Manitoba Warns To Prepare For Heat

As Manitoba hits some extreme temperatures this week, the government is warning advising Manitobans to prepare for the heat.

Public health orders allow for municipalities to repurpose facilities like libraries and community centres as cooling centres for vulnerable people who may not otherwise have the means to cool off during heat waves.

Outdoor pools, splash pads, and wading pools are operational at this time too.

The province is encouraging Manitobans to check in regularly with socially isolated community members, friends, and family, especially older adults or people with chronic illnesses who live alone.

Some signs that your body may be overheating and is at risk of heat illness or heat stroke are:

headache
red, hot, and dry skin
dizziness
confusion
nausea
rapid weak pulse
a complete or partial loss of consciousness

The longer a person’s body temperature is above 40 C, the greater the likelihood of permanent effects or death.

Emergency medical care may be needed depending on the severity of symptoms.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 2, 2021 - 5:00 am

Emergency crews responded to a report of shots fired in Dauphin, late on Thursday night.

Several police vehicles and an ambulance was seen on 5th Avenue NE, shortly after shots were heard.

A resident in a nearby house reported a man was being put in the ambulance on a stretcher.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Jul 2, 2021 - 12:09 am

Canada’s federal minimum wage is being increased to $15 per hour.

The Government of Canada proposed a minimum wage of $15 in Budget 2021, and yesterday the Government announced that this change will come into effect on December 29th 2021.

The changes will affect workers in the federally regulated private sector.

The new federal minimum wage is to rise with inflation.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 1, 2021 - 6:57 pm

All City of Brandon flags are flying at half-mast for four days and four nights following a recent announcement by the Lower Kootenay Band.

The Lower Kootenay Band says that a search using ground-penetrating radar has located the remains of 182 people near the former St. Eugene’s Mission School, near Cranbrook B.C.

The school operated from 1912 to the 1970s.

The community of ʔaq’am, situated within the territory of the Ktunaxa Nation, located 182 unmarked graves in 2020 using ground-penetrating radar, but only recently notified the nearby Lower Kootenay First Nation.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 1, 2021 - 11:07 am

The Manitoba government says it's ready to start construction on the Lake St. Martin outlet channel.

Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler gave an update on the project yesterday, which was the 10-year anniversary of the 2011 flood that forced the entire Lake St. Martin First Nation community to relocate.

Another flood occurred in 2014. Schuler says these floods highlighted the need for better infrastructure, but that they weren’t isolated events.

Schuler says Manitoba has experienced four record high-water events, and we can expect more in the future, causing more frequent and larger flood events.

“Constructing the outlet channels project will provide certainty and critical flood protection to Manitobans by addressing outstanding vulnerabilities in the provincial flood mitigation network.”

The province has tried to alleviate future flooding by cutting two new outlet channels that would divert water from Lake Manitoba through Lake St. Martin and into Lake Winnipeg, the project has been delayed because of regulatory hurdles.

Schuler says the province has completed all preliminary designs for the outlet channel, and that detailed design work is underway and will incorporate feedback from the ongoing federal and provincial environmental assessment processes, key stakeholders, and Indigenous communities.

"It's up to our federal government and our Indigenous partners to allow us to move earth. We are set to begin construction of the Lake Manitoba outlet as early as this fall."

Construction could take four years to complete.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 1, 2021 - 9:30 am

The wildfire threat is growing in Manitoba amid the dry and hot conditions.

The province is reminding people to use extreme caution around fire, especially in wilderness areas.

The Manitoba Wildfire Service says fireworks and sky lanterns are prohibited in provincial parks and campfires are only allowed within an approved pit.

There are a few burn bans in effect in the province.

A burning ban is in place and all existing burn permits have been revoked in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, and a complete burn ban is in place in Mossey River Municipality.

There’s a fire ban in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, which applies to all outdoor grass and stubble fires, but barbeques and covered fire pits are allowed.

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Burning Restrictions In The Province

Lytton BC has endured the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada for days on end this week, and residents were forced to flee last night due to fires.

Mayor Jan Polderman says he told everyone to leave, as a fire rapidly spread into the small community of about 250 people.

He said he told residents to head for the nearby community of Boston Bar, and was on his way there himself.

Earlier this week, Lytton recorded the highest temperature ever seen in Canada on three consecutive days, topping out at 49.6 C on Tuesday.

The area’s MP confirmed that 90 percent of the village has been destroyed.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 1, 2021 - 7:26 am

Today is Canada Day – so here’s a list of what’s open and what’s closed for the holiday.

Walmart
Thursday, July 1^st — 7:00 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Safeway
Thursday, July 1^st — 9:00 a.m. – 6 p.m.

No Frills
Thursday, July 1^st — 9:00 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Co-op Grocery Store
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed.

Dauphin Liquor Mart
Thursday, July 1^st — 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

CIBC
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed.

Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy
Thursday, July 1^st — 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

City of Dauphin
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed.

Dauphin Vet Clinic
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed.
When the clinic is closed, a vet is on call for emergencies at 204-638-3044.

Canada Post
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed.

Testing Sites in Prairie Mountain Health
Thursday, July 1^st — Closed, will resume regular schedule Friday, July 2^nd.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jul 1, 2021 - 6:00 am

No pass, no problem.

Park passes aren’t required for enjoying Riding Mountain National Park this Thursday.

Those who would like to purchase a pass for the rest of the summer can do so at the gate.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Jun 30, 2021 - 2:07 pm

One man is in custody after a shooting in Dauphin.

On June 16^th, Dauphin RCMP were made aware that a man had been seen with a firearm and had shot another man.

Officers began an investigation, and on June 22^nd they were able to locate the victim, a 22-year-old man who had arrived home on the evening of June 4^th with a gunshot wound to the hand.

The incident wasn’t reported and the man didn’t go to the hospital.

Investigators located the suspect, 24-year-old Jericho Flatfoot from Pine Creek First Nation.

He was arrested on June 26^th, and charged with numerous firearms offenses, Assault with a Weapon, and Aggravated Assault. He has been remanded in custody.

The firearm hasn’t been recovered and the investigation continues.