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Assiniboine Community College recently welcomed nine high school students to experience ag-related trades and training and career opportunities.
The students came from the DRCSS, Grandview School, Goose Lake High in Roblin, Birtle Collegiate, and Strathclair School, and they spent the day with current ACC students and instructors discovering what a career in agriculture-related mechanical trades would look like.
Chairperson of Mechanical Trades at ACC, Kevin Poirier, said the day was very hands-on.
“It was a fantastic way to introduce and make students aware of some of the pathways that are options for them going forward, especially in the ag industry where there’s a huge need,” said Poirier. “If you go the path of agricultural trades training, there’s a good chance that you’re going to get gainful employment upon graduation.”
The Western Equipment Dealers Association initiated this “trades boot camp” because of the need for skilled workers in ag-related trades jobs, and more specifically career opportunities for Agricultural Equipment Technicians (AET). The program allows post-secondary institutes to introduce high school students to related career opportunities.
The course requires students to complete 50 hours of online curriculum, including access to online instructors, followed by the boot camp where students experience the College environment and work alongside instructors and AET apprentices.
Students complete the course with 50 hours of hands-on experience in the service shop at their local farm equipment dealership.
Along with working to help fill employment needs for ag employers like the participating dealerships, the boot camp experience benefits the students considering trade training.
Poirier hopes that the students that participate in the program, eventually walk the halls of an ACC campus.
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The Mountain View School Division’s policy on cannabis remains the same as edibles will be on the shelves next month.
Superintendent Dan Ward says they’re emphasizing education.
“Talking to students about the potential dangers of cannabis use and in particular edibles. Of course, for anyone under the age of 19, any cannabis use, in terms of acquiring cannabis or using it, is still illegal. That being said, we’re still educating our students on the potential dangers of any cannabis use.”
Ward admits edibles will provide a challenge to determine if a student is using them.
“Typically the principals and teachers are in a good position as they know their students, to determine whether or not a student is intoxicated or under the influence of a drug.”
If a student is caught under the influence, their parents will be contacted and the student could receive a suspension, a referral to the addictions foundation, or ongoing counselling if it’s been determined the student has issues with substance abuse.
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On Friday afternoon at 3, Spruce Plains RCMP, along with fire and EMS personnel responded to a residential fire, 5 kilometres west of Plumas, northeast of Neepawa.
When first responders arrived they found a mobile home on fire.
After being extinguished, the bodies of two adults and a child were found.
A 36-year-old male, a 28-year-old female, and a 2-year-old female were all residents of the home.
Four other children who also resided in the home were at school during the fire.
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In Manitoba, from 2014-17, just over 120 thousand people had some form of diabetes.
Rhonda Slack, a registered nurse with Prairie Mountain Health, says 90 per cent are type 2 and 10 per cent are type 1.
“In the PMH region in the same years, there were approximately 17 500 people living with diabetes, or 10 per cent of the population. These are only the people who are being treated, the number is probably higher because there are people out in the region who have diabetes but haven’t been diagnosed.
Slack says type 1 diabetes isn’t preventable, but there are some ways to prevent type 2.
Eat healthily, drink water, tea, or coffee, limit or eliminate, sugary drinks like pop or juice, and exercise for 150 minutes a week.
Even if someone takes the preventative measures, they could still develop type 2 diabetes because of the risk factors.
Those risk factors are being from a family with a history of diabetes, being 40+ years old, being a member of a high-risk population like being of Aboriginal, African, Asian, or of Hispanic descent, having a history of pre-diabetes, having diabetes while the mother is pregnant, or being overweight.
It’s also possible for diabetes to go away if someone makes those lifestyle changes.
Slack says once someone is 40 years old, they should be tested for diabetes every 3 years, but if someone has the risk factors, she says they should be checked every 6 months to a year.
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Remembrance Day is a day where we remember the soldiers who have given their lives for our country and honour those still fighting.
Thousands of men and women have served in the Canadian Armed Forces, from World War 1 until today in countries around the world.
According to Veterans Affairs Canada, there are 21,100 veterans in Manitoba.
One of Canada's most famous war heroes, Billy Barker, was born in Dauphin. Barker went on to become Canada's most decorated soldier in history.
Remembrance Day is celebrated in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month because that's when the armistice that ended the First World War took effect in 1918.
