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The union representing employees of Superstore, Extra Foods, and No Frills across Manitoba reached a tentative agreement.
The bargaining committee representing over 3500 workers reached an agreement at 3:30 a.m. this morning with Loblaw.
Details of the tentative agreement will be presented to the members at meetings across the province, on Sunday, October 14.
The bargaining committee will recommend that the membership accept the agreement.
“Thanks to our members’ strong strike mandate and some long days of bargaining, we were finally able to get a deal we can recommend to our membership,” said Jeff Traeger, President of UFCW Local 832. “I cannot thank this bargaining committee enough for all the hard work they put in. We wouldn’t have achieved this without their effort.”
The contract expired last night, Thursday, September 27, 2018, at midnight, but it will continue in force and effect until the ratification vote.
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Three people were arrested in Crane River after RCMP seized drugs, firearms and cash.
Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP executed a search warrant last Friday the 21st around 8:20 in the evening, at a residence located in the community.
Police found approximately 152 grams of cocaine, eight firearms and a large sum of Canadian currency.
Charges are pending for the three people.
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Minimum wage in Manitoba is going up on Monday.
It’s going up 20 cents to $11.35.
“We are improving wages for working Manitobans, and as of Oct.1, the minimum wage is increasing to $11.35,” said Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen. “We remain committed to indexing Manitoba’s minimum wage with the rate of inflation in a predictable and sustainable way.”
Adjustments are based on Manitoba’s 2017 inflation rate of 1.6 percent and rounding up to the nearest five cents.
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The search continues north of Ste. Rose for Dwayne Lavallee.
Lavallee, who is from Skownan First Nation, was last seen on the 22nd around two in the afternoon on the Ebb and Flow First Nation.
His silver SUV was found by a farmer on Wednesday night and reported to police. The family was notified that it was located north of Ste. Rose and a half miles off highway 276.
His mom, Kelly Lavallee is grateful for the volunteers who have come out to search for her son.
“There is a lot of volunteers out there that are searching. They covered a lot of ground yesterday, and today I think they are going to go further. There are more volunteers coming. The more, the merrier.”
“I’m so happy that there’s all these people from all over that I don’t even know that are helping with searching for my son.”
Dwayne is described as Indigenous, 6’2”, approximately 200 lbs. He has a tattoo of a small cross on his left hand and a tattoo of “can’t stop” on his right arm.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ste.Rose RCMP at 204-447-2513 or call Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477,
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Kerri Riehl is running for city council in Dauphin.
She’s running because while talking to people Riehl heard a few main concerns as well as frustrations about not being able to voice opinions.
Her two biggest concerns are safety in the community and lowering crime.
Riehl explains how you can learn more about her.
“I have a Facebook Page, they can contact me by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call me at (204) 647-5942 and I’m more than willing and happy to speak to individuals as well as if someone wants to contact me to come and speak to their group I’m certainly willing to do that as well.”
The election is on October 24th.
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Orange Shirt Day takes place at the Watson Art Centre today begging at 10.
West Region Treaty 2 & 4 Health Services is hosting an event this morning in honour of all residential school survivors.
Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for healing and reconciliation across Canada.
The date was picked because it’s the time of year when children were taken from their homes and brought to residential schools.
The opening prayer and remarks begin at 10.
Guest speaker James Eagle is set to begin speaking at 11.
Messages of healing and reconciliation are held after lunch at one and end around 3.
Orange Shirt Day has is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year.
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RCMP is searching for a missing 21 year old around the rural area of Ste. Rose.
Dwayne Lavallee, who is from Skownan First Nation, was last seen on the 22nd around 2 in the afternoon on the Ebb and Flow First Nation.
A ground search is currently taking place in a rural area north of Ste. Rose du Lac. It’s being conducted by the RCMP, the Office of the Fire Commissioner and other search and rescue partners.
Dwayne is described as Indigenous, 6’2”, approximately 200 lbs. He has a tattoo of a small cross on his left hand and a tattoo of “can’t stop” on his right arm.
RCMP are concerned for his safety.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Ste.Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-2513 or call Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text "TIPMAN" plus your message to CRIMES (274637).
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Rotary does more than just fundraising for projects in Dauphin.
The district manager, Malcolm Strang, stopped by the Al Morning Show this morning and shared one of the highlights the club does to help people around the world.
“In the last 30 years, Rotary has been a major actor, a major mover and shaker in the reduction and the near elimination of Polio. Last year, in 2017, we immunized 430 million people along with our partners in the elimination of Polio.”
Over 17 million people have not got Polio in part because of the work was done by the Rotary Club.
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Jack Bremner has been on the RM of Dauphin Council for the past 8 years.
He’s running again and the biggest issue he’s facing this election is that the development plan hasn’t been signed yet.
In the past, Bremner brought the garbage transport station to the council and is continuing to work hard to bring safe drinking water to more people in the RM of Dauphin.
If you want to know more about him, talk to him out on the street, he is open to receiving phone calls saying,
“They can contact me anytime. My name is in the phone book.”
The RM of Dauphin Council elections is on October 24th.
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Orange Shirt Day has now been moved to the Watson Arts Centre.
The event tomorrow starts at 10 in the morning, going until 3:30.
The event is in honour of all Residential School Survivors.
The event is free and open to all in the community.
Opening Prayers begin at 10, followed by guest speakers, lunch, along with messages of healing and reconciliation.
For more information, please call 204-622-940.
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The Manitoba government will write-off an eighty-two million dollar loan which helped in financing the construction of Investors Group Field, home to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Premier Brian Pallister says that the write-off is necessary to save the team, and that the current payment structure is unsustainable.
A big reason for the write-off is the fact that the Bombers got a break on interest on the loan, until this year. Without the break in interest payments, interest itself will come in at around four million dollars annually.
The province had earlier forgiven another one-hundred and eighteen million dollar portion of the loan which was set up by the former NDP government.
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