Nuclear Energy Could Come to Pinawa

A nuclear energy company has applied to make the community of Pinawa, located about 110 km east of Winnipeg, a global hub in small modular reactors.

The reactors would be used to power off-grid communities and mining camps.

StarCore Nuclear submitted its application last month to build a 150-million-dollar site on the Atomic Energy Canada grounds

Such reactors are in operation in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and China.

Details: Published: Jul 6, 2018 - 5:24 am

Don’t miss Mossey River Days taking place all weekend long in Winnipegosis.

The festival began last night and runs until Sunday.

The schedule is packed with fun for the whole family.

Barret Procyshyn, a volunteer for the event, encourages everyone to drive the half hour to Winnipegosis.

“We strongly believe that it’s one of the best small town festivals going on. We’ve got 100 volunteers that just really just welcome everyone to Winnipegosis. We’ve got some fantastic entertainment on the boulevard. Winnipegosis is a beautiful community. There’s going to be awesome food. The weather is going to be 100%. It’s only half an hour from Dauphin. So definitely make the drive out there and check things out.”

It only costs 10 dollars per day to get in or you can buy a weekend pass for 15. Kids 12 and under get in for free.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 6, 2018 - 4:15 am

Sharla Griffiths has been named the new City of Dauphin City Manager.

She is taking over the position when Brad Collett, the current manager retires.

Allen Dowhan, Dauphin’s Mayor, shares with us why the administration thinks she’s a good fit for the job.

``She`s fair in dealing with all the parties including taxpayers, government officials, and employees. A good listener, a very good contributor to express her thoughts on a subject, very knowledgeable of civic/public works and that’s a great skill set.”

Sharla starts her new position with the City on Tuesday, September 4th.

Dowhan says the city received 12 applications for the position of City Manager.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Jul 5, 2018 - 3:41 pm

A Go Fund Me page has been set up to raise funds for the funeral of Danny Kidane.

In just 16 hours the fundraiser passed their 10 thousand dollar goal.

As of 7 am, the fundraiser was at $12,525.

Meheret Gezehegn set up the page and she's encouraging eveyone to share the page.

"We have reached our goal, but we are hoping to exceed it more, for the family. It's an unexpected huge cost, so if everyone could continue to share the link and spread the word it would be very appreciated."

You can support the family by going to https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-for-danny-kidane.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 5, 2018 - 2:06 pm

New students going to MacKenzie Middle School will have a full orientation on the first day.

Day one will include a number of activities directed at helping students get to know their new school.

It's planned for Wednesday, September 5th.

Donna Davidson the CEO Superintendent for MVSD says the division sent out a survey to parents to see what they thought of the orientation last year.

“The survey results were very positive. The parents of the students that participated felt that their child benefited from the opportunity to have the school to themselves. They felt that their child was less anxious less sense of stress when they were entering the school on the first day. So they were very pleased with that.”

Davidson says the results from the survey were overwhelmingly supportive.

“Of the 81 responses that we had, 56 percent strongly agreed and 31 percent agreed with the orientation days. So that’s an 87 percent response rate in the positive.”

This full day would allow students to get to know their class locations, teacher faces and names, and the regular routines of a normal school day.

The school plans to welcome parents to visit throughout the day and take part in some of the events as well.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 5, 2018 - 11:58 am

A Via Rail train derailed this morning on its way to The Pas.

The train crashed 37 kilometers north of Hudson Bay Saskatchewan on the Manitoba side of the border just after 3 this morning.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said two locomotives and a baggage car went off the tracks.

A spokesperson from Via Rail says two crew members and one passenger sustained minor injuries.

He says the train was travelling 50 kilometres an hour when reached a spot with washed out tracks.

Everyone on the train is being taken to the Hudson Bay Health Centre.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 5, 2018 - 9:05 am

After a thorough search, the Municipality of Grandview has a new Chief Administrative Officer.

Charles Croll moved to the community this weekend and began working on Tuesday.

Croll says his previous work experience will fit in nicely with the new administration.

“Not really anything different than my past. I come from being a CAO of a rural municipality in Ontario so it’s very similar. Same type of set up where there’s a village and a large farm area. Same as I was in Ontario.”

“So really it’s just coming home again to a similar situation.”

Croll says it’s nice to be in Manitoba and looks forward to working with everyone in Grandview and improving the quality of life for residents.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 5, 2018 - 8:49 am

People attending this year’s Dauphin Ag Society Fair weren’t discouraged by the rain over the weekend.

Ben Fox, the president of the society, spoke with us about how the rain played into the outcome of the fair.

“It canceled two of our bigger attractions, the demo derby and the chuck and chariot waggons on Saturday night.”

Fox says they are moving towards having more events that can take place in all kinds of weather, rain or shine.

“Those events kind of ended up saving the day."

Fox says on Saturday when the sun was shining the fairgrounds were full of people enjoying this year’s attractions.

He expects that next year’s fair will probably stick with the Friday, Saturday, Sunday event days.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 4, 2018 - 2:40 pm

A single occupant sprayer plane crashed this morning in Russell.

Shortly before 10, Russell RCMP responded to the crash at the Russell Airport.

The plane was flying southbound and was attempting to land on the runway. It lost control and flipped into a swampy area.

The 53-year-old male pilot, from Winnipeg, received minor injuries but does remain in hospital at this time.

At the time of the crash, the winds were strong.

The runway was shut down while RCMP held the scene. It has since reopened. The Transportation Safety Board has been notified.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Jul 4, 2018 - 2:28 pm

The Municipality of Roblin has declared a State of Local Emergency.

The council declared the Emergency this morning because of the heavy rains in the Municipality.

It'll take into effect today, and will remain in effect for roughly a month.

"Our lift stations are having a very tough time keeping up," said Twyla Ludwig, CAO for the Municipality of Roblin. "We're asking the public to restrict water use for now. And, to make sure sump pumps are pumped outside."

For more information, you can contact the Municipality of Roblin at 937-8333.