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Roquette Canada celebrated the opening of the world’s largest pea protein plant last week, further extending its leadership position to meet the surging global demand for alternative proteins. The new “Plant for the Future” gives Roquette the largest pea protein supply in the world alongside some of the world’s best experts in developing new plant-based foods.
“We see this as a transformational event in our history and a boost to the global plant-based food sector,” said Pierre Courduroux, CEO of Roquette. “Diets have changed considerably in recent years, and the desire for alternative proteins continues to grow. Our company is proud to bring this amazing new facility online to serve demand in North America and around the world.”
Roquette has already helped millions of people add more plant-based proteins to their diets. The company works closely with food leaders to develop new products and solutions that are contributing to the development of a new plant-based cuisine offering sustainable food for a healthier planet. Demand for pea protein has been booming with multiple industry estimates expecting an annual global growth rate between 15 and 24 percent over the next decade.
With the new plant, Roquette has responded to that demand and is the only company with major pea protein facilities on both sides of the Atlantic.
The new plant is perfectly situated—just outside Winnipeg in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba—in the Canadian Prairies. The region produces more peas than any other in the world, all within a day’s drive of the plant. With easy access to the United States and international markets by road, rail and air, the new plant is the largest player in a region becoming known as the “Silicon Valley of Plant-Based Protein.”
“The pandemic has led to stronger consumer demand for plant-based proteins while also disrupting global supply chains. This plant will help our customers move forward rapidly on product development,” said Jeremy Burks, Senior Vice President of Plant Proteins at Roquette. “The plant protein food sector needs investment, expertise and innovation to meet global demand, and Roquette brings it all. We’ve seen excitement from new and existing customers who can’t wait to develop new products with us.”
With this new facility, Roquette has largely exceeded the half a billion euros investment in plant proteins it had targeted in the period 2015-2020. This includes equity investments, acquisitions, upgrades to the plant in Vic-sur-Aisne, France and the brand-new plant in Portage, which is Roquette’s largest-ever North American investment. The 200,000-square-foot-plant has the capacity to process 125,000 tons of yellow peas per year. When combined with Roquette’s plant in France, the company’s capacity now rises to 250,000 tons of peas per year and confirms Roquette’s leading position in this market.
Nutritionally, peas are an excellent protein source. They’re high in fibre and low in fat. On the farm, peas are more environmentally sustainable. They require less water to grow than most other crops, and farmers like that they use less nitrogen fertilizer, while they also naturally produce compounds beneficial to soil health.
Consumers love pea protein as an alternative protein source because it is easily digestible, gluten-free, non-GMO and has low allergenicity. Roquette’s NUTRALYS® pea protein makes it possible to create a vast variety of delicious and sustainable food products, including meat alternatives, nutrition bars, plant-based biscuits and beverages.
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The Dauphin Hospital Foundation received a generous donation from the Royal Canadian Legion Dauphin Branch #20 Poppy Fund, just prior to Remembrance Day.
The donation of $8650 will be used to purchase three specialized wheelchairs for the Dauphin Regional Health Centre. The donation was a result of ongoing contributions received through the Legion's Poppy Fund collections.
Both the Dauphin Hospital Foundation and Prairie Mountain Health sincerely thank the Dauphin Legion Branch #20 for their heartfelt contribution.
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By Saturday's deadline of 2 pm, tickets for the Russell Take A Year Off Lottery were almost a sell out!
At 5pm when the draw took place, Irene Nickle of Austin took home the Grand Prize of $1000 a week for an entire year.
Diane & Larry Lukatchuk of Shoal Lake also took the $26,280 in another solid MEGA 50/50 draw.
Other prize winners are below:
- Rick Saler of Minnedosa won $5000.
- Tarra Allarie of Roblin won $3000.
- Kim Campbell of Roblin won $2000.
- Lara Campbell of Sinclair and Taris Chwaluk of Shoal Lake each won $1000.
- Cory Kaeding of Binscarth and John & Shirley Tomashewsky of Gilbert Plains each won $500.
Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and congratulations to the organizers for another successful lottery.
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After yesterday's announcement from Health Canada about the Pfizer vaccine, the Manitoba government says parents will be able to make COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their kids aged 5 to 11 starting on Monday.
They say appointments are expected to be available as early as the end of next week after Health Canada approved the use of Pfizer's pediatric vaccine for that age group but they did warn that it will depend on when the first shipments arrive.
