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Fire Prevention Week runs from October 6th to 12th.
The theme this year is “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!”
Dauphin Fire Chief Cam Abrey says home escape plans are a big part of being fire safe.
“We do our utmost to prevent fires from happening, but in the incidents where a fire accidentally starts, we want people to be able to get out of the home safely. We know we practice them in school on a regular basis and a lot of employers in the workplace have fire plans in place, but what do we do in our homes? So that at 3 in the morning when the alarm starts to sound and we’re quite groggy and tired, are we going to know how to get out safely?”
The first step in having a home escape plan is to draw a floor plan and plan two ways out of every room whether it’s out a door or window. There is equipment available for second-floor windows. The second step is to make sure all smoke alarms are working. Finally, do a dry run by sounding the fire alarm and getting out. Abrey adds that they encourage adults to try a drill at night to see if the kids will recognize the sound and get out.
Abrey says members of the fire department will be out in the community.
“Even though Fire Prevention Week doesn’t start until Sunday, October 6th, we have partnered with the Dauphin Kings again this year, and on Friday, October 4th, we’re going to be doing our own kick-off to Fire Prevention Week here in Dauphin. The Dauphin Kings are hosting the Portage Terriers that night but you’ll see firetrucks on both the north and south side of the building where people can come take tours of the trucks prior to the game starting. The first 100 kids that come into the game will receive a free prize package and there’ll be handouts for the adults as well.”
Also at the game, there’ll be a fire extinguisher simulator, using a laser fire extinguisher on a digital fire. Sparky will also be in attendance.
Throughout the week the fire department will be doing some more activities in the community. They have plans for Monday and Tuesday but are keeping them under tabs for now. Then on Wednesday evening, the fire department has partnered with the Dauphin Public Library. There’ll be another opportunity for a tour of a fire truck. In the library starting at 7, firefighters will be showing off equipment and reading to kids. There’ll be some prize giveaways for kids and raffles for adults. Finally, on Thursday there will be an open house at the fire hall where the public can get a tour of the fire station and see more equipment.
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A new report shows that an increased amount of physicians are practicing in Manitoba.
In the report done by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, it says that as of April 30th, 2019, 2,982 licensed medical practitioners are working in the province, with an increase of 80 doctors from last year. The increase is slightly above the net increase recorded in 2018 of 78 and is just under the 10-year high of 83.
Since 2016, 214 more doctors have started working in Manitoba, including 74 outside of Winnipeg.
Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen says that the number will continue to grow in years to come, thanks to the development of a rural residency program through the University of Manitoba. The program allows medical residents to learn more about rural medicine and allowing physicians to better respond to the needs of Manitoba communities.
The Northern Regional Health Authority is the latest to adopt the rural residency program after seeing the successes in the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority, Southern Health, and Prairie Mountain Health.
The U of M offers a northern remote residency program that serves communities in northern Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
The new report on physician numbers comes a month after a new master agreement was reached with Doctors Manitoba. The agreement supports Manitoba’s efforts to maintain reasonable costs in the health system
while introducing ways for the government and doctors to work together to address shared interests in the delivery of health services.
You can see the physician statistics report on the College’s website
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RCMP are looking for 25-year-old Nathan Smith. He is wanted for numerous charges of Theft and Possession of Stolen Property.
Police believe he may be in the Hamiota area. Anyone with information is asked to call the Russell RCMP at 204-773-3051.
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Yesterday at the Dauphin Friendship Centre, the Crisis Prevention Task Force committee and United Way, from Brandon, put on a poverty simulation workshop called Living on the Edge. Cynamon Mychasiw, CEO of United Way, says the goal is to break the stigma of poverty.
“There’s a lot of people that think it’s easy to get out of poverty, that it’s a lazy person’s issue, that it’s just people who are having substance abuse problems, and other issues like that. It (The simulation) really brings some reality to how hard it is to be in poverty, really how hard it is to get out. It brings forward some of the issues that put people into poverty. One of the things people don’t realize is that we’re all one or two paychecks away from financial disaster, many people are. So a simulation like this really brings that forward.”
Mychasiw says they had a great group of participants.
“We had a great mix of demographics for the simulation. People from different industries, and we had some real aha moments during the simulated week 3 where people are really struggling to pay bills, when we evicted everyone in week 3 because no one had paid the mortgage and they realize it’s just impossible to make it from our minimum wage job to get to the bank to pay our mortgage and everything else. They start to realize how hard it is and if at the end of the day we’ve broken a bit of the stigma behind it, we call it a success.”
Esther Fyk was one of the participants in the workshop.
“It really brought home some of the experiences that people in these situations, often through no fault of their own, have to go through and the immense frustrations that happen when you have to line up and then you aren’t told something and you get told conflicting messages and on and on and on. It really brought that home.”
