School Zone Safety in Dauphin
Mountain View School Division and the City of Dauphin will be meeting about school zone safety in August, but one side seems keener than the other to keep the discussion going.
Many Manitoba communities have lowered speed limits in school zones.
Dauphin mayor Eric Irwin says the city's been told there's never been a problem in Dauphin, so he doesn't know why it's still on the agenda.
"It seems to be because everybody else does it. And really, what they lead to, of course we want children to be safe, but what they lead to is a whole bunch of people getting angry about getting tickets when there are no kids around," says Irwin.
Mountain View School Division assistant superintendent Dan Ward says some concerns over student safety and traffic were discussed at a recent meeting with local principals, and division administration wants to pass that on to the city. He says any action is up to the city.
Irwin says there are four-way stops in front of Dauphin's schools, which forces people to stop, not just slow down.
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Dauphin Farmer to Join Ag Hall of Fame
A Dauphin man who's been farming his whole life is being inducted into the Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame today.
Gordon McPhee is being recognized for his promotion of zero tillage and soil conservation.
McPhee says it's a real honour.
"There's many other very great people that have contributed significantly to agriculture and... to society, and to stand along beside them is very humbling for me."
The induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame will be held 1:30 today at the William Glesby Centre in Portage la Prairie.
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Man Who Killed Friend He Mistook for Bear Sentenced
A man who fatally shot a teenage friend on a camping trip has been given an 18-month suspended sentence for careless use of a firearm.
Tyler Goertzen, who is now 25, says he thought 17-year-old Jacob Russell Wright was a bear trying to get into their tent.
Defence lawyer Sheldon Pinx says it was a tragedy and his client thinks every day about what he could have done differently.
Pinx says Goertzen, who worked as a guide with a company that offered polar bear walking tours, had been trained to make split-second decisions, but made the wrong one.
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Canadian Charity Wants Parks Canada to Focus More on Conservation
One of Canada's national charity's is taking on Parks Canada.
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society recently released a report demonizing Parks Canada for its increased investment in tourism rather than ecological conservation.
Although Parks Canada has conservation initiatives, Alison Woodley, National Director for Parks at CPAWS, says more needs to be done.
She says it's very important that parks like Riding Mountain be managed as part of the broader ecosystem.
Riding Mountain National Park recently implemented a mandatory water inspection program to prevent aquatic invasive species entering Clear Lake.
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Terry Fox Exhibit Opens in Winnipeg
Members of Terry Fox's family are in Winnipeg to help launch a new exhibit honouring the Canadian icon at the Manitoba Museum.
Brothers Darrell and Fred Fox shared stories about their brother Terry and his Marathon of Hope yesterday as part of the launch of Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada, which officially opens today.
The exhibit has the most comprehensive collection of artifacts related to Fox -- who was born in Winnipeg -- and his 143-day journey from St. John's to Thunder Bay to raise money for cancer research. Items on display include archival materials, Fox's journal and an artificial leg.
