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Earlier this morning, an incediary device was thrown through a window of the Dauphin MPI offices.

No one was injured in the act of vandalism, however much of the centre suffered smoke damage. 

The offices will be closed tomorrow, in order to deal with cleaning up the damage done. 

Affected customers will be contacted, and the general public is reminded to wait untill at least Tuesday for general inquiries in person. 

CKDM will update this story when more information becomes available. 

Dauphin Fire Department responded to a grass fire that got out of control today just before noon in the R.M. of Dauphin not to far from the Sela Ukraina and Countryfest site.

The fire appears to be under control.

CDKM will provide updates when they become available.

Jared Richard, 33 years-old from Camperville, also made another court appearance this past Thursday.

Richard was arrested following a drug bust, after RCMP raided a home in Camperville back in January.

A pound of marijuana, scale, packaging material and undisclosed amount of cash was seized.

Richard faces charges of Possession of Marijuana for the Purpose of Trafficking and will appear in court again on May 24.

William Pelletier, 25-years-old, from Dauphin, made another court appearance this past Thursday.

Pelletier is facing charges in connection with a shooting incident on the Pine Creek First nation.

RCMP received reports of a two vehicle chase on the reserve with one man firing a gun, but no one was injured.

Pelletier pleaded not guilty to numerous charges and will return to court on May 8.

Canadian women and youth have been trafficked and sexually exploited on the notorious site known as Backpage.com.

Multiple U.S. government agencies seized Backpage and all its affiliated websites on April 6.

Dave Mansell, Co-chair for C.A.R.E, knows there is human trafficking on other websites.

“You just go on any social media site, you can even go on Tinder, and they will advertise sexual exploitation. I mean these are just platforms that exploiters use.  So in 2010, Craigslist was shut down and Backpage was the second in the market in the world, and I’m saying second; there’s a first that’s still running and there’s a third and a fourth.  They’re just platforms.  We really need to address how to create, whether it be through legislation or whether it be through society itself, how to target the johns and the pimps so they can’t be faceless and do it autonomously through the internet and sites like this.”

Mansell encourages people to report any activity that looks like human trafficking.

On May 31, the Manitoba Métis Federation will have their election.

 Their government is calling for a President and from each local a Vice-President and two Directors.

David Gray, MMF Chief Electoral Officer, tells 730 CKDM that people have to vote at in their local.

“People must vote in the region in which the local to which they belong is so that for instance if you live in Winnipeg but belong to the Dauphin local, you must vote in the Dauphin local. Similarly if live in Dauphin and belong to the Thompson local, you must vote in Thompson, either at the advanced poll, where those polls are located or on election day at polling place which is assigned to your local.”

Advanced polling takes place on May 24 and 25 at designated stations.

Nomination papers for any of the positions are due by Tuesday at 5:00.

For more information on the election or for polling and voting stations, go online to www.mbmetiselections.ca.

Local emergencies in the R.M. of Dauphin can now quickly be dispatched to rate payers.

Alerts about local issues like fire bans, road closures and water breaks are dispatched to a phone, in an email or text from All-Net Connect.

Robin Wiebe, CAO for the R.M. of Dauphin, explains how this is tied to the GIS mapping system to limit messages to a specific area.

“This system is also connected to our GIS mapping system, so just because something like an emergency happens in one place like a localized flooding, we don’t actually bother necessarily everybody in the municipality with that message. We have it connected to the GIS mapping systems, so we’re actually able to limit the messages to an area we map out.

All-Net Connect is free, and you can sign up at rmofdauphin.ca or call the municipal office at 638-4531.

Free small recycling bins will be going to residents in the City of Dauphin for inside their homes to make recycling easier.

3000 small bins will be distributed to single family residences thanks to a partnership with Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association.

Recyclables can be transported from that bin into the big blue one for pick up.

Bins will be delivered to homes starting on Monday, beginning with Day 1 and working through to Day 4.

A semi-trailer rollover on Highway 21 last night with 60 cows in the trailer.

The driver lost control about a kilometer south of Highway 1.

The semi driver sustained no injuries in the accident.

The Mossey River Municipality has issued a burning ban in effect immediately.

If you have any questions, you can contact the municipal office at 656-4791.

The R.M. Of Dauphin is now active with a local emergency alerting system.

Residents were asked to register for the service on April 20.

Accounts can be managed online and alerts can be received by a phone call, text, or email to a device of one’s choosing.

Notices such as burning bans, local flooding, road closures, and water breaks will be relayed.

The system is All-Net Connect, and it works with the federal government’s website, Environment Canada and RCMP to receive national emergency alerts, Amber Alerts and weather warnings.

To sign up contact the municipal office at 638-4531 or go online to rmofdauphin.ca.