Lake Manitoba First Nation School Orders Portable Classrooms

Lake Manitoba First Nation is getting one million dollars to pay for new portable classrooms.

The community, which is in the Interlake south of the Narrows, has around 75 students who returned to school at the start of the year without classrooms.

The rooms were ordered before funding was confirmed because students were withdrawn from Lundar School, where the students had been attending last year.

For 12 years most of the high school students were sent to Lundar because the First Nation School only went from kindergarten to Grade 8.

High school students are taking classes in the elementary school's gym and other classrooms in the school.

Indigenous Services Canada confirmed today up to $1 million in funding would be made available to the community.

Earlier this month the chief of the community said there was a delay in ordering the portables because the promised funding wasn’t coming through.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 25, 2018 - 2:30 pm

Mountain View School Division has a new website.

Superintendent Donna Davidson shares what’s different with the new design.

“It’s a little bit more user-friendly than our previous website. It has some notable key features on the front page that parents and members of our community access more frequently than other areas. So we highlighted those in a bar. Our calendar, our registration, our transportation, our facility use because many community members use our facilities, and of course employment opportunities within Mountain View School Division.”

Each school has their own website that focuses on what's going on at their own place.

Their new news and announcements section is now more relevant to each parent.

“Each school page is linked to the division page so members of our community can scroll down and visit any of our schools that are of interest to them or a school that their children may attend or be attending. We have a great upcoming events section that lets parents and community know what’s happening in the division.”

Davidson says they are expecting to release a connect feature so parents can subscribe for bus information and find out if buses are cancelled or if a route is running late.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 25, 2018 - 11:40 am

Whitmore School is hoping to win a contest and get a new playground.

The school is taking part in the Aviva Community Fund and hopes to be one of 50 projects chosen to receive 10 thousand dollars.

Whitmore School has been putting a lot of effort into fundraising for their new playground.

A new playground is expected to cost 100 to 150 thousand dollars. Fundraising is done by the school’s Parent Partnership Council members as there is no divisional or provincial funding set aside for the project.

The playground designs they are looking at are more inclusive of people with special needs. They include Fibar Surface for the ground, which allows wheelchair access to the structure. They also chose some low rise equipment for people in wheelchairs to access with ease. All other play structures in Dauphin use pea gravel as surface, which is not accessible to wheelchairs.

Their current playground isn’t up to code and will be torn down.

Voting begins today and goes till next Thursday, October 4.

You can vote ten times per email.

You can read more about Whitmore School and their new playground project by going here.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 25, 2018 - 10:01 am

Brad Collett sees good things in the future of the City of Dauphin.

He attended his last city council meeting as Dauphin’s outgoing city manager last night.

He has been with the city for 17 years and has seen some significant changes over that time.

Collett shared his thoughts, after the meeting, of how the city is moving ahead.

"I think Dauphin is positioned very well. We've got about eight and a half million in reserves, we've got less than a million dollars in debt. It's set up very well going forward. Good staff, good management team Sharla Griffiths will do an excellent job as the new city manager."

During his time as city manager, many changes have come to Dauphin including completing the Parkland Rec complex, overhauling the garbage and recycling system as well as revamping how the finances work in the city.

Collett wants to thank the citizens of Dauphin and all the city councillors for their support over the years.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 25, 2018 - 5:02 am

Environment Canada has issued a Frost Advisory for the Parkland.

Skies are expected to clear tonight allowing temperatures to drop below freezing.

Widespread frost is likely in many areas by the morning.

Frost may damage some crops in frost-prone areas.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 24, 2018 - 4:27 pm

A 53-year-old male that was found lying on a road in Berens River has passed away.

He was located by community members during the early morning hours on September 16. He appeared to have been assaulted and was transported to the local nursing station with life-threatening injuries.

After being transported to a Winnipeg hospital in critical condition, the man succumbed to his injuries and died on September 22.

The death is being investigated as a homicide by the RCMP Major Crimes Unit.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 24, 2018 - 12:22 pm

It’s rail safety awareness week.

Manitobans are reminded to be cautious and follow the rules around railways.

Last year there were 15 rail-crossing accidents in Manitoba that resulted in two fatalities and three serious injuries, plus one fatality and two serious injuries caused by trespassing on railways.

Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says most rail accidents are preventable.

Each year, 2,100 North Americans are killed or seriously injured when they engage in unsafe behaviour around tracks and trains.

Basic rail safety includes being prepared to stop a vehicle at every rail crossing, never stopping a vehicle on the tracks and never trespassing on railways, which are private property.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Sep 24, 2018 - 11:45 am

The Rotary Club of Dauphin is celebrating Rotary Radio Week!

Rotary plays an important part in supporting local events and projects.

Rotary member Kathy Bellemare stopped by the Al Morning Show earlier today and shared why the club is vital to the community.

“We’re always fundraising because there are always projects in the community that we want to support. Currently, Habitat is doing their build, so Rotary has made a donation to that. Whitmore School is doing a new playground so some of the Rotary activities some of the money is going towards that. So, it’s sort of what’s going on in the community that we can throw our support behind. People are very generous with their time and money and that’s how we make things happen in Dauphin.”

The Rotary Club of Dauphin supports the community through fundraising initiatives and funds projects such as the new bike trails south of town and Walking Wednesdays at Credit Union Place.

Listen to 730CKDM all week long to hear more about what the Rotary Club does for your community!

Details: Contributed by René Huebener; Published: Sep 24, 2018 - 9:36 am

The Dauphin Clippers varsity boys volleyball season is here.

The team will travel to Winnipeg to take part in the 16th Annual Linden Christian Invitational.

"We're really looking forward to just playing some games," said Taylor Schmidt, Head Coach. "I like to think we've had a pretty good pre-season so far. We haven't played but we've had some pretty productive practices to prepare for this."

After several rookies made up the team last season, this year's squad will be a much more experienced and confident group.

"We have a lot of returning players after last season," added Schmidt. "We're an experienced team with a lot of great athletes. We're pretty confident in our abilities heading into the season for sure."

The Clippers round-robin schedule will be a busy one. Starting at 2:40 tomorrow, the team will play four games before Saturday's playoffs.

"The grade 12 players are really chomping at the bit to get in there and get it going," said Schmidt. "Some of our rookies are a little nervous but also excited to see the speed of it. Everyone's going to see the floor here this weekend. We're going to grow as a team for sure, and it's a good chance to see what AAA volleyball looks like for everyone on our team."

The Clippers full schedule is as followed:

2:40 p.m. - vs Linden Christian.

4:20 p.m. - vs Shaftesbury.

6:50 p.m. - vs Louis Riel.

8:30 p.m. - vs Sanford.

Stay tuned all weekend long to see how the Clippers do.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 21, 2018 - 6:00 am