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Today’s marks exactly 10 years since Cam Abrey entered the role of Fire Chief with the Dauphin Fire Department (DFD).
Abrey has lived in the Dauphin community for 26 years and joined the fire department 21 years ago.
“I never thought of myself in the role of Fire Chief,” says Abrey, who tells CKDM his aim was to help the community any way that he could, “becoming part of the community in the best manner that I thought I could. Trying to make someone’s worst day a little bit better.”
A two or three-year-old Cam Abrey in his childhood backyard in Grandview | Photo courtesy of Cam Abrey
Abrey tells CKDM one of his highlights over the past 10 years as Fire Chief was going on the school tours and welcoming the little ones to tour the fire station.
The Fire Chief says a lot has changed over the past decade, especially the equipment. Abrey expressed his gratitude for the support shown by the administration and elected officials of both the City and R.M. of Dauphin.
“We’ve got some top notch people we’ve been dealing with, and they’ve been supportive.”
“It’s a very humbling experience to be able to work with this great group of individuals that have the same thought that I did so many years ago of just wanting to get out and help their friends, neighbours, and families in whatever way they can,” says Abrey.
Canada Post is encouraging Canadians to connect with their friends and family through written letters with their new initiative.
On Tuesday the company announced that they will be sending out free postcards to every residential address in the country, to help people reconnect during times of isolation.
Canadians will get one of six different postcards with messages of thanks to send to their loved ones, free of charge, with no stamps needed.
Over the next few weeks, Canadian households will be receiving a free postcard from Canada Post. #WriteHereWriteNow
— Canada Post (@canadapostcorp) February 23, 2021
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Today is the day you’re encouraged to wear a pink shirt to take a stand against bullying.
The worldwide movement began here in Canada in 2007 with two Nova Scotia high school students.
David Shepherd and Travis Price handed out pink shirts at school after seeing a boy in grade 9 bullied for wearing pink.
Pink Shirt Day has been celebrated in Canada every February 24th for the past 14 years.
The Bowsman man who stormed the gates of Rideau Hall last summer will have to wait until March to get the final decision on his sentencing.
Corey Hurren appeared in an Ottawa court Tuesday to receive his sentence, however, it has now been pushed to March 10th.
The crown is seeking a six-year sentence in prison on top of a lifelong firearm ban.
The 46-year-old was heavily armed when he rammed the gate at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s home back on July 2nd of last year.
Earlier this month he pleaded guilty to seven weapons charges and one charge of mischief.
Over the past four days, there have been two new cases of COVID-19 identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
On Tuesday the province added a total of 76 new cases, with no deaths reported.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5% provincially and 4.3% in Winnipeg.
The province says eight previous cases have been removed due to a data correction, leaving the the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba at 31,551.
The total number of confirmed B.1.1.7 variant of concern (the U.K. variant) cases is five.
There are 1,212 active cases and 29,453 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 in Manitoba.
There are 85 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 131 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (216 hospitalizations total).
There are 12 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 21 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (33 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 in Manitoba is 886.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health districts:
• seven cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 21 cases in the Northern health region
• one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• zero cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 47 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Porcupine Mountain (1) and Asessippi (6). Brandon has 11 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
A St. Lazare man has died after police say his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
On Monday night around 8:30 p.m., Prairie Mountain RCMP was called to a collision on Highway 41 entering St. Lazare.
Police say the vehicle had been travelling westbound into the town when it left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
A 58-year-old man from St. Lazare was the lone occupant and was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The investigation determined alcohol was not a factor in the collision, and the man was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.
The investigation is ongoing.
A total of 27 tickets were handed to Manitobans last week for violating COVID-19 rules.
Five $298 tickets were given to people for failing to wear a mask in an indoor public place, and one $5,150 fine was issued for breaking the Federal Quarantine Act.
Officials say 19 of the fines issued were in relation to holding private gatherings against current public health orders.
A total of $33,856 in tickets was handed out last week. No Manitoba businesses were fined during that period.
The province is reporting an assault on an enforcement official in Winnipeg last week. The situation is under investigation.
Manitoba is implementing a more aggressive strategy on contact management, which is partly due to concerns over coronavirus variants identified in the province.
Dr. Brent Roussin boiled it down to this: there will now be more people identified as close contacts, so more people will be required to self-isolate.
On Monday, Roussin announced that any person who shares a household with a positive case will be required to self-isolate.
On top of that, if someone is identified as a close contact but lives in a different home, their entire household also needs to self-isolate until a negative test result is obtained by the close contact.
Roussin also announced that all close contacts will be mandated to self-isolate for the full 14-days, regardless of test results.
Four cases of the U.K variant — also known as the B117 variant — have been identified in the province so far, leading Dr. Brent Roussin to remind Manitobans to remain vigilant.
It's a good time to catch a glimpse of the northern lights.
Planetarium Astronomer with the Manitoba Museum, Scott Young, says an increase in solar energy is causing the lights in the night sky lately.
“The northern lights are pretty unpredictable and we haven’t seen much of them for the last little while. But two nights in a row, on a weekend, both nights were clear across most of Manitoba so it was pretty good. It’s all caused by the activity on the sun which is basically what causes the northern lights.”
Scott says you’ll get the best view of the lights by finding a clear space with a flat horizon, and put whatever big city or town that’s near you to your south.
The planetarium astronomer says you want a nice flat horizon, "you don’t want a bunch of trees or anything in your way. You want a nice clear view down to the horizon to the north, no local lights. Then you need patience.”
Health officials are reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Monday, with the majority in Winnipeg.
Two deaths are also being reported — two women from Winnipeg in their 90s.
After two consecutive days of no new cases of COVID-19 in Prairie Mountain Health, a single case was identified in the region by health officials on Monday.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.4% provincially and 4.4% in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,483.
There are 1,219 active cases and 29,378 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 78 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 128 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (206 hospitalizations in total).
There are 14 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (32 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 886.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba are from the following health districts:
• four cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 36 cases in the Northern health region
• one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health
• 54 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Porcupine Mountain (1) and Asessippi (7). Brandon has 11 active cases.
The Porcupine Mountain health district now has one active case of COVID-19 | Graphic courtesy of the Government of Manitoba
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
