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By Saturday's deadline of 2 pm, tickets for the Russell Take A Year Off Lottery were almost a sell out!
At 5pm when the draw took place, Irene Nickle of Austin took home the Grand Prize of $1000 a week for an entire year.
Diane & Larry Lukatchuk of Shoal Lake also took the $26,280 in another solid MEGA 50/50 draw.
Other prize winners are below:
- Rick Saler of Minnedosa won $5000.
- Tarra Allarie of Roblin won $3000.
- Kim Campbell of Roblin won $2000.
- Lara Campbell of Sinclair and Taris Chwaluk of Shoal Lake each won $1000.
- Cory Kaeding of Binscarth and John & Shirley Tomashewsky of Gilbert Plains each won $500.
Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and congratulations to the organizers for another successful lottery.
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After yesterday's announcement from Health Canada about the Pfizer vaccine, the Manitoba government says parents will be able to make COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their kids aged 5 to 11 starting on Monday.
They say appointments are expected to be available as early as the end of next week after Health Canada approved the use of Pfizer's pediatric vaccine for that age group but they did warn that it will depend on when the first shipments arrive.
The province says children must be five when the appointment is booked and the vaccine will be provided at various locations including regional clinics, doctors' offices and pharmacies.
Officials say there are about 125-thousand children in Manitoba aged 5 to 11.
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If you have any Country Time brand Original Lemonade Fruit Juice Substitute Drink Mix, and/or Tang brand Orange Flavour Crystals in your cupboard, you may want to check the best before dates.
Kraft Heinz Canada is recalling those products due to the possible presence of glass.
The Country Time products were sold in 2.4-kilogram packages with a best before date of September 15th, 2023. The Tang products were sold in 2.2-kilogram packages with best before dates of August 20th and 21st, 2023.
The recalled products have been sold nationally and online. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no associated reports of any injuries.
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The results are in for the Dauphin Food Bank drive competition between the Dauphin Fire Department and the RCMP.
Both organizations challenged each other to see who could collect the most non-perishable food donations.
While the Dauphin Fire Department was able to collect a staggering 1,565 pounds of non-perishable food, the RCMP just edged them out with 1,631 pounds.
Although the RCMP did collect more food, local firefighters easily beat the cops in donations.
The RCMP raised $250, while the Dauphin Fire Department raised $750.
The real winner of the competition is the Dauphin and District Community Food Bank.
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Health Canada has officially approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in kids aged 5 to 11, and about three million doses are expected to be shipped to Canada for the rollout immediately.
The agency's chief medical adviser, Doctor Supriya Sharma, says this is another tool in the fight against COVID-19 that will allow children to safely return to activities they have missed in the last 20 months.
We caught up with Barrett Procyshyn and he says that it is a great plan to offer the vaccine to kids aged 5-11 but the rollout hasn't happened soon enough.
"It's a great plan and it hasn't happened soon enough. They have been doing it in the United States for a week or two now and it's going well and it's been shown to be safe and the dose is tailored to that age group,"
He also says they expect lots of questions from parents about the vaccine and that giving the vaccine out at a pharmacy gives concerned parents and kids the chance to ask as many questions to help with any concerns or nerves about getting the needle.
He expects the doses to be at the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy by December 1st at the latest.
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An electrical issue was the cause of a vehicle fire at the Dauphin RCMP Detachment on Thursday night.
At about 7:30, the RCMP vehicle that was parked in the parking lot caught on fire. Officers at the detachment at the time contacted the Dauphin Fire Department, who quickly responded and put the fire out.
Nobody was physically injured and there are no charges being laid.
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A local Dauphin man will be retiring at the end of this month as the longest-serving public employee in Manitoba's history.
Steven Rosnowsky has been working for Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for 53 years, most recently at the Dauphin Liquor Mart.
Rosnowsky says he only recently made the decision to move on. Rosnowsky joined the old Liquor Control Board at the age of 18, right after the age of majority was reduced from 21.
He says even though he's retiring, he has plans to remain an active member of the community, and will miss everyone of his former co-workers.
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Public Health officials announced 179 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba today.
Dauphin has one active case of COVID-19 and of today's cases, 94 aren't vaccinated, 8 are partially vaccinated and 77 are fully vaccinated.
The test positivity is at 5.4% provincially.
Case breakdown:
28 in the Prairie Mountain Health Region
7 are in the Interlake/Eastern Health region
32 are in the Northern Health region
69 are in the Southern Health region
43 are in the Winnipeg Health region
The numbers of active cases in other Parkland health districts are:
Riding Mountain (1), Swan River (8), Duck Mountain (6), Porcupine Mountain (18), Agassiz Mountain (6), Asessippi (9), Little Saskatchewan (10), Whitemud (25). Brandon has 48 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 8 active cases. The Fisher/Peguis district has 5 active cases.
There are 1,404 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
111 Manitobans are hospitalized with active COVID-19.
24 Manitobans are in intensive care units with active COVID-19.
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Jacob Levasseur will be sentenced on December 8.
The 23-year-old from Ebb and Flow First Nation was back in court after he pled guilty to charges stemming from a firearm incident back in May.
That's when Ste. Rose RCMP received a report of a male walking around the reserve with a firearm. When he was spotted by RCMP, he walked into the bush and the RCMP's emergency response team had to be called in.
He was arrested a short time later.
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Dauphin's new economic development manager says he's ready to hit the ground running.
Martijn Van Luijn was hired a few weeks ago, and says there are a number of challenges to economic development, but that the key to success is forming lasting partnerships.
"There is so much that we can do and I won't be able to do it all at once," said Van Lujin. "I'm an excited member of this community. I know there will be obstacles and mountains to climb but we're uniquely positioned to do all of that."
Van Luijn has been an active member of the community for 20 years and considers Dauphin a first-class destination for tourists. Among his other duties, he will be encouraging local entrepreneurs to start their new business in Parkland.
City Manager Sharla Griffiths says Martijn was the most qualified applicant, and everyone at city hall is thrilled to have him back on the team.
Van Luijn already has a number of connections in the local business community.
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Public Health officials announced 162 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba today.
Dauphin has one active case of COVID-19 and of today's cases, 94 aren't vaccinated, 5 are partially vaccinated and 63 are fully vaccinated.
The test positivity is at 5.7% provincially.
Case breakdown:
27 in the Prairie Mountain Health Region
16 are in the Interlake/Eastern Health region
16 are in the Northern Health region
57 are in the Southern Health region
46 are in the Winnipeg Health region
The numbers of active cases in other Parkland health districts are:
Riding Mountain (1), Swan River (6), Duck Mountain (15), Porcupine Mountain (16), Agassiz Mountain (9), Asessippi (8), Little Saskatchewan (10), Whitemud (28). Brandon has 45 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 9 active cases. The Fisher/Peguis district has 5 active cases.
There are 1,452 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
111 Manitobans are hospitalized with active COVID-19.
24 Manitobans are in intensive care units with active COVID-19.
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