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Today is National Love Your Pet Day.
Pets play a major role in people’s physical and spiritual welfare, according to Dr. Ronald Mentz from the Ste. Rose Vet Clinic.
He says pets also have a very important part in the growing up of kids.
“Kids see pets on a whole different level. They see how pets are born. They see how these pets grow up with them. And when the pets reach the end of their life, it makes the whole cycle of life so much easier for them to comprehend.”
Dr. Mentz says if you do have a pet to take care of it. That also means taking care of their health. Make sure they get their regular vaccinations and do the regular de-worming. Owners need to realize that their pet's life compared to human lives is much shorter. On average one human year is like seven for your pet. So, if you skip one year of going to the vet, it's like skipping seven years of your pet's life.
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The 31st annual Dauphin Kinsmen Business Expo is set to take place on the weekend of April 27th and 28th, a week later than usual due to a late Easter Weekend this year.
James Blake, Treasurer of the Kinsmen Club of Dauphin, says it's a great opportunity for local and out of town businesses to market their product to the Parkland.
The annual event attracts people from all over to visit the free to attend business expo.
Fees for booths start as low as $140, and rise depending on the size and location of the booth. They're already over 50 percent full, and encourage potential businesses to book soon for the best choice of booth location.
Volunteers for the event, as well as for the club in general, are always welcome. For more information, click here, or call Dan at 204-638-8712.
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The Manitoba government has officially designated the Skylake Wildlife Management Area, in the Interlake.
The Skylake WMA is a large fen–forest near Arborg.
It features low-lying land with islands of tamarack–black spruce forest, trembling aspen, white spruce, wetlands bounded by cattails, sedges and willows, as well as pools fed by artesian springs.
In the province’s release, they say the area supports a variety of wildlife species including white-tailed deer, sandhill crane and songbirds.
“We are committed to protecting and preserving natural habitat, rare plant species and wetlands,” Squires said. “The designation of the Skylake WMA adds another natural area in our province where activities that significantly affect wildlife and habitat will not be permitted.”
There are now 85 WMAs in Manitoba, covering 5.6 million acres of land.
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The first Dauphin Friendship Centre Agency Luncheon of the year will take place today, and is open to local agencies, businesses, companies.
They'll have an open mic for anyone who wishes to talk about their organization, or share events, info, and flyers.
The luncheon is a way to find and meet other people to network other sources in the community, share ideas, communicate, and just spread the word about anything going on with your organization.
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The Unity Collective and the Dauphin Public Library are holding a meet and greet tomorrow.
They are also screening a movie called “A time For Making.”
Jean-Louis Guillas invites everyone to come out and learn about why craftsmanship is better than buying something mass produced.
“We were looking for something that would suit this month, and we saw one that was the maker coop. And wearing another hat, I’m involved with the Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and knowing that the Unify Project here in town pretty much fits exactly the kind of group that are featured in this film.”
He continues, “so it’s a great opportunity to do two things together: show a documentary film about this group in British Colombia that are a maker co-op and highlight our own women maker co-op that’s here in Dauphin.”
The movie runs at 1:30 tomorrow at the library.
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Update: The highway has re-opened. Just after 6:30pm.
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A train hit a semi a close to Gladstone this afternoon.
Reports from the RCMP say the train clipped the back end of the semi as the truck was crossing the tracks.
Emergency responders are currently on scene of the incident that took place at the corner of highway 50 & 16.
The highway is closed as they clean up the accident.
There are no injuries reported at this time.
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Manitoba Infrastructure is increasing the flow from the Shellmouth Reservoir.
They are increasing it by about 120 cubic feet per second to 750 on Thursday.
This increase will raise Assiniboine River water levels by less than half a foot downstream of the Shellmouth Dam.
It’s part of the annual fall and winter draw-down to make room for anticipated spring run-off from the upper Assiniboine River.
The province will issue the first flood outlook in the very near future.
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On Saturday the Coldest Night of the Year event will take place.
There are two options for the walk, 2km and 5km. The longer 5km distance will take you from Parkland Crossing to the Dauphin Friendship Centre and back.
Jamie Harvey, director of Parkland Crossing, says it’s a fun event because you get to spend time with the other participants, let people know that you care about the community, have a good supper afterwards, and it meets a need in Dauphin.
During the summer, there are more homeless people with the number reaching 65 to 80.
To join the event you have to either pay the 40 dollar registration fee or raise 150 dollars.
Even though it's called the Coldest Night of the Year, the forecast is looking like it won't be extremely cold on Saturday. That's not to say don't dress warm, because the temperature will still be below 0.
To register, click here.
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Last year the Red Cross supported many families in the Dauphin area.
Annie Papadakis, the Coordinator of Emergency Management in the Westman Region, shares how much the Personal Disaster Team helped.
“It’s a pretty small team but he we had eight calls that were received from folks that were affected by stuff like house fires or a personal disaster of another sort. From that, there were 13 beneficiaries, and we had just a little bit over 14 hours of volunteering their time that was dedicated to helping those individuals.”
Volunteers also gave out six hygiene kits, six teddy bears, and 11 blankets.
“Teddy bears are such an important part of responding to personal disasters. Because when people are in a time of shock, when they are in a time of need, and in a time of distress, having that comfort and that comfort item can really help people get through that tough moment that they are facing.”
Last year was pretty average. Papadakis says volunteers can expect to be called out once every one and a half to two months.
The Dauphin area is also looking to recruit at least six new volunteers this year. If you want to help families in their time of need, you can apply by going to redcross.ca/heroesWantedMB.
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Yesterday at the Selo Hall there was the Manitoba Snowshoe Run for 5 and 10 km distances.
The race was a fundraiser for the Dauphin Rotary Club’s active living find. They expected 30-40 people to come out for the race.
Brian Buyers, race director, says the day was perfect and when they get into the trees there was no wind chill.
They used the trails that will be used for the 2020 Manitoba Games. For the longer distance, once they are done touring the bike trails, they went through the bush to see potential trails.
He’s looking forward to doing this more.
“Hopefully we keep this event going every year. If everyone keeps supporting it, we’ll keep doing it every year.”
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The Nature Conservancy of Canada has announced a memorial land donation near Riding Mountain National Park.
418 acres of land has been donated.
The not-for-profit group is celebrating the generous support of Bob Mickelson Conservation Lands.
The property consists of grasslands, wetlands, forests, and even a lake, all of which are home to many different species of plants and wildlife.
Forests located within the Bob Mickelson Conservation Lands enhance the property’s diversity by providing nesting cover, feeding and breeding grounds for many birds, amphibians and mammals, such as moose and elk.
The property is home to several waterfowl species and species at risk, including Canada Warbler, eastern wood-pewee, bobolink and northern leopard frog.
According to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the conservation of these lands is both an honour to the memory of Bob Mickelson and a benefit to all Canadians.
With this 418 acre plot of land, the Nature Conservancy of Canada has conserved 19071 acres of land as part of 83 different projects in and around RMNP.
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