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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A temporary conservation restriction has been put on walleye for Lake Dauphin.
Manitoba Sustainable Development put it in place effective immediately, to protect the walleye population during the spawning period.
During this restriction, no commercial or recreational fishing is allowed.
Aboriginal rights holders may continue to harvest all species of fish by angling only, and must release any walleye between 45 and 70 centimetres in length.
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Dauphin’s curbside yard waste program starts on Tuesday.
Curbside collection of the green yard waste bins will continue bi-weekly throughout the summer and move forward into fall.
The City wants people to refer to the 2018 Garbage, Recycling and Waste Schedule for pickup.
The rolling bin needs to be at the curb by 7 in the morning on collection day.
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Swan River’s Rainbow Lodge, a seniors’ housing complex, is battling an infestation of bed bugs, but the problem has been ongoing for years.
Spraying to get rid of the insects is to take place today, but residents have to leave the building completely, forcing residents to take their belongings and clean everything.
A spokesperson for Manitoba Housing reported to the media, that 590 treatments have been done for bedbugs in the building since 2014.
Families would like to see the entire building treated for issue, however Manitoba Housing won't because not all the units have bedbug activity, but will offer to refer seniors and their family a ‘bug and scrub’ program.
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More than 6,000 votes were cast for close to 700 roads in CAA’s “Worst Road in Manitoba” and Empress Street in Winnipeg came out on top.
Along with Empress, six of the top ten worst roads were located in Winnipeg, while Provincial Roads 450, in Boissevain, 247 in La Salle and 353 in Brookdale reached the list.
Empress has appeared in the top ten lists for years and is slated to see improvements this year.
Voters said potholes, crumbling pavement and bad cycling and walking infrastructure as their biggest concerns.
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