Busy Night For DRCSS In New School Year

School is just starting and there`s a busy night in store tonight.

Welcome night starts at 6 pm, you can go from table to table looking at all the extracurricular activities and find out all the information about the activities.

At 6:30 pm the academic awards will get handed out in the gymnasium.

Awards will go to those with the top marks from grades 9-11, last year.

There`s a special prize that will be given to the person with the best attendance at the end of this school year.

Stephen Jaddock, vice-principal at the DRCSS, says the prize to be won is a jeep and it’s on display at the front of the school when you go through the main doors.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Sep 5, 2018 - 6:09 am

The Liquor, Gaming, and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba wants Manitobans to be aware of some of the rules surrounding legal cannabis use. This comes after a survey where Manitobans expressed a need for a clear outline of the rules.

The minimum legal age to purchase and consume cannabis is 19. As well, smoking or vaping cannabis in public will not be allowed, and you'll be able to carry up to 30 grams on your person. It will be illegal to grow cannabis at home in Manitoba.

This is from the first phase of the LGCA's Can & Can't of Cannabis campaign. The second phase of the campaign will come out when cannabis is legal in Canada, and it will highlight safe consumption procedures. You can find out more information at LGCAmb.ca.

Details: Contributed by Alec Woolston; Published: Sep 5, 2018 - 8:36 am

Barry Trotz Day has come and gone and we now know how much has been raised.

Here are the totals:

Meet & Greet - 36 x $1,000 = 36,000.00.

Donations for Stanley Cup - 27,000.00.

Others - $14,620.61.

That total equals $77,620.

Barry then added $75,000 which makes the total 152,620.61.

"I spoke to Barry last week and he's going to sit down with his family to find out some places where the money should go," said Whitney Odut, one of the event organizers. "It's going to take some time because he wants to do some research and reach out to some people."

"So, as we find out we'll make sure to let the public know," added Odut.

Thousands of people packed the streets of Dauphin and Credit Union Place back on August 22 for the event.

"I just want to say thank you so much to all the volunteers that helped out that day," added Odut. "They made the day run smoothly and flawlessly. We're just all really appreciative of everything they did."

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 4, 2018 - 12:41 pm

The survival rate of prostate cancer can be close to 100 per cent if it’s discovered early.

With one in seven men being diagnosed with the disease in his lifetime getting checked regularly is important to beating the disease.

The City of Dauphin declared September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month during their last regular council meeting.

Patrick Feschuk who is in charge of special projects at the Manitoba Prostate Cancer Support Group shares how many cases are discovered a year.

“Prostate Cancer affects many, many men. In Manitoba usually, in a year, you get about 700 cases that are men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Like all cancers, it’s important that you get cancer in its early stages. So we encourage men to get checked for prostate cancer as early as possible.”

“Get their PSA checked, get a bench level established when they are 40. And then watch it when you go for your annual checkup to your doctor, ask them to get your PSA. It’s just another part of the blood test, and you just watch that. if it starts increasing, if it doubles, or if there is an increase that the doctor thinks might be reason to explore further then they will do other tests to determine if you have prostate cancer or not.”

Like most cancers, if it’s caught early, it’s treatable, and you can live a healthy life after.

It’s estimated that 11 men will die from prostate cancer every day in Canada.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 4, 2018 - 11:02 am

Starting up this morning and going for about six weeks, 4th Ave. SW between 1st Street SW & 2nd Street SW will be closed to all traffic during the morning for water main renewal.

Work will begin at 7:00 a.m. daily and the street will open up in the late afternoon.

You are asked to reduce your speed and you can expect roughly packed trenches.

If the crew is working elsewhere for the day, the street will be open to the public.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 4, 2018 - 6:26 am

Since Friday, August 31, the Manitoba RCMP has responded to two fatal collisions where alcohol is believed to be a factor as well as a collision causing serious injury.

One incident involved three adult female occupants, driving west on Sturgeon Landing Road, Southwest of Cranberry Portage near the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border, when they entered the south ditch and struck a large tree. One passenger, a 31-year-old female, was pronounced deceased on scene and another passenger, a 53-year-old female, sustained serious injuries and was transported to a hospital. The 49-year-old female driver was not injured.

