to be suspicious.
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Beware of Stolen Vodka
Manitoba RCMP took to its Twitter account to warn the public not to buy stolen vodka.
According to the police service's tweets, 45 to 60 cases of the unique vodka were stolen from a business in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. Each case has 12 bottles.
Vodka 204, made by the White Moose Distillery, has a unique label with a Blue Moose above the name printed on the bottle.
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Student Not Happy with Prime Minister's Answer on First Nations Living Conditions
Prime Minister Trudeau is getting a failing grade from a First Nations high-school student in Saskatoon who thinks one of his answers during his school visit missed the mark.
Grade 12 student Tahris Bear asked Trudeau yesterday how he will right the wrongs faced by Canada's indigenous peoples and why he allows them to live in Third World conditions.
Trudeau said Ottawa can't fix the situation on its own, adding that previous governments tried, but with horrible consequences -- and said everyone will have to work together.
But Bear said afterward Trudeau didn't answer her question and offered no concrete steps for how Ottawa will make the living conditions better.
