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The Canadian Canola Growers Association(CCGA) was recently named one of Manitoba's top employers by the organizers of the annual Canada's Top 100 Employers project.
This is the third time CCGA has been given the award and Rick White, the President and CEO of CCGA says it speaks to the work they do within the organization.
"We're very proud of having that recognition for CCGA. What it means is we are on track and in tune with our employees. We make this a concerted effort to make CCGA an attractive place for employees, where they want to work, and then balance that off with happy employees and productive employees."
White says the benefit is not only to their employees but also to the farmers that CCGA serves.
"It works both for the employees we have here, and has benefits to the organization and the farmers that we actually serve, because our mandate is to help farmer succeed, and we do that with excellent staff, and this recognizes that we're on the right track with our staff."
Employers were judged on workplace, work atmosphere, benefits, vacation and time off, employee communications, performance management, training and development, and community involvement.
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Spring break is a great time to get the family together for some great activities, and the Dauphin Recreational Center has something for everyone to enjoy.
Throughout the break, the Rec Center will be hosting a wide variety of activities and events including:
- Strathcona Trust Senior Men's Pharmasave Senior Women's Provincial Curling Championships through the weekend, with the finals on Monday, which is free to watch
- Games 2 and 4 of Dauphin Kings Play-Off Hockey on March 25th, and March 31st
- Free Parent and Tot Skating on Monday the 27th
- a free public swim from 6:45 pm - 8:45 pm on March 29th
- a hunter's safety course on April 1st
- a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) course on April 2nd
- and a wide variety of the regularly scheduled programming
Assistant General Manager of Recreation Services Lindsey Kyle is looking forward to having a sizeable turnout for all of the events.
"Get on out! there's lots of entertainment happing at the facility and of course there's lots of things for anyone, young, old, kids, adults, seniors, to do at our facility"
For a complete list of all the programs available through the Dauphin Recreation Center, visit their website at dauphinrec.com
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Members of Assiniboine Community College (ACC) - Local 71, and Red River College Polytech (RRC) - Local 73 have voted strongly in favour of a strike mandate.
Manitoba Government and General Employees Union (MGEU) represents about 1900 members who work as instructors and in administrative and information technology roles at the colleges.
Members work at campuses across the province, including the ACC Parkland Campus in Dauphin, as well as Brandon, Winnipeg, Portage La Prairie, and Steinbach.
MGEU President Kyle Ross says in a statement that low wages have become a major issue at the schools, causing problems in staff recruitment and retention.
"Our members work hard to provide students with the very best education they can, but they have been struggling. Instructors and other support staff at the colleges are amongst the lowest paid in the country."
Ross says negotiations will continue, but they've started making arrangements for job action if any new offer comes in too low.
“We will continue to meet with the employer with the assistance of a conciliator. We’re hopeful that this strong strike mandate shows the strength of our resolve and provides the impetus for an improved offer,” Ross added. "However, we've already begun making arrangements for job action if any new offer from the employer remains insufficient."
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Dauphin Fire Department received a call shortly after 5 pm last night about a transformer box that was pouring out smoke at 375 Whitmore Avenue.
Manitoba Hydro was quickly notified and cut power to the box so fire services could then cool down the melted circuitry.
Inspectors from Manitoba Hydro identified the damages but also realized that the unit was a specialty padmount transformer which is not commonly stocked in Dauphin.
Luckily, arrangements were swiftly made and a replacement was sent in from Brandon.
The early reporting of this incident prevented any further damage. Power was restored to the area around 1 am this morning.
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Prairie Mountain Health will be hosting a series of free educational seminars over the next few months to teach people about a wide variety of chronic health issues.
The Chronic Disease Education Program has several classes on topics including a 3 session series on diabetes, a pre-diabetes class, a class on cholesterol and heart health, and a class on Blood Pressure management.
The next available class will be on April 5th, which will be the first of 3 in the diabetes class series.
Classes will be hosted online, so anyone with a smartphone, tablet, or computer will be able to join in to learn about a variety of topics.
Registration is required, and classes will generally be about 20 people maximum.
To register, you can call 1-877-509-7852
For a full list of class dates and details, here's a link to the program poster.
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The editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers have listed Manitoba's Top Employers for 2023 and Fusion Credit Union is one of them.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the credit union has made the list. Darwin Johns, the CEO of Fusion Credit Union, knows it requires all hands on deck to achieve the honour of being named a top employer.
