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Dauphin’s 17th Fill A Truck event is next week, accepting clothing donations for Diabetes Canada.

The donation truck will be parked at the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy On Friday, September 25th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on Saturday, September 26th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, or until the truck is full.

This year they’ve had to make changes to the donation process, switching it to a drive-thru style event. Everyone donating must stay in their vehicles while workers pick up their items for them.

Sue Petersen is with the Fill A Truck event and explains what kind of items they are looking for.

“Basically it’s gently used clothing, things like belts, fabric, shoes, pillows, and bedding and what have you, but they have to be packed in green garbage bags.”

Sue says that when the truck is full, it can hold between 28,000 to 31,000 pounds of clothes.

Items must be in plastic garbage bags – not boxes.

For any questions, you can contact Sue at 204-648-5657.

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Portage la Prairie RCMP have arrested a man after he allegedly grabbed a 12-year-old girl and refused to let her go at a hotel pool.

On Saturday, September 12 at 6 p.m., police in Portage responded to a local hotel following reports that an adult man had inappropriately touched a 12-year-old girl.

It was determined that the girl was in the hotel pool with other youths when an adult man, unknown to the group, attempted to start a conversation.

Police say at one point the man grabbed the 12-year-old girl and refused to let go despite her attempts to get away.

An adult nearby was informed of the situation and the police were called.

A 28-year-old man from Winnipeg was arrested and is facing multiple charges, including Sexual interference and Forcible confinement. He has since been released from custody with a court date scheduled for November 10th in Portage la Prairie.

Police can not reveal the man’s name at this time as charges have not yet been formally laid.

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If you live in Dauphin and having issues with your internet, cable and home phone service since last night — you’re not alone. 

Many residents are reporting this morning they are still unable to connect to their wi-fi.

It seems that Bell MTS users may be the most affected by the service disruption, although a few CKDM listeners have reported their router and TV are back online as of this morning.

Bell MTS Support on Twitter says there is no available estimate for when service might be fully restored.

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Multiple sources are reporting the partial closure of the Canada-U.S. border will be extended.

This would have the ban on non-essential traffic remain in effect until at least October 21.

The border restrictions were first introduced in March to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Essential workers, such as healthcare professionals and truck drivers, are still permitted to cross the border.

Canadians are still allowed to fly to destinations in the U.S.

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A Winnipeg school is reporting even more cases of COVID-19, and will now be moving some grades to remote learning.

A letter sent out to parents on Tuesday evening reported four more cases of COVID-19 at John Pritchard School in Winnipeg.

This comes after the school already reported a possible exposure last week, after an asymptomatic student attended class.

Starting today, the school will begin remote learning for students in grades 6, 7, 8, and a split grade 4/5 class.

The letter stated the remote learning protocol may be in effect for up to two weeks.

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The Mountain View School Division (MVSD) has partnered with five other school divisions to deliver remote learning.

The Westman Consortia Partnership is made up of six Manitoba school divisions, working together to provide remote learning to K-8 students who, based on the advice of a physician, must be accommodated with an at-home delivery of classes.

MVSD Superintendent/CEO Dan Ward explains there is a relatively small number of students in the division that fit into this category, and so trying to hire 1 or 2 teachers to deal with a large range of grades could pose significant challenges.

Ward says that's why the MVSD is pooling their resources with the other school divisions in southwestern Manitoba and "essentially dedicating specific teachers to teach specific grades.”

There are three school divisions contributing teachers — MSVD being one them — while the remaining school divisions are contributing financial resources.

This means a child being accommodated with remote learning may actually be dealing with a teacher from another school division — something Ward says the Division is monitoring closely.

“It’s going to be important — even though your child’s teacher might be from a different school division in southwestern Manitoba — to ensure that there’s a strong relationship and linkage with their home school as well. So that’s part of the plan in terms of rolling out this consortia approach.”

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A portion of Main St. in Dauphin that was closed most of the day has now been reopened.

City crews were repairing a broken water main at the intersection of Main St. and 8th Avenue SW/SE.

Since the water hasn't surfaced, crews had to find the leak by listening to valves.

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Provincial officials tell us they’re getting closer to building some all-season shelters to help make sure Manitoban’s living in personal care homes (PCH) can still visit with their loved ones during the pandemic.

A total of $17.9 million is being invested in these heated outdoor visitation shelters for personal care homes in the province, which have space for one resident and up to five visitors.

Health Minister Cameron Friesen said Manitoba care homes have been forced to take extensive precautions to protect vulnerable residents, including strict visitor restrictions, but hope these all-season shelters will help ensure much-needed visits with loved ones can continue uninterrupted.

Manitoba-based PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has been awarded a construction tender by the provincial government.

These outdoor shelters are expected to be operational by November. 

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Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were identified today in Manitoba.

One of the new cases is in Prairie Mountain Health, with no new cases in Dauphin’s health district.

There are now 1,466 cases in the province; 269 of those are active, and 1,181 are recovered.

A fifth COVID case has been identified in a Manitoba school.

An asymptomatic student was at St. Aidan's Christian School in Winnipeg on Thursday, September 10th and Friday, September 11th. Investigations show that the case was not acquired at the school.

All close contacts have been contacted and are self-isolated.

Another one of today's cases is in the Bethesda Place care home in Steinbach. There are now 14 cases linked to that care home.

For more COVID-19 information in Manitoba, click here.

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UPDATE | 12:48 p.m. Highway 362 has now been cleared, and re-opened to regular traffic.

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A section of Highway 362, north of Dauphin has been temporarily closed due to a minor traffic incident.

The Dauphin Fire Department is on scene, and is asking the public to avoid the area.

CKDM will bring you more updates as they become available.

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The Gilbert Plains Splash Park’s field of dreams project was harvested yesterday.

After starting around 1:30 p.m., seven combines went to work on the 150-acre canola field, finishing up just after 4 p.m.

Cory Gulenchin, vice president of the Gilbert Plains Splash Park initiative, says it looks like a decent crop and revenue could be between 50 and 70 thousand dollars.

Gulenchin wants to thank all the sponsors and everyone who helped out with the field of dreams project.

Today, the Gilbert Plains Splash Park will be getting money from Co-op’s Fuel Good Day.

Gulenchin is thankful for all the support from the community.

“All this is huge, this project is huge and just to have the backing of everybody to see this project get finished. It’s just so amazing when you see so many people stick together and it’s really an amazing feeling to have that happen.”

10 cents from every litre of gas purchased at the Gilbert Plains Co-op Gas Bar today will go to the splash park.

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