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Residents in the RM of Dauphin must get a permit before burning fields or grass.
Conditions are considerably dry in the Parkland area and one must be cautious when lighting a fire.
Dauphin Fire Chief, Cam Abrey, notes that wind plays a big factor on whether you should burn in fields or not.
“Your ideal conditions would be having a proper fire guard surrounding the property that you are planning to burn on. If it’s possible to some back burning rather than burning with the wind; where it would carry the flames across the field, but burning from the leeward side rather than the windward side. And again watching the wind conditions; so the less wind we have the better. Keeping an eye on the upcoming conditions because if we have any kind of gusting winds that are expected, we can’t always predict what Mother Nature’s going to push on us.”
Permits are free and can be picked up at the municipal office.
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With grass fires burning in the RM of Alonsa, the municipality wants to make sure people remember an important step before starting planned fires.
Contact your local fire department before you begin the burn.
The fire departments want to know the day and time that you are planning to do a controlled burn.
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Multiple fires have been forming and growing after days of dry weather throughout the RM of Alonsa.
The unusually dry conditions have resulted in these fires, with many uncontrollable.
Fire crews have backed off due to the size of these fires, which have torn through farmyards and homes throughout the RM.
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The DRCSS production of The Little Mermaid begins this evening.
For Kendra Suss and Aj Requina, students in the production, the work they put into making the show was worth it.
“Requina: It’s our way of performing, we love dancing, we love acting, and singing. Musicals are just one way to do that.
Suss: it’s a really good bonding experience, like, we all get really close by the end of it.”
The sold-out show runs from today until Saturday.
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A large fire broke out close to Eddystone last night and is still going today.
The fire was ablaze around 9:30 with flames reaching to the highway just south of the community.
An anonymous tip says a huge amount of pasture land and bush was on fire.
Unconfirmed reports are saying farm buildings were lost and livestock perished in the fire, including some cattle.
CKDM has reached out for more information.
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The grieving and investigations are continuing in Toronto following the van attack Monday.
Slowly, names are being released by families as the coroners hesitate until the full investigation is complete.
In total, 10 people have died and 14 injured in the attack.
Much of the yellow police tape has been taken down the near kilometre-long crime scene.
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There is a road closure today for the Intersection of 5th Avenue NE & 2nd Street NE in Dauphin to repair a water service.
Be prepared to detour.
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Contamination in recycling occurs when items that can’t be processed are put into the blue bins.
Not every item that has the recycling logo can be recycled in the Parkland.
City of Dauphin’s Director of Public Works, Bill Brenner, received a report stating the level of contamination the city has in its recycling.
“Our most recent Waste Composition Study done by MMSM (Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba) showed we had about 8.5 per cent contamination in our recycling stream, which I believe is quite good.”
Ottenbreit Sanitation Services has a camera on their truck that can see what is being dumped from each bin at each household to prevent a massive amount of contamination.
Brenner noted the city sees a lot of plastic bags and Styrofoam being put into the bins and those items aren’t recyclable.
To see a list of items that aren’t accepted, you can go to the City of Dauphin’s or Multi-Materials Stewardship Manitoba’s websites.
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The funding of new bike trails is what a grant of $25,100 will help build in Dauphin.
At the Dauphin & District Community Foundation’s Spring Luncheon this past Monday, the 2020 Manitoba Summer Games committee was presented with the grant.
According to Co-Chair of the games committee Carla Wolfenden, this grant will help build an extensive amount of bike trail.
“We have a really impressive master plan built. We have a 5-6k games loop that will be hopefully ready by the fall. Future plans are to have 20 kilometers worth of trails almost up to the water treatment road.”
The 2020 Manitoba Summer Games committee hopes to build the trails as soon as possible to allow those in Dauphin and surrounding areas the opportunity to use the infrastructure before the games.
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Ontario's chief coroner said that they've not identified anyone who died yet.
Anne Marie D'Amico, was identified by a Toronto City Councillor who knew her.
Alex Minassian was in court this morning and faces 10 first degree murder charges and 13 attempted murder charges.
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The next edition of the Dauphin Chamber of Commerce Breakfast series is tomorrow.
The focus will be on understanding financial statements by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.
Chamber Executive Director, Stephen Chychota, explains what you’ll gain by coming out.
“Understanding your financial statements in a business or you can apply it to an organization or a group if you’re sitting on a board. When you understand how to read your financial statements and know what’s going on from your balance sheets to your income statement to cash flow, you can make some really strategic plans and forecast for how your organization is doing. And you can just be an overall stronger sole proprietor or a team, whatever the case may be for you. When you do understand and can read your financial statements you’re just better off that way, and you can predict, forecast, and make more strategic plans.”
It starts at 7:00 in the morning, the event is free, and to sign up contact the Chamber at 622-3140 or RSVP on their Facebook page.
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