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The Life Saving Society, Manitoba branch has released their yearly update for water-related fatalities.
Christopher Love, Water Smart Coordinator for the Life Saving Society Manitoba branch, says one death is too many.
The mission of the Life Saving Society, Manitoba Branch is to prevent water-related deaths and injuries. To do that there has to be constant education and a constant reinforcement of safety messaging.
The Parkland area’s 5 deaths, between 2009 and 2015, are 10th among areas in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Thompson and North Central, and Eastern Manitoba are the top 3 areas.
The long-term average of water-related fatalities per year in Manitoba is still at 22 and hasn’t shown any signs of changing.
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Dauphin’s MRI is installed and going through final inspections and safety reviews.
Prairie Mountain Health says MRI appointments will be booked for early December. If you have an MRI appointment scheduled in Brandon in the next few weeks you might be contacted to have your appointment moved to Dauphin.
If your appointment is moved to Dauphin someone from the Dauphin Regional Health Centre MRI team will contact you with your new appointment date and time and anything else you need to know.
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Reports of what kind of winter we should expect have been all over the place.
That's exactly what kind of winter we will have, both extremes will occur.
Brad Rousseau, a meteorologist with the Weather Network, says our area will be a battle zone, with intrusions of warm Pacific air followed by intrusions of cold Arctic air.
Rousseau expects us to see about normal to a little below normal amounts of snowfall and precipitation this winter.
To figure out this prediction they look at how the ocean and atmosphere interact, they also look at past years that have similar traits to what the weather is like now and they look at how those winters developed.
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Final results have come in of the 24 Hour Giving Challenge.
The fundraiser supporting the Dauphin and District Community Foundation raised a total of $42, 567.
For every $5 that was donated, the Winnipeg Foundation added $1 and the Manitoba government also added $1, up to a maximum of $2,000 from each. So, every $5 turned into a $7 donation.
Kit Daley explains where the money raised goes.
“It goes into our Undesignated or Unrestricted fund. Which means the board will interview each applicant and get information on the project that they are applying for a grant for. And then the board will meet to discuss all the projects and who will benefit and what is the lasting legacy of the project and decide what we can support and with how much money.”
The donations are turned into grants that fund infrastructure, art, culture, new initiatives, sports, city beautification among other projects.
Last year the challenge raised $34,730 for Dauphin. Since 1996 the foundation has granted out one million dollars.
To find out more about how the foundation invests their money click here to go to their page.
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Another emergency test is taking place this afternoon.
An Alert Ready public awareness test message is scheduled for 1:55.
Similar to the test that took place in May, the test message is being sent through radio, cable and satellite TV broadcasters, web feeds and to compatible wireless devices.
This will be the second test of the Alert Ready system this year. The first one took place back in May during Emergency Preparedness Week.
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It’s day three, and also the last day, of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention.
Jack Bremner is the Parkland district director on the AMM, and he says the lack of cell coverage in rural areas will be a topic covered. He also says conservation is another important topic municipalities are bringing up.
“Our municipality, the one that I sit on the council for, one of our big concerns is the conservation districts being amalgamated with districts like Turtle River. We’re two different types of conservation districts and that’s going to be very difficult to amalgamate. All the municipalities in the Parkland sent a resolution to the minister objecting to it. We just got a letter back that they are going to leave as is, and force us to amalgamate.”
Bremner shares why he’s excited about this year’s convention.
“One of the things I’m really looking forward to is 48 percent of the people that are going to be there are new. They are new to municipal politics, there’s more women now in the municipalities representing. And I'm really looking forward to seeing the new people and be talking to them and seeing what their views are.”
The three day meeting is taking place in Winnipeg.
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The Manitoba Government is open to the idea of contracting the water bombers from the fire suppression services.
The government is looking at other alternative ways of providing the water bomber service because they are unsure if the best option is to own and operate their own fleet.
The provincial government is open to the idea because there could be a better way to use the water bombers and they won’t know if there’s a better way unless they allow people to make offers.
Brad Michaleski says the government is doing its job by looking at the possibility of contracting the water bombers from the fire suppression services.
Michaleski adds the most important thing is, whether the service comes from the province or a business, the service provider must meet the provincial requirements and provide the service expected.
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Environment Canada is warning that five to ten centimetres of snow will fall in the Parkland.
A special weather statement is in effect for areas all over including Dauphin, Roblin, Russel, Gilbert Plains, Grandview, and the RM of Lakeshore.
A disturbance forecast is tracking across southern Saskatchewan and is expected to bring lots of snow to the southwestern part of Manitoba.
Periods of snow will start falling early this evening with around two to four cm and then around five cm is expected tomorrow.
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The City of Dauphin is planning to increase compensation rates for council members.
At their most recent council meeting council gave first reading to a bylaw increasing their pay.
Mayor Dowhan is set to be paid $2,581.00 a month as well as reimbursement of nominal out-of-pocket expenses while doing the duties of mayor.
The Deputy Mayor will be paid a monthly compensation of $1,176.00 and councillors are set to be paid $1,023 a month, plus reimbursement to things paid out of pocket for doing the job.
Also, municipal officials are eligible to receive $28 per hour, to a maximum of $140 for each hour actually spent representing the City at meetings for boards and committees.
If anyone on council is absent for more than six meetings of council, which includes regular and special council meetings and Planning and Priorities Committee meetings in one calendar year, they will be subject to a loss of $140 for each subsequent absence of the three meetings.
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After a 53-25 senate vote in favour of back-to-work legislation, Canada Post employees will return to work today starting at 11 this morning.
What happens next is Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will negotiate using an independant mediator-arbitrator whom will be chosen with input from both sides. If an agreement is not reached after a certain amount of time, a deal will then be imposed on both sides.
Officials with CUPW say it's unconstitutional to legislate away their ability to be on strike. They say they will challenge the back-to-work legislation in court.
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