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The province is asking parents to play an important role in the safe return to the classroom, and part of that includes screening children for symptoms every day before school.

Provincial officials have outlined a daily screening protocol, which includes:

  • Screening for symptoms every morning (see full list of symptoms)
  • Keeping your child at home if they are showing any COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms
  • Staying home and isolating if showing symptoms
  • Using the online Self-Assessment tool to check if your child should be tested for COVID-19

Symptoms of COVID-19 include, but are not limited to cough, headache, fever/chills, muscle aches, and sore throat.

Click here for the symptom screening checklist.


What happens when there’s a positive case in a Manitoba school?

In the event a child develops symptoms at school, they will be isolated, and parents/caregivers will be called and asked to pick their child up promptly.

Public health officials say in the event of a confirmed case in a school, they will notify the general public, after first notifying all potential close contacts.

Dr. Brent Roussin explains public health would conduct an investigation to determine who are considered close contacts of the positive case, advising them to self-isolate and await further direction from the health authority.

“To the school community at large and to the public, we’ll be announcing where cases are. So Public Health won’t be personally advising all parents in a school, just those who are close contacts — but we will be making it when we have a case in a school,” said Roussin.

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The province has included some advice for children on how to be COVID careful in school:

  • Do not share food or personal items
  • Cough and sneeze into your arm or tissue
  • Do not touch your face, particularly your eyes, nose and mouth
  • Keep two metres of distance from others and avoid close contact.
  • Stay healthy by eating healthy foods, keeping physically active, getting enough sleep and fresh air
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Public health officials reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

This brings the province to a total of 1,338 cases.

Six of today’s cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region. None are in the Dauphin health district.

The data shows:
• one case in the Interlake-Eastern health region;
• six cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
• one case in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
• seven cases in the Winnipeg health region.

Manitoba has 412 active cases, and 910 individuals have recovered from COVID-19.

There are 13 people in hospital and three people in intensive care.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 16.

Due to the Labour Day holiday, chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will hold his press conference tomorrow at 1 p.m.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, click here.

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Today is Labour Day – so here’s a list of what’s open and what’s closed for the holiday.

Grocery Stores
Safeway, Walmart, Ken’s No Frills, and Co-op will be closed on Monday, Sept 7th.

The Dauphin Marketplace Mall is closed.

Liquor Mart in Dauphin
The Dauphin Liquor Mart will be closed Monday for Labour Day.

City Hall 
The schedule for pick-up of recycling and garbage in the City of Dauphin will not be affected by the holiday on Monday.

The Dauphin Vet Clinic will be closed from Saturday, Sept 5th to Monday, Sept. 7th.

Dauphin’s Post Office will be closed Monday.

COVID-19 Test Sites
Dauphin’s test site is closed Monday, as well as Brandon’s site located at the Keystone Centre parking lot.

The site in Swan River is open Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the site at the Brandon Town Centre parkade is open Monday from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

For a full list of the hours and locations of PMH test sites, click here. 

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UPDATE | At 8:42 a.m., Environment Canada meteorologists ended the special weather statement for Manitoba.

The overnight temperature is still expected to drop to -2 degrees Celcius.

Frost advisories may be issued later this afternoon.

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A special weather statement remains in effect for much of the Parkland and southern Manitoba.

A cold front moved across the eastern Prairies on Sunday, bringing a much cooler air mass to the region.

Environment Canada say strong northwesterly winds in the wake of the front on Sunday have subsided however breezy cool northerly winds will continue to persist throughout the region today.

Some areas will likely fall below the zero mark by Tuesday morning. Frost advisories are expected to be issued later today for the affected areas.

The special weather statement in effect for the following areas:

  • Gilbert Plains Mun. incl. Ashville
  • Grandview Mun. incl. Valley River Res.
  • Mossey River Mun. incl. Winnipegosis and Fork River
  • Mun. of Ethelbert incl. Garland
  • Mun. of Roblin incl. Makaroff Shortdale and Bield
  • Mun. of Russell-Binscarth incl. Gambler Res.
  • R.M. of Dauphin incl. Sifton and Valley River
  • R.M. of Lakeshore incl. Ochre River and Makinak
  • R.M. of Lakeshore incl. Rorketon and Toutes Aides
  • R.M. of Riding Mountain West incl. Asessippi Prov. Park
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It may be something we’ve already become accustomed to in the Prairie Mountain Health region, but the rest of the province will soon be following suit.

Masks will be required at all Manitoba Liquor Marts and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) offices starting later this week.

In a release sent out Friday, MPI says a province-wide mask policy will go into effect on Wednesday, September 9 for anyone going to an MPI service centre, claim centre, or physical damage centre.

Starting Thursday, September 10, Manitoba Liquor Marts will require customers wear a mask at all locations across Manitoba.

It’s been two weeks since Prairie Mountain Heath has been elevated to the orange ‘restricted’ level on the Pandemic Response System, which limited gatherings to 10 people and mandated masks in all indoor public spaces in the region.

