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Manitoba Hydro started receiving outage reports from the massive winter storm that hit the Parkland on Sunday, April 24th. Despite massive amounts of damage to poles and lines in the area, Hydro was able to restore power to everyone in the area by 10 pm on Wednesday, April 27th.
According to Media Relations Officer Bruce Owen, this is the worst storm the province has seen since the fall of 2019, and because of that storm, they were more prepared this time around.
The heavy wet snow glued itself to power lines and so if you can imagine a power line has a diameter of about an inch and a half, but the diameter became almost three and a half inches with that coating of ice.
A wire in the Dauphin area during the storm, from Manitoba Hydro Twitter.
According to Owen, another major issue that Hydro had was accessing all of the downed and broken poles.
Another challenge was getting to it, there were areas where municipal equipment had to get out in front of us to plow roads.
Owen said there isn't lingering damage that will be around because of the storm, and all poles that were damaged have been replaced.
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The Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund has officially welcomed its first two families to the Parkland, just over two months after Reit-Syd Equipment made the $25,000 donation that kicked off the fund.
Don Tarrant from Reit-Syd said that thanks to the incredible generosity of people around the Parkland and beyond, they're going to be welcoming more families than expected.
When we started it I thought maybe we could do one or two families, and had a number of how many dollars we could do for one or two families. The way it turned out right after that we thought maybe we could do three or four. Then with some cost reductions, what we could do, and the amount of money to come in, we're going to shoot for ten or twelve families.
You can get more information about the fund and how to donate by calling Larry at 204-648-5904, or Karen at 204-648-3567.
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A ground search has begun this week at the site of the former Pine Creek Residential School. There was a ceremony on Monday that included sacred fire, drumming, and speeches by community elders. The Catholic Church-run residential school was in operation from the 1890s to 1969.
Chief Derek Nepinak said that while it is a difficult situation for the community, he hopes the search will help with the healing process. Chief Nepinak said they're searching an area of 65 hectares, which will take at least four weeks.
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The government of Manitoba is trying to get ahead of the province's wild pig problem before it gets any worse. That's why they started the website squealonpigsmb.org for people to learn the signs of an infestation, and report any sightings.
According to Dr. Wayne Lees is the Coordinator of the Manitoba Invasive Swine Eradication Project and former Chief Veterinary Officer of Manitoba, they're already seeing daily reports of sightings.
It's beginning to paint a picture for us of where these wild pigs are, and it's really an encouragement to be able to understand where their ranges are.
Wild pigs reproduce extremely fast and can spread disease, and destroy crops and pastures.
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The Brandon RCMP made two arrests Monday after a traffic stop on Highway 5 in the RM of North Cypress-Langford. 37-year-old Tyler Case from Cypress River was driving the vehicle which police discovered was stolen. Case had several outstanding warrants.
He was remanded into custody and police believe he was responsible for several thefts that happened earlier this year in the province. The passenger, a 30-year-old female from Cypress River also had an outstanding warrant and was arrested and released with an upcoming court date.
Case was charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Obstruction, Operation of a Motor Vehicle While Prohibited, and three counts of theft. Brandon RCMP continues to investigate and further charges are expected.
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Water levels around the province continue to rise, and there's even more rain in the forecast this week. There's a flood warning in effect for Vermillion River, while a flood watch has been issued for Ochre River.
Dauphin Lake has increased by nearly a foot in the last week, and is sitting at 856.79 feet which is above its upper operating range, and just over a foot below its flood stage of 858 feet.
Lake Manitoba has seen a slight increase in the last week as well but is still well within its operating range sitting at 811.34 feet. Lake Winnipegosis has risen slightly over the past week, sitting at 830.11 feet.
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The Dauphin and District Community Foundation is over halfway through its spring campaign and it's starting to close in on its goal. Executive Director Kit Daley says one of their donors has agreed to match the funds when the goal is reached.
It's been really amazing, we are at just about 76 hundred dollars, so 24 hundred to go and we'll reach our goal of ten thousand dollars and receive the matching funds of ten thousand dollars.
The DDCF has also hit another milestone recently.
we have reached 4.5 million in donations, which has a market value of over six million. It's very exciting, so we're anxious to reach our five million dollar goal. I hope that we do that in the next couple of years.
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Stephen Jaddock has been named the new Superintendent and CEO of the Mountain View School Division. He's currently serving as the Assistant Superintendent, Programs and Planning to Dan Ward, who's set to become the Superintendent of the Garden Valley School Division in the Winkler Area.
Jaddock has spent 28 years with MVSD and the former Dauphin-Ochre School Area No. 1 in a number of roles and will start his new position on July 1st.
From teaching in the high school to teaching in an elementary school to becoming a principal and vice-principal, and dual credit facilitator...I think the greater experience that you have in the educational system, the greater the ability one will have to bring to the Job such as Superintendent and CEO.
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The West Interlake RCMP has made one arrest and is looking for another man for an assault on the Lake Manitoba First Nation. Early the morning of May 4th, officers responded to a residence where the report was made, but no one was there, although there were signs of an assault along with weapons that may have been used.
Police then went to a second residence the suspects were known to frequent where they found a 29-year-old with severe injuries. He was arrested and released with a court date before being transported to a Winnipeg hospital where he remains in stable condition.
Police are still looking for the second male involved, 22-year-old Santana Paul, though police are unsure if he is a victim or a suspect. They believe Paul could've been injured in the altercation. He's described as 5’8”, 161 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.
If you have information, please call West Interlake RCMP at 204-768-2311, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online here.
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The City of Dauphin and the Parkland Chamber of Commerce hosted the State of the City this afternoon at the Watson Art Centre.
One of the many topics discussed was a Climate Action Plan resolution the city plans to bring to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities meeting in June. Mayor Christian Laughland spoke about why they are bringing this resolution forward.
We look at Vermillion Park right now and it's flooded out and we don't want it to get much worse than that and that's what we're looking at here, to have a climate action plan in place not only for the City of Dauphin, I think the City of Dauphin has done really well over the past ten years, but kind of bring the whole province in on that and get a whole buy-in from the province of Manitoba, and I think that's going to be the case.
Mayor Laughland also spoke about a number of new developments in the city, and everything else that will be going on this year. Stay tuned to CKDM as we continue to cover all of the information from the State of the City.
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Yesterday the province announced a Disaster Financial Assistance program to help Manitobans recover from uninsurable losses caused by flooding. Keystone Agricultural Producers is Manitoba's general farm policy organization, and their president Bill Campbell says this will help with a lot of uncertainty that producers are facing.
Uninsurable losses are to be covered under the program, and I think this is extremely beneficial when we move forward with regards to some livestock losses and some infrastructure losses that may be compensated.
You can find more information and apply for the program on the Government of Manitoba's website here.
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