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The new Chief Administrative Officer of the RM of Dauphin started this week.
Robin Wiebe’s first day for the municipality was on Monday.
Wiebe is bringing her experiences as a former accountant and CAO of the RM of Mountain to her new job.
“I actually started in the credit union system. From there is started getting into accounting courses which led to my next move, which was to public accounting. And through public accounting, we audited municipalities, so then when I had the opportunity to cross the desk, then I tried.”
Wiebe will work with former CAO, Laura Murray, as they set strategic goals for the future of the RM.
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The CAO of the City of Dauphin has decided to step down.
Brad Collett handed in his resignation last night at the city’s council meeting.
Collett’s last day with the city is planned for October 9th.
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Dauphin Firefighters are raising money this week for their Annual Rooftop Campout.
The volunteers are raising money and creating awareness for Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
According to Marie Sorlie, Campout Coordinator, firefighters are around town until the event starts on March 15th.
“We will be bagging groceries from 3:30 till 5:30 at Co-op”
Sorlie says they’ve already raised over 6 thousand of their 25 thousand dollar goal.
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The province released their budget yesterday.
Reducing the deficit is still the government’s mandate.
Brad Michaleski, Local MLA, talks about how he thinks the budget will be received.
“I think we’re going to get a pretty good response from the budget. We’re certainly hearing that already. It’s a solid, responsible budget and we’re keeping our promises.”
Overall Manitoba plans to increase taxes, spend more, and decrease the deficit.
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Fort Dauphin Museum is leading in the Must See Um’s Competition.
The competition is a bracket based showdown, and in the first round Fort Dauphin is leading over Minnedosa Museum and Heritage Village.
The voting opened up yesterday and round one closes tomorrow.
Click here to place your vote.
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Mountain View School Division approved its operating budget for the upcoming school year at last night’s meeting.
This year the division has to reduce their budget by $173,666.
The board and Senior Administration worked to ensure the cuts didn’t impact classroom instruction.
Some reductions were made in supplies, resources and support and trustee indemnities were frozen for a second year.
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The Chamber of Commerce will be holding their Year in Review and Celebration night tomorrow.
The two celebrations will be at the Countryfest Cinema and will look back on the year and honour community members and local businesses.
Stephen Chychota, Executive Director of the Chamber explains why they’re having the Celebration night.
“This is a fun way to celebrate and recognize hardworking individuals and groups in the area. Even though we have a large slate of nominations and there can only be one winner per category. Everybody on here is definitely deserving of recognition and they’re doing tremendous work in the community and in the Parkland area. They deserve a pat on the back for what they’re doing with what they’re doing.”
The night begins at 6:30 and runs to around 9:00.
The Year in Review is free, and for tickets to the Celebration Night contact the Chamber at 622 3140.
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A formal vote on the pending merger for Prairie Mountain Credit Union members is taking place on tomorrow.
The first vote, back in December, was deemed as invalid by the Financial Institutions Regulations Branch.
General Manager of Prairie Mountain Credit Union, Armin Glas, provides the details on the vote.
“The merger vote will be at the Ste. Rose Community Hall. It will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., March 14. We encourage all of our members to come out again and ask any questions they may not have asked previously and want answers to. We’ll be more than happy to answer those questions but the vote is to basically approve the merger.”
In order to vote, you must be a member of the branch.
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Manitoba’s budget was released this afternoon and unveiled a $17.4 billion dollar spending plan.
The Carbon Tax is expected to bring in $118 million dollars in revenue, with $102 million to develop a conservation trust fund to protect wetlands, forests and grasslands.
Gas prices will rise to an additional 5.3 cents on every litre sold.
The tax is to be implemented on September 1.
There’s some relief to tax payers.
The personal exemption rate will rise to $10,392 per person, providing a potential savings of $12 yearly.
The legalized selling of cannabis is projected to bring in a $30 million dollar hike for Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries.
However there is a tax hike for roll your own tobacco products, with an increase of 28.5 cents per gram, generating a surplus of $7 million in revenue.
5 new schools are also in the works according to the 2018 provincial budget.
1 school is to be built in Brandon, the rest in Winnipeg.
There’s a modest increase for health and education, however it is well below the inflation rate.
A reduction in highway infrastructure is also slated, with a decrease of $152 million dollars.
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Grazing is a way to utilize unproductive farmland.
In the past producers could easily buy more land to accommodate increased grazing.
But Jane Thornton, a livestock farm production extension specialists, says that’s not the case any longer.
“As we know the cost of land has gone up significantly and even the marginal land is getting pretty pricey for the amount of carrying capacity that it can provide. So I think in the future producers may look more at how they can approve the land that they have in an economically viable way.”
Thornton encourages producers to think about the different options they could take to improve grazing such as seeding alfalfa, clover or birdsfoot trefoil.
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The Provincial Budget is being released this afternoon.
Today’s budget is expected to include income-tax cuts, a date for a new carbon tax and some spending controls.
Along with announcing the date of when it will take effect, the government will announce where the 260 million dollars in anticipated revenue will be spent.
The basic personal exemption before taxes is also expected to increase. Right now the amount before taxes kick in is around $9,200.
In Saskatchewan’s basic personal exemption before taxes is set at $16,000.
The budget will also contain a new estimate for the province’s deficit, which currently sits around $800 million dollars.
This is the PC’s 3rd budget.
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