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Riding Mountain National Park will be partially reopening camping services on Monday, June 22.
Reservations for select areas of Wasagaming campground will reopen late June to early July. Other areas of the campground are already completely booked to near capacity until early September.
Camp Kippichewin will open for reserved camping (3 sites only) on June 22.
All oTENTiks, and other roofed accommodations remain closed until July 15, while Parks Canada assesses how these services might resume. Also, all large events are still suspended until further notice.
Reservations from international visitors -- including those from the U.S. -- are still cancelled until at least August 7th.
All national parks in Canada were closed at the end of March to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Recreational boating and watercraft activities have been allowed on park waters since June 12. Before watercrafts are permitted in park waters for fishing or other leisure activity, visitors must undergo a mandatory watercraft inspection.
For more information, visit the National Park website.
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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is announcing today the province will move into Phase Three of reopening, as of Sunday, June 21st.
Earlier last week, the province released the Draft Plan for the next phase of relaxing restrictions, and have developed the plan with feedback from the public.
Key changes coming into effect in Phase Three include:
- Lifting capacity limits for restaurants, bars, microbreweries and distilleries, as long as tables and seating are arranged so there is two metres of separation between people sitting at different tables.
- Allowing people from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and people living in the area of the northwestern Ontario (west of Terrace Bay) to visit Manitoba without having to self-isolate for 14 days.
- Allowing child care centres can return to their regular licensed capacity.
To view all the changes coming into effect on June 21 with Phase Three, click here.
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As of 12:48 p.m., Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Ashern, Eriksdale, and Portage la Prairie.
Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may create damaging winds, hail, and torrential rain.
Portage la Prairie is also under a heat warning today, with daytime highs in the low 30’s and humidex values in the upper 30’s.
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Two new cases have been identified in Manitoba today, taking the total number of cases to 306.
There’s still no one in the hospital and the number of deaths remains at 7.
The province currently has 6 active cases and 293 people have recovered.
For more details about COVID-19, you can go to manitoba.ca/covid19.
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MPI has announced they’re requesting an overall rate decrease of 10.5% with the Public Utilities Board.
It would be the largest rate decrease in three decades if it gets approved.
The average passenger vehicle owner will pay about $130 less in premiums per year.
In a press release, Ben Graham, President and CEO with MPI, says the historic rate decrease shows the strong recent performance and financial position of MPI.
“While many private auto insurers across Canada are asking for double-digit rate increases, Manitobans are receiving the benefits of a well-executed public auto insurance model.”
The PUB hearings typically begin in October, concluding later in the month. The board typically issues its order in December.
The proposed rates would be effective April 1, 2021, but because renewal dates are staggered, some vehicle owners won’t pay their new rates until March 31, 2022.
Requested Rate Changes by Class
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Major Use |
Applied for Rate Changes |
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Private passenger |
-11.0% |
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Commercial |
-4.8% |
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Public |
-6.1% |
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Motorcycles |
1.8% |
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Trailers |
-11.4% |
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Off-road vehicles |
0% |
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Overall (applied for) |
-10.5% |
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Students graduating from the English Ukrainian Bilingual Program (EUBP) in Dauphin will have a special event this weekend to mark the occasion.
A grad parade has been organized by Manitoba Parents for Ukrainian Education (MPUE).
President Paulette Monita and Vice President Barb Thiessen will bring their Ukraine-ified Chevrolet to Dauphin on Saturday.
“We’re going to show up at the doorstep of our grads. We’re going to hop out, we’re going to cheer and honk. We have a gift and a certificate to give to the graduates.”
The organization usually hosts a family celebration to celebrate graduation.
“When we determined we had to cancel that, we thought, ‘how can we honour these kids and give them something special and unique?’”
Graduates include Grade 8, who are finishing the English Ukrainian Bilingual Program at MacKenzie Middle School. Grade 5 from Smith Jackson will be graduating and moving on to the middle school.
The parade gets underway at 1 p.m.
For more information, you can head to the MPUE website. They'll also post photos along the way at the MPUE Facebook page.
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The provincial government is expanding its Risk Recognition program to include more front line workers affected by COVID-19.
The program is a federal cost-share program meant for workers who’ve continued to work and face risks throughout the COVID-19 situation.
The payment is available to part-time and full-time front line workers in various positions including health care, social services, justice, transportation, food and beverage, and essential retail.
The $120 million program has now been expanded to hotel workers (reception, cleaners, maintenance, kitchen staff, servers) and business improvement zone staff (patrol, graffiti removal, street cleaners, distributors of COVID-19-related education material and Personal Protective Equipment).
The province has extended the application deadline until Monday, June 29 at noon.
You can view the full list of workers that qualify here.
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UPDATE: As of 3:05 p.m., the severe thunderstorm watch has ended for the R.M. of West Interlake, including Ashern and Eriksdale.
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As of 2:45 p.m., Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the R.M. of West Interlake, including Ashern and Eriksdale.
A severe thunderstorm is tracking over Lake Manitoba towards the Clarkleigh area, moving to the east-northeast at 70 km/h.
The weather system could produce a thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel-sized hail, and heavy rain.
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Traffic has been reduced to one lane on 2nd Ave. NW on the bridge over the Vermillion River.
Crews are on scene directing traffic as they continue their work in the area.
CKDM will bring you more updates as they become available.
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Travel at the Canada-U.S. border will continue to be restricted for at least another month.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this morning an extension to the border restrictions was agreed on by both countries.
The border was first closed back on March 21 to all non-essential travel, to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
The agreement still allows the flow of trade and commerce between Canada and the U.S.
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Public Health officials have announced no new cases today. The total number of cases in the province is at 304.
No one is in the hospital, and the number of deaths remains at 7.
There are 5 active cases and 292 people have recovered.
There has been a total of 26 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
For more information click here.
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