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Provincial officials tell us they’re getting closer to building some all-season shelters to help make sure Manitoban’s living in personal care homes (PCH) can still visit with their loved ones during the pandemic.
A total of $17.9 million is being invested in these heated outdoor visitation shelters for personal care homes in the province, which have space for one resident and up to five visitors.
Health Minister Cameron Friesen said Manitoba care homes have been forced to take extensive precautions to protect vulnerable residents, including strict visitor restrictions, but hope these all-season shelters will help ensure much-needed visits with loved ones can continue uninterrupted.
Manitoba-based PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has been awarded a construction tender by the provincial government.
These outdoor shelters are expected to be operational by November.
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Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were identified today in Manitoba.
One of the new cases is in Prairie Mountain Health, with no new cases in Dauphin’s health district.
There are now 1,466 cases in the province; 269 of those are active, and 1,181 are recovered.
A fifth COVID case has been identified in a Manitoba school.
An asymptomatic student was at St. Aidan's Christian School in Winnipeg on Thursday, September 10th and Friday, September 11th. Investigations show that the case was not acquired at the school.
All close contacts have been contacted and are self-isolated.
Another one of today's cases is in the Bethesda Place care home in Steinbach. There are now 14 cases linked to that care home.
For more COVID-19 information in Manitoba, click here.
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UPDATE | 12:48 p.m. Highway 362 has now been cleared, and re-opened to regular traffic.
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A section of Highway 362, north of Dauphin has been temporarily closed due to a minor traffic incident.
The Dauphin Fire Department is on scene, and is asking the public to avoid the area.
CKDM will bring you more updates as they become available.
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The Gilbert Plains Splash Park’s field of dreams project was harvested yesterday.
After starting around 1:30 p.m., seven combines went to work on the 150-acre canola field, finishing up just after 4 p.m.
Cory Gulenchin, vice president of the Gilbert Plains Splash Park initiative, says it looks like a decent crop and revenue could be between 50 and 70 thousand dollars.
Gulenchin wants to thank all the sponsors and everyone who helped out with the field of dreams project.
Today, the Gilbert Plains Splash Park will be getting money from Co-op’s Fuel Good Day.
Gulenchin is thankful for all the support from the community.
“All this is huge, this project is huge and just to have the backing of everybody to see this project get finished. It’s just so amazing when you see so many people stick together and it’s really an amazing feeling to have that happen.”
10 cents from every litre of gas purchased at the Gilbert Plains Co-op Gas Bar today will go to the splash park.
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Today is Co-op’s Fuel Good Day to raise money for projects in the community.
In Dauphin, at both Co-op gas bars, money is being raised for the Henderson Elementary School playground.
Over in Gilbert Plains, the money will go towards the Splash Park.
Co-op will be donating 10 cents from every litre of gas sold.
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With Dauphin Culture Days right around the corner, here's a preview on what the month-long event has to offer.
Organizers have made adjustments to the schedule this year due to restrictions currently in effect for Prairie Mountain Health, and have extended their week-long event into a full month of activities.
Chamber Art Challenge
Culture Days kicks off with the Chamber Art Challenge, where members of the Dauphin District Chamber of Commerce are challenged to create art of their choice. Their creations will be displayed at the Dauphin Public Library as well as online, where you can vote on who made the best art.
Intersection Of COVID And Creativity
Art pieces will be displayed in the window of Mega Deals in Dauphin representing how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world.
Dauphin’s Yardfringe
On Saturday, September 26th, the Watson Art Centre is holding its signature bike tour of culture in Dauphin. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, all participants must wear masks and travel in cohorts, as well as book a spot. The tour runs from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. You can book a spot by calling the Watson Art Centre at 204-638-6231.
Found Art
The Dauphin Art Group has teamed up with MR MIKES Steakhouse to create art pieces with reused beverage coasters. If you find one of these pieces, it’s yours to keep.
Arsenic and Old Lace: The Radio Play
CKDM is partnering with Dauphin Culture Days through their Arsenic and Old Lace radio play.
For more updates about the month-long celebration, visit the Dauphin Culture Days Facebook Page.
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Public health officials identified 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
None of those new cases are in Prairie Mountain Health (PMH), while 17 are in the Winnipeg health region. Three cases are in the Southern Health region, and 1 is in the Interlake.
While the case numbers in PMH have dropped significantly in the past week, the province has still not provided a clear timeline of when the region might be taken out of the orange ‘restricted’ pandemic response level.
Chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin says while the PMH numbers are moving in the right direction, officials would need to see that trend continue for a longer period of time before considering moving the region back to ‘yellow’ and getting rid of the targeted restrictions.
There are currently 257 active cases in the province, with 1,176 recoveries.
There are 12 Manitobans in hospital with COVID-19, and three in intensive care.
Public health officials are advising of another possible exposure at a Manitoba school. An asymptomatic individual attended Beaverlodge School in Winnipeg on Thursday.
The public health investigation indicates the infection was not acquired at school, and any close contacts of the case have been identified, contacted, and advised to self isolate.
Others who were at the site do not need to self-isolate, but should self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19.
The site is not being elevated on the Pandemic Response System, given the limited number of contacts identified.
Going forward, Dr. Brent Roussin says the province will be limiting the details they release about individuals who test positive at schools — and will no longer release specific information on things like their age.
When can a student who tested positive COVID-19 return to the classroom?
Roussin says a student can safely head back to school 10 days after the onset of symptoms, provided they are no longer feverish and show a clear improvement in their symptoms.
For asymptomatic students who test positive for COVID-19, Roussin says they can return to school 10 days after the day they were tested.
For more information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, click here.
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A man from Minitonas, who was originally fined for not self-isolating while sick with COVID, has been told he can scrap the ticket.
On August 19th, Curtis Rodgers went through a drive-thru testing site after developing symptoms of COVID-19 and tested positive four days later.
He says he couldn’t fully understand the testing site employee’s instructions through their PPE telling him to go straight home and stopped to run an errand before going home.
Rodgers says he didn’t leave home until he was told by public health that he’d recovered. He was then surprised when public health officials and police showed up to give him a fine on September 2nd.
The province says the ticket has been withdrawn because additional evidence became available, but they won’t provide any more details.
This was the first time the province fined anyone for breaking the self-isolation orders since they introduced the new orders in late August.
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The Weather Network has released its preview of what could be in store for us over the next few months.
Manitoba had an early shot of chilly fall temperatures last week, but does that mean the winter weather is right around the corner?
Weather Network meteorologists are saying Manitoba will likely see an extended period of mild autumn weather before we settle into winter.
They say the delay of consistent winter weather is something most of the country will experience.
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The Dauphin Fire Department rescued two people stranded on a sand bar last night just after 7:30.
The RCMP Parkland Detachment requested the DFD to help with a water rescue on Dauphin Lake.
It was first reported that 4 people were stranded on a sand bar near the mouth of the Valley River on Dauphin Lake and couldn’t get to shore.
The DFD and RCMP attended Sifton Beach to launch the boats and were able to locate the stranded boaters.
There, it was determined there were only two people stranded, they weren’t hurt, and the DFD returned them and their boat to the shore.
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Provincial biologists are concerned about the walleye population in Lake Winnipeg, but some other groups in the province have a different view on the situation.
A report recently commissioned by Pioneer Commercial Fishers of Manitoba and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) found the walleye population in Lake Winnipeg is actually very well established.
Now the AMC and commercial fishers are calling for an independent review of the Lake’s fish population to help explain the discrepancy between their report, and the information being released by the province.
Commercial fishers are reportedly no longer working with the province on species management, and are hiring their own experts to counter what they view as dubious data from the Manitoba government.
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