RCMP Run in to Wake Up and Evacuate Family from Burning House
A Dauphin family is without a home after a fire believed to have been deliberately set nearby spread to their house.
Around 3:30 yesterday morning the Dauphin Fire Department recieved reports of a shed fire at the Fas Gas on Main Street.
The fire quickly spread to a house adjacent to the shed, engulfing the side of the home in flames.
Justice Joseph Flatfoot, a relative of those living in the home, says he got a phone call and showed up almost immediately. He says he watched the house burn.
"I didn't believe it so I had to come and see for myself... it was pretty much all burnt when I showed up," he says.
Flatfoot says the residents of the home are now living with a family friend.
The owner of the Fas Gas, Rashid Noor, says the shed in the past has been vandalized before but nothing to this extent. He says security footage shows people trying to light the shed on fire, and then trying to use one of the nozzles from the gas pumps to spread it further. Thankfully, the gas was off.
Fire Chief Cam Abrey says the home had no working smoke alarms and RCMP had to go in and wake up the family.
"We really want to remind the public about the use of working smoke alarms. Ensure that they're working properly so that you have the time to get out," says Abrey.
No one was hurt in the fire.
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Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste at Dauphin's City Shop This Evening
Today's the City of Dauphin's Hazardous Waste Collection Day.
Between 4 and 8 this evening, residents can bring waste marked flammable, corrosive, reactive or poisonous to the public works shop for safe disposal.
The Dauphin Lions Club is accepting old batteries, also at the shop.
The Dauphin Fire Department will be volunteering.
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DFD Recognizes 9/11 with Stair Climb Challenge
The Dauphin Fire Department has raised $214.20 for Manitoba firefighters.
Yesterday, in remembrance of those lost in the September 11th attacks 15 years ago, the DFD held a stair climb challenge, as well as a fundraising 50/50 draw.
Fire Chief, Cam Abrey says as a firefighter, 9/11 is very personal for him.
"It's very humbling to know that you're part of that profession. I have been to a couple of conferences in Indianapolis over the last few years and when they talk about the firefighting family they really mean it. You can meet any firefighter from anywhere and you have that connection with them."
Money raised from a silver collection will be donated to the Manitoba Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial to be erected at the Legislative Building in Winnipeg in 2017.
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Judge Gives Go-Ahead for '60s Scoop Lawsuit
A judge has given approval for a class-action lawsuit for thousands of indigenous Manitoba children who were adopted out to non-indigenous families.
Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Justice James Edmond gave a green light late last month for the class-action suit filed by the consortium of Toronto firm Koskie Minsky and Winnipeg firm Troniak Law.
The judge ordered the clients from another, competing class-action by the Merchant Law Group be rolled into the Toronto-Winnipeg case and told lawyers to start adding in other '60s Scoop survivors.
Indigenous leaders have compared the damage caused by the '60s Scoop to residential schools.
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Ag Companies Agree on Massive Merger
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium have agreed to merge in a deal that would create a global agricultural giant worth an estimated $36-billion US.
The deal would bring together Saskatoon-based PotashCorp's fertilizer mining operations -- the world's largest by capacity -- with Calgary-based Agrium's extensive global direct-to-farmer retail network.
Both companies say the new firm would have close to 20,000 employees, with operations in 18 countries.
The deal still has to go through regulatory and Competition Bureau approvals.
