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The province Is making it easy for people to voice their opinion during Manitoba’s pre-budget consultations.
There are no budget consultations scheduled for the Parkland, so everyone here is encouraged to go online and fill out a survey.
The survey seeks feedback from Manitobans on several topics including balancing the budget, sustaining healthcare and funding education.
You’re able to adjust the budget for items like income tax, the retail sales tax and other revenues, as well as adjust spending on health, education, public safety and other key areas of government. The interactive feature then uses the responses to build a budget based on the participant’s priorities.
You can find the link to the Budget 2019 survey by going here.
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Riding Mountain National Park is following provincial laws when it comes to pot use.
Here are the rules around where you can’t use cannabis:
- Public consumption (including Day Use Areas): cannabis consumption is not permitted in day-use areas.
- Campgrounds: In Parks Canada campgrounds, cannabis consumption will be limited to campsites as they are considered temporary residences. Therefore, cannabis consumption will not be allowed in shared public spaces within campgrounds (i.e. kitchen shelters, washrooms, trails, roads or anywhere else outside a person's campsite).
- Trails: cannabis consumption is not permitted on trails.
- Playgrounds: cannabis consumption is not permitted near playgrounds.
- Parks Canada accommodations (oTENTiks, Yurt, micrOcube, Cairns Cabin): cannabis consumption is not permitted inside of Parks Canada accommodations.
For more information click here.
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The Dauphin Knights of Columbus have to make some big changes to their Christmas activities.
Grand Knight Lloyd Hudson explains what’s going on.
“In past years we’ve always had activities at the arena. Free skating, we’ve provided a movie, sleigh rides. We’ve had a team of horses; gentlemen come in with a team of horses and give sleigh rides to the kids. We just don’t have the volunteers to do that anymore, so we’re scaling back. And we always had Santa at the area as our guest, and he was there from about 1 till about 3:30. This year we’ve had to scale that back because of a shortage of volunteers.”
He shares what’s going to take place this year.
“We’re going to do, at the hall, as much as we can, our own hall at 101 11th Avenue Southwest. We’re going to have Santa there from 1 to 3, and we will be handing out goodies to the kids and oranges and things like that.”
“We will still take care of the organization of the Parade of Lights. The Christmas Parade of Lights that we are not scaling back at all. We hope to get as many floats in as possible. “
Age of the volunteers and the people who organize it is the main reason for the changes. Hudson says most of the members are in their 80s and organizing so many events is too much.
Deputy Grand Knight Ken Yakielashek hopes other groups around town can help put on these events.
“We’re kind of hoping that maybe the Chamber of Commerce can step in and take that up or even the City of Dauphin, most of that is their property anyway, the recreation commission. They can step in and take that up if they so think.”
Hudson says the knights are more than willing to help give guidance on running the events if someone is willing to take it on.
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Human remains have been found on the Ebb and Flow First Nation.
The RCMP were called to the area yesterday around 5 in the evening.
Officers secured the area and currently remain on the scene.
At this time, it's believed these are historical remains and not related to the missing Dwayne Lavallee missing person case.
The investigation is ongoing with assistance from Forensic Identification Services, Major Crime Services and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Dauphin’s new MRI machine is moving in today!
3rd Street Southwest, in front of the hospital, will close at 7 this morning and will stay closed until the evening.
It's necessary to close the street to ensure the safe delivery of the MRI machine.
The public parking lot for the Dauphin Community Health Services Building will be closed to vehicle access all day.
Access to the Dauphin Community Health Services Building on Monday is available through the back entrance of the Health Centre-off of Jackson Street.
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On April 25th the Mountain View School Division is bringing Robb Nash, a musical performer, to Credit Union Place for a concert.
Nash travels around the country trying to inspire youth into making positive choices.
He has dedicated his life to sharing a hopeful message to the youth.
The school division will be doing some fundraising for Robb Nash because he doesn’t charge a fee to perform.
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A new busing company is rolling through Dauphin.
Beginning on November 1st, Maple Bus Lines is starting their day runs from Thompson to Winnipeg via The Pas with a stop in Dauphin.
General Manager Maisie Hicks shares what the company is offering.
“We’re making it a day run, so it’s a little bit different then what everyone expected in the past. That’s huge. So they can still go to the old depot in Dauphin, and we’ve been able to secure that location.”
Buses will run Monday to Friday.
She explains when the buses will stop in Dauphin.
“If they are coming in from Winnipeg the bus will leave at 7:15 in the morning and it will get you to Dauphin around 11 in the morning. If you’re leaving from Thompson you would leave at 8:15 in the morning and you would get to Dauphin around 5:25 and then it would go on to Winnipeg and get into Winnipeg 9:50 in the evening.”
She talks about the impact that Greyhound had on their decision to expand bus routes to Dauphin and further north.
“We knew that there were talks about Greyhound leaving the province a while ago. So, it was always in the back of our minds that this might be something that we would be able to do. But, we had to wait until Greyhound pulled out.”
“They’re a major corporation. Even to this day going up against them they still have customers riding right to the bitter end. So, we knew that we can’t compete with them. So we definitely knew that we would have to wait until they pulled out of the province.”
Maple Bus Lines are also doing freight. If you’ll need to ship anything you can take it to the Dauphin depot.
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Carmen Hannibal is running for Reeve in the RM of Lakeshore.
She’s running for Reeve because she cares deeply for the municipality and sees incredible potential.
Transparency is a major concern of Hannibal’s.
Her platform is about creating incentives for the future of the municipality.
If you want to know more about her you can contact her at (204) 733-2621.
The election is on October 24th.
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Road construction at Campbell Avenue near Dauphin Beach in the RM of Lakeshore could be starting today or Monday.
The construction is being done to fix a few soft spots on the road and could cause delays for people who use the road to commute. It will open at night, but you can expect the road to be rough. Construction should be complete in less than two weeks.
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Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen announced this week that 154 new medications have been added to Manitoba's Pharmacare program.
Of the medications added to Pharmacare; 120 of them are generic. Also getting coverage are long-acting insulins such as Tresiba, Lantus, Levemir, and Basaglar. They've been moved from part 3 of the formulary to part 1, which means physicians don't need to apply for coverage before the patient gets it from their pharmacy.
Some of the other medications added are Caprelsa, Dysport Therapeutic, Elelyso, Hemangiol, Lynparza, Ocaliva, Odefsey, Procysbi, Renflexis, Rydapt, and Tagrisso, among others.
Coverage for the added medications is effective immediately. For more information on the Manitoba Pharmacare Program, go to gov.mb.ca/health/pharmacare, or talk to your physician or pharmacist.
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Take the Leap is a rural entrepreneurship conference.
For their 10th anniversary, they are changing things up. The event will be starting later in the day, and they are using this year to celebrate and reflect on the past 10 years.
There will be a few speakers including Taunya Woods, Nick Lautt, and Jessica Lorusso. Speaker topics include The Power of Teams, Believability in Business, and Financial Boot Camp Training.
Registration is still available by going to http://www.taketheleapmb.ca or you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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