Another incident involved a car and an SUV pulling a trailer, that were travelling together and heading east on highway #1, 3.5km east of Portage la Prairie, when both vehicles pulled onto the shoulder. Three occupants exited the two vehicles to fix a strap that was on the trailer. A short time later, a third vehicle veered onto the shoulder and struck the parked vehicles. The impact caused the parked car to go into the ditch, striking an adult female. She was transported to a hospital with serious injuries where she remains in stable condition. The two other adult occupants who had stopped to fix the strap were also struck. They were treated by EMS personnel on scene and released.

The third incident involves a 36-year-old male and an 8-year-old male in a side-by-side off-road vehicle that rolled in the RM of Tache near Steinbach, landing atop the adult male. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased. It does not appear that the adult male was wearing a helmet or seatbelt. The 8-year-old male was not injured. He was not wearing a helmet, and police believe he was not wearing his seatbelt.

With some of the busiest days on our roads quickly approaching due to the end of the long weekend, the Manitoba RCMP asks all Manitobans to drive sober, to wear their seatbelts, pay attention to their surroundings and to slow down.

They want everyone to enjoy their long weekend and to get to their destination safely.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Sep 3, 2018 - 9:19 am

The 2018-19 school year officially starts on Wednesday this week for everyone except for grade 7 and 8 at MacKenzie Middle School.

Teachers have been back since early last week.

Donna Davidson, Superintendent for the Mountain View School Division, reminds us what their mission statement is,

"Provide an inspiring, respectful, and safe learning environment where every student is valued, nurtured, and enabled to reach his or her full potential."

The teachers and the rest of the staff are excited to have the students back in class.

The custodial team has worked hard throughout the summer to get the schools ready for this week.

There have been some capital projects going on at some of the schools, most should be completed by the start of school.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Sep 3, 2018 - 8:12 am

Cpl. Kingdon is doing well. He is still in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He is receiving strong support from his family, friends and colleagues.

The Manitoba RCMP thanks everyone who has reached out with words of compassion and encouragement.

The Manitoba RCMP have charged the four people involved in the Onanole incident with the following:

Therae Racette-Beaulieu, 18, Sandy Bay First Nation

- Attempted murder with firearm x2
- Breaking and entering x2
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Weapons possession contrary to order and fail to surrender authorization
- Possession of firearm/weapon/device/ammunition in motor vehicle

Tommy Edward Beaulieu, 21, Portage la Prairie

- Theft of vehicle
- Breaking and entering x2
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Weapons possession contrary to order and fail to surrender authorization
- Fail to comply with a probation order

Shane Donovan Beaulieu, 30, Portage la Prairie

- Breaking and entering x2
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Weapons possession contrary to order and fail to surrender authorization

Delaney Marcus Houle, 23, Portage la Prairie

- Breaking and entering x2
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Possession of firearm/weapon/device/ammunition in motor vehicle

All have been remanded into custody. Shane Beaulieu appeared in Brandon Provincial Court earlier today. Delaney Houle, Tommy Beaulieu and Therae Racette-Beaulieu are all scheduled to appear in Brandon Provincial Court on Tuesday, September 4th.

The investigation is continuing by the Major Crimes Unit and further charges are possible.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Sep 1, 2018 - 7:30 am

You can check out Rainbow Beach or Duck Mountain Provincial Park for free this weekend.
The provincial government is celebrating the Labour Day long weekend, by not requiring vehicle permits.
The province want’s to remind everyone about the dangers of spreading aquatic invasive species.
Their primary focus is to stop the spread of zebra mussels which have already caused closures of Whirlpool Lake in Riding Mountain National Park.
You should always clean, drain, and dry anything that goes into the water before bringing it somewhere else and have your boat checked at a watercraft inspection station.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Sep 1, 2018 - 5:58 am

There will be an important change to Drivers Ed classes in school this year.

MPI is adding gravel road driving to the curriculum.

The reason gravel road driving wasn’t in the curriculum earlier is that in Winnipeg it can be difficult getting to a gravel road from some parts of the city.

Most instructors took their students on gravel roads before the curriculum change if they could.

If the novice driver doesn’t feel comfortable driving on gravel roads they won’t have to, it’s all conditional on the competence and confidence of the driver.