Look. Listen. Learn. During Fire Prevention Week

During Fire Prevention Week you are encouraged to look, listen, learn, and be aware because fire can happen anywhere.

Statistics Canada says the number of structure fires declined by 26 percent between 2005 and 2014. But, residential fires made up six of every 10 structural fires during those years.

Fire Chief of the Dauphin Fire Department Cameron Abrey says this year’s “Look. Listen. Learn.” campaign highlights three steps people can take to help quickly and safely escape a fire:

• Look for places fire could start.
• Listen for the sound of the smoke alarm
• Learn two ways out of every room.

Cameron says people often make choices in fire situations that jeopardize their safety or even cost them their lives. He suggests people should create escape plans for their homes and that practice can make and motivate them to action when a fire starts.

The Dauphin fire department kicked off Fire Prevention Week at the Kings game last Friday.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week and home escape planning, visit www.firepreventionweek.org.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 8, 2018 - 6:29 am

Patti Eilers is running for city council in Dauphin.

She’s running for city council because she wants to continue to improve all aspects of life in Dauphin.

Some things she wants to address on council are health, education, and housing.

She strongly believes in getting involved with the community to make it a better place to live, work, play, and visit.

If you want to know more about her she says.

“People may contact me by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , phone me at 204-638-8848 or contact me through city hall. I am at many community functions so I hope community members continue to approach me with their concerns.”

The election is on October 24^th.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 8, 2018 - 6:23 am

Today is the 10th day in the search for Skownan’s Dwayne Lavallee.

Volunteers are looking around the Ebb and Flow area this morning beginning at 9 and going until 7.

You are encouraged to help either by going out and volunteering your time, supporting the effort financially, or helping any way you can.

Lavalle was last seen on Ebb & Flow First Nation on September 22 around 2:00 pm. His vehicle was recovered in an area north of Ste Rose du Lac on September 26.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Ste Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-2513 or call Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text "TIPMAN" plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 6, 2018 - 8:09 am

Martin Kaminski is running for the third straight time to get on Dauphin City Council.

He was on Council from 2010-14, didn’t make it in the 2014 election, and he’s back for this month’s election.

He’s running for council because he works well with the other councillors and enjoyed being on council.

Kaminski likes the progress council has made since he was last on city council and wants to continue helping the city progress.

His platform is to be progressive and work with council to see the best for Dauphin. If you want to learn more about Kaminski, you can call him at (204) 638-4851, email him at mThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or talk to him on Facebook, he’s not afraid to talk to people.

The election is on October 24^th.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 6, 2018 - 7:34 am

Pot-related criminal records won’t automatically go away when cannabis is legalized later this month .

It will be easy to get a conviction for possession removed, but it will take time.

Kirk Nyquist, co-host of the Reefer MEDness Podcast, had a conversation with Dauphin Lawyer Aaron Beddome about the legalities.

Beddome said that even if you get charged for possession the day before legalization, i will take a long time to get those charges removed from your record.

“People refer to it as a pardon, but really, it’s actually called a record suspension, you have to wait five years from your sentencing date, your date of conviction. Then you can apply for a record suspension.

The Parole Board of Canada charges $631 to process a record suspension application along with other fees like using a lawyer.

“I foresee that there will be some sort of streamlined process for those types of people who,(have) a simple possession of marijuana or cannabis.”

The federal government is exploring options to pardon the thousands of Canadian who have possession charges.

You can listen to the full interview with Bedomme in episode S1E3 on www.ReeferMed.ca.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 6, 2018 - 6:25 am

Ending the epidemic of Crystal Meth in Dauphin is a goal for many groups in the community.

At the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba’s agency forum, this morning, ideas of how groups can work together were developed.

Kristen Porter, a Prevention Education Consultant with the Dauphin AFM shares some of the outcomes.

“So, one of the outcomes that came through this morning for us at the Addictions Foundation is that it’s clear that the community, the public, other agencies, would like more education. So that’s something that I’m looking at organizing. Kind of similar to how we did the fentanyl forum.``

She talks about what she will be doing.

“In my role, I’m going to make sure when I’m invited to community presentations or school presentations because I do a lot of that around the Parkland. But I will be making sure that I do include information about Crystal Meth to help educate at the youth level or community level.”

There has been an increase in the number of people who use crystal Meth, with many of the users suffering from homelessness and other problems along with addiction.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 5, 2018 - 4:14 pm

MPI has started a campaign called Save the 100.

The name of the campaign comes from the stat that on average, 100 people die annually on Manitoba roadways.

The campaign’s objective is to reduce tolerance for traffic fatalities by asking Manitobans to look beyond the stats and focus on the real people and their real lives lost behind every fatality number reported.

Most cases of fatalities come from distracted drivers, drugs or alcohol and speed are the other major factors.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Oct 5, 2018 - 11:31 am

The snow isn’t stopping the fun during Hoof 'N' Holler.

Events start today in Ste. Rose and go until Sunday.

The snow coming down is playing into this year’s Country Christmas Theme.

Ashley Hopfner, President of the Hoof 'N' Holler, says the weather won’t affect much.

“We’re hoping the sun comes out and melts the snow away from us. But if not I guess we’ll make the best of it. Most of our events are held indoor except for the parade and the Mud Bog. So I guess we’re just going to have to watch the weather and determine that closer to the date. October long weekend weather can basically be anyone’s guess.”

“We’ve seen it all through the years of Hoof 'N' Holler. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.”

Because of the snow, the Friday night shootout is postponed and moved to Sunday at 1 pm. The Mud Bog is still going ahead tomorrow at 1 pm.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 5, 2018 - 11:03 am

The federal government has said, despite opposition from Manitoba, that they will go ahead with a carbon tax in the province to start in 2019.

Earlier this week, Premier Brian Pallister and the Conservative provincial government announced they were pulling out of the national carbon tax strategy, in favour of the "Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan". According to the same legal experts that advised Manitoba to pull out of the carbon tax, the federal government can impose the tax even though they face opposition to it.

When it comes to revenues collected via the carbon tax; it's still unclear how much, if any, of the revenue will stay in Manitoba, and how it will be used.

Details: Contributed by Alec Woolston; Published: Oct 5, 2018 - 8:32 am

You’ll get in trouble if you take your legal marijuana across the Canadian border.

After October 17th, it’ll still be illegal to import or export from Canada, cannabis or any cannabis products without a valid permit, issued by Health Canada.

We contacted the Canada Border Services Agency to find out what the rules are about crossing the border.

They responded by saying “It’s simple – Don't Bring it In, Don't Take it Out.”

If you don’t have permission to bring it across you’ll be committing a serious criminal offence and be subject to enforcement which includes a criminal investigation.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 5, 2018 - 5:00 am

David Minish is running for council in Ward 5 of Swan Valley West.

He wants to be on council because he loved growing up in Swan River Valley and the valley has been so good to him. He feels there are a lot of people he can never pay back so he wants to pay it forward on the council.

He wants to move the municipality into a more professional model where the council makes good policies, bylaws, hiring good staff with proper training, giving them clear directions and then getting out of the way so they can do their job.

His campaign slogan is "working together to build a better valley for everyone".

If you want to know more about Minish, he posts regularly on his Facebook page. He has a blog page where he hasn’t posted in a while but the posts are still up for anyone to read if they would like. The blog is at http://www.seatwithaview.ca/

The election is on October 24^th.