Fyk thinks there’s a benefit for everybody to be involved in a simulation like this.
Mychasiw believes a conversation has started in Dauphin and is looking forward to hearing the results.
Dauphin is the farthest north United Way has come for one of these simulations. They usually do 5 or 6 per year.
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Dauphin’s Culture Days kicks off tonight.
The 5-day festival focuses on celebrating culture in the community.
The first event is the Church Crawl tonight at 7:30, giving people the chance to take in the history and architecture of Dauphin’s churches.
Thursday night is Dauphin’s Got Talent at the Parkland Regional Library, followed by A Little Drama with Friends at the Dauphin Legion on Friday night.
The highlight of the weekend takes place on Saturday, with Yardfringe starting at 3:00 at the WAC. People are asked to bring a bowl and a spoon, as lunch will be provided.
Then the weekend wraps up with the Culture Day Film Festival, featuring some of the award winners from the Neepawa Film Festival.
For more information, check out the Dauphin’s Culture Days Facebook page.
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Rotary Radio Week continues on 730 CKDM. During the course of the week, we will be highlighting different members of the Rotary Club of Dauphin.
Lindsay Dingwall has only been a member of the Rotary Club of Dauphin for a couple of months.
She decided to join because she found herself attending a lot of events hosted by the Rotary Club, and she became interested in the things they do.
She joined the Al Morning Show to share the benefits of becoming a Rotarian.
“Obviously, it helps the community, but selfishly, it feels good just being part of something,” said Dingwall. “Rotary is really great, they’re really supportive, encouraging, and a dedicated group of people for sure. It’s just a happy place to be and they so much for the community.”
Rotary Radio Week continues all week long on 730 CKDM, be sure to tune into the Al Morning Show, where he will have interviews with the Rotarians.
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The fall season is here.
Kelly Sonnenburg, with the Weather Network, expects to see a normal fall in the Parkland.
Temperatures will be steadily falling throughout the season and seeing some snow towards the end.
Last week compared to this week is a great representation of what fall will look like. Last week there was some warm days, even reaching 30 degrees, and this week by the end the temps will be in the single digits.
The precipitation outlook in our area will also be close to normal, with a more active storm track.
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Sunrise Credit Union and Minnedosa Credit Union are in discussions to merge, as of July 1st, 2020.
The goal of the merger is to improve member service through an expanded geographic area, improved product offerings, enhanced career opportunities for employees, and greater cost savings.
General Manager of Minnedosa Credit Union, Brad Ross, says that merging is the best way for the credit union to continue to serve its members, and communities, into the future.
The name after the merger would continue to be Sunrise Credit Union.
An information meeting on the merger for members will be held on October 16th at 7 pm at the Minnedosa Community Conference Centre and members of both credit unions will have a chance to vote on the merger.
Minnedosa members can vote on November 5th, and Sunrise members can vote the next day, on November 6th.
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Tuesday was the second day of Rotary Radio Week. During the course of the week, we will be highlighting different members of the Rotary Club of Dauphin.
Kathy Bellemare has been a member of the Rotary Club for 11 years.
She says that she became a Rotarian because she's interested in making the community a better place.
"That's really what Rotary is all about," said Bellemare. "They want to provide service above self, they're there to make the community as good as (they) can.
One of the things the Rotary Club does in the community is supporting students through scholarships. One such scholarship is the one that they give to a deserving student graduating from the DRCSS that is planning on taking engineering. They award the scholarship to a student who best exemplifies the values of Rotary.
Rotary Radio Week continues all week long on 730 CKDM, be sure to tune into the Al Morning Show, where he will have interviews with the Rotarians.
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A third man involved in the shooting of an RCMP officer near Onanole last summer has entered guilty pleas for his role in the crimes that led up to the shooting.
Delaney Houle pleaded guilty in Brandon provincial court yesterday morning to unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a weapon obtained through the commission of a crime and two counts of break and enter.
Houle was one of four men arrested following the shooting that left an RCMP officer seriously injured. Cpl. Graeme Kingdon was shot after he and his partner were called to a report of a break-in.
Houle and Therae Racette-Beaulieu, the man who admitted to the shooting, were arrested the next morning at the home of a local couple, who they asked for a ride.
Therae Racette-Beaulieu is serving a 15-year prison sentence for attempted murder, as well as three years for the crimes that led up to the incident. He is also facing charges after a stabbing at the Brandon Correctional Centre.
Houle has been out on bail since October. He had only one prior conviction for failing to comply with the conditions of a court order.
Tommy Beaulieu, another one of the four men charged, pleaded guilty last month. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, one count of breaking and entering to steal firearms, and one count of robbery.
The fourth man, Shane Beaulieu, has yet to enter pleas and is expected back in court in October.
Houle and Tommy Beaulieu are due to be sentenced in Minnedosa at a later date.
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