The Remembrance Day ceremony takes place this morning at Credit Union Place at 10:45, with a wreath-laying ceremony at the cenotaph on Memorial Boulevard to follow.
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Randy Hiller from Russell has won $52,000 in the Russell Take a Year Off Lottery.
Other prize winners are:
MEGA 50/50 of $19,850 - Norman Little, Hamiota, MB.
$5,000 - Wes Osborn, Russell, MB.
$3,000 - Erin Erb, Oak Bluff, MB.
$2,000 - Wood Langford, Birtle, MB.
$1,000 - Marilyn Lee, Russell, MB.
$1,000 - Theanyi Anvkam, Winnipeg, MB.
$500 - Cheryl Lemoine and Jordan Simard, St. Lazare, MB.
$500 - Marg Fraser, Binscarth, MB.
Thank you to anyone who bought a ticket for this year's lottery and congratulations to the winners.
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Manitoba pharmacies are in a state of limbo as they wait for the latest delivery of the flu vaccine.
Pharmacists Manitoba says some pharmacies haven’t even received a single shipment.
Provincial officials told health authorities there’d be order cuts due to shortages.
Manitoba Health says they’ve received their full order of vaccines.
We have reached out to PMH to find out how this is affecting our region.
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A Manitoba judge says that a Brandon inmate who died of a morphine overdose probably got it from two other prisoners who snuck the drug into the jail.
Judge John Combs recommends corrections officers take more precautions to prevent drugs being smuggled into prisons after he believes the morphine was smuggled in hollow chocolate kinder eggs.
Combs is the judge that oversaw an inquest into the death of a high-ranking member of a motorcycle gang, and he says that inmates should not be told the details of where and when they are going for community visits or medical appointments.
39-year-old Jean Paul Beaumont was found dead in his cell at the Brandon Correctional Centre. Just days before Beaumont’s death, his cellmates arranged a drug drop after they were told about a doctors appointment.
The heads-up gave enough time for the inmates to arrange for someone to leave drugs in a hospital bathroom.
Combs also recommends that the officers escorting inmates in the community should allow them to use obvious public bathrooms.
He suggests that inmates be escorted to bathrooms on different floors or other parts of the building.
The judge notes that drugs have also been smuggled into the jail through the mail that wasn’t being pre-screened by guards.
Since Beaumont died, the mail couriers policy has been changed.
Combs also recommended exploring installing panic alarms in cells, and that officers make thorough welfare checks on inmates during their rounds.
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It’s the time of year for Operation Christmas Child.
Operation Christmas Child is a campaign aimed at providing kids in third-world countries with things they won’t normally have access to by filling shoeboxes with different items.
The Parkland campaign has been underway for a couple of weeks now, with the last day for box drop-offs being tomorrow.
You can pick up boxes at the Dauphin Marketplace Mall at Aikens Jewelers, and Only Deals.
The boxes should contain a “wow” item like a toy, school supplies, and hygiene items.
Items like toothpaste and lotions are not allowed in the boxes due to customs regulations.
Also, a $10 donation per box is needed to cover shipping.
Boxes can be dropped off at Grace Bible Church.
For more information, call Erin at (204) 918-7671
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At around 3:00 this afternoon, emergency crews were called out to the scene of an accident at the intersection of Mountain Road and River Avenue.
The two-vehicle collision resulted in a set of street lights being knocked out.
No injuries have been reported.
We will have more information as it becomes available.
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An investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Waywayseecappo by the Independent Investigation Unit has finished.
A Manitoba First Nations Police officer shot and injured a man after being stabbed in the head and neck.
On May 29th of this year, the officer attended a disturbance complaint in Waywayseecappo in the parking lot of the gaming centre.
The officer spoke to a group of intoxicated people and then tried to arrest a man. The man suddenly stabbed the officer in the head before continuing to stab him in the back and neck a total of nine times.
The two fell to the ground whilst wrestling. The officer was able to stand up and shot his service pistol once, hitting the man in the side of his face and shoulder.
The IIU was mandated to investigate because an injury was caused by the discharge of a firearm by a police officer. Interviews with nine witnesses, surveillance video from the gaming centre parking lot, and medical reports from the man and officer helped the IIU in the investigation.
In a press release, the IIU includes Civilian Director Zane Tessler’s conclusion.
“The man attacked the officer without warning or provocation and the officer’s decision to shoot the man to prevent further harm to himself was both reasonable and justified.”
The officer won’t face any charges.
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