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It started as something to cheer up her community and people from across Manitoba when the pandemic first hit and now, Joan van der Linde has baked more than 2100 loaves of bread.

On March 12, 2020, Joan was on her way to Swan River and 10 days later, she started wondering what she could do to bring a smile to people's faces and baking bread was the way to go. Loaf one was given out in late March of 2020 and late last month, Joan who goes by the 'BREAD basket' on Facebook did a draw for the 2000th loaf of bread.

"I just wanted to make someone smile with everything that was going on and I felt this was a perfect way," said van der Linde. "I love baking so it's really enjoyable for me."

Van der Linde says it's crazy how much this has grown and at one time, she had as many as nine breadmakers doing their magic. Joan is based in Morris so if you're ever in the area, you can message her on Facebook and get your own loaf. She says people from the Parkland region have done so in the past.

"If I didn't love this, I wouldn't be doing it," said Van der Linde. "I love the joy that this is bringing people and all of the stories that come with it."

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As of Monday, Joan had given away 2107 loaves. Her goal is to make 50 loaves a week as she hopes to get to 3000 by March 20, 2022. And to top it all off, Joan donates several a week to the local food bank in Morris. 

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Doug Palson is the new Chief of Police for the Manitoba First Nations Police Service.

Palson, who will start his role on November 29th, comes from the Dryden Police Service in Ontario where he was Chief of Police beginning in 2015. Prior to that, he spent 8 years with the Manitoba First Nations Police Service back when it was known as the Dakota Ojibway Police Service.

In a release, Chief Palson said he's very excited and grateful for the opportunity and will focus on building relationships and developing partnerships in efforts to enhance community safety and wellbeing.

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Multiple reports on social media are saying that Nakeeya Head-Dumas has been safely located. The RCMP has confirmed as well that she has been found.

The RCMP in The Pas are searching for Nakeeya Head-Dumas, a 16-year-old female from Pukatawagan who was reported missing Sunday morning.

Nakeeya Head-Dumas was last seen Sunday evening in the 800 block of Connaught Avenue, in The Pas. She is approximately 4 feet 2 inches tall, 100 lbs, with a thin build and long black hair. She was last seen wearing all black clothing.

Police and family are concerned for her well-being and if you have any information please call The Pas RCMP at 204-627-6200. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

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New health restrictions were put in place on Friday and starting December 5, kids aged 12 to 17 will need to have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to participate in indoor sports or youth can provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before playing.

And while most restrictions are targeted towards Southern Health, Manitoba's Health Minister Audrey Gordon says that could change.

"We're monitoring the numbers very, very closely," said Gordon. "We do believe the restrictions that we put in place on Friday will help bend the curve and if they don't, restrictions could be changed on a daily basis."

The province announced another 193 cases on Friday and they say there could be more than 200 daily cases by the middle of next month if things don't take a turn for the better. There are still zero active cases in Dauphin, as reported by the province.

The test positivity rate is at 6.1% provincially. 

On Friday, the province also said some surgeries have been cancelled or postponed in order to free up hospital space. Anyone who is affected will be notified. The cancellations and postponements will raise Manitoba's intensive care bed capacity to 110.

"We will be announcing very soon a surgical backlog task force," said Gordon. "They will be very heavily focused on what we need to do to ensure individuals get their surgery and diagnostic test."

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It may be more than two months away, but you can start planning your trip to Brandon now if you want to take part in Manitoba Ag Days. Back at the Keystone Centre from January 18-20, the three-day festival is back after the event wasn't held last year.

Kristen Phillips, general manager of Manitoba Ag Days, says this event will be a special one after a year off.

"We're so excited to be back to business, it's a tremendous feeling," said Phillips. 

For the first time in the event's 45-year history, Ag Days will be moving to a ticketed admission system for the 2022 show. Tickets will be $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Youth (17 and under) will be free of charge.

"It's been a long time coming, we've been chatting about it for a few years," said Phillips. "We lost two of our rooms this year which meant we lost some revenue. There is a ton of great things going on at Ag Days, it is certainly worth the price of admission."

There will be over 450 exhibitors this year and 33 speakers booked for the 2022 show. The Innovation Showcase will feature 32 new innovations. You can get tickets for the event by heading to Manitoba Ag Days 2022. 

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From now until Sunday, the Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge is taking place.

During the challenge, gifts given to community foundations like the Dauphin and District Community Foundation will be stretched a little bit further.

"The Giving Challenge is an opportunity for community foundations to grow their unrestricted funds through stretch dollars from the Winnipeg Foundation and the Manitoba Government, so every five-dollar gift you make is stretched to seven dollars", says Kit Daley, Executive Director of the DDCF.

Last year during the Giving Challenge, the Dauphin and District Community Foundation had the third-highest total donations and Daley would love to beat that this year. 

