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Hot, dry conditions made it a busy weekend for the Dauphin Fire Department.
They responded to three grass fire calls on Saturday, a structural fire and another grass fire on Sunday.
Cam Abrey, Dauphin Fire Chief, noted the crew worked tirelessly to bring the first fire under control.
“There was actually three calls on Saturday., with the first one being turned in at approximately at 11:30 a.m., south of town, just across the highway from the Countryfest site. It was a grass fire that covered approximately a quarter section of land and was threatening a yard site at one point. Firefighters worked tirelessly for several hours along with the property owners in order to bring that fire under control.
The second fire took place a couple of kilometres north off of Highway 20, shortly after the first fire and Mutual Aid had to be called in for assistance.
Later that afternoon, a third grass fire broke out by Stony Point.
It started back up again Sunday morning at approximately 5:30 in the morning when they department got a structural fire call on Industrial Road.
Then the fourth grass fire call for the weekend came in later on in the afternoon.
Abrey would like to remind the public, to refrain from burning when the winds are over 20 kilometres an hour. High winds and dry conditions make it extremely challenging to control and put fires out.
Burning permits are free and can be obtained at the R.M. of Dauphin municipal office.
Currently there is no fire ban in effect.
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Mental health issues impact each and every one of us.
The Parkland area is fortunate to have people and agencies working hard to deliver services in this area.
Eleanor Snitka, Parkland Outreach Manager with the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba, was given a surprise at the annual Voices of Angels concert.
“Well it was a total surprise. I don’t do my job to get rewards or awards but we had two members from our provincial board attend our Voices of Angels concert and I was given and Outstanding Long Service Award.”
Snitka has been working with the association for 18 years.
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As soon as the temperature reaches plus 4, ticks are out and about.
Ticks can carry a variety of diseases and should be removed right away.
Dr. Roxanne Neufeld, Veterinarian at the Dauphin Vet Clinic, explains how to remove a tick safely from your pet.
“Absolutely we do want to remove them, so if you are finding ticks on your pet, and they’ve not been given a tick product, then you want to grab the tick as close to the skin as you can and just gently pull them off. It’s preferable to wear gloves when you are doing it, and at the very least wash your hands with soap and water right after handling ticks.”
Neufeld also says they are seeing a few different varieties of ticks in the area such as the Lonestar Tick, but the Deer Tick is the most worrisome because it spreads Lyme Disease.
She suggests you don’t put ticks down the drain or destroy them with your bare hands, but rather put them in a container of alcohol to kill them.
Along with the usage of tick products for pets, Dr. Neufeld recommends people get their pets vaccinated for Lyme Disease, since it is hard to treat.
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Minister for the Status of Women, Rochelle Squires, was part of an announcement concerning harassment, last week.
To prevent harassment or bullying in municipal and provincial levels of government, the province is calling on a change.
Minister Squires knows there are challenges at the municipal level.
“We know at the municipal level, there is certainly challenges that we need to address head on, so Minister Wharton and myself had announced that we will be holding consultations with our municipal partners and finding a way so that they too can have what we call the ‘no wrong door’ approach for elected officials who might be experiencing bullying or harassment or anyone who is working in municipal politics.”
Minister Squires feels there is no enough women in politics or as leaders. She is 60th woman to get elected to the Manitoba Legislature as compared to the nearly 800 men to be elected in the province’s history.
She notes this has to change and there are challenges for women to overcome.
“Women are just not coming into leadership positions at the rate we ought to in government at all levels. One of those reasons is because we have faced obstacles and barriers that need to be taken down. We need to have a workplace that is conducive for women to express their opinion.”
Discussions on how to prevent harassment and bullying will take place at District Meetings throughout the province, with one in Swan River on June 8.
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Earlier this morning, an incediary device was thrown through a window of the Dauphin MPI offices.
No one was injured in the act of vandalism, however much of the centre suffered smoke damage.
The offices will be closed tomorrow, in order to deal with cleaning up the damage done.
Affected customers will be contacted, and the general public is reminded to wait untill at least Tuesday for general inquiries in person.
CKDM will update this story when more information becomes available.
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Dauphin Fire Department responded to a grass fire that got out of control today just before noon in the R.M. of Dauphin not to far from the Sela Ukraina and Countryfest site.
The fire appears to be under control.
CDKM will provide updates when they become available.
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Jared Richard, 33 years-old from Camperville, also made another court appearance this past Thursday.
Richard was arrested following a drug bust, after RCMP raided a home in Camperville back in January.
A pound of marijuana, scale, packaging material and undisclosed amount of cash was seized.
Richard faces charges of Possession of Marijuana for the Purpose of Trafficking and will appear in court again on May 24.
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William Pelletier, 25-years-old, from Dauphin, made another court appearance this past Thursday.
Pelletier is facing charges in connection with a shooting incident on the Pine Creek First nation.
RCMP received reports of a two vehicle chase on the reserve with one man firing a gun, but no one was injured.
Pelletier pleaded not guilty to numerous charges and will return to court on May 8.
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Canadian women and youth have been trafficked and sexually exploited on the notorious site known as Backpage.com.
Multiple U.S. government agencies seized Backpage and all its affiliated websites on April 6.
Dave Mansell, Co-chair for C.A.R.E, knows there is human trafficking on other websites.
“You just go on any social media site, you can even go on Tinder, and they will advertise sexual exploitation. I mean these are just platforms that exploiters use. So in 2010, Craigslist was shut down and Backpage was the second in the market in the world, and I’m saying second; there’s a first that’s still running and there’s a third and a fourth. They’re just platforms. We really need to address how to create, whether it be through legislation or whether it be through society itself, how to target the johns and the pimps so they can’t be faceless and do it autonomously through the internet and sites like this.”
Mansell encourages people to report any activity that looks like human trafficking.
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On May 31, the Manitoba Métis Federation will have their election.
Their government is calling for a President and from each local a Vice-President and two Directors.
David Gray, MMF Chief Electoral Officer, tells 730 CKDM that people have to vote at in their local.
“People must vote in the region in which the local to which they belong is so that for instance if you live in Winnipeg but belong to the Dauphin local, you must vote in the Dauphin local. Similarly if live in Dauphin and belong to the Thompson local, you must vote in Thompson, either at the advanced poll, where those polls are located or on election day at polling place which is assigned to your local.”
Advanced polling takes place on May 24 and 25 at designated stations.
Nomination papers for any of the positions are due by Tuesday at 5:00.
For more information on the election or for polling and voting stations, go online to www.mbmetiselections.ca.
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Local emergencies in the R.M. of Dauphin can now quickly be dispatched to rate payers.
Alerts about local issues like fire bans, road closures and water breaks are dispatched to a phone, in an email or text from All-Net Connect.
Robin Wiebe, CAO for the R.M. of Dauphin, explains how this is tied to the GIS mapping system to limit messages to a specific area.
“This system is also connected to our GIS mapping system, so just because something like an emergency happens in one place like a localized flooding, we don’t actually bother necessarily everybody in the municipality with that message. We have it connected to the GIS mapping systems, so we’re actually able to limit the messages to an area we map out.
All-Net Connect is free, and you can sign up at rmofdauphin.ca or call the municipal office at 638-4531.
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