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Contract negotiations Between Prairie Mountain Health, Interlake-Eastern regional health authorities, and MGEU are stalling after the latest offer.
Kyle Ross, MGEU president is concerned that without a better offer, The health sector will continue to struggle in recruitment and retention.
"Health care is provided by people, and healthcare at its heart is people helping people. Right now, we need more people to do that work and we're fighting to get more people in those roles to serve Manitobans, to serve people when they're more vulnerable. We're going to continue to push to ensure we have a strong healthcare system here in Manitoba, and that Manitobans can feel satisfied with the service they're getting"
The next step is for MGEU's members to review the contract and collectively vote.
Members will now vote either to accept the offer as their new collective agreement or to reject it and give the bargaining committee a strike mandate
"A strike is always a last resort. It's the last thing we'd like to be doing. We'd much rather bargain a fair and reasonable deal for Manitobans and our workers. that's always our goal in this."
With over 700 vacant health care aide and home care positions, Ross believes something needs to be done to prevent a further loss of medical staff.
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The Provincial and Federal Governments have announced million in funding to support the Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative or EMILI.
Premier Wab Kinew was part of this announcement earlier today, saying that this funding will help drive innovation in Manitoba agriculture is going to help producers lower costs, increase yields and improve sustainability.
The funding builds on the launch of EMILI’s Innovation Farms Project, a 5,500-acre full-scale farming operation used to demonstrate and promote new processes and technologies. As a part of the innovation farms project, the 8,500-sq.-ft. Innovation Farms Centre officially opened today.
EMILI is an industry-led non-profit that was created in 2016 with the objective of preparing and empowering Manitoba farmers to fully utilize the latest digital technology advantages.
The vision for EMILI’s innovation farms project is to be a place of collaboration and demonstration, for both experts and the general public, including students and others in the industry.
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The Ste. Rose RCMP are searching for Joseph Ryan McIvor.
On July 9, McIvor was reported missing after leaving his home and not returning. Although friends claim they saw him, police have been unable to find him despite checking multiple locations.
McIvor is thought to be in the Ebb and Flow First Nation area. If you have any information, please call 447-3082 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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In the courts this week, a Pine Creek First Nation man charged following a fatal single-vehicle rollover in April of last year near Duck Bay had a new court date set.
38-year-old Katlin Lamirande will return to Dauphin court on August 13th, as he faces a charge of Careless Driving Causing Death after a five-year-old boy died in the accident.
And one of three people charged following a New Year's Eve armed robbery on the Ebb & Flow First Nation was also back in court on Tuesday.
27-year-old Braden Moar of Ebb & Flow is set to return to court on August 1st.
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The Swan Valley Health Centre is ready to show off its newest piece of equipment to the public.
An open house is planned for next Wednesday which will include guided tours of their new CT Scanner room.
Since coming online on June 17th, hospital officials say roughly a dozen scans per day have been performed using the CT Scanner.
Besides keeping patients closer to home for these procedures, having the new CT Scanner is also reducing pressure on emergency response services, who often have to transport patients to other Manitoba communities to have these procedures performed.
The open house will take place from 10 am to noon on July 31st at the hospital.
Funding for the over two million dollar project was helped by over one million dollars being raised locally by the Town of Swan River, surrounding communities, and other local groups.
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For anyone in or near McCreary, there is an exciting time you won't want to miss this weekend, as the McCreary Ag Fair and Rodeo returns!
Danny Champion runs the advertising team for this event, and She`s excited to bring the fun.
"Saturday, we've got the parade that starts at noon. There you'll see wagons, horses, tractors, trailers, floats, and flags, there will even be candy for the kiddos. If you come browse the food trucks and locals vendors, they'll be featured through the rodeo market throughout the entire afternoon. There will be raffles and 50/50 draws throughout the day, out beer gardens open up at 1 pm, and we've got a live band performing at 5"
Champion's advice is to come early if you want the best seats in the house for the Heartland rodeo shows.
"The rodeo itself is running round about 2 pm to 5 pm both Saturday and Sunday, but if you arrive around noon, you'll be able to score a good seat in the stands and check out all the entertainment we have to offer."
With the rodeo, music, kids games, beer gardens and more, the McCreary Ag fair And rodeo promises to be an amazing time.
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A technical briefing took place earlier today to further discuss Zebra mussels in Clear Lake.
Dameon Wall, External Relations Manager details stage one of the controls.
"We've received the first shipment of the containment curtain that arrived here on site on Monday. We anticipate arrival of more material for that containment curtain to be coming shortly along with a crew that will be deploying that."
The next step would to be apply potash to any mussels found, as Tim Town, Ecologist Team Lead, not doing so could be catastrophic.
"Clear Lake's at the top of the watershed, right? So it flows out of Wasagaming Creek which connects to the Little Saskatchewan River and the Assiniboine River so if zebra mussels were to propagate downstream, it would just be devastating."
Previous studies that Town Referenced noted that potash was very effective at killing off zebra mussels while keeping a concentration low enough to not harm other aquatic or terrestrial species.
There were also some questions on people who aren't concerned about zebra muscles, as their presence often makes for more water clarity where they're found.
Town explains that the clarity may look nice, but represents a cascade failure of the ecosystem.
The zebra mussels consume algae at the bottom of the food chain, and that would ripple into the sport fishing population as this balanced ecosystem is thrown into chaos.
As part of the isolation of this curtain, there will be further studies on where else in the lake the zebra mussels have spread, and if greater efforts need to be taken.
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You are rapidly running out of time to get your tickets for this year's Canada's National Ukrainian Festival and save some money in the process.
CNUF president Kayla Gillis reminds us of some important upcoming deadlines when it comes to purchasing tickets and camping spots.
"In-person sales - to get your festival passes, close this Friday, since our office will be closed next week. So the deadline for in-person tickets is this Friday. And then our online deadline for ticket sales is Tuesday (July 30th) at midnight."
After that, tickets will only be available once the festival site opens on August 1st when ticket prices will also increase.
The office is located at 17 - 3rd Avenue North East, across from the Dauphin Consumers Co-op, while their website is www.cnuf.ca.
This year's festival runs August 2nd to 4th a the Selo Ukraina site south of Dauphin.
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Further information has been made available regarding a collision that took place yesterday morning.
at approximately 10:50 am, Dauphin RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 5, just east of Grandview.
A west bound vehicle is believed to have crossed the center line and collided with a grain truck that was headed east.
The driver of the grain truck, a 72-year-old male from Grandview was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Unfortunately, The driver of the vehicle, a 19 year old male from Grandview, was pronounced Deceased on scene.
Dauphin RCMP along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist continue to investigate.
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Convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki will be sentenced on August 28th.
Skibicki was found guilty on July 11th of four counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Rebecca Contois - originally from Crane River - as well as Mercedes Myran, Morgan Harris, and an unidentified fourth woman who was given the name Buffalo Woman by community elders.
First-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.
Contois' remains were found in a garbage bin outside of Skibicki's apartment and later in the Brady Landfill, while the bodies of Myran and Harris are believed to be in the Prairie Green Landfill outside of Winnipeg.
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A 28-year-old man from Ste. Rose died earlier this month after colliding with another vehicle.
On July 6 at 10 a.m., Ste. Rose RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 68 near Road 144N, in the RM of Alonsa. A pick-up truck going east on Highway 68, crossed the centre line and collided with a SUV going west.
The driver of the truck, a 28-year-old male from Ste Rose du Lac, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. On July 19, the 28-year-old passed away from his injuries.
The driver of the SUV, a 51-year-old man from Winnipeg, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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