"It's a great feeling to be awarded top employer status for four years in a row at Fusion. We set this goal collectively and it really takes all of us to achieve it and maintain it. This recognition is really an ongoing reminder that we're doing good things. We're prioritizing the needs of our employees and creating a workplace culture that we can be proud of", said Johns.
Johns adds that the goal they set creates focus, and that they continually evaluate their performance and progress within the realm of what it truly means to be a top employer. He also mentioned Fusion's involvement in the communities they serve is very important, and supporting those communities is a big part of what they do.
"Our employees are significant and really truly authentic contributors to the communities in which they live and serve both through volunteerism and community involvement."
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The Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP made an arrest after cocaine and meth were found during the search of a home on Ebb & Flow First Nation.
Last Friday, March 17th, Police executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation, and found approximately 26 grams of cocaine, seven grams of methamphetamine, cash, and other drug-related paraphernalia.
34-year-old Christine Mancheese from Ebb & Flow First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2 and Possession of Proceeds of Crime. She was later released for court scheduled for May 17, 2023, in Dauphin.
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Two people were arrested after the Ste. Rose Du Lac RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence in Bacon Ridge on Monday.
Police found over $35,000 in cash, 40 grams of cocaine, prescription pills, unstamped cigarettes, cannabis, and drug paraphernalia.
55-year-old Carlos Roulette has been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, and Fail to Comply.
53-year-old Charlene Roulette has been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.
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The Jack Winters Trial wrapped up at the Dauphin Courthouse last night, but the decision has been reserved for April 24th.
A reserved decision is common and means while the trial has come to an end, the Judge will take some time to consider the matter before issuing the judgment.
The trial, which was in session for two weeks at the end of last October, was scheduled for another four days this week but ended a day early.
As reported earlier, Winters is facing a number of charges related to a fatal collision that took the life of four-year-old Quinn and six-year-old Oksana Dutchyshen in August 2019, in the RM of Dauphin.
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The Dauphin Library will be hosting a Cryptozoology display over the next few days, and all are welcome to check out the strange and fantastic collection that will be there.
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated.
Cryptids, creatures in this study that you might be aware of are things like bigfoot or the loch ness monster, but this display has a much more local focus.
John Warms, the curator of this collection, has found many sightings and signs of quite a few Manitoba Based cryptids.
"Two of the dozens and dozens of sketches that have been made, only 2 are not from Manitoba. The bulk of everything I have here is seen in Manitoba most of it seen by multiple observers. It was most gratifying as I was collecting these stories, to find that there was corroboration between what many different communities saw."
Some of the creatures featured on this display range from replicas of giant beavers, giant northern frogs, a platypus in Lake Manitoba, and sketches of Plesiosaurs in some of the larger Manitoban lakes.
John is looking forward to showing off his many findings to everyone that's interested.
"I would just like the world to enjoy what we have that we're not that aware of, because so many of these animals live so secretly. but there's an explanation for each one. the more I learn about them, the impossibilities seem to disappear."
If you want to see these findings for yourself, the display will be in Dauphn on Thursday, March 23rd from 3 to 7 pm, and on Friday, March 24th from 9:30 am to 4 pm.
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The new RM of Dauphin council has been in office for nearly five months, and they're really starting to settle in.
Five of the seven members of the council, including Reeve Ernie Sirski, are new, and that comes with some changes says Sirski.
"I have some learning to do, and I can honestly say I have not learned everything yet, but it's been interesting, it's been fun. I've gotten to know the staff, I've got to see how municipal politics and municipalities in general work."
Sirski says that having the mix of two incumbent councillors, Ron Ryz and Midge Sametz, and four new councillors, Tammy Koshowski, Todd Buguski, Ken Shewchuk and Ken Plustwa, has been great for the council.
"The two incumbents are great because one of them is the former Reeve, and the other incumbent is the former deputy Reeve, so they bring a lot of knowledge and experience to the table." says Sirski, "The other thing that the new people bring is a new bunch of ideas as to what we can do as a municipality, and how we can move this municipality forward."
Sirski says an important role for the new members of the council is to learn why things are done the way they are and help move the community forward.
"Dealing with hands on municipal stuff is a little different, but we're there to serve the people, and that's what we should do. So there's no real surprises, just learning the system of municipal politics."
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