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Manitobans will soon be able to book reservations for provincial campgrounds and cabins.

Bookings will begin on April 5th with staggered dates.

The Manitoba parks reservation system will accept bookings in three phases:
• April 5th at 7 a.m. – campsite reservations open for the Birds Hill Provincial Park campground
• April 7th at 7 a.m. – campsite reservations open for the Winnipeg Beach, Betula Lake, Big Whiteshell, Brereton Lake, Caddy Lake, Falcon Beach, Falcon Lakeshore, Nutimik Lake, Opapiskaw, Otter Falls, West Hawk Lake and White Lake campgrounds
• April 12th at 7 a.m. – campsite reservations open for all remaining provincial park campgrounds

Phone lines to book a reservation will be open at 7 a.m. April 5th. You can call centre services at 204-948-3333 (Winnipeg) or 888-482-2267 (toll-free).

Online reservations can be made here. 

Campers are reminded that on top of current public health orders, travel is restricted north of the 53rd parallel, with exemptions for essential travel.

Manitobans may travel to a cottage, cabin, provincial park, campground, or hunting or fishing lodge in northern Manitoba as long as they aren’t showing any symptoms of COVID-19, travel directly to their destination, and limit the use of local services.

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On Tuesday health officials in Manitoba announced 77 new cases of COVID-19, and 11 variants of concern.

No new deaths have been reported.

Today’s new non-variant COVID-19 cases are in the following health districts:
• one case in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 27 cases in the Northern health region
• one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• five cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 43 cases in the Winnipeg health region

Today’s new variant  cases are in the following health districts:
• one case in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• three cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and  
• seven cases in the Winnipeg health region

There have been a total of 34,052 cases of COVID-19 identified in the province, and 934 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

There are 1,197 active cases and 31,921 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.

The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 199, the total number of variant of concern cases of B.1.351 is 14, and the total number of variant of concern cases that have not been categorized is 37, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 250.

(The province is saying that yesterday’s bulletin showed an incorrect breakdown and total of variant cases because of a processing error. They also say that today’s numbers are correct as the error has been fixed.)

There are 64 people in the hospital with COVID-19 and 86 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 150 hospitalizations.

There are 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 18 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 31 ICU patients

According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (0), Riding Mountain (1), Duck Mountain (1), Porcupine Mountain (30), Asessippi (3). Brandon has 1 active cases.

In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. Fisher/Peguis health district has seven active cases.

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COVID enforcement officials handed out 49 warnings and 38 tickets in Manitoba last week.

From March 22nd to March 28th, a total of $47,536 in fines was issued to Manitoba businesses and individuals.

There were 22 tickets issued to individuals for various offences, 13 for not wearing a mask in indoor public places, and two to Manitoba businesses.

15 of the fines issued to individuals were in relation to private gatherings that went against current health orders.

One $5,150 fine was issued for breaking the Federal Quarantine Act.

A total of 3,541 warnings and 1,120 tickets have been issued since April 2020, resulting in over $1.5 million in fines.

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The Manitoba government is investing $6 million in support of the province’s arts and culture sector, and local arts groups hope to get some of the funding.

Peter Nadolny, the coordinator for the Watson Art Centre in Dauphin, was previously successful in getting provincial funding for the centre and plans to apply for the new Arts and Culture Sustainability Funds if the centre qualifies.

“A lot of these grants are geared towards the artists themselves,” said Nadolny, “where we’re just a building that facilitates the arts.”

Whether the centre can get funding or not, Nadolny is happy if the artists at the centre qualify because as he says, “helping the artists helps the art centre, because this is their home.”

On top of dealing with the pandemic, the Watson Art Centre suffered a flood last month. Nadolny says even if they were given the go-ahead to open their doors, they wouldn’t be able to for a while because they are dealing with repairs.

The Dauphin and District Allied Arts Council, which runs the Watson Art Centre, aren't sure yet how the funding could benefit Dauphin.

Yvonne Lillie, president of the Dauphin and District Allied Arts Council, says “I would hope that we would be able to access some of this, especially given the fact that the flood has taken over our building right now,” she adds, “we’re in a very unique position that we’re going to have to work hard to make sure things are still available for people to use that building.”

When the Watson Art Centre is open, Nadolny says it’s used every day and is home to nine partner groups that include dance, theatre, and art.

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Shortly before 3:30 on Tuesday morning, the Sifton and Dauphin Fire Departments were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover about 3.5 miles southeast of Sifton.

The road conditions and visibility made responding to the scene difficult.

Once Sifton Fire arrived on the scene, they determined that there were no serious injuries and no extrication was needed.

Cam Abrey, Fire Chief, says being extra safe on the roads while driving is critical.

