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Two men were determined guilty of manslaughter in the death of Jeanenne Fontaine by a Jury.
The verdict was delivered this morning in a Winnipeg courtroom.
Christopher Brass and Jason Meilleur pleaded not guilty.
Fontaine was shot in the back of the head inside her house, which was then set on fire.
During the trial, the jury was told the two men went to the home, with a third man, Malcolm Miles Mitchell, to collect a drug debt from the victim’s boyfriend.
When the boyfriend wasn’t home, they decided to rob Fontaine.
The jury was also told Mitchell was the shooter.
The trial had been going on since January 7th.
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Virden RCMP responded to a stabbing that resulted in a death on Tuesday.
A 22-year-old and a 27-year-old were transported to a hospital with serious injuries.
The 22-year-old was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Uttering Threats.
He was remanded into custody for a court appearance scheduled in Brandon Provincial Court.
A day later, the RCMP learned the 27-year-old succumbed to his injuries.
The 22-year-old was arrested again and charged with Second Degree Murder.
He was once again remanded into custody.
The RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit will continue to investigate.
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Passenger flights could be coming back to Dauphin.
A company in Swan River is seriously exploring making a stopover in Dauphin during its regular flights to Winnipeg. The service would go both ways with flights to Winnipeg and Swan River.
Sharla Griffiths says the company is working with the Regional Airport Authority along with their primary funding agencies like the RM and the City to see if this is something that can work.
“The company has asked for some concessions to be made in terms of forgiveness of fees for a set period of time. So we are working on quantifying those fees to see exactly what that is and to see if that will work with our budget in 2019 and going forward.”
Griffiths says it’s beyond the preliminary stage, but details are not yet available to the public.
The company is anticipating this to happen earlier in 2019 than later.
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The Mountain View School Division has experienced a lack of substitute bus drivers.
Last week, MVSD had to cancel two bus routes from a lack of substitute bus drivers.
A training session for bus drivers could be coming as soon as February.
As soon as there are enough people interested they will run a course.
If someone takes the training course and ultimately drives for MVSD they will be reimbursed for some of the costs.
Due to the declining population, Bart Michaleski thinks the situation could get worse.
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SAFE Work Manitoba warns that those working outside could be vulnerable to cold stress.
Cold stress is the body’s inability to control its internal temperature and can be very dangerous, resulting in serious illness or death.
In extreme cold, it’s possible to get frostbite, cold stress, or hypothermia.
To prevent cold stress, wear layers of warm clothes, take breaks in heated shelters, stay hydrated with warm, sweet drinks, and keep moving while avoiding perspiration.
If someone you work with is suffering from cold stress SAFE Work Manitoba recommends moving the worker to a warm area and encouraging continuous body movement.
Replace wet clothes with dry clothes or blankets, and provide warm, not hot, sweet drinks.
If you think someone is experiencing hypothermia or extreme frostbite, call 911 immediately.
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Centennial Arena in Swan River is facing some issues in keeping the ice surface cold.
The arena was built in 1968, what they are experiencing with the age is a loss of brine which is used to go through the lines under the cement floor and keep the floor cold enough to freeze the ice surface.
As long as they can keep the brine levels up and make ice they’re okay. If it gets worse and they can’t create ice, they will have to look into other facilities for their hockey teams to use.
They don’t have a solution to the problem yet. They want more professional help to look into the problem before they figure out a solution.
Swan River Mayor, Lance Jacobsen, hopes they can make it through the hockey season before they need to fix the problem.
They might have to wait until April or May to get the ice removed so they can do investigations to find out where things are going wrong.
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Whitmore School received a 2 thousand dollar donation from the Dauphin Lions Club.
On Wednesday, the club gave the cheque in support of the schools’ fundraising efforts to build a new playground.
Principal Jensen says the school is so appreciative of the Lions Club for their donation. Saying "the Lions Club has been wonderful." They support the school with pancake breakfasts and "for them to even come forward with this is just great!"
She says the community support has been excellent. They still have a ways to go. As of now, they've raised $85,000 of their goal of $100,000 for a spring installation.
They have the goal of wanting to put something in the spring.
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Three great bands are performing in Dauphin next week during the Big Band Dance Night.
Taylor Schmidt says you won’t want to miss The Albums. It’s the Brandon Community Jazz Band.
“The members that make up this ensemble is a little ridiculous. In that I’m going down the list of their players, and you have either university professors, or you have musicians that have their masters in jazz performance, or you have current teachers in the school system. The makeup of this band is just outstanding.”
He also says you won’t want to miss the local group Grace and the Wielers.
“It has been working hard in getting a big set together. It takes them a little more time to put a good 45 minute set together because they are students still, they are kids. They’ve been working really hard and enjoying getting their music together for the Big Band Dance, and I think they are going to sound great.”
You can hear The Albums, Grace and the Wielers and the Dauphin Community Jazz Band on Saturday the 26th at the Watson Art Centre.
Tickets for the event are 20 dollars and can be bought at the WAC, Dauphin Music, and by getting in contact with someone in the DRCSS Band Room.
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Dauphin’s Countryfest is bringing Paul Brandt’s The Journey Tour to Dauphin, February 10th.
Rob Woloschuk, general manager for Countryfest, says it’s not very often that a large concert like this where four large bands come to Dauphin, especially when they sell out all over Canada.
These shows do well for the community because it keeps the buildings, hotels, and restaurants busy.
The Brandon show is sold out but the one at Credit Union Place still has tickets available.
They can be bought at www.countryfest.ca, go to the Countryfest office, or even call that office at 1-800-361-7300.
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A long period of very cold wind chills is expected to stick around for a few days.
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the Parkland.
Bitterly cold wind chill values in the -40 to -45 range are expected tonight and tomorrow as frigid Arctic air cascades down from the north.
The cold weather is expected to stay through the weekend.
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A Swan River doctor has been censured and fined more than 97-hundred dollars for failing to properly care for a 62 year old woman in a personal care home.
Doctor Fayez Fouad Fahim Gouda was cited for failing to respond to what was an urgent medical situation, displaying a lack of judgment and failing to conduct himself in a professional manner.
He was on duty in the Emergency Department, which included on-call responsivities for the personal care home, in August of 2016.
The woman suffered from several chronic illnesses, with multiple sclerosis and diabetes being particularly significant.
She became ill with diarrhea for several days leading up to August 8th. Her care was generally being managed by her family physician.
The penalties brought down against Doctor Gouda come after an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
The college says the doctor's actions were ``egregious'' when he failed to act on a request to have the chronically ill woman admitted to hospital when her condition began to slip.
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