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Sentencing for former Yorkton gynecologist, Mohammed Haque has been adjourned.
Haque was originally accused of sexual assaulting 16 women going back to 2001.
He was found guilty of only four of the accusations.
This morning in Yorkton’s Court of Queen’s Bench, the defense was granted an adjournment to wait on a report regarding Haque’s personal health.
Sentencing has been scheduled for August 24.
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Temperatures in vehicles can get increasingly hot in a short period of time.
This is why it’s never a good idea to leave your pet in a hot vehicle for even 10 minutes.
If it’s 20 degrees outside, a vehicle will go to 32 degrees in 10 minutes and if it’s 27 degrees outside, a vehicle will go to 43 degrees in 20 minutes.
Dr. Roxanne Neufeld, Veterinarian at the Dauphin Vet Clinic, says just leaving the vehicle window open isn’t enough to cool a pet off.
“43 degrees Celsius in a vehicle is already going to be detrimental to a pet’s health, so its much safer if you’re running some errands, don’t bring your pets with you. If you have to have your pets with you, then park in the shade, leave your vehicle running with the air conditioning on but just cracking a window open isn’t going to be enough to keep the temperature of your vehicle from rising to dangerous levels.”
Pets suffering from heat exposure will seem lethargic and should see a veterinarian right away.
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A single vehicle rollover on Highway 5 just one kilometre east of Gilbert Plains occurred just before 8:00 this morning.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.
We’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available.
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Low-income families with children on social assistance often have to turn to the Dauphin Food Bank.
In a recent report, it showed that a third of children in the Dauphin-Neepawa-Swan River federal riding lived in poverty.
Robin Gambler, Chair of the food bank, spoke with us about the issue and shares some reasons she thinks families have to turn to the food bank for support.
“I think a lot of it is, the rent is pretty high and for someone on social assistance that has to pay that large rent and they don’t have that in their budget, it takes away from their basic needs budget. A lot of places they have to pay their own utilities which could be very pricey as well.”
She also shares with us how many applications for support the food bank receives.
“We’re serving 90 to 100 applications by-weekly which means it could be 250 people in those applications.”
The report by Campaign 2000 showed that 6,910 children aged 0-17 in our riding live in poverty.
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A new franchise is coming to Dauphin by December or January.
A Dairy Queen is going to be built in the Dauphin Market Place Mall parking lot.
We spoke with the new franchise owner, Pratik Patel who is the owner of the Dairy Queen in The Pas, about when Dauphin should expect the new restaurant to open up.
They are currently just finishing with legal paper work before they can begin building the restaurant hopefully by July.
He says it should take about 3 months after the building is built for them to get set up and ready for business.
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Events are taking place in Riding Mountain National Park today to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day.
Cal Martin, who is the park's Visitor Experience Manager, spoke with us this morning to share what’s going on.
“We have Daina Warren who is the curator for the Urban Shaman Aboriginal Art Gallery in Winnipeg. She is here as our artist in residence and she is doing a talk and presentation at 7 p.m. at the Wasagaming Art Centre.”
Martin encourages everyone to drive down to Wasagaming this afternoon.
“Here at Riding Mountain National Park, we are located in Treaty Two territory. But we work with First Nations in Treaty Two, Treaty Four, and Treaty One. Coming and taking part in the activities that we have here at the park, and interactions that people can have with Anishinaabe People of the area, gives greater insight and appreciation just our relationship with indigenous people and it’s a great thing to celebrate.”
A teepee raising took place at 1 and there are smaller demonstrations going on until 4 this afternoon.
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RCMP are looking for a 31-year-old man who is missing from Flin Flon since Tuesday.
Skylar Bighetty was last seen heading towards Creighton, SK.
He is a vulnerable person and it’s believed he may have hitchhiked or got on a bus.
Skylar is Indigenous, with brown eyes, black hair, is approximately 5’8” tall and 190 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact RCMP at 204-687-1423 or call Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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For National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the NorthWest Métis Council held a free BBQ for all to enjoy today.
The celebration was held between the WAC and the Métis administration office from 11:00 this morning.
Francis Chartrand, Vice President of the local Métis, tells us about how the celebration went.
“It’s excellent. We’re just so happy that we had Whitmore School here and Mackenzie Middle School here. We had elders from the old folks’ home. We had dancers come in from Duck Bay, from Dauphin, and from Kinnesota. Our entertainment was Campbell Brothers. It was a great day and I’m just so happy we could share our Métis culture with the City of Dauphin and everyone that came down.”
Chartrand wants to promote the culture so people in the area can understand the history.
“I think that when we promote our Métis culture and educate the people of the City of Dauphin and the R.M. of Dauphin and surrounding areas, then they get to understand who we are and where we come from. We have a great partnership with the City of Dauphin. Bless our late mayor, Eric Irwin, he was a great partner and I’m sure we are going to continue working with the City of Dauphin and the R.M. of Dauphin.”
Local musical and dancing entertainment came from all over the area to perform during the event.
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There is still some work to be done to get the room ready at the Dauphin Hospital before the MRI comes.
Petr Kresta, Shared Health Manitoba’s Chief Operating Officer, says the machine is currently being built.
“So the manufacturer of the MRI is one of the long lead items, in terms that it’s manufactured in Germany. They have a production schedule, so they are going to be working on manufacturing the MRI. It takes about 12 to 16 weeks to manufacture that unit and to ship it into a ready site, so a site that’s fully prepared to receive the MRI, to have power applied, air conditioning and so forth. So all of that, the manufacturing work, the remaining site work as well as purchasing some very specific MRI safe small equipment, like stretchers, wheelchairs and those kinds of things, all of that is going to culminate in the site being ready towards the end of October or early beginning of November 2018.”
The machine will be transported on a flatbed transport trailer. Getting the machine into the room requires cutting into the exterior wall and being lowered into the building by a crane and other equipment.
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A project to connect Dauphin seniors with technology is starting with the help of youth this fall.
Students from Mackenzie Middle School will help teach online concepts to seniors this fall through a partnership with the Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and the Dauphin Multi-Purpose Seniors Centre.
Alison Moss, Community Liaison for Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal, explains how the project will work.
“So this project and grant will be used to purchase iPads and tablets. We’re going to get a range from high-end to more affordable and budget friendly tablets and devices. So those devices will be housed at the senior centre and the public would be welcomed to go and try and use them. Some of the workshops we are proposing, and again it will sort of depend on local interest, but what we think will be really great are various learning opportunities around things like FaceTime and Facebook. We really were thinking about how do we use technology to address social isolation.”
To kick off the project, a free viewing of the film “Cyber Seniors” is tonight at 6:30 at the Countryfest Community Cinema.
To sign up for the program, call Alison at 622-3146.
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A traffic stop on June 5 on 3rd Avenue. N.E. in Dauphin led RCMP to conduct a search of a vehicle.
During the search, 190 grams of cocaine, a large sum of cash and drug paraphernalia was discovered and seized.
Allan Dengler, 30-years-old of Peachland B.C. and Amanda Saxinger, 22-years-old of Cudworth, SK, were arrested.
They were charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Proceeds of Crime.
Both were remanded into custody and then released on court imposed conditions with a Dauphin court date of August 14.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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