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Sunday's Dauphin Kings game has been postponed due to the weather.
The draws for Tractor Lotto will still be done and when they are, results will be posted online.
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The Town of Swan River is letting residents know about several options they have in finding out their water utility bill, as the current postal strike is preventing the town from sending out bills.
Residents can call 204-734-4586, extension 9, to speak to a clerk and find out their bill amount.
They can also email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and provide their own email address in order to have their utility bill emailed to them.
Utility bills are also available to be picked up at the municipal office on Main Street in Swan River.
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A freezing rain warning is in effect for Dauphin and much of the Parkland.
Periods of light snow are expected to change to freezing rain mixed with light snow as the day goes on before returning to just snow. Another five cms of snow is expected on Sunday night and the snow continues into Monday morning.
If you need to drive, drive to the conditions and be extra cautious as hazardous conditions are expected.
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A shift in Bee trades and a change to a nearly 40-year-old US border Policy might be in order to help the Canadian Honey Industry.
Osee Podolski, local honey producer and chair of inter-provincial movement for the Canadian Honey Council, is dreading the losses that his operation, and many in Canada, could see this winter.
"About 2-3 weeks ago, we were sitting at around 11-15% winter loss in the building, and through the harvesting period, from July 1st to October 31st, we lost 24% of our operation. If we extrapolate the data out, it's looking like a 90% overwinter loss by spring. Somewhere around the market of 1.2 million dollars in bees"
The trade of packaged bees was halted in 1986 to stop a parasite, called the varroa destructor mite, from coming to Canada.
Since then, varroa mites have established themselves here despite these measures.
Osee notes this is because bees do not obey land borders, and the border-based beekeepers could have acted as a point of contamination even without trade.
We'll have more conversations with Podolski about the state of the Beekeeping industry on Monday's noon-hour edition of Agri View.
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Keystone Agricultural Producers are amid their district meeting run, and they are coming to the area next week.
Jill Verway, KAP president is excited to return to Dauphin and connect with local producers.
"Having those regional discussions with our members is what KAP is all about, and we've had quite a bit of those discussions in coordinating and coming out to your ag society meetings in the last 3 years and being able to reconnect with producers in the Dauphin area."
KAP will be meeting at the Smitty's in Dauphin on December 18th from 11-2, and in Swan River the next day at the veterans hall from 12-3.
Be sure to register ahead if you plan on attending.
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The RM of Lakeshore has a new Reeve.
Isaac Olson was acclaimed to the position after he was the only person to submit nomination papers for the Reeve position by Tuesday's deadline.
Meanwhile, Diana McIntyre was acclaimed to the vacant council position in ward two - which includes Ochre River and the lakes.
There will be a by-election to fill the Ward One vacancy,
Three people have come forward for the spot - Varey Guy, Rick Paradis, and Ernie Smandella.
Voting will take place on January 15th from 8 am to 8 pm at the Lawrence Rec Centre in Rorketon.
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The bitter cold and less-than-ideal road conditions have prompted a notice from CAA.
Over the past 2 days, CAA Manitoba has received triple their volume of calls due to the extreme weather, and due to this, some changes may be seen in their Service.
Emergency/priority calls will still be prioritized, but for all other roadside tow calls, dispatchers are not providing ETAs and will contact customers within 24 hours to arrange a time for service.
CAA members are encouraged to call ahead to their Garage and ensure drop-off is available. Manitoba CAA appreciates their member's patience as the backlog is dealt with.
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A Parkland country music star is coming home this weekend.
Emma Peterson of Winnipegosis is bringing her current tour to the Watson Arts Centre on Sunday night.
Cam Bennett with the Watson expects it will be a great show.
"I know it is an acoustic show. It is in the old fire hall, so she will not have a full band, but she is bringing her guitar player Derek Peters who is an MCMA nominated artist as well."
The show begins at 7 pm on Sunday night.
Tickets are $25 each and are available at the Watson
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The Federal Government kicks off the holidays with the start of their GST break tomorrow.
from this Saturday to February 15th, GST will be shaved off of Restaurant meals, children's clothing and accessories, and various books toys, and video games.
This also extends to Prepared meals, snacks, and beverages (both non-alcoholic and alcoholic up to 23% ABV).
There have been some oddities in the list of discounted items, as things like Christmas trees will see no GST, but ornaments for that tree will still have the GST applied.
When this tax holiday was announced, there was also a $250 rebate scheduled for next spring, but that has gone under review after scrutiny from other parties in Parliament.
The rebate was to be given to workers who filed their taxes in 2023, but the NDP proposed extending that to a broader population including pensioners.
The parliamentary budget officer says the tax break will cost the federal government $1.46 billion.
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Outflow from the Shellmouth Reservoir is increasing in order to draw down the level of the reservoir.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre says the move is in preparation for spring runoff from the upper Assiniboine River.
Normally at 240 cubic feet per second, the outflow was increased to 500 cfs on Thursday and will go to 700 cfs beginning today (Friday).
The outflow increase will result in a one-and-a-half to two feet level increase on the Assiniboine River from Shellmouth to Russell, and one to one-and-a-half foot jump from Russell to Brandon.
The increase will diminish as the river reaches Winnipeg.
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