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Education Minister Cliff Cullen and Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery Minister Audrey Gordon announced more than $1 million in funding for staff and student mental health support programs for schools across the province today.
Cullen spoke about the funding.
“The impacts of the pandemic are far-reaching and continue to be a critical issue for schools, families and communities as students return to school this fall. These supports are in addition to the $2.5 million announced last year that was invested to support Manitoba students’ mental health during COVID-19.”
The new Manitoba Mental Health in Schools Strategy will be implemented in partnership with school divisions and stakeholders to support school-wide strategies, including:
· Talking about mental health;
· Training for teachers and school staff;
· Teaching supports for mental health;
· Ensuring appropriate tools and supports are available for students; and
· Support for teachers and school staff.
Today’s announcement advances one of the critical priorities of Manitoba’s plan for restoring safe schools in 2021-22, in addition to the focus on ensuring health and safety measures in schools, such as improving ventilation and providing personal protective equipment.
$58 million has been given to support safe schools in 2021-22, building upon the $185 million given last school year.
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This afternoon, PPC Leader Maxime Bernier attended a rally at Vermillion Park in Dauphin, hosted by local candidate Donnan McKenna.
There were many topics covered throughout the event that ran for over an hour, but the overall theme was rights and freedoms.
Mr. Bernier was happy with the size of the crowd, which was over 200 people.
“I’m very pleased; we have more and more people. I’m doing four ridings a day in bigger towns and smaller towns and people are coming because they’re like me, they’re fed up and want to gain back their freedoms.”
Maxime says that his party wants to help every industry, including the agriculture industry.
“We have a plan that we want to have a flat tax rate for all businesses, but I must be honest we won’t be able to implement that in our first mandate, because it’s all about cutting, it’s all about balancing our budget, and after that, we’ll have a policy that will help every industry.”
This will be the second election contested by the Peoples Party of Canada, and today was Maxime’s first visit to the riding.
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Manitoba's Deputy Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Jazz Atwal and head of the vaccination task force, Dr. Joss Reimer, addressed the province today regarding vaccines and their safety.
Reimer said that the Delta variant is much more deadly:
"There was a new study that came out of the U.K. that looked at all people who were infected with either Alpha or Delta variants of COVID over several months this spring, and when Delta was spreading rapidly amongst their population, and it showed what we've been hearing fro a lot of other jurisdictions as well, that Delta is more likely to result in more severe outcomes, including hospitalization, emergency care and death."
Reimer also noted that the COVID-19 vaccine is proven safe:
"We also have some good new data coming out of the United States surrounding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. The Journal of the American Medical Association released a new study earlier this month and it conducted an analysis of 6.2 million people who received 11.8 million doses of an mRNA vaccine, and they found no significant difference in many different types of potential outcomes that we were worrying about."
82.9% of people in Manitoba are at least partially vaccinated.
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On Friday at 5:45 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance in downtown Dauphin; they attempted to speak with a 22-year-old male on the scene.
When the man was advised that he was being placed under arrest for breaching several court-imposed conditions, he ran back into his apartment complex and barricaded himself inside the apartment.
Officers did not pursue the 22-year-old as it was believed he was armed with a knife.
The suspect was believed to be alone in the apartment.
After several hours of communication with the suspect, he exited the apartment and was arrested without incident.
The 22-year-old male was taken back to the Dauphin Detachment and may face charges of Resisting Arrest, Failing to Comply with Release Order, Mischief, and Failing to Comply with an Undertaking.
The investigation in this case continues.
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There was a heavy police presence at 213 Main Street North in Dauphin Friday evening.
Officers could be heard shouting to an individual inside the apartment building.
Residents of the apartment couldn’t leave or enter the building as police barricaded both the front and back doors.
Witnesses say officers left the area at about 9:15 pm after being on the scene for several hours.
We continue to wait for more details, and once they become available, you will find out about them here first.
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Dauphin Rec Services are hosting their annual Health and Leisure Mart from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Parkland Recreation Complex.
This is your opportunity to learn about, and pre-register for various fall and winter activities in our community.