"We are asking donors to post on social media that they have made a donation, and then challenge someone else to make one too and that can be a family friend, a business associate, a family member, maybe even a rival business, we're simply trying to promote giving to your foundation and encouraging others to donate."

The DDCF has also partnered with the Dauphin Kings in a competition with the Swan Valley Stampeders. At the Dauphin Kings home game on Saturday, community foundation members will be at Credit Union Place collecting donations. The day before, the Kings play the Stampeders in Swan River and community foundation members for Swan will be collecting donations at that game. Daley says it will be a competition between the two fan bases to see who can raise more for their local community foundation.

Some of the projects that the foundation has contributed to are the North Gate bike trails, the multi-use community courts at Meadowlark Park, the Enchanted Reading Room at the Dauphin Public Library, and the Kings Way trail. They have also made contributions to local playgrounds, daycare centres, the Parkland Humane Society, Dauphin Food Bank, Fort Dauphin Museum and many more. Daley says they have also given out two-million dollars in grants since 1995.

If you would like to donate during the Giving Challenge you can do so online, or you can call Kit Daley at 204-638-4598. Donations can also be dropped off at City Hall in the drop box at the entrance, or at the DDCF office.

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The Canadian Crop Hail Association says extremely damaging storms made for near-record claims for Western Canadian farmers in 2021 even though there was a decrease in overall storm activity.

Insurance payments to Prairie producers will total more than $322 million which is a number that has not been seen since 2008. Producer premiums totalled more than $309 million for an industry loss ratio of 104 percent.

Manitoba was the only province to record a positive year with a loss ratio of only 26 percent. On the other hand, Saskatchewan was the hardest hit with an industry loss ratio of 134 percent compared to 65 percent in 2020. Alberta followed with a 97 percent loss ratio, compared to 75 percent in 2020.

The CCHA insured more than $8 billion in crops in 2021.

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The Public Health Agency of Canada is looking into an outbreak of salmonella in Western Canada. The majority of people affected became sick in late-September to mid-October but the outbreak appears to be ongoing as cases continue to be reported.

46 people in total so far have reported becoming sick from the bacteria in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. 3 people have been hospitalized but no deaths have occurred. 

In a release, the agency says individuals that got sick reported eating fresh produce prior to becoming ill.

This does not mean we are telling you to avoid the produce section at the grocery store as only 6 of the cases have come from Manitoba. There are precautions you can take such as washing hands before and after handling fresh produce, cutting off any bruised or damaged areas and washing knives with hot soapy water before cutting something else.

No food recall warnings associated with salmonella in Western Canada have been issued.

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On Tuesday, November 9th around 3:20 in the afternoon, Lundar RCMP received a call reporting a man in distress on Lake Manitoba near the shore of Venice Road South in St. Laurent.

The caller said she could hear a man calling out for help on the water and that two bystanders were going to head out onto the water in an attempt to save the man.

Officers from Lundar and Ashern arrived and were told that two bystanders located a canoe on the shore and that they had paddled out to retrieve the man, a 61-year-old from Garson, Manitoba.

The 61-year-old was pulled from the water and brought to shore where he was met by EMS and taken to hospital. He is reported to be in stable condition. According to the 61-year-old, he was fishing in his canoe when he attempted to move some gear, lost his footing, and fell into the water which quickly sapped him of his strength.

In a press release, Sgt. James Munro, Detachment Commander of the Lundar/Ashern RCMP, said "If it were not for the quick actions taken by these three individuals, this situation would have ended tragically."

Munro also said that due to the temperature of the water, the bystanders only had minutes to act and respond.

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A couple of stretches of highway that were closed are back open as the first snowfall of the season arrived a couple of days ago and made itself right at home in the Parkland.

Road conditions still aren't the greatest in the Parkland and you can have a look at them here.

The storm has also caused thousands of Manitobans to be without power. The majority of the outages have occured around Winnipeg and Brandon but there have been a few outages reported along the east side of Riding Mountain near Kelwood, McCreary, Eden, and Erickson. There was also one outage in Dauphin as well as four reported near Gladstone. A quick look at the Manitoba Hydro outage page shows that those outages have since been cleared up.

Keep listening to 730 CKDM for road updates throughout the day, including the speedy glass road conditions report on weekdays at 7:30 am and 3:30 pm.

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A Brandon lawyer is facing a number of Law Society of Manitoba charges, one of which is sexual harassment.

Ryan William Fawcett who was barred from contacting female colleagues for any non-work-related purposes has also been charged with breach of an undertaking to the law society and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer.

Fawcett was barred in July 2020 from contacting any female lawyers in Manitoba for any purpose except work-related matters.

Those restrictions were expanded in October 2020 to include any woman who is a legal assistant, or employee of the courts.

Ryan practices law in Brandon with Legal Aid Manitoba. 

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