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This morning, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced the creation of the Safe Schools fund to ensure safe and healthy learning environments in the fall.
Back in the spring, when schools closed, the province told the school divisions to keep the money they would save by having fewer costs.
Goertzen says that amount totals 48 million dollars.
He says that the province will be adding 52 million dollars to the fund to bring the Safe Schools funding to 100 million dollars.
This additional funding will be distributed on a per-student basis, with a portion of it to be held in reserve to be able to quickly respond to emerging challenges.
All school divisions will have access to the Safe Schools funding to provide masks and PPE to students, teachers, and other staff, enhance cleaning and sanitization, including more supplies and custodial staffing, increase bus transportation capacity, including additional bus drivers and routes, and ensure substitute teachers and educational staff are available to keep schools open and children learning.
Goertzen says 4.7 million masks have been delivered to school divisions from the province and there’ll be more to come throughout the school year.
Funding will also be available to enhance the sanitization of schools and buses and to ensure that school divisions have access to additional supports needed to keep schools clean and safe.
The province will continue to work with school divisions to assess the needs for this funding support and to identify challenges as they arise.
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Public health officials have elevated the entire Prairie Mountain Health region to the ‘Restricted’ orange level of the Pandemic Response System.
They say the decision was made in response to the spread of the virus through gatherings in the region.
Going forward, everyone in the Prairie Mountain Health region must:
- Wear a mask in all indoor public places and at all public gatherings (indoor and outdoor).
- Limit public gatherings to a maximum of 10 people indoors and outdoors.
- Stay home when sick.
- Practice social distancing, hand washing/sanitizing and cough etiquette.
- Follow public health guidance on travel and self-isolation.
- Vulnerable people, such as seniors, are encouraged to exercise additional caution.
The restrictions regarding masks in public places — as well as the 10 person limit on indoor/outdoor gatherings — go into effect Monday, August 24.
These restrictions will remain in place for a minimum of two weeks. On Thursday, Dr. Roussin said it’s likely to be longer, depending on what kind of response there is.
Further direction or additional restrictions may be put in place by public health at any time.
We are expecting to learn more this afternoon in the 1:00 p.m. press conference with Dr. Brent Roussin.
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Last night, Erin O’Toole was announced as the leader of the federal Conservative party, taking over from Andrew Scheer.
During his victory speech, O’Toole introduced himself to Canadians that haven’t voted Conservative and said he’ll work hard for their best interests.
O’Toole finished with 57 per cent of the vote, Peter MacKay finished in second place, Leslyn Lewis was third, and Derek Sloan placed fourth.
The new Conservative leader now has less than a month to get a team in place before Parliament returns.
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The province has broken yesterday's record of the biggest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases with 72 new cases today.
45 of the new cases come from the Prairie Mountain Health region, 16 are in the Southern Health region, 9 are in Winnipeg, 1 is in the Interlake-Eastern region and 1 is in the Northern region.
Manitoba's chief public health officer says 47 of today's cases are clusters from Hutterite colonies, and added that around two-thirds of Saturday's cases also came from these types of "communal living communities".
The total number of cases in the province is now at 944.
The majority of the new PMH cases are linked to known clusters and the case in the Northern region is linked to the PMH region.
Even though 45 new cases were announced in PMH, none are in Dauphin, and all 7 cases that Dauphin has had are listed as recovered.
Province wide, there are 356 active cases, 7 people in hospital, and 1 person in intensive care.
576 people have recovered and there have been 12 deaths reported.
The province is once again reminding us that PMH has been elevated to the restricted level orange.
Starting tomorrow, masks are mandatory in all public indoor places and all public gatherings, outside too.
In addition, public gathering sizes, for both indoor and outdoor, will be restricted to just 10 people.
The province encourages those that live in the PMH region to take these precautions immediately to help slow the spread of the virus.
For up to date info on COVID in Manitoba, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.
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Canadians are learning of another recall for produce from the United States.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall is for peaches from Fresno, California’s Prima Wawona — sold between June 1 and August 22.
A salmonella outbreak in the US linked to the peaches has caused illness in more than 60 people in nine states.
Earlier this summer there was a salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of some American imported red onions, where at least 379 cases of the illness were reported across Canada.
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Every Friday between May 7 and August 14, local jazz musician Johnny Pacey put on a small show in front of his home on MacLeod Avenue, collecting donations for the Dauphin Food Bank.
With his outdoor performances now on pause for the time being, Pacey has presented an $814 donation to the food bank.
“I raised $814.20, and it was a very happy moment to deliver that to the food bank, as well it was a very happy moment for me because I grew up on the food bank for many years as a kid.”