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A CKDM listener recently reported they saw a bear and two cubs at the Northgate trails south of Dauphin.

The Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club maintains the trail, and have offered some tips to help you stay safe when enjoying the outdoors.

Mick Lautt is a board member of the Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club and has a background in adventure guiding and leadership. He says the best thing to do to avoid a negative encounter is to make your presence known.

“The vast majority of times bears will walk or run off the trails. They’re not interested in having an interaction with humans. The best thing you can do is let them know you’re coming, and not surprise them. The rule of thumb is to travel in groups; the rule for black bears is to travel in groups of 3 or more.”

He says wildlife is part of what makes the trails exciting, however if you do run into a bear, there are a few things to do.

“You want to stand tall on your bike, be as big as possible, and be present, but you also want to be calm. You don’t want to be threatening, and you certainly don’t want to be panicked and run or ride away. You want to stop where you are, call out and talk to the bear. Then you can slowly start to move out of their space and give them the ability to take their own time to move off the trail – they will move off the trail.”

 Lautt mentions that there is no need to report bear sightings at the trails, and says the most important thing is to be cautious and respectful of the wildlife in the area.

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COVID-19 test sites in Prairie Mountain Health will be seeing reduced hours for the Labour Day long weekend.

Dauphin’s test site will be closed Saturday and Monday, but will be open on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The site in Swan River will be closed Saturday and Sunday, but is open on Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Brandon’s site at the Keystone Centre parking lot will be closed Sunday and Monday, but open Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.  The site at the Town Centre parkade will be open all weekend long, on Saturday and Monday from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., and on Sunday from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Public Health officials are reminding Manitobans that only people that are showing symptoms of the virus should get tested. A referral is no longer needed.

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Manitoba-born country music singer Lucille Starr has passed away at the age of 82.

Starr was born in St. Boniface, and was best known for her 1965 hit ‘The French Song’.

Lucille Starr’s family confirmed she died early on Friday after a long illness.

Starr was the first Canadian woman to perform at the famous Grand Ole Opry, and was the first Canadian woman inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Public health officials identified 29 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and the vast majority are in Winnipeg.

17 cases are in the Winnipeg health region, with three in Prairie Mountain Health. Seven cases are in the Southern Health region, with 1 in the Interlake region, and 1 in the Northern health region.

Sept 6 COVID graph
(Image courtesy of the province of Manitoba)

The number of cases in the Dauphin health district is unchanged, where all 7 reported cases are listed as recovered.

Manitoba now has a total of 1,323 cases of COVID-19, with 409 active cases.

There are 13 people in hospital, and two are in intensive care. There have been 16 deaths in Manitoba because of the virus.

Manitobans are strongly encouraged to return to the fundamentals to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This means not going out while you feel ill, practising proper hand hygiene, covering your cough and physical distancing when you are with people outside your household. If you cannot physically distance, wear a mask. 

Unless recommended by public health, only individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should go for testing. 

Individuals with symptoms are asked to seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms are present.

The online assessment tool can be found here.

Be advised, the COVID testing sites in PMH are operating with some adjusted hours this long weekend.

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A wind warning has been issued for parts of southern Manitoba on Sunday, including Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg.

Wind gusts up to 90 km/h will develop this afternoon in the affected areas.

Damage to buildings (ex. to roof shingles and windows), may occur. High winds may toss loose objects or cause tree branches to break.

These gusty winds are expected to subside Sunday evening.

The wind warning is in effect for the following areas.

  • R.M. of Cartier incl. Elie St. Eustache and Springstein
  • R.M. of Dufferin incl. Carman Roseisle and Homewood
  • R.M. of Grey incl. St. Claude Elm Creek and Fannystelle
  • R.M. of Headingley
  • R.M. of Macdonald incl. Brunkild Starbuck and La Salle
  • R.M. of Portage la Prairie incl. St. Ambroise
  • R.M. of St. François Xavier

Special Weather Statement For Dauphin & Area

There is also a special weather statement in effect for Dauphin and surrounding areas, calling for an abrupt transition to Fall this Labour Day weekend.

Winds gusts up to 80 km/h are expected from the northwest this afternoon.

An Alberta Clipper passing across the prairies is bringing rain, gusty winds, and cooler temperatures. Environment Canada says a cooler air mass will entrench itself over Manitoba by Tuesday morning.

Widespread frost is possible in a number of locations in the Parkland on Tuesday morning.

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Pubic health officials reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Saturday.

Four cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health region. Ten cases are in the Winnipeg health region; 3 are in the Interlake region, and 4 are in the Southern Health region.

There are currently 426 active cases in Manitoba. Thirteen people are in hospital, with two in intensive care.

The number of deaths in Manitoba due to COVID-19 is 16.

There have been a total of 1,294 cases in the province.

None of today’s cases are in the Dauphin health district.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, click here.

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