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The R.M. of Riding Mountain West issued a burning ban effective immediately.
The R.M. of Riding Mountain West includes the communities of Inglis, Shellmouth-Boulton and the former R.M. of Silver Creek.
Residents are asked to refrain from setting fires during this time.
For more information call the fire chiefs at 937-7331 or 773-0244.
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A fire ban in place right now would hurt Dauphin farmers who are following the rules.
Since the end of April, 85 burning permits have been issued.
Cam Abrey, Dauphin Fire Chief, responded to nine fires in two weeks.
“The other eight fires we’ve had, because we have only responded nine times in the last two and half weeks, the other eight incidents never had a permit in place. So if we put a burn ban in place at this point and time, it eliminates all permits that are out there. We don’t want to punish those that are following the rules by putting a ban in place totally.”
Some of the fires have attributed to farm equipment hitting wires, a grader creating sparks while maintaining roads and sparks created by a train on the tracks.
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A jury was selected yesterday morning to hear the case of three men accused of killing Garnet Baptiste.
The 26-year-old from Ebb and Flow First Nation was found severely injured after a confrontation in a motel parking lot at the Carberry Motor Inn on September 9, 2015.
He was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Twelve jurors were called to the Brandon Court of Queen’s Bench for the trial, which takes place soon.
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After 3 successful elections, Conservative MP Robert Sopuck has announced he isn’t seeking election in 2019.
During his time in federal politics, he chaired the Conservative hunting and angling caucus and also served as a member of the standing committees for the environment and sustainable development and for fisheries and oceans.
Sopuck tells 730 CKDM some of the reasons he has decided to not run a 4th time.
“It’s a whole bunch of reasons. I’ve gone through 3 elections: a by-election in 2010, a general election in 2011 and the general in 2015. So that’s quite a few elections in a fairly short amount of time. I felt that two terms for me as an MP was probably the best for me.”
Sopuck is happy to have served for 2 full terms in federal politics and says it’s time for him to go back to his farm south of the Park and enjoy the life his wife and himself have built.
In the last election, he won 46.4 percent of the vote.
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The band students at the DRCSS have a special concert this weekend.
The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble is coming to Dauphin and plan to hold a joint concert.
Taylor Schmidt the DRCSS band director talks about why the group decided to come to the Parkland.
“The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble which is a group made up of professional musicians and teachers that perform all around Manitoba are coming, they do an outreach concert. They are coming to Dauphin next Saturday to do some work with our students here at the DRCSS and also put on a concert.”
The concert begins at 3 at the DRCSS with tickets available at the door. It costs $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
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MP Robert Sopuck won’t seek re-election during the 2019 federal election.
The Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa made the announcement on Saturday at his riding’s Conservative Party Electoral District Association AGM.
Sopuck has already informed the party leadership and the Manitoba Conservative caucus, giving them plenty of time to find the next candidate to run in our riding.
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More burn bans are in effect in the Parkland.
A burning ban is in effect for the Municipality of Roblin until further notice.
Effective at 6 this evening, Grandview is also imposing a ban.
No fires are allowed throughout either of the Municipalities, rural and urban.
Update:
The RM of Lakeshore now has a Municipality-Wide Fire Ban taking effect.
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There is a controlled burn going on right now south of Dauphin.
Smoke from stubble burning is blowing over the highway just north of the entrance to Riding Mountain National Park.
The smoke has reduced visibility dramatically.
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A 30 year old man is dead after being struck by a pickup truck north of Ashern.
Around 3:30 this morning a 24-year-old woman and her passenger, both from Little Saskatchewan First Nation, were driving north of Ashern on Highway 6 when their SUV rolled.
They were both were wearing their seatbelts and were able to exit the vehicle.
The 30 year old was subsequently struck by a southbound pickup truck and killed.
The driver of the SUV suffered non-life threatening injuries and Alcohol was not a factor in the collision of the SUV.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 41-year-old male from Ashern, is facing multiple charges including Impaired Driving Causing Death.
He remains in police custody at this time.
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The Dauphin & District Community Foundation is holding their Annual General Meeting tomorrow.
Kit Daley, the executive director, expects to highlight the important initiatives and groups they have contributed to this year.
“I think it’s important that they hear what they are doing and how we are doing. We’ve had a lot of growth this year and we are pretty proud of the organizations we were able to assist through our granting. I think it’s important for the community to learn more about that.”
The AGM takes place at 7 in the Dauphin City council chamber at City Hall.
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If you look up at the night sky this weekend you can catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.
Visible until Monday, this shower can produce around 10-30 meteors per hour with the peak period to view this shower tomorrow.
If you are able to see them in the sky, they will move past going around 30 to 70 km per second.
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