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Keagan Gaywish fell in love with the game of hockey as a young kid, and now he's playing with the Minnedosa Chancellors high school team as they compete in the Westman High School Hockey League.
On October 31, the team hit the road for a game against the Swan Valley Tigers. It was a game that Keagan was looking forward to but events during the game, almost had him wanting to quit playing for good.
Throughout the game, while he was on the ice and in the team's player box, he could hear racist comments that were directed towards him. Then when he was leaving the ice, a teammate also heard racist comments directed towards him.
"It was really emotional, I wasn't expecting something like that to happen," said Gaywish. "I wanted to stop playing the game and just quit. It made me feel bad as a person, just an awful experience."
Just more than a week after the incident, Keagan says he's feeling better because so many people reached out to him after they found out what happened. According to the arena, the fans that were saying racist comments have been banned from the facility.
From the Rolling River First Nation, Gaywish has been playing hockey for 11 years and he hopes that no one has to go through what he did. And while quitting hockey was something he thought about, his father Roger Brightnose says his son will continue playing.
"We had to sit down as a family and talk about what had happened," said Brightnose. "We reassured him that he's a good hockey player and we didn't want him to give up something that he's enjoyed so much. You see racism far too often these days, it's pretty sickening."
Roger now wants you to step up. If you see someone being harassed by racism, he is hoping people will step up so it stops.
And at the Swan River Centennial Arena, a parent will now sit behind the visiting team's bench.
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On March 1, 2021, Robert Fleury was charged with Manslaughter in relation to the homicide of Matthew Swain on August 14, 2019. Fleury was released from custody, but has breached his court-ordered conditions. There are two warrants out for his arrest.
Fleury is described as 5’9” tall, 280 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
He is considered violent. If anyone sees Fleury, do not approach, but immediately call 911.
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On Saturday, November 6th we reported of a major accident on highway 325 near Ashern. A statement from the RCMP about the incident is below.
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, at around 7:00 am, West Interlake RCMP received a report of a fatal motor vehicle collision on Provincial Road 325 West, approximately 16 kilometres west of Ashern, in the RM of West Interlake, Manitoba.
The initial investigation has determined that the vehicle went onto the shoulder of the road, struck an entrance driveway to a field which caused the vehicle to flip several times. All four people in the vehicle were ejected from the vehicle. None of the occupants were wearing seatbelts.
The 31-year-old female driver of the vehicle from Ebb and Flow First Nation was pronounced deceased on the scene. The 33-year-old male front seat passenger, from Pinaymootang First Nation, and two male children in the rear seat, aged six and two, were all transported to Winnipeg hospital. They remain in hospital in stable condition.
The investigation continues with the help of a RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist.
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494 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported today. This includes Saturday, Sunday, and today.
183 new cases of the virus were reported for Saturday, 155 for Sunday, and 156 today. Of today's cases, 70 aren't vaccinated, 10 are partially vaccinated and 76 are fully vaccinated. Dauphin still has 0 active cases.
The test positivity raised up to 5.4% provincially.
Of today's cases:
31 are in the Prairie Mountain Health Region
9 are in the Interlake/Eastern health region
7 are in the Northern health region
56 are in the Southern health region
53 are in the Winnipeg health region
The numbers of active cases in other Parkland health districts are:
Riding Mountain (3), Swan River (7), Duck Mountain (28), Porcupine Mountain (17), Agassiz Mountain (7), Asessippi (14), Little Saskatchewan (12), Whitemud (21). Brandon has 35 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has seven active cases. The Fisher/Peguis district has six active cases.
There are 1,377 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
112 Manitobans are hospitalized with active COVID-19.
18 Manitobans are in intensive care units with active COVID-19.
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Family Feud Canada is back on Monday night and the episode will feature the Lynxleg's.
After signing up on a whim, the family will compete for $30,000 when the episode airs on Monday night on CBC-TV.
The team includes Josh Cade Lynxleg, Shayle Catagas Lynxleg, Betty Lynxleg, Harmony Lynxleg and Whitney Lynxleg. Whitney said everyone on the team is wearing a different shirt symbolizing what is very important to them.
"We are very excited to be on national TV, it gives us a chance to show who we truly are," said Whitney. "We hope to show off our humour and we hope that everyone enjoys the show."
Messages on their shirts include land back, clean water, missing and murdered indigenous women and girls and residential schools.
Hosted by Gerry Dee, the episode will run from 7:30-8:00 on Monday night.
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There were no injuries after a fire got out of control on Sunday afternoon, approximately eight kilometres south of Dauphin along Highway 10.
The Dauphin Fire Department was dispatched to the fire shortly before 3:30. When officers arrived, they found a small camper completely consumed by fire along with some smaller outbuildings.
Crews were able to contain the fire to the area which prevented it from spreading through the grass to the home.
There are no estimates on damages as there were numerous items stored in the buildings.
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An outbreak that was declared on October 25 at the Benito Personal Care Home has claimed the lives of two.
As of Friday, there were 12 active cases.
At the beginning of the outbreak, there was 23 cases. Nine have recovered while the remaining two passed away.
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730CKDM's Alex DeVries has been named the MCMA On-Air Personality of the Year.
DeVries won the award on Saturday night, for the first time.
And former long time on-air personality Bruce Leperre was inducted into the MCMA's Hall of Fame.
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We have recieved reports of a major accident on Highway 325.
It was between Ashern and PTH 68. Stars Air Ambulance has been dispatched.
We will provide more information as we can.
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Throughout the season, Flea beetles in canola and grasshoppers were two major insect concerns.
Flea beetles were abundant enough in the Northwest and Interlake regions to cause some farmers to have to reseed some acres of canola due to flea beetle damage. The heavy flea beetle population started being noticed in late July and by August, there were reports of heavy activity on podded canola.
Grasshoppers were a bigger concern in mid-June to late-August. Insecticide applications for the bug were reported in the Northwest, Interlake, and Southwest regions. There was also grasshopper control reported on hemp in the Northwest region in June.
From mid-July to mid-August, Diamondback moth was a concern for canola growers in some regions. The highest trap counts in the northwest region came from The Pas and Bowsman while Selkirk and Clandeboye saw the highest trap counts in the Interlake region. Some fields in the Interlake, Eastern, and Central regions were affected by alfalfa weevil in June.
As well, aphids did not seem to be much of an issue in the Interlake and Northwest regions however they were abundant in late june to late july in small grains in other regions, but some of those fields had an abundance of their natural enemies.
The summary also noted that for the first time, Western corn rootworm and cannabis aphid were found in Manitoba. The cannabis aphid were found and identified at a greenhouse in Eastern Manitoba.
The full Manitoba Agriculture insect summary for 2021 can be found here.
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Non-essential travel will be allowed at the Canada - U.S. land border beginning on Monday. This is the first time the border will be open since March of last year when it was closed to try to slow the spread of COVID-19.
As early as yesterday, eager travellers were lined up with their vehicles awaiting the opening.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council of Canada have some concerns about some of the requirements for returning to Canada. To get back into the country, you will need to show proof of vaccination and provide a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of crossing back in. You will also need to fill out the government of Canada's ArriveCAN travel application on a computer or smartphone.
Entry into the United States does not require getting tested for COVID-19 however you will need to provide proof of vaccination.
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