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Assiniboine Community College’s Alumni Association is accepting nominations for this year’s Parkland Region Alumni Awards.
Nominees can be graduates of any Assiniboine campus but have to live in the Parkland region.
There are four awards:
The 'Distinguished Alumni' presented to someone who has distinguished themselves in both their chosen profession and their community.
The ‘Community Service’ award that recognizes someone who has positively impacted the quality of people’s lives through the service of others.
The ‘One to Watch’ that honours a graduate who is 30 years of age or younger at the time of nomination and has made achievements and significant contributions to his or her profession and/or community.
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The ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award honours a faculty member from the Parkland campus for extraordinary contributions to teaching and the student experience.
“The Parkland Region Alumni Celebration is an excellent opportunity to recognize the dedication of outstanding Assiniboine alumni in our community,” said Erin Sigvaldason, chair of the Parkland Region Alumni Committee and a 2001 graduate of the Business Administration program at the college’s Parkland campus in Dauphin."
The deadline for nominations is March 1st. Nomination forms can be found at assiniboine.net/alumni/alumni-awards-parkland.
The awards are presented on April 11th at the annual Alumni Awards Celebration Dinner at Aspen Lodge in the Dauphin Recreation Centre.
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The job of an officer can be very busy.
Sergeant Nolan Suss, commander for the Parkland Detachment area, says the first priority is to respond to calls for service based on the severity of the call.
They determine the severity of a call based on the danger level, if there’s an assault in progress or a weapon like a knife or gun involved, that takes precedent.
The second priority is to continue any ongoing investigations. They do that because there are lots of cases that need more evidence to begin a court process.
The third priority is to check up on chronic offenders. There is a system in place to check up on these people to make sure they are following the rules.
Their fourth priority is traffic enforcement. What often happens is this occurs when they are travelling in between one of the three other priorities.
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You have until today to submit applications for Community Futures Parkland’s grants and awards.
“Local community groups know that they can apply each year, and due to our smaller intake, many of them have an opportunity to receive the funding. It is a really beneficial program for those community projects that have smaller budgets they may not be eligible for larger or provincial or federal programs.”
Paige Cruickshank says groups don’t have to match funding and they don’t have to pay the funds back.
She shares what CF Parkland is looking for when choosing grant recipients.
“They want applications that reflect the program objectives of each grant. Community projects would be tourism, events, education, and after-school programs. Entrepreneurship would be for the less established entrepreneurs.”
This is the 19th year CF Parkland has committed the region. Proximity $195,745 has been granted to 103 regional and community initiatives throughout the region.
Nomination forms can be found online for the community project grants, entrepreneurship grants, and the volunteer awards.
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Update: The snowfall warning is over.
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10 to 20 centimetres of snow is expected to fall in most areas.
Light snow through the area will intensify this morning as the weather system draws closer.
The snow will taper off early this evening as the system moves into Ontario.
A brisk northeast wind may cause reduced visibility at times in blowing snow Saturday.
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With a five-year school plan, Henderson Elementary School started a celebrating learning initiative.
They want to recognize students at points throughout the year instead of just at the end in June.
Students get recognized for attendance, leadership, numeracy and literacy.
Celebrations happen at the end of each term because it encourages students to work hard at all times of the year.
This year the Wall of Fame was created.
The wall is updated monthly and students who have consistently shown an effort in leadership, literacy, and numeracy get their picture put up with a write up by their teacher about why they deserve to be on the wall.
The students get really excited for the assemblies.
They have an opportunity to win bracelets and have a chance to win a bike at the end of the year if they have an attendance rate of 95 per cent.
Ronda Casavant, principal at Henderson, has a message for the students at Henderson.
“I’m really proud of our students that they are working hard for each of these awards and our school plan. Our school results are showing the efforts of our staff and students.”
For a detailed look at each award click here.
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Ron Joyce, billionaire and co-founder of Tim Hortons, was 88.
Joyce was the first franchise owner of the now-iconic coffee and doughnut chain in 1964, later partnering with Tim Horton in 1967.
In 1974 Joyce took over as the owner of the business because Horton passed away in a car accident.
He was also known for his philanthropic work, receiving the Order of Canada in 1992 for his work with underprivileged children and youth.
Worldwide, there are currently over 4500 Tim Hortons locations.
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The Parkland is now under a winter storm watch.
After getting through a vicious extreme cold warning, a winter storm warning is now in effect where we could get up to 30 cm of snow.
The heaviest accumulations are expected during the day tomorrow before gradually diminishing in the early evening.
To view the full statement from Environment Canada, click here.
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Co-op is now accepting applications for their community spaces program.
Funding between 25 and 150 thousand dollars is available per project.
Registered non-profit organizations, registered charities, or community service co-operatives are encouraged to apply for a grant.
“Co-op community Spaces is dedicating two million dollars to fund projects across the Western Provinces. In fact, last year the Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club were awarded 150 thousand dollars for their multi-use trail network that they’re creating out by Selo."
Joan Chetyrbok, from the Dauphin Consumers Co-op, encourages groups to go online at co-op.crs/communityspaces and apply.
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Most crime numbers in Dauphin peaked in 2011 or 2012 and have trended downward since then with a few bumps.
The RCMP released their policing report from October to December has been released.
Crime trends are down slightly compared to last year.
Only assaults in Dauphin went up compared to last year’s stats for the quarter.
Charges are less than the number of calls on the data because the amount of calls includes calls that don’t warrant a charge, not enough evidence is found, and calls that are assisting the public.
In 2018, charges were down 273 from the previous year.
Sergeant Nolan Suss, commander for the Parkland Detachment area, says they deal with false alarm calls as well.
There is a system in place to deal with people who call too much.
Suss says whenever a 911 call gets hung up they have to respond to the call.
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There was a van fire in front of 7-11 in Dauphin.
The van fire was put out by the owner before the fire department got to the scene.
The firefighters helped to make sure everything was put out before calling a tow truck.
Fire Chief Cam Abrey said the fire was caused by a mechanical issue along with leaking gas.
The fire department received two calls earlier in the day, they were both cooking incidents.
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