In addition to supporting the food bank, Pacey tells CKDM he appreciates the opportunity to share his love for music with the community.
“It blew my mind because I’d get families coming up, with small children. I have no idea who these people are but they’re coming out and setting up chairs — they’re sitting down and enjoying themselves. For me, that was the highlight, people being able to enjoy themselves.”
(Photo by Alex Dayawon)
Pacey says he was fortunate to have two businesses supporting him the entire way — the first being Callan with Cloud Nine Canna Supplies, and the other business being Corrina's on Main.
"They’ve been supporting me a lot. Corrina is my mother, and she’s been very supportive and always very proud of what I do — and I’m proud of her because we grew up on the food bank, and then my mom got tired of that and decided ‘let’s feed everybody else’, and to me, that’s amazing.”
The weekly shows on Friday night are now on hiatus, but after such an incredible response from the community, the gifted saxophone player says he has plans to bring the performances back in the near future.
“I went to stop at Adelina's Pizzeria, and they’re like ‘here you go, here’s a donation, I can’t make it to the show tonight’. To me that’s amazing. They’re supporting the cause. I want to keep this going. My girlfriend Carrie said I should do it next year — and I think I should do it every year. Why not?"
My girlfriend Carrie said I should do it next year — and I think I should do it every year. Why not?”
To hear more about Johnny's outdoor performance, passion for jazz music, and the food bank donation — a full-length interview with Johnny in the CKDM studios will be posted shortly.
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To start the weekend, public health officials have announced 42 new cases of COVID-19. It's the province's highest single-day increase in cases.
24 of the new cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 16 are in the Southern Health region and 2 are in Winnipeg.
Dauphin's total is still 7.
290 cases are considered active, there are 6 people in hospital, and 1 Person in intensive care.
570 people have recovered and there have been 12 deaths related to the virus.
The province reminds that PMH has been elevated to the restricted level orange.
Starting Monday, masks are mandatory in all public indoor places and all public gatherings, outside too.
In addition, public gathering sizes, for both indoor and outdoor, will be restricted to just 10 people.
The province encourages those that live in the PMH region to take these precautions immediately to help slow the spread of the virus.
For up to date info on COVID in Manitoba, visit www.manitoba.ca/COVID19.
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A 20-year-old woman has died after a single-vehicle collision on the Keeseekoowenin First Nation.
RCMP responded to the incident at around 10:15 a.m. Friday morning, and say the driver lost control of the vehicle while approaching a curve, entered the ditch and rolled.
The woman was not wearing a seatbelt during the collision, and was ejected from the vehicle.
She was pronounced dead on the scene.
RCMP continue to investigate.
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The city of sunshine saw some heavy showers Friday night as a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the area.
Some of Dauphin's streets were flooded due to the heavy rainfall. Total rainfall levels are sitting at 64.5mm.
There were also 2 tornado warnings issued for Minnedosa and the surrounding areas, one at 4:00 p.m. and another at 7:00 p.m.
There are no reports of any tornado's touching down.
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MR MIKES held a barbeque fundraiser last month in support of the Countryfest Community Cinema.
The cinema was forced to close for an extended period of time due to the COVID-19 situation.
Manager of MR MIKES, Bryce Hancharyk, is now telling us just how successful the fundraiser was.
“So we raised a total of $6,506.21 for the theatre, and there was a donation of $500 as well. So the total raise was just over $7,000.The community support and turnout was amazing. The burgers were delicious and it was great.”
Bryce is thanking everyone who came out to support the fundraiser, and says he hopes to do it again next year.
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UPDATE | 7:40 p.m.
The Minnedosa tornado warning has been downgraded back to a severe thunderstorm warning.
UPDATE | 7:01 p.m.
Environment Canada say meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that could possibly produce a tornado, damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall.
The tornado warning is in effect for the following areas:
- R.M. of Minto-Odanah incl. Minnedosa and Moore Park
- R.M. of Oakview incl. Oak River and Rapid City
The weather authority says people in or near these areas should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions.
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UPDATE | 5:55 p.m.
The tornado warning has now ended. A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for Dauphin and surrounding areas.
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A tornado warning was issued by Environment Canada at 4:07 p.m. this afternoon.
The warning includes several areas in the Parkland, including Minnedosa, Riding Mountain National Park, the R.M. of Yellowhead incl. Shoal Lake and Elphinstone, including Waywayseecappo Reservation.
The weather authority says people in or near these areas should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions.
This weather alert comes as severe thunderstorm watches have been in effect for most of the day.
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