"In weather conditions like this, it can be unpredictable, and change quickly at times," said Abrey. "We understand people have to travel for work but if you are doing so, be careful, and be prepared."

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The winter storm warning for the Parkland was ended by Environment Canada earlier this morning.

Heavy snow and blowing snow will continue but end later today. 

In addition to the heavy snow, moderate to strong winds gusting as high as 60 km/h will also lead to reduced visibility in blowing snow on Tuesday morning.

You should consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. 

After today, the forecast will improve drastically. The high will be zero on Wednesday before it skyrockets to a high of 10 on Thursday followed by a high of 16 on Friday. 

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Manitoba Hydro is reporting that more than 1700 customers are without their power in Winnipegosis and area. 

In a tweet early this morning, Hydro said they were on the way to attempt to restore power in the community.

Manitoba Hydro later tweeted saying they couldn't access the repair area. As a result, crews will resume work at 7:00 a.m.

Many customers in the Eclipse area, east of Dauphin, have also reported they have been without power for several hours. 

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Manitoba is pausing its use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people under the age of 55, which health officials say is out of an abundance of caution.

On Monday, Dr. Joss Reimer from Manitoba’s vaccine task force explained the decision follows reports of a rare but serious side-effect in Europe noticed predominantly in young women.

Reimer notes that we have not seen any examples of this rare side-effect happening in Manitoba or Canada.

“The increase in this rare type of serious blood clot affects somewhere around 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 1,000,000 people who receive this AstraZeneca / COVISHIELD vaccine. Symptoms typically happen four to 20 days after vaccination,” explains Reimer.

For the time being, AstraZeneca vaccines will continue to be available through medical clinics and pharmacies for Manitobans between the ages of 55 to 64.

This change in how Manitoba will use the AstraZeneca vaccine is effective immediately.

Anyone under the age of 55 scheduled to receive the vaccine will be contacted to cancel their appointment.

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On Monday health officials in Manitoba announced 53 new cases of COVID-19, and 136 new cases of variants of concern.

No new deaths have been reported.

Today’s new non-variant COVID-19 cases are in the following health districts:
• two cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 27 cases in the Northern health region
• two cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region 
• one case in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 21 cases in the Winnipeg health region

Today’s new variant  cases are in the following health districts:
• Five cases in the Interlake–Eastern health Region
• 14 from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health Region
• 117 from the Winnipeg Health Region

There have been a total of 33,975 cases of COVID-19 identified in the province since the beginning of the pandemic and 934 deaths.

There are 1,177 active cases and 31,864 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.

The total number of confirmed variant of concern cases of B.1.1.7 is 116, the total number of variant of concern cases of B.1.351 is 14, and the total number of variant of concern cases that have not been categorized is 129, bringing the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases to 259.

There are 66 people in hospital with active COVID-19 and 83 people in hospital with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 149 hospitalizations

There are 11 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 16 people with COVID-19 who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 27 ICU patients

According to the province’s data, there are active cases of COVID-19 in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (0), Riding Mountain (1), Duck Mountain (2), Porcupine Mountain (32), Asessippi (3). Brandon has 2 active cases.

In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has no active cases of COVID-19. Fisher/Peguis health district has seven active cases.

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The Manitoba Government is providing $12-million in grant funding to 10 municipalities, including Dauphin and Portage la Prairie.

The grant funding is going towards the housing needs of vulnerable Manitobans, and affordable housing initiatives.

City Manager, Sharla Griffiths says the City of Dauphin is pleased to be included in this funding, and will be receiving $714,600.

Families Minister Rochelle Squires says lower income families have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and adds “this funding will enable and empower our municipal partners to help those who face barriers to housing in their communities.”

Each of the 10 municipalities getting funding get to choose how to address its objectives for housing affordability and development, an approach that Squires says enables the municipalities to leverage additional sources of funding if they want.

The City of Dauphin will be devising the methods to use the money in the coming weeks.

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The special weather statement that was in effect for much of the Parkland has now come to an end; however, a winter storm warning is now in effect as heavy snow, blowing snow, and patchy freezing rain are expected today and tonight.

A strong low-pressure system tracking across the central Prairies will spread a large swath of snow across central and northern Manitoba. Heavy snow over west-central Manitoba will track eastward this morning into the Norway House and Island lake areas and then slide southwards into the Parkland region this afternoon into this evening.

Storm totals are forecast to be in the 15 to 25 cm range, although local amounts may be highly variable.

In addition to the heavy snow, moderate to strong winds gusting as high as 70 km/h will also lead to reduced visibilities in blowing snow this afternoon and tonight.

The system will depart entirely into Ontario on Tuesday morning.

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