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New extended parental leave and leave for individuals to care for critically ill adult family members legislation was introduced today.
Proposed changes include extending parental leave from 37 weeks to 63 weeks to care for a new child in the family and establishing a new 17-week leave to allow employees to care for an adult family member who is critically ill.
The legislation will also increase the minimum age for employment from 12 to 13.
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100 dollars in Dauphin Chamber Bucks are what you could win if you participate in the province’s poverty reduction strategy.
The survey was created to help provide information on improving programs and services.
The Dauphin Friendship Centre is encouraging everyone to give their thoughts on this important issue.
Executive Director of the DFC, Jeremy Smith, explains why the DFC is helping push the survey.
“Poverty affects everybody in the areas of healthcare, education, and employment. So the Friendship Centre thought we would take the main lead on this and assist the province to make wise decisions.”
You can find the survey by going online to going to gov.mb.ca/allaboard/ or stop into the Dauphin Friendship Centre to get a paper copy.
Once you've completed it, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be entered for 4 draws for $100 in Dauphin Chamber Bucks.
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The Dauphin Hospital redevelopment project is progressing into spring.
The Construction on the Emergency Department and new EMS entrance is to be completed in the Spring of 2019.
One more required phase of the project remains, which is reconstructing the main entrance, to be completed in the summer of 2019.
The redevelopment covers 13,000 square feet for both areas, and the EMS drop off adds another 2,400 square feet.
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Last week the free home renovation workshops in Dauphin wrapped up.
The Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and Dauphin Consumer’s Co-op worked together to put them on.
Acting Executive Director for Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal, Alison Moss, talks about possibility of doing this again in the community:
“This is something we were dreaming about doing in the community for a long time and when the right partner came along, it really made this happen. We sure hope to do it again and I think that we’ve heard from the community that the appetite is there to do more.”
The workshops were held at the DRCSS with local instructors teaching.
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The City of Dauphin has been dealing with water main breaks as spring begins.
City of Dauphin Assistant CAO, Sharla Griffiths says the number of problems city crews have to deal with isn’t unusual.
“It varies from year to year. Usually depending on the weather and how quickly the thaw comes out or how cold it is. It’s really quite weather dependent.”
So far this year there have been 14 water main breaks, with 4 of those taking place in the last two weeks.
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Students with an agricultural background are encouraged to submit their application for a Manitoba Beef Producers bursary.
Six $500 bursaries are available to MBP members, or their children, who are attending a university, college or other post-secondary institution.
General Manager Brian Lemon says the main component of the application is an essay judged by MBP members.
“They should speak about the reasons why they enjoy being involved in agriculture. As you can imagine, with that as a topic there is a lot of really engaged and exciting young people in this industry. Then the opportunity for [the judges] to read the words they put on the page is an exciting and rewarding opportunity that makes everybody feel better about our future when you get a chance to read the inspiring words of these young people.
The application can be found at www.mbbeef.ca/producers/mbp-bursary and have to be submitted by June 1st.
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The province is taking on careless driving with stronger penalties.
New legislation will amend The Highway Traffic Act to create a tiered administrative licence suspension of three days for a first offence and seven days for a second and subsequent offence for prohibited use of a hand-operated electronic device while driving.
The proposed new law will also make careless driving a reportable offence.
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Manitoba has the lowest rate of post-secondary graduation in Canada.
A report released yesterday detailed how Manitoba is sitting at a 62 percent graduation rate.
Gabe Mercier, Director of the ACC Parkland Campus explains some of the underlying issues in the report.
“Generally Manitoba spends less on post-secondary education than the rest of Canada. We have less people continuing from high school to post-secondary in Manitoba, particularly at the college level. Whereas other provinces, the provinces tend to invest more for postsecondary students at the college level.”
The report stated that the graduation rates have improved from 1999 when rates were at 51 percent.
Mercier believes taking the next step in education will pay off for anyone interested in post-secondary.
“The important message is that investing in education pays off. Having a high school diploma isn’t good enough. You have to have education past the high school level, be it college, university or apprenticeship training. They will all pay off in the end.”
Saskatchewan had the second lowest graduation rates in the country, coming in at 65 percent in the report.
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It was a day full of culture at this year’s Tapestry in Dauphin.
Taking place on Saturday hundreds of people came out to celebrate the diverse cultures we have here at home.
Jeremy Smith the Dauphin Friendship Centre's executive director talks about this year’s success:
“Over 250 people attended the event and found it to be very entertaining and informative. And it was educational in the fact that people didn’t know we have that many different cultures residing right here in Dauphin.”
Smith say’s people are already asking about performing and providing food for next year’s event.
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The Firefighters Rooftop Campout went great this past weekend.
Firefighters were around the community all week as well as camping out on top of the Dauphin Market Place Mall.
Chair for the event Marie Sorlie explains the grand total they raised throughout the weekend.
“I’m happy to say officially cash in the bank is 18,400 dollars. That is not including the cinnamon buns, the rope, the donations from Home Hardware, the lumber from Timberfab, the things we needed to build the camp. That is not including the thousands of dollars of food, and of course because we're off the roof doesn’t mean we're done collecting donations.”
People are still welcomed to donate by contacting Sorlie on Facebook or going directly to the Fire Hall.
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The Polar Plunge was a huge success in Dauphin.
Special Olympics Manitoba put on the event to help send athletes to the Special Olympics.
Mike Thiessen, a Dauphin corrections officer, raised the most money individually, and he explains why he loves these events:
“Special Olympics has always been close to my heart. Now that I’m in law enforcement, the torch run and the charity towards Special Olympics is something close to me. It raises awareness that brings a positive take with the law enforcement that’s desperately needed. It’s something that raises awareness for the community.”
In total, $5250 were raised in the event.
730 CKDM’s Darnell Duff took the plunge on Saturday and a special thanks to all those who donated and helped us raise $729 towards special olympics Manitoba.
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