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The current collective bargaining agreement between Doctors Manitoba and the provincial government will expire on March 31st.
This could lead to a tense situation, as the provincial government passed the Public Services Sustainability Act in 2017 to put all public-sector employees on a wage freeze, but it hasn't been made into official law yet.
The act says that all public-sector employees would undergo a 2-year wage freeze at the end of their collective bargaining agreements.
Canadian courts have ruled in the past that governments have the right to impose wage-restraint legislation as long as it's time-limited and broad-based.
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Students at Gilbert Plains Collegiate are about to learn the importance of integrity and ethics and how both affect them right now and in the future.
In February students are taking a course created by the Better Business Bureau called the 'LIFT Business Ethics Certification Program.'
Renee Minshull says the curriculum fits in well with their vision program where they focus on developing after-school skills to be successful in life.
She says this certification gives the students a bit of an edge when they are applying for a job.
“It’s a neat program, and it’s really kind of interring to get the kids to think about how it’s actually going to play out for them. How these little decisions are going to affect their life, and I think it’s going to be really cool to see where they take these ideas and scenarios.”
It consists of five different workshops focusing on topics like character development and building, and personal values.
“It’s actuary a pretty well run course. They provide us with everything that we need. It has PowerPoint presentations and the activities and the assignments, the handouts and everything. So basically we’re somewhat of a facilitator leading them through these ethical decision making activates.”
Minshull explains that vision courses are 30 minutes each day. The first week of February they are doing workshop one and two. The second week is workshop three and four. And then they have around five classes to work on their final project.
The course ends with a final presentation that makes students relay what they learned back to their own lives now and what they think their lives will be like in the future.
“It is important to give our students valuable skills in order to be successful in life after high school, whether that be post-secondary education or the workforce. The real world is tough, so we hope that this program will give our students the edge they need to be successful in whatever they choose.”
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Four men were caught hunting at night with lights on December 10th in two different areas of the province.
In Ashern officers patrolling near the community saw a vehicle driving down a municipal road, using a spotlight to light up areas just off the road.
Officers watched as two men in a 2017 Ford F-150 pickup truck used the spotlight for over a mile before they moved in and stopped the vehicle.
The two men from Lake Manitoba First Nation face a number of charges including hunting at night with lights, hunting on private land without permission and carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
Their truck, loaded rifle and spotlight were seized as evidence.
Later that night two men were charged after aerial surveillance observed spotlighting activity along PR 366, northeast of Inglis.
Officers on the ground tracked the vehicle to the yard of a rural residence.
One male was from Alberta and has been charged with hunting at night with lights and carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
The other man was from the RM of Riding Mountain West and has been charged with hunting at night with lights.
A 2011 Chevrolet 3500 pickup truck, loaded rifle, other hunting equipment and a spotlight were seized as evidence.
Anyone with information about illegal activities is asked to call their local Manitoba Sustainable Development office or the Turn in Poachers (TIP) line at 1-800-782-0076.
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Thompson RCMP seized drugs and guns from a residence in Split Lake, 143 km northeast of Thompson.
They found about 32 grams of cocaine, two pellet guns, four shotguns, 5 rifles, ammunition, and drug paraphernalia.
55-year-old Baptiste Brightnose and 20-year-old Bruce Brightnose were arrested and charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, and multiple counts of Careless Use of a Firearm.
The Thompson RCMP will continue to investigate.
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Tear up the lease agreement!
Dauphin's CN Park - which the city has been leasing from CN since the 80s, is almost officially in the hands of the city of Dauphin.
At last night's council meeting, Mayor Allen Dowhan and City Manager Sharla Griffiths were given authority to sign the "deed of gift" for the park - one of the last steps in the process. According to Griffiths, the process is very close to wrapping up.
In 2017, it was announced that CN would "gift" the land of CN Park to Dauphin as part of the Canada 150 celebrations.
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Power is back to most people after the massive outage that left almost 2000 people without power this morning.
The large outage was caused by high winds.
