Crime Goes Down 13% In Our District

Manitoba RCMP are reporting an 11 percent decrease in police-reported crime in rural areas between August 2020 and August 2021.

The decrease was reported to be 13 percent in the West District, which is where Dauphin is located.

Crime in our district fell overall in almost every category but there are a few exceptions.

Arson nearly doubled to 11 in 2021 from six in 2020, fraud was up by 15 percent, and there were 274 instances of suspicious people, vehicles, or property marking a 13 percent increase.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 12, 2021 - 8:57 am

Brandon Police say a Winnipeg man is facing charges after calling 911 multiple times on Monday to report around 50 people fist fighting along the side of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Police say when they found the 31-year-old man he was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway. He was believed to be impaired by drugs.

Police allege that the man fought with them while being placed under arrest, and tried to flee the scene.

The man is facing a charge of resisting arrest and is set to appear in court in December. A blood sample was taken from the accused and impaired driving-related charges are pending based on the results.

The investigation continues.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 12, 2021 - 8:07 am

There are some walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the Parkland this week.

People can get vaccinated at Dauphin’s Supersite, located at 304 Whitmore Avenue east on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Walk-ins are taking place in Swan River on Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Elbert Chartrand Friendship Centre, located at 1413 Main Street.

In Brandon, people can get the vaccine at the Keystone Centre’s Manitoba Room on Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

People can attend walk-ins at the Dauphin and Brandon sites, but they can also book an appointment by calling 1-844-626-8222. Consent forms are needed for both 1st and 2nd dose appointments.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 11, 2021 - 10:05 am

Canada’s average gas prices have hit a new all-time high, passing the high of 142 cents per litre set in 2008.

According to GasBuddy’s survey of 469 gas outlets in Manitoba, average prices in the province have risen 9.3 cents per litre in the past week, averaging 142.24.

Nationally, prices have risen 5.7 cents per litre in the last week to 143.61.

This increase comes as oil prices hit 7-year highs.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 11, 2021 - 6:03 am

CancerCare Manitoba is hosting mobile screening mammography clinics in this Parkland.

Mammography is the process of using low-energy X-rays to detect breast cancer.

The clinics are taking place in Grandview from October 12th to the 15th, In Ste. Rose from October 18th to November 1st, and in McCreary from November 2nd to the 10th.

Anyone wanting to book an appointment can call 1-855-95-CHECK.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 11, 2021 - 5:05 am

The Thanksgiving Long weekend is here, and 730 CKDM has compiled a list of what’s open, and what’s closed.

Dauphin Liquor Mart
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Monday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Walmart
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Grocery Stores
The Co-op grocery store will be closed on Monday, October 11^th.

Safeway will be open from 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. on Monday, October 11^th.

Ken’s No Frills is open from 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. on Monday, October 11^th.

BMO Bank of Montreal
Closed on Monday, October 11^th.

Post Office
Closed on Monday, October 11^th.

The Dauphin Vet Clinic
The Dauphin Vet Clinic will be closed for the holiday on Monday.

COVID Community Testing Sites
The testing sites in Dauphin and Ste. Rose are closed on Monday, October 11th.

Details: Contributed by Trillian Reynoldson; Published: Oct 9, 2021 - 5:00 am

Reports have surfaced about violations from the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives in regards to their upcoming leadership race.

The controversy appears to be with people loaning others money to purchase memberships on a no-interest basis with a 100-year repayment plan.

Official opposition leader Wab Kinew says this is a clear cut case of a party breaking the rules,

"The way it's been described is definitely not allowed under the law. It's pretty simple, in elections law here in Manitoba. You can't pay for the membership in a political party for somebody else. You have to pay for your own membership. What's being described these 100-year loans, no interest, that definitely goes against the law here in Manitoba, and so its not right that it happened in the first place, but the thing that we are pointing out is, well, if the PC's are going to keep money from that, then that seems like the wrong thing to do as well. So they seem to know it's wrong. They should give the money back."

The NDP says out of the total 24,000 memberships sold, this scheme has accounted for upwards of 4,000 of them.

Kinew gave CKDM a rundown of the situation,

"The thing that we are calling out and what the elections commissioner is now investigating, is that it seems like the PC Party has disqualified Ken Lee as a candidate in their leadership, but they still want to keep his money. So there was a bunch of membership that were being talked about that had been paid for potentially through an illegitimate scheme and what we were saying is that while the elections commissioner may investigate, the PC party should just pay that money back and disqualify those memberships if they were paid for through illegitimate means."

When asked about the next leader for the PC's, Kinew was straight to the point,

"Regardless of who the PC's choose as their next leader, they're still going to continue with the same cuts to health care and mistakes throughout the pandemic that we have seen in Manitoba. So we'll be working hard on the other side to just put together a solid plan to grow Manitoba's economy coming out of the pandemic and also to fix the damage that's been caused to our health care system."

Kinew says that the consequences from this alleged membership scandal will be with the voters.

The PC's will choose a new leader, who will automatically become the new premier of Manitoba, on October 30th.

Details: Contributed by Noah Fuchs; Published: Oct 9, 2021 - 7:28 am

UPDATE----- 41-year-old David Genaille has received a life sentence today with no chance of parole for 13 years.

Genaille had been convicted of Second Degree Murder in connection with a Gilbert Plains death in May of 2019.

The sentence was handed down in Dauphin Court on Friday.

Details: Contributed by Noah Fuchs; Published: Oct 8, 2021 - 4:21 pm

Manitoba's official opposition party is calling on the PC government to protect health care facilities.

The NDP has put forward a bill today in the legislature to see buffer zones around hospitals and personal care homes to prevent healthcare workers from being subjected to protests.

The party's leader, Wab Kinew, says we all know where this is coming from,

"So my colleague Nahanni Fontaine introduced a bill today that would create a buffer zone around health care facilities, and we all know where this is coming from. We saw those really disturbing anti-vax protests taking place and really causing chaos around hospitals, including right here in Manitoba; nobody wants to see that. First of all, I think everyone should get vaccinated, but if you do have to protest against lifesaving vaccinations, then please don't do that at a hospital, please don't do that in a way that is going to harass patients or nurses or doctors, and we think the government has to go and take action now."

Kinew says he is hopeful that the government will support this bill to help keep Manitobans safe.

Details: Contributed by Noah Fuchs; Published: Oct 8, 2021 - 1:47 pm

On Wednesday, it was announced a tentative agreement had been reached between the Manitoba Nurses Union and the government.

The agreement still needs to be voted on by more than 12,000 members of the union.

This deal comes seven weeks after mediation talks had begun between the two parties and more than four years without a collective agreement in place.

The proposed contract would end in 2024 and see a general wage increase of 9.6 percent before compounding.

Other perks in this tentative agreement include improvements to shift premiums, overtime and other allowances. Incentives for travel and transfers. Protections against inordinately long shifts. Signing bonuses and other incentives.

A date of a vote to ratify this agreement hasn't been specified, but it is expected that there will be more news on this situation in the coming days.

Details: Contributed by Noah Fuchs; Published: Oct 8, 2021 - 11:17 am

A 24-year-old cyclist from Brandon is dead after a collision on Highway 1 Wednesday night.

The cyclist and a vehicle collided near the community of Austin.

The investigation has determined that a 54-year-old driver from Regina was driving in the left lane when he suddenly saw a cyclist in the same lane and collided with him.

Officials believe the dark lighting conditions and the fact that the cyclist was wearing dark clothes were factors in the collision and that alcohol and speed were not involved.

The investigation continues.