Festival-Goers Spend Night in Dauphin's High School Due to Storm
Storms that ripped through Dauphin put an abrupt end to the party at Canada's National Ukrainian Festival.
Some campers stuck around, but stages were shut down late last night due to safety concerns, as wind pushed over picnic tables, tents, and porta-potties.
Some attendees actually lost their tents, and were put up in the DRCSS for the night.
CNUF is thanking the high school and Intermountain Leasing for their help.
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Storms Spawn Tornado and Funnel Clouds
At least one tornado was produced during yesterday's storms.
Environment Canada confirmed that a tornado hit the ground northwest of Melville, in Saskatchewan, but there were also funnel cloud sightings near several other communities, including Yorkton, Atwater and Stockholm, as well as Roblin here in Manitoba.
Twitter users tweeted numerous pictures of funnel cloud formations, along with videos of flash flooding in Yorkton.
Power in Dauphin's southend was out for several hours overnight.
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Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate Statue Presented Sunday
Make it four bronze statues in the City of Dauphin.
A statue titled Compassion was unveiled yesterday at St. Paul's Home in Dauphin.
This one is to commemorate the work of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.
Another statue, called Perseverence was unveiled at City Hall on Friday.
Currently, a total of about seven bronze sculptures are planned for Dauphin.
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Youths Die in Vehicle Crash Outside Bloodvein
Two young teens have died in a weekend rollover in Manitoba.
RCMP say the single-vehicle crash happened Saturday morning just outside of Bloodvein, and that the victims were 13 and 14 years old.
Bloodvein First Nation Chief Roland Hamilton says at least nine youths were driving around in one of their parents' vehicles.
Police say three youths were airlifted to hospital where they were in stable condition.
