City Council Not Convinced by Transit Group's Timeline
A Dauphin group looking to bring transit services to the City of Sunshine made their case to council on Monday.
Mayor Eric Irwin says he appreciates the effort and enthusiasm, and didn't rule out the possibility of bus service in Dauphin, but he says there are a lot of issues left to be worked out.
"The enthusiasm around a project has to be tempered with the reality of how you make it work and I think we're in that process."
Jeff Garnett and four others who make up the board of directors of the Dauphin Transit Authority were at Monday's council meeting. Garnett told council, being optimistic, possibly something could be done within 6 months to a year.
Irwin suggested there's lots yet to be done, but recognized the benefits of having a transit service.
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Report of Drowning Leads to Search but No One Found
A search for a possible drowning victim at a Manitoba beach was called off yesterday evening after nothing was found.
RCMP say that shortly after noon, someone at Birds Hill Provincial Park reported seeing a head go under the water and not resurface.
Police checked with nearby campsites to see if anyone was missing, and a STARS air ambulance helicopter arrived at the scene on standby.
Lifeguards cleared everyone from the water and a thorough search was done, but no one was found.
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Rally in Support of Slain Man's Family Planned Outside Saskatchewan Courthouse
A rally is expected outside a Saskatchewan courthouse today where a farmer accused of slaying a First Nations man is to appear.
Gerald Stanley will be in a North Battleford courtroom to face a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie.
Boushie was shot August 9th after the vehicle he was in drove onto a farm in the rural municipality of Glenside.
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Police Dogs Getting New Gear Thanks to Criminal Property Forfeitures
Crime is paying in Manitoba for high-tech, protective vests for RCMP dogs.
Funds from the province's criminal forfeiture grant program will help pay for six protective ballistic vests will that be outfitted with two cameras and a communication system for RCMP dogs.
They will allow officers to send a bomb-sniffing dog into an area and communicate with it to tell it where to go.
More than $1.8-million in funds from the proceeds of confiscated property has been funneled to the RCMP, Winnipeg police and the province's victims services programs through the grant program.