Manitoba Hydro says because of damage to equipment at the substation customers around the Sifton area are dealing with a longer outage.
The restoration time was pushed back until around noon today. It was initially supposed to be back up around 11.
You can find out when power should be restored in your area by viewing Manitoba Hydro's outages website here.
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Students from around the Parkland are encouraged to take part in ‘The Meaning of Home’ essay contest.
The Dauphin chapter of Habitat for Humanity is asking students in grades 4, 5, and 6 to write a poem or short essay explaining what home means to them.
Mariann Harvey says for every essay submitted by a student $10 will be donated to the Dauphin build project.
The winner will receive a $25,000 grant to a local Habitat for Humanity build of their choice.
The Dauphin committee has partnered with the Mountain View & Turtle River School Divisions.
The contest ends on February 18.
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The Dauphin Fire Department responded to 229 incidents in 2018, which is two fewer responses from 2017’s 231.
Fire Chief Cam Abrey presented his first report of the year at last night’s City Council meeting.
He shared that last year there were 187 responses in the City and 38 incidents in rural areas, with the remaining being for mutual aid.
Rural calls accounted for 17 percent of the incidents but 31 percent of total hours.
5,450 hours were spent responding to city incidents, 2,387.5 hours were spent during rural responses, and 90.5 hours were spent on mutual aid responses.
There were 65 false alarms, 29 kitchen fires, 50 motor vehicle collisions, 32 outdoor fires (that included grass, brush or dumpsters), 20 structure fires, and seven carbon monoxide alarms, seven vehicle fires, and 14 other (EMS Assist, Hazardous Materials, Rescue, etc.).
They also had 3,282 hours of training on Wednesday evenings.
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The kick-off to the 2019 Breakfast Series hosted by the Dauphin & District Chamber of Commerce takes place this Thursday the 17th at 7 in the morning at the Dauphin Super 8.
The session, which will feature Mick Lautt of Taiga Consulting, is called "Why Failure is Crucial to Your Success".
"We're going to be playing around with the concept of failure and what that means to people. It's kind of a scary word for some people, but we'll talk about how that looks in business, and why it's important to put yourself out there and experience failure, and learn from failure." Explained Lautt.
"He's been doing the kick-off for the past few years now and it's always a great presentation. People enjoy him, he always comes with something interactive." Said Chamber Director Stephen Chycota, who also notes that tickets for Thursday are still available. You can also get a "passport" which includes a ticket to all 5 Breakfast Series sessions.
For tickets, you can get a hold of Stephen at the Chamber Office by phoning 622-3140. You can also email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or stop in at the chamber office at City Hall. If you'd like more information, check out the event page on facebook.
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If you drive down Main Street in Dauphin on Saturday mornings, you’ll see some demonstrators wearing bright yellow vests.
For around four Saturdays now yellow vest protestors have gathered at Dauphin City hall.
The local group is worried about the actions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing that are hurting the country, the carbon tax, globalization, the global compact on migration, among other issues.
Gord Stokes was apart of the protest, “I think it’s important to wake people up to what Trudeau has been doing. We’ve got an election coming up this year, and we’re in a situation where we really have to turn it around. I mean, people may be debating about Andrew Scheer or Bernier, or the options against the Liberals and the NDP. We have to unite. We’ve got to get together because it’s pretty scary what’s going on.”
Stokes encourages anyone who wants to join the protests to come down to city hall Saturday mornings at 11.
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Campground reservations for Riding Mountain National Park are available.
One micrOcube, 460 backcountry camping, thirty oTENTiks, and one Yurt are the 4 options for booking.
RMNP is piloting two types of campgrounds.
The MicrOcube is tailored more towards a group of 2 people, and the Yurt was the original model they planned to use back in 2006 before they went a different route.
The oTENTiks fit up to 6 people.
There’s been some construction going on in the moon lake area to build 3 all season oTENTiks and construction will start at Lake Audy to build 3 summer oTENTiks.
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