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Construction at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre is half complete.
They passed the halfway mark and entered phase three in June.
They are now working on enclosing the ambulance garage area and redeveloping the Personal Care Home. Mechanical and electrical rough-in and interior steel stud work is going on at the main Emergency Department area.
Phase three is expected to complete in March or April.
It’s expected the whole project will be done in late summer next year.
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Registering for programs at the Dauphin Rec Centre is a little challenging at the moment.
They are implementing new scheduling and Point of Sale systems and that seems to be causing some difficulty.
Tamara Kolida, the Programs & Promotions Coordinator, gives more details about what’s going on.
“There’s been a little bit of technical difficulties getting it all going. We had hoped that online registration and our new POS system would kind of co-mingle, and it’s not working right now. You’ll notice if you come to the front desk we are still using our POS system until we get the new one going.”
She says your best bet is to try and register online. “Online registrations for programs seem to be working, but kinda spotty. Some people are having trouble but some people are able to register for things like yoga, beginner yoga, Dauphin Junior Curing, Dauphin Junior Bowling. But it you were to come to the front desk we couldn’t accept registration in person because we don’t have the Interac system working.”
Kolida expects things to be fixed and running smoothly by next week and thanks everyone for their patience.
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Chili powder from the brand Compliments has been recalled because of a possible Salmonella contamination.
The package is sold in a155-gram package with the product code 2020 MA 26 and UPC 0 55742 35921 3.
At this point, no illnesses have been reported, but people should still not eat it.
Salmonella can cause a fever, vomiting and diarrhea, it's also more of a risk to children, pregnant women and the elderly.
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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is holding a walk this weekend to raise money for type one diabetes research.
The walk is taking place at Vermillion Park on Saturday at 11 in the morning.
Vicki Zachanowich, prairie regional manager for the JDRF shares where the money raised goes.
“JDRF is a charity, actually the leading organization for funding research for type one diabetes. So the money will then go to the researchers. We basically are a fundraising organization that’s able to get money to the researchers so that we can have some of the best research for type one diabetes.”
She shares which group this disease impacts the most.
“Type one diabetes is a 24/7 disease. It doesn’t take a break. Somebody who is diagnosed with type one diabetes immediately is on insulin. It is an autoimmune disease, so it’s not lifestyle related which is different than type two diabetes. Type one often affects children. Usually, when people are diagnosed they are children, but adults can be diagnosed as well, and they do become insulin dependent.”
Zachanowich hopes to have 100 people register for the walk. Registration begins at 10:30.
If you want to register for the walk or donate go to the fundraising page by clicking here.
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A Dauphin man who is the mayor of Dawson City in the Yukon found a cache of coins.
The coins date back over a hundred years to the Klondike Gold Rush.
The 23 coins add up to a value of $9.50 but could be worth so much more.
The coins were found when crews were digging a trail up a hill and found the cache of coins.
Wayne Potoroka, Mayor of Dawson City, plans to find out who lived in the area of the coins to try and find out who they may belong to.
He also plans to give the coins to the local museum for display.
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Burt Reynolds has died.
The actor starred in iconic films like “Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Longest Yard" was 82.
He was rushed to a hospital in Florida this morning after suffering from cardiac arrest.
Reynolds had heart problems for a long time. He had major heart surgery in February 2010.
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The farming sector is represented during this year’s STARS Ambulance Rescue on the Island 2018.
Roberta Galbraith from Manitoba Canola Growers is participating in the event taking place today.
“There are five of us that are going to be ‘stranded on the island’ and the whole point of it is to bring awareness to STARS Air Ambulance and the services they provide here in Manitoba.” She continues, “so typically what they do is they approach community members that represent different segments of the population, different industries and have them fundraise. Our goal is 50 thousand dollars.”
She explains why Stars is important for those in the industry.
“Those of us who live in more remote areas, STARS officers the opportunity to bridge that gap in services. So that if there was an accident for us, they can come right to the field where we are working or right into the farmyard and pick people up and transport them and expedite the time that emergency services would otherwise fill.”
You can help rescue Galbraith by going here.
To follow how the five participants are going use the hashtag #starsrescue2018 on twitter.
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The bridge on Highway 5 by Ochre River is open.
Manitoba infrastructure announced crews removed the barricades today.
Construction on the bridge had been going on for almost a year.
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The devastating tornado from August in the RM of Alonsa has left so much debris behind that it could take years to clean. The tornado left a 77-year-old man dead.
Stan Asham, Reeve of the RM of Alonsa, explains how bad the damage is.
"There are 4 buildings gone that they haven`t even found"
The floor from one of those building was found last week in decent condition.
Asham is also hopeful for the winter months because there is a local who has a drone flying business and he can help by flying the drone when all the leaves won’t be blocking the sight from the drone.
A lot of professional help is needed to fully clean the area of all the debris because there are lots in the lake that they can`t see and they`re finding debris in the bushes that they have trouble getting through.
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The time is approaching to hand in your nomination forms for municipal elections taking place all across the Parkland.
In the RM of Lakeshore, there are currently three people registered for a council position with six or seven people interested in running for a seat on the eight-person board.
Donna Ainscough, the Senior Election Official for the RM, says those interested can attend an information session tonight to help them learn what’s required of someone on council.
“We’re holding a candidate information session in two locations in the RM of Lakeshore, one in Ochre River and one in Rorketon. They are both being held at 7 pm at our municipal offices. It’s just a session to get information out to people considering running for council and what would be expected of them as a council member and things that might have changed for people that might have sat on council in the past.”
Some of the topics covered at the meetings include roles and responsivities of candidates and elected officials, eligibility requirements, campaign and election finances, and general campaign rules and candidate duties.
“We want to get the word out there and the more people that are interested in running, that’s great! We would certainly encourage everyone.” Ainscough continues, “If they want some more information to certainly come into our offices and ask the questions and we’d be happy to answer them.”
You have until the 18th to hand in your nomination papers.
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The MS Bike event is this upcoming weekend on Saturday and Sunday.
Amanda Novak, manager of development for the MS Society of Canada, Manitoba Division, explains how hard the Riding Mountain Challenge actually is.
“The bike ride is 70km one way, up to Clear Lake with an 800-metre elevation difference. So I would say less than 5 percent of the population is actually capable of doing this.”
Riders normally take until 2-4pm on Saturday to bike up there. On Sunday for the ride back to Dauphin most riders will be back by 11am-1pm.
The money raised goes towards MS research and program development for those living with MS.
The Manitoba Division’s goal is to raise 147,000 dollars. So far online people have raised 94,000 dollars. They are on pace to exceed their goal.
If you would like to donate you can go to:
http://mssoc.convio.net/site/TR/BikeTour/ManitobaDivision?pg=entry&fr_id=5982
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