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The Manitoba Metis Federation wants a judicial review of the provincial government's ending of a hydroelectric development agreement with the Metis.
The federation went to court wanting a probe of last year's decision to kill the deal that would’ve seen the M-M-F get $67 million in return for supporting new Hydro projects, including a transmission line to Minnesota.
The federation says the government doesn't have the right to cancel a legally binding agreement.
An initial court hearing is set for June 25th.
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A hit and run in Winnipeg has police looking for 2 suspects.
The driver and passenger of a van that was involved in a fatal crash with a motorcycle on Saturday in Winnipeg fled the scene.
The motorcycle rider was transported to hospital in critical condition, but didn't survive.
They're asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has information on the incident to contact traffic investigators or Crime Stoppers.
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Thousands of people descended on downtown Winnipeg yesterday for the 31st Pride Parade, but non-binary people still face many barriers and face oppression in their day-to-day lives.
Manitoba's legislature defeated on a bill brought forward by the New Democrats last month to allow for gender neutral identification in the province.
Premier Brian Pallister says he supports gender neutral I-D, but says it shouldn't be done province by province.
A gender-neutral option has been offered on Canadian passports since August of 2017.
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The potiental closing of Range Road 144 N has everyone in Dauphin talking.
Some residents and a business made a delegation to have it closed on the basis of too much dust and high traffic.
The city passed a resolution to barricade it and stated they’re waiting on the R.M. to make a decision.
Dennis Forbes, Reeve for the R.M. noted a decision on this was already made.
“We discussed this subject with the people involved and at that time a couple months back, our decision was at that time, we would keep the road open."
He explained that its’ not so simple as to just pass a resolution to close a road.
“I haven’t experience a process of going through the steps to close a road, but some of our staff have. I understand that the road is not our road, it’s a Crown Right of Way and we are the guardians of it. The process is a two to three year timeframe to close any crown road; applications have to be made and reasons given.”
Forbes noted their office, as well as the Council have been receiving a flood of calls from the public wanting that road to stay open.
The city is making a delegation at the R.M.’s next meeting on June 12 to present their case for barricading it.
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The City of Dauphin has a new way to control the number of mosquitos in the community.
They partnered with the Communities in Bloom committee and hired two local groups, the DRCSS, and the Hero Club, to build bat houses.
City of Dauphin Assistant CAO, Sharla Griffiths explains how this non-chemical way of controlling bugs works.
“Bat houses are a place that can roost and feel comfortable. Sometimes natural habitat is compromised with development in the area with things like wires or extra tree branches. So by having a bat house, it will promote more bats to live in an area.”
Griffiths explains that these types of houses should be in place before April 1st, so anyone placing them in their yards this year has to wait until next spring for bats to roost.
She also read statistics that bats can eat up to 1000 insects a night.
There are two styles to choose from and cost either $35 or $50 and can be picked up at city hall.
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Winnipeg Police overtime costs for the Jets Whiteout parties are an astronomical $788,000.
A report stated before the whiteout parties, the overtime budget for the police was under for the year, but now is over.
In the future, the Winnipeg Police Chief has asked for more time in advance to plan for events such as these.
True North Entertainment will be releasing their share of the costs for policing services on Monday.
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It looks like Manitoba isn’t the only province with concerns around ambulance service.
Grant Manz, who lives 40 kilometres west of Yorkton, waited over an hour for an ambulance to show up while he suffered from a severe heart attack last week.
His wife drove to the intersection of Highway 47 and 52 and called the ambulance; only to be told at that time, they didn’t have an ambulance to send out right then.
The bad weather conditions prevented STARS Air Ambulance from being an option.
Manz arrived in Yorkton Hospital only to be transferred to Regina and is now at home recovering.
Dennis Nelson, owner of Yorkton and Area Crestvue Ambulance Services noted they have a busy service and do a lot of transfers.
“There are times we’ve got two and three units driving back and forth to Regina every day.”
Two of the ambulances are funded by the Saskatchewan Health Authority but the other two and the first response unit are not.
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In the spirit of cycling, the Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club is hosting a Bike Week in the community.
It starts tomorrow and goes through to next Sunday, June 10.
Melisa Stefaniw, with Tourism Dauphin, talks about how the club has brought this concept to life.
“The Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club was started in 2017 with the aim of kind of bringing cycling to the forefront of the community; not just cycling but trails and active transport and our particular focus is going to be bikes. So Dauphin Bike Week was an idea we wanted to bring forward in some of the warmer months in Dauphin and it’s going to be a week of events that are focused on cycling and really how we can embrace cycling in our community.”
To kick off the week there is an online contest starting on Sunday. Post your best bike pics online with the hashtag Dauphin Bike Week for a chance to win a new bike.
Back to work Monday, has people encouraged to ride their bikes to work and post commute pics using the hashtag.
On Tuesday, there will be a bike repair and maintenance workshop and Wednesday will host the Kids of Mud Race in Vermillion Park.
A special viewing of the Dauphin Master Trails Plan will be revealed on Thursday at the Countryfest Community Cinema starting at 9:00.
To end the work week, Friday will be another bike to work day and Saturday will have the Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day at Riding Mountain National Park’s East Gate.
Wrapping up the contest, next Sunday, the winner will be announced for the new bike.
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One bill restricts marijuana from being smoked in all public places such as campsites, sidewalks, and parks.
Also you have to be 19 years of age before being allowed to purchase recreational marijuana.
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Darcy Rowe, 46-years-old from Birch River, made an appearance in Swan River Provincial Court on Wednesday.
Rowe’s charged with Impaired Driving Causing Death and Driving While Over .08 Causing Death from a fatal vehicle/pedestrian collision.
Back in September, on Highway 10, a 35-year-old Shoal River First Nation woman was killed when she got out of a moving truck and was run over by the trailer being towed behind it.
Rowe’s matters were adjourned until Wednesday, June 6.
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A Saskatchewan man was left beaten and bound in his bathtub after he was robbed and cut with a machete on Wednesday evening.
David Alcorn from Rhein, just outside of Yorkton, went to let his dog out when three men forced their way inside.
He tried to escape but they cut his face and hands with a machete, pinned him down and searched his home.
They came across a safe that had $20,000, which Alcorn was saving from his Yorkton business Chronixx Herb and Hemp Shop.
The beating escalated until he opened the safe and gave them the money. They then left him in the bathtub and on their way out stole a shotgun and rifle from his gun cabinet.
After they left, Alcorn was able to get his ankle free and into his truck. He drove to a neighbour’s house and called 911.
RCMP are still investigating the case and no suspects have been arrested yet.
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