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The Canadian Red Cross is sending nearly 800 refrigerators and freezers to two Manitoba communities that were evacuated due to wildfires.
There hasn't been electricity in Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids First Nations for weeks, and people's appliances will have rotting food inside and won't be fit to use.
Clean-up crews are disposing of the rotten food and appliances.
Residents aren't ready to go home yet, noting power needs to be restored and then the water treatment plants can be reactivated.
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A stabbing in Steinbach has lead to one arrest and police on the lookout for one more suspect.
RCMP said an altercation occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday when two men stabbed a 24-year-old man. The victim was taken to hospital, but has been released.
Police arrested Travis Nolin, and charged him with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Anyone with information is asked to contact your local RCMP.
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An abandoned bag was to blame for a security incident that closed Winnipeg's airport yesterday.
Police say the airport was evacuated, but people were allowed back in after an hour when it was determined the bag didn't pose a threat.
Normal operations then resumed.
Several flights were delayed following the incident.
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The Ste. Rose Library building is 100 years old and a celebration is being planned.
It has housed a few different purposes in the community such as a school, then converted to a library.
Germain Jacobs, member of the Dreamweavers Art Group, tells us when the celebration takes place
“We’re choosing July the first, Canada Day, to commemorate these hundred years of this building and we’re opening it up to anyone who is in our community and around; people who have come to this school and used this library. We have opportunities for them to come in and sign the chalkboard we have available and set up for the occasion. There’ll be an indoor and outdoor program also we have walking about tours that are going on about the building.”
Elvier Brunel also a member of the Dreamweavers Art Group tells us what there is to all take in that day.
“We also have a community art exhibit, so people in the community are asked to bring up to three items of art that they’ve made and it will be on display. On the third floor we have our Dreamweavers Art Studio, so we’re going to open that up too. That’s our art studio and we come up here to do some art. We also have a little 1950’s mini museum. This little replica of what our Main Street looked like in the 1950’s and it’s really well worth seeing.”
There will also be a Story Time tent, BBQ lunch and 100th Anniversary Cake as part of the celebrations.
Both women had ties to the building. Jacobs worked as a librarian there and Brunel was a teacher in the old school.
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One person is dead and 5 people are injured in a rollover in Peguis First Nation.
At 2 this morning, RCMP responded to the incident on West Road in the community.
The driver, who was a 26 year old female from Wabowden was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her 5 passengers, ranging from 25 to 52 in age, were brought to hospital with various injuries.
It appears seatbelts were not being used and alcohol is thought to be a factor.
The investigation is ongoing.
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The prospect of a 4 way stop on a busy Dauphin Intersection is still in the works.
The intersection of River and Mountain is considered part of the provincial highway system which makes it a little trickier to make a change.
Sharla Griffiths, the Assistant CAO for the city, shares if there are any plans for the intersection.
“Not at this time. However, we are working with Manitoba Infrastructure for some possible traffic control improvements there. Hopefully this year. We don’t have any concrete plans yet.”
The intersection has been on the City’s radar for several years.
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Audrey Chartrand was elected as the Northwest Region Vice–President for the Manitoba Metis Federation.
She was sworn into office in a private ceremony earlier this week, on the 11th.
Two regional Board of Directors were also elected, they are Richard Genaille and John Parenteau.
The three representatives will serve until the next MMF election that is set for the year 2022.
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Over 10 thousand dollars was raised this year during the 5th annual Dane Kaleta Memorial BBQ.
Taking place yesterday, the community came out to support the Ronald McDonald House and other community organizations.
Curtis Kaleta, one of the organizers of the BBQ, says it’s great to see the support from the community.
“Every year it seems to be great, a huge success every year. I think this year was just as good as last year and it always seems to be about that same amount raised, which is great to see. Great to see all the community out. We had two of the women from the Ronald McDonald House yesterday and they were just impressed with all the people that came out to support the BBQ.”
So far 5,170 was raised from the auctions. The current tally sits at more than 5,370 dollars with a few more numbers to factor in.
Money raised went towards the Dauphin Girl Guides, the Ronald McDonald House and the Dane Kaleta Scholarship Fund.
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Supporting sick kids with medical expenses is the goal of the Little Valley Jamboree.
Taking place tomorrow and Sunday, this family-friendly festival offers live entertainment, great food, and a chance to help children in need.
Evelyn Lewandoski, is one of the organizers, and she says all the money raised goes to support families with medical bills.
“Most people have healthy children, and some of them never hear about all these children that are born with these different things that sometimes doctors can’t even put a name on them and how to treat them. So it’s very time consuming, very expensive for the parents to travel back and forth to doctors and they get sent here, they get sent there.”
Lewandoski explains how the money is used to support these kids.
“The children all have a trust fund that once the money is divided up and they are given the money. It’s in the trust fund, for medical expenses, and that’s about it. We don’t give all our money away every year. We just save a little bit in case we come across a child during the winter months that maybe we can help out.”
This year there are three kids who the fundraiser is going to support and help them get the therapies & treatments they need.
Lewandoski stresses that the jamboree is completely volunteer run and all money raised goes towards supporting these kids in need.
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Manitoba Public Insurance plans to increase general insurance rates.
They requested a 2.2 percent overall rate increase for the 2019/20 insurance year with the Public Utilities Board.
If it’s approved that would mean the average passenger vehicle owner will pay about $27 more in premiums per year. That translates to $2.25 per month.
MPI says they are experiencing higher physical damage costs directly related to newer-model vehicles.
Over the past five years, collision claim costs have gone up about five percent per year. That’s compared to the prior long-term average of about two to three percent annually.
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Two weeks' notice is what the R.M. of Dauphin is requesting from rate payers to give when it comes to applying dust control.
The R.M. has a pre-planned schedule for gravelling roads.
Dennis Forbes, Reeve, want the public to let them know before they apply dust control.
“I’d like to ask our residents that are in the process of providing their own dust control, if they would co-ordinate the application of that dust control with our public works foreman and the office. We need a little heads up preparation time because a number of the roads that people are talking about putting dust control on are slated for gravel.”
People are starting to apply dust control now to roads.
“We would appreciate two weeks, because we have had a number of people in the past day or event this morning, come in and say, ‘we’re putting dust control and l’m going to put it on tomorrow or the next day or the company is coming’ and so on. We can’t recct that quickly to do the gravel maintenance program on that particular road that we have planned on doing this year; so their dust control would be covered. We’re going to do the gravel maintenance, regardless, so if everybody could just co-ordinate their dust control with our office and everybody will enjoy their summer.”
This is to prevent residents who applied dust control before the road is gravelled, from losing the application.
Residents can call the public works office at 638-4531 to find out when their roads are being done and to notify their intention of putting down dust control.
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