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This afternoon there was a third rally held in support of the truckers’ convoy across Canada and the protests happening in Ottawa and many other cities across the country.
Today’s protest was originally scheduled for Saturday at noon but was postponed to this afternoon due to the snow that fell Friday night into Saturday.
The group gathered in the parking lot of the Dauphin Marketplace Mall at 2 and had a rally before slow rolling north on Main Street while honking their horns to show their support while waving flags and having flags attached to their vehicles.
They looped back around and went back south on Main Street before regathering at the mall parking lot for a post convoy meet-up.
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Despite the original peaceful rally in support of the truckers and convoy/protests in Ottawa being postponed, there was still a rally and slow roll of vehicles honking their horns up and down Main Street held in Dauphin this afternoon before gathering back at the mall.
The participants of this rally were listening to music and having a peaceful and good time showing their support for the ones in Ottawa and other cities across Canada.
The original rally from today will happen tomorrow at 2 pm in the Dauphin Marketplace Mall parking lot.
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Sunday, February 6 in Dauphin there will be a Stand with Ukraine rally held in co-ordination with similar events across Canada
The local rally will happen at Dauphin City Hall near the Ukrainian Pioneer Woman statue starting at 3 pm.
All attendees are asked to wear a mask while at the event.
On February 6, all the Ukrainian-Canadian communities across Canada are gathering to show their support for Ukraine during the current situation with Russia at their borders.
For more on this head to the event page on Facebook here.
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UPDATE: The peaceful rally at the Dauphin Marketplace Mall parking lot in support of the protest in Ottawa scheduled for Saturday, February 5 at noon has been postponed due to the weather.
The protest in Dauphin will now take place Sunday, February 6 at 2 pm when the weather is supposed to improve.
For more on the local rally head to our community calendar here.
Meanwhile, a protest is currently underway at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg to urge Premier Heather Stefanson and the provincial government to end all COVID-19 mandates across the province.
There are vehicles ranging from tractors to big-rig trucks to small passenger vehicles included in the rally. Supporters of the rally are waving flags and honking horns in solidarity with the protests in Ottawa, along with other cities including Quebec City and at the Canada U-S border to Montana in southern Alberta.
Legislature security has blocked the driveway entrances to the grounds using concrete barriers, and at one spot, a large wall of snow.
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Manitoba's Education Minister Wayne Ewasko announced that funding for the province's school system will increase by $120 million for the next school year. This includes a $43 million increase in annual funding and $77 million to address incremental wage costs and other pressures.
“Manitoba has the second-highest spending per student in Canada after New Brunswick at $15,412 and we are maintaining this position at the national level with a further investment of $120 million this year,” - Minister Ewasko
The Mountainview School Divisions funding for next year will be increasing by $300,000 dollars to a total of $23.4 million.
Earlier this year, the Manitoba government provided an additional $63 million to schools across the province to address COVID-19 needs. The minister said the government will continue to assess needs related to the pandemic response and will provide additional safe schools funding as required.
Find all the information about today's release here.
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Just days after our most recent winter snowstorm, you can expect plenty more as Friday rolls on.
Five to 10 cms of snow is expected to fall Friday night and it will continue into Saturday morning where another 2 cms are expected to fall. After sunny conditions on Sunday with a high of minus 17, things take a turn for the best on Monday with a high of +3
If +3 happens on Monday, that will set a record in the past 10 years. From 2011 to 2021, the nicest day on record for February 7 was -1.3 in 2016.
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Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure crews will be working to clear the windrowed snow along main routes tonight.
Traffic will be detoured during the removal and the City asks that no one parks along the routes until they've been cleared.
The City greatly appreciates everyone's efforts during the snow clearing this week.
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Premier Heather Stefanson along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this morning that they are expanding eligibility to its Child Care Subsidy program starting Sunday, February 6.
The announcement will result in almost half of the spots being subsidized at child care facilities in Manitoba.
The subsidy will reduce the out-of-pocket fees spent by families by an average of 30 percent.
This change will ensure that the province stays on track to achieve a joint commitment in the Canada- Manitoba Canad-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) agreement to reduce the out-of-pocket fees put forth by parents by 50 percent by Dec 31, 2022.
The Child Care Subsidy Program provides assistance to families that are eligible by reducing child-care fees for children 12 weeks to 12 years of age and of the 38,000 spaces available in the regulated child-care system, 6,000 children, or 16 percent, currently receive a full or partial child-care subsidy.
With this new increase in eligibility, it’s estimated that it will help an additional 12,000 children receive support to access regulated child care, particularly in low and middle-income families.
This will triple the number of children that are currently supported in regulated child care with their families now being eligible for a child-care subsidy.
In order to initiate this change, the province will increase the net household income thresholds and allowable deductions for the Child Care Subsidy program by 45 percent which will make the full subsidy eligibility from $23,833 to $37,116 and partial subsidy to $37,542 to $82,877.
For more on this, you can head to the Provinces website here.
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The final man has been sentenced in the 2018 shooting of an RCMP officer in the community of Onanole. Delaney Houle pleaded guilty in September 2019 to unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a weapon obtained through the commission of a crime, and two counts of break and enter.
Houle was sentenced, in a Brandon Court on Tuesday, to two years in jail, less time he has already spent in custody. He was the last of four men charged in this case.
Therae Racette-Beaulieu is serving a 15-year prison sentence for attempted murder, as well as three years for the crimes that led up to it. Shane Beaulieu, pleaded guilty in December 2019 to possession of property obtained by crime, two firearm-related charges, and two counts of break and enter.
Tommy Beaulieu who was charged in connection with the incident pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, one count of breaking and entering to steal firearms, and one count of robbery. Tommy Beaulieu died in Stony Mountain Institution in January 2021, while serving a 13-year sentence.
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In a news conference this afternoon, Premier Heather Stefanson and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Rousin announced that Manitoba will be relaxing the current public health orders.
The new orders will come into effect February 8th and will be in place until at least February 22nd;
- Private gatherings where everyone is fully vaccinated will be expanded to allow the household plus 25 others in indoor spaces and 50 people in outdoor spaces.
- Private gatherings where any of the individuals are eligible but unvaccinated (youth under the age of 12 are exempt), are limited to the household plus 10 others in indoor spaces and 20 people in outdoor spaces.
- Sports and recreation tournaments will be able to resume.
- Restaurants will be limited to 50% capacity and will still require proof of vaccination. Table sizes will be limited to 10 people.
- Liquor sales at licensed premises will now be allowed until 12 am
- They are lifting the cap of 250 people at events, however, they will still be limited to 50% and require proof of vaccination.
All Public health orders can be found here.
They also announced the expansion of the Sector Support Program which includes;
- Extending the program intake period until Feb. 28, 2022;
- Expanding eligibility under the program to include event rentals, catering, and photographers;
- Providing a second payment to businesses that have been previously approved and are affected by public health orders in place into February.
More information about the Sector Support Program can be found here.
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UPDATE: The new interim leader of the Federal Conservative Party has been chosen after a private vote by the Caucus this evening.
The Honourable Candice Bergen, the MP for Portage-Lisgar and former Deputy Conservative Leader, has been voted in as the new interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada after Erin O'Toole was removed as leader earlier this morning.
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Conservative Party of Canada Members of Parliament held a vote this morning to determine if leader Erin O'Toole would continue to lead the Party, or if they would go in a different direction. 73 out of 119 Conservative MP's voted to remove O'Toole as the Party's leader.
This comes five months after the Conservatives lost September's Federal Election, and ends his leadership of the Party at just 18 months.
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