The province says children must be five when the appointment is booked and the vaccine will be provided at various locations including regional clinics, doctors' offices and pharmacies.
Officials say there are about 125-thousand children in Manitoba aged 5 to 11.
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If you have any Country Time brand Original Lemonade Fruit Juice Substitute Drink Mix, and/or Tang brand Orange Flavour Crystals in your cupboard, you may want to check the best before dates.
Kraft Heinz Canada is recalling those products due to the possible presence of glass.
The Country Time products were sold in 2.4-kilogram packages with a best before date of September 15th, 2023. The Tang products were sold in 2.2-kilogram packages with best before dates of August 20th and 21st, 2023.
The recalled products have been sold nationally and online. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no associated reports of any injuries.
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The results are in for the Dauphin Food Bank drive competition between the Dauphin Fire Department and the RCMP.
Both organizations challenged each other to see who could collect the most non-perishable food donations.
While the Dauphin Fire Department was able to collect a staggering 1,565 pounds of non-perishable food, the RCMP just edged them out with 1,631 pounds.
Although the RCMP did collect more food, local firefighters easily beat the cops in donations.
The RCMP raised $250, while the Dauphin Fire Department raised $750.
The real winner of the competition is the Dauphin and District Community Food Bank.
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Health Canada has officially approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in kids aged 5 to 11, and about three million doses are expected to be shipped to Canada for the rollout immediately.
The agency's chief medical adviser, Doctor Supriya Sharma, says this is another tool in the fight against COVID-19 that will allow children to safely return to activities they have missed in the last 20 months.
We caught up with Barrett Procyshyn and he says that it is a great plan to offer the vaccine to kids aged 5-11 but the rollout hasn't happened soon enough.
"It's a great plan and it hasn't happened soon enough. They have been doing it in the United States for a week or two now and it's going well and it's been shown to be safe and the dose is tailored to that age group,"
He also says they expect lots of questions from parents about the vaccine and that giving the vaccine out at a pharmacy gives concerned parents and kids the chance to ask as many questions to help with any concerns or nerves about getting the needle.
He expects the doses to be at the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy by December 1st at the latest.
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An electrical issue was the cause of a vehicle fire at the Dauphin RCMP Detachment on Thursday night.
At about 7:30, the RCMP vehicle that was parked in the parking lot caught on fire. Officers at the detachment at the time contacted the Dauphin Fire Department, who quickly responded and put the fire out.
Nobody was physically injured and there are no charges being laid.
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A local Dauphin man will be retiring at the end of this month as the longest-serving public employee in Manitoba's history.
Steven Rosnowsky has been working for Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for 53 years, most recently at the Dauphin Liquor Mart.
Rosnowsky says he only recently made the decision to move on. Rosnowsky joined the old Liquor Control Board at the age of 18, right after the age of majority was reduced from 21.
He says even though he's retiring, he has plans to remain an active member of the community, and will miss everyone of his former co-workers.
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Public Health officials announced 179 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba today.
Dauphin has one active case of COVID-19 and of today's cases, 94 aren't vaccinated, 8 are partially vaccinated and 77 are fully vaccinated.
The test positivity is at 5.4% provincially.
Case breakdown:
28 in the Prairie Mountain Health Region
7 are in the Interlake/Eastern Health region
32 are in the Northern Health region
69 are in the Southern Health region
43 are in the Winnipeg Health region
The numbers of active cases in other Parkland health districts are:
Riding Mountain (1), Swan River (8), Duck Mountain (6), Porcupine Mountain (18), Agassiz Mountain (6), Asessippi (9), Little Saskatchewan (10), Whitemud (25). Brandon has 48 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 8 active cases. The Fisher/Peguis district has 5 active cases.
There are 1,404 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
111 Manitobans are hospitalized with active COVID-19.
24 Manitobans are in intensive care units with active COVID-19.
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Jacob Levasseur will be sentenced on December 8.
The 23-year-old from Ebb and Flow First Nation was back in court after he pled guilty to charges stemming from a firearm incident back in May.
That's when Ste. Rose RCMP received a report of a male walking around the reserve with a firearm. When he was spotted by RCMP, he walked into the bush and the RCMP's emergency response team had to be called in.
He was arrested a short time later.
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