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The Under One Roof program could soon be getting back to normal, depending on the success of the soft reopening of in-person services on Monday, October 5.
The program — run by Dauphin’s Crisis Prevention Task Force out of the Dauphin United Church — found success earlier this year offering participants a free meal, social time, and directing them towards useful services.
But back in March, the COVID situation put a stop to the program’s Monday night gatherings.
Organizer Randy Daley explains they felt they couldn’t just stop what they were doing, so they adapted the program and started delivering about 150-170 meals every Monday.
Daley says the program can offer community members a lot more than food, and is glad that Under One Roof can begin welcoming a limited number of community members back to the Dauphin United Church once a week.
“What we’re trying to get out the people is that there’s a lot of folks around here that are in need. Now, it’s no worse than any other community our size — it’s just simply there needs to be an awareness and we need to have a plan to deal with it.”
Starting on Monday, October 5th, the program will be serving up meals at the Dauphin United Church from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Daley says they’ll have space for about 30-35 visitors, along with 10 or 12 volunteers. Meals will still be delivered to folks that can't leave their home, and Daley explains meal pick-ups are also still available.
He says they’ll see how things go on the 5th, with the goal of getting back to running the program every Monday night.
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The Northwest Metis Council hosted its 2nd annual “Empower Her” event in Dauphin this weekend.
Vice President Frances Chartrand tells CKDM the event — held on Saturday at the Metis Community Centre — is all about making Indigenous women feel stronger and safer.
She says the event features various presentations to enlighten and educate youth and Métis women that are leaving their smaller communities to pursue education in bigger cities.
Chartrand explains that measures were taken to ensure the event followed public health guidelines, including a sanitization team, and also providing masks to attendees.
“The majority of our presenters are Métis or Indigenous. We’re trying to focus on our survivors that went through the system, and how they were able to overcome the obstacles of being a Métis or Indigenous woman coming from a small community,” says Chartrand.
One of the presenters in attendance was NDP MLA for St. Johns, Nahanni Fontaine.
Fontaine discussed the topics of surviving sexual abuse, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
“Yes, some things maybe on the surface look like they’re getting better. But for me, my default is when women and girls can walk the streets safe to go to school, drop their kids off, to go to work — and we’re not there yet,” says Fontaine.
“To me it’s unacceptable that there are still Indigenous women and girls that go missing or murdered. It’s unacceptable.”
Data from the Government of Canada shows that between 1980 and 2012, Indigenous women made up 16 percent of all women murdered in Canada, despite making up only 4 per cent of Canada’s female population.
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Public health officials reported 38 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, and another death related to the virus.
A woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region is the province’s 22nd death.
The 38 cases are from the following health regions:
• two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• three in the Interlake–Eastern health region; and
• 33 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
Dauphin currently has 1 active case, which was announced on Friday. For more details, click here.
The total number of cases in Manitoba is now 2,108.
There are 677 active cases and 1,409 individuals listed as recovered.
Officials say the data on hospitalizations is currently not available due to technical issues.
For Halloween and Thanksgiving safety recommendations recently released by the province, click here.
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Health officials have now provided more guidance for Manitobans ahead of the autumn holidays.
Thanksgiving
Halloween & Trick-or-Treating
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The number of students going the home-school route in Manitoba has nearly doubled compared to last year.
As of September 25, the province reports around 6,600 students are either registered or in the queue for home-school — that’s up from the roughly 3,700 registrations on file last fall.
Many attribute the significant increase in home-school numbers to the anxieties around COVID exposures in schools. At this time, public health has reported cases at over 20 schools in Manitoba.
At the direction of the province, school divisions are only able to provide remote learning plans to students who have an underlying medical condition, or those with an immunocompromised family member.
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A traffic stop on Sandy Bay First Nation led police to a loaded semi-automatic rifle, ammo, and drugs, according to First Nations police.
On September 29 around 12:30 a.m., Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) members responded to reports of an impaired driver on Main Road and Ridge Road North.
When attempting to pull over the erratic driver, the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed, eventually coming to a stop at a roadside embankment.
MFNPS officers arrested the two occupants, a man and a woman, and found empty liquor containers along with small baggies containing substances believed to be methamphetamine and cocaine.
A search of the vehicle found a loaded semi-automatic rifle with a 17-round magazine, a bag containing 2 cases of 9MM rounds and a pistol magazine.
A 23-year old man from the Sandy Bay First Nation faces several criminal code offences:
- Flight from Police
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of a prohibited Weapon as well as several other firearm-related offences
- Multiple breaches of court-ordered conditions
The suspect has been remanded into custody to appear in court at a later date.
A 30-year old woman from the Sandy Bay First Nation was also charged with:
- Flight from Police
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Multiple Firearm-related offences
She was released on conditions to appear in court at a later date.
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If you ever get caught speeding, maybe don’t tell police it was because you had to use the washroom.
A 29-year-old man was caught going nearly double the speed limit in the RM of Roblin on Wednesday.
The man told police he really needed to use the bathroom, but that didn’t stop officers from issuing him a hefty $1,255 fine.
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A 24-year-old man was severely injured after a stabbing on the front porch of the Ebb and Flow General Store, and a 17-year-old faces charges.
Ste. Rose RCMP responded to the incident on Ebb and Flow First Nation on Thursday, October 1 at about 2 p.m.
A number of witnesses were able to identify the suspect who fled on foot.
A 17-year-old male turned himself in to police a short while later.
He faces charges of Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, and he had several outstanding warrants.
The victim was taken to a Winnipeg hospital, and remains in stable but critical condition.
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A man is facing various firearms charges after shooting in the direction of officers during a standoff with RCMP yesterday.
On Thursday, October 2 around 2:45 p.m., Lundar and Ashern RCMP were notified of a 25-year-old man with a loaded rifle threatening to shoot police at a rural property near Moosehorn.
Police directed the man to put down his gun over their loudspeaker, but he refused and began shooting in the general direction of officers taking cover.
RCMP say the man appeared to be intoxicated and very agitated but were eventually able to make an arrest around 5:30 p.m. when they became aware he had run out of ammunition.
The man was uninjured in the arrest, and remains in police custody.
The 25-year-old man, whose name was not released, is facing charges of Possession of a Firearm Knowing it is Unauthorized, Discharge with Intent x3, Reckless Discharge of a Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm Contrary to Court Order. Other charges are being considered.
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A case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Dauphin health district by health officials on Friday.
Public health is also warning of a possible exposure at the Boston Pizza in Dauphin, on September 13 from approximately 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Those who attended the restaurant on the specified day are asked to self-monitor for symptoms, and to seek out testing if symptoms develop.
This is Dauphin’s eighth case of the virus, with the previous 7 listed as recovered.
The update comes as 43 new cases of the virus were announced on Friday, along with the province's 21st death — a man in his 70’s from the Winnipeg health region.
The new cases are located:
• seven cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• six in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
• one cases in Southern Health–Santé Sud; and
• 29 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
Manitoba’s total case count is now up to 2,072 — with 652 cases active and 1,399 people recovered.
There are 18 people in hospital due to COVID-19, and seven people in intensive care.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now 21.
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Manitoba is calling on the federal government to reverse its ban on the direct sale to provinces of a new rapid test for COVID-19.
The ID NOW rapid COVID test is said to determine whether or not a person tests positive for COVID-19 within about 15 minutes.
Health Canada recently approved the tests, but the Canadian government is currently blocking the sale of them directly to provincial governments, indicating that it will decide how that supply will be allocated.
Premier Brian Pallister has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to express Manitoba’s disappointment in the blocking of access to an important tool to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.
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