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Ochre River is hosting their Open Mic Night on Friday.
The funds are going to the Bridge, a youth drop in centre in Ochre River.
Brad Muller, a volunteer at the Bridge, explains who will be performing and who will be coming out.
“It features local people mostly performing music, singing, playing guitar, whatever it may be. It’s open to anybody who has a skill that they want to showcase.”
There will be a silver collection at the door, concessions on site, raffle draws and a 50/50.
The event is free to attend, but is first come first serve for performers and starts at 5:30.
For any more information on performing or the event, call Tim at 733-2488.
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New school supplies and running shoes are needed for the children at the Internat in Nadvirna, Ukraine.
Boxes of Love is going to be in the old Reitman’s space of the Dauphin Marketplace Mall, to accept donations.
Nicole Yunker, Organizer for Boxes of Love, tells 730 CKDM, the need for childrens footwear.
“Our big push for mall day is to collect new running shoes. There are 100 students at the Internat and we always like to send extra as kids grow through the year, so our huge push is new running shoes.”
A variety of sizes are needed for the students.
“For the running shoes, what we are looking for, is the sizes for children ages 5 to 16 and they need to be brand new.”
Donations can be dropped off at the mall on Thursday, May 3 starting at 10:00 in the morning.
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The life of another victim has been claimed in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus.
Dayna Brons, the team’s physiotherapist, passed away this afternoon.
Brons suffered serious head trauma, undergone two surgeries and was on a breathing apparatus.
She was the 16th victim to pass away from the tragic accident.
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Parkland farmers are starting to get ready to hit the fields for the first time this year, but first they have to wait for it to dry up enough.
Dan Mazier, the President of KAP, won’t be concerned about the weather unless they can’t get out until the end of May.
“At least we don’t have a drought on our hands. It’s a good thing. We’ll take the slow, continuous, melt a lot quicker. That would be my alternative than a fast, all of a sudden going up to a plus 20 and everything melts off quick and everybody is out on the land April 15th. So, this is probably the better way of going right now.”
Mazier says they are going into this growing season a little dryer so any rains that come before seeding starts will help flushes the frost and warms the ground up.
Just like typical farmer fashion, Mazier says they will take it one day at a time.
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The annual banquet put on by the Intermountain Conservation District is next week.
At the event, the future plans of the organization will be discussed, focusing around the idea of changing boundaries and becoming watersheds.
Jeff Thiele, Manager for IMCD, talks about this year’s banquet.
“It’s on April 19th, which is a Thursday, and we’re trying a Thursday this year; normally we do it on a Friday. It’s at Cowan, Manitoba at the community centre. Last year we had it in Dauphin and we just kind of move it around to all the different communities in our area and this year it’s Cowan’s turn.”
Tickets are $20 each and are available by calling the office at 742-3764.
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Minimum wage in Manitoba is about to go up.
It was announced this morning, that as of October 1st, it will be going up by 20 cents.
Currently, minimum wage is at $11.15, and will now be $11.35, to remain competitive with other provinces.
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The City of Dauphin has announced a road closure.
At 8:00 this morning, 1st Street NW between 3rd Ave NW & 4th Ave NW will be closed to all traffic to repair a water service.
Be prepared to detour.
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The Parkland Humane Society is getting ready for their “Raise the Woof” Comedy Night.
The event is to raise money for the humane society, and in the past, it has been one of their biggest fundraisers.
Marie Roels, President on the Board for the Parkland Humane Society, explains how the event first got started three years ago.
“When I had first started working for the chapter, someone had mentioned, I’m honestly don’t remember who, maybe a comedy night would work really good for the shelter to raise money. We did it two years in a row prior, took one year off and then we decided to do it again this year. It’s always been a great success.”
The event includes a comedy show from 7:00 to 10:00 in the evening on April 27th, followed by a free Old Time Dance with music by Boris Nowasad and the Melody Kings at the Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium.
The comedy show involves a travelling group of comedians that perform to raise money and awareness for Animal Rescues and shelters.
Tickets are $25 each and can be picked up at Pet Junction, Dauphin Vet Clinic, Uptown Clinic and the Humane Society.
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Long- term International students enrolled in Mountain View School Division will now cost the division an extra 30 dollars each per month.
The division will be required to pay the same rate for long-term students as shorter-term ones.
MVSD received word last month that the province is planning to make changes to Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan for international students.
The rate schedule for next year has already been promoted and the division will need to absorb those additional costs in the current year, as well for students confirmed for next year.
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A 16 year old student from the Swan Valley Regional Secondary School will appear in Dauphin court tomorrow morning after he was charged for uttering threats.
It’s reported that the threats involved a plan for violent acts against the high school.
Police have not released any information about what kinds of threats they were.
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The Mountain View School Division is planning to purchase three new gasoline-fuelled buses.
One of the new buses will be equipped with a wheelchair lift with safety hardware.
This year’s purchase is almost 7 thousand dollars lower than last year’s, which cost just over 350 thousand dollars.
This is part of the Bus Replacement Schedule and overall the costs of the buses this year are 10% lower than anticipated.
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