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You are invited to attend the Northwest Metis Council’s National Aboriginal Day BBQ.
They are holding a free BBQ with entertainment, cultural presentations, and door prizes.
Tammy Chief, from the council, spoke with us about what everyone should expect during this year’s event.
“We are going to have a cultural display. It’s just us showing our wares of Metis and First Nations people. There will be live entertainment, dancing, and singing. We invited a couple of classes from the McKenzie Middle School to attend and partake. There will be a bunch of children activities including bead making and also sash making.”
It’s taking place on 1st Street Northwest beside the WAC and across from the CN Station.
The BBQ begins at 11 in the morning and runs until 3 in the afternoon.
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There is still time to sign up for this year’s Walk for Alzheimer’s.
The Walk for Alzheimer’s takes place at 7 this evening, beginning in Vermillion Park.
Amber Duncan, the regional coordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, encourages everyone to support the walk which helps support programs for people living in the Parkland with dementia.
“Alzheimer’s Society is a local non-profit. All the money stays within Manitoba and a part of it goes to the Parkland region. We run a lot of programs here and we’d like to get more programs going because we do have a large client base. Sometimes you know these people sometimes you don’t. So in order to help more people, we need more funds to get things going.”
Duncan spoke with us about programs she hopes to start here at home.
“Right now we have a support group going for caregivers, but we’d love to have one starting for people living with dementia across the Parkland. We’d also like to get a mind in motion going as well. These are all programs that we hope to have in the future and any funds and support that we can get gets us one step closer to that goal.”
You can register until the walk begins; they plan to cut off registration right at 7.
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The Moon Lake Trail is closed because of the frequency of black bears spotted in the area.
Parks Canada has closed the area until further notice.
Only authorized personnel can go to the trial.
Any visitors who are found on the trail can face a maximum penalty of 25 thousand dollars.
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Phase 4 of the rehabilitation and paving work on Highway 10 in Riding Mountain National Park is resuming tomorrow.
The work being done is between km 40 and km 60.
Park officials warn drivers should be ready for single-lane alternating traffic, speed reductions and occasional delays up to 20 minutes.
Hours of work are 6:30 in the morning to 7:30 in the evening seven days a week.
Road work is expected to continue until August 31st.
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As of last night, Strathclair Credit Union passed a motion to merge with Sunrise.
Strathclair Credit Union has three branches in Strathclair, Shoal Lake and Oakburn.
The amalgamation takes place on January 1, 2019.
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Manitoba Public Insurance says the massive hailstorm last week that dropped softball-size hail in southern Manitoba could lead to 20-million dollars in insurance claims.
MPI says it’s already processed 2,000 claims and expect the number to double by the end of the week.
They plan to open two emergency hail centres in Winkler and Ninette to speed up claim processing.
Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation says, as of the end of the day Friday, they received around 190 hail claims from last week's storm.
About 90 of those are stage one, meaning reseeding is being considered.
MASC is advising farmers to contact their adjuster as soon as possible and to leave strips in the field if it's a worst-case scenario.
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The Vermillion Growers Green House project is one step closer to becoming a reality.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project happened this morning at 10.
Lucky Deschauer, of Vermillion Farm Holdings, says it was a great turn out.
“Fantastic Response! There has been an overwhelming support from the community and we look forward to adding more benefit and more assets to this community.”
Deschauer expects people to start seeing the warehouse come up by August. The greenhouse will start popping up next spring, and should be completed by June of next year.
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The fire that destroyed multiple buildings in Brandon last month might have been caused by people.
Brandon Police say multiple witnesses reported seeing a number of people in the area before the building was engulfed in flames, suggesting that the fire might have been a result of human involvement.
They also say evidence suggests that the fire began in a grassy area between the CP rail line and the north side of Christie’s Office Plus then ignited the north side of the Christie’s structure.
Police now estimate the fire caused roughly $25 million in damage.
Although appropriate measures were taken to secure the fire sites for public safety reasons, officials ask that the public continue to consider these areas a safety hazard.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Brandon Police Service.
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The 5th annual Dane Kaleta Memorial BBQ raised more than last year.
This year the BBQ raised 15, 080 dollars. That's including the 4 paint nights that were held.
Last year the event was able to collect 12,000 dollars.
The funds raised go towards the Ronald McDonald House, the Dauphin Girl Guilds, and the Dane Kaleta Memorial Scholarship.
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The Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa federal riding’s child poverty rate is higher than the national average.
The riding has a child poverty rate of 33.8 per cent. That translates to 6,910 children aged 0-17.
That is well above the national average of 17.4 per cent.
Overall the riding of Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa is ranked 9th in the country.
In a report published by Campaign 2000, a group dedicated to ending poverty in Canada, it showed our riding isn’t the highest.
The riding representing Churchill and area has the highest child poverty rate in the country with a rate of 64.2 percent.
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The Canadian Red Cross is sending nearly 800 refrigerators and freezers to two Manitoba communities that were evacuated due to wildfires.
There hasn't been electricity in Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids First Nations for weeks, and people's appliances will have rotting food inside and won't be fit to use.
Clean-up crews are disposing of the rotten food and appliances.
Residents aren't ready to go home yet, noting power needs to be restored and then the water treatment plants can be reactivated.
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