As Programs & Promotions Coordinator with Dauphin Rec Services, Tamara Kolida says there are more than a handful of activities people can register for:
"Some of the sport and community groups you can find at the event include, PARKFIT, Northwest Metis Council, Skate Dauphin, YAK Drama, Zirka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Dauphin Kin Club, Dauphin Friendship Centre, Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, Parkland Paddling Club, Grand Plains Gym Cats, Bratstva Studios Ukrainian Dance and the Kin Aquatic Center."
All ages are welcome to attend this event.
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New public health orders regarding gathering sizes come into effect today.
On Thursday, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin announced that outdoor gatherings are now limited to 500, down from 1,500.
"The summer fairs and festivals previously approved by Public Health are not impacted by this change."
Roussin also said that weddings will have to follow the same rules as restaurants.
"So guests will have to show proof of vaccination, if a wedding party takes place at an unlicensed venue and has applied for a license, proof of vaccination will still apply. There will be a grace period on this until September 7th so people can adjust their plan."
Also happening today, museums and galleries will now be required to ask for proof of vaccination for indoor areas.
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Prairie Mountain Health is advising that the Dauphin Community Health Services Building will be closed tomorrow, as the power outage continues.
Those with appointments scheduled for tomorrow are encouraged to call 204-638-2118 if they haven't already been contacted to reschedule.
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Prairie Mountain Health advises that the Dauphin Community Health Services Building will be closed today due to electrical issues within the building. Clients that had appointments scheduled for today will be contacted to reschedule them.
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According to the Manitoba Crop Pest Update, there has been a drastic decrease in all of the major diseases found in crops.
Field Crop Pathologist, David Kaminski says this is because of this year’s dry conditions.
“Things like grasshoppers build up in drier years, but diseases generally depend on a wetter environment, especially bacterial diseases - we see them when there are frequent rains.”
David says one of the most notable things is the near-total absence of sclerotinia in canola and fusarium head blight in wheat. In soybeans, septoria brown spot was more prevalent than Bacterial blight, but all of the three main foliar diseases were minimal.
“Disease was one less thing to worry about in most cases for producers this year, but they did have a really tough battle against insects.”
The grasshopper issue is not over for growers yet, as newly emerging winter cereals can be very attractive to grasshoppers. For winter wheat and other late-summer seeded crops, seeding near the end of the optimum planting window is recommended to reduce the risk and severity of grasshopper damage.
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In 2020 the RM and City of Dauphin began work with Travel Manitoba to establish a place brand.
“Adventure from here on out.” Was launched in June of this year, and now the City and RM are looking for Place Brand Committee members to help shape Dauphin and Parkland tourism marketing strategy.
Nicole Chychota, the CAO for the RM of Dauphin, explains how the concept for this committee came to be;
“During the process of developing the brand, we worked with stakeholders in the community to make sure we got their input on what they felt the brand should include, and we really found that was a valuable exercise.”
Chychota noted that the help of community stakeholders in the branding process initiated the idea for this committee.
“When Sharla and I spoke about how we should move forward, we really felt we should keep that communication going and felt that the establishment of a committee where we could bring in stakeholders was the best way for us to do that.”
Nicole added that those interested must submit a letter explaining their qualifications and background as well as why they want to be involved with this project.
“It’s a great opportunity for people to really help shape what our marketing strategy is going to be, and I think it’s a great chance for us to get some alternative perspectives on what makes Dauphin and area such a great area to visit. We’re really excited to work with everybody.”
Meetings are expected to occur once a month, and the committee will hold an advisory role while staff from the City and RM will be tasked with executing the projects.'
September 13th at noon is the deadline to apply.
Applications can be sent by email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or dropped off at the RM of Dauphin office.
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The Parkland Humane Society’s Garage Sale and BBQ was successful, bringing in a total of $5,171.
Shelter Manager, Kelsey Bates says the money from the fundraiser is going towards general operating costs of the shelter, like vet bills, utility bills, and food costs.
This is something that the Humane Society does yearly but wasn’t able to last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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