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The Terry Fox Run, Walk or Ride event is tomorrow. It's recommended you show up at 11:00 a.m. For the event, you can walk or run, as well as bike or roll. All pets and people are welcome to join in. 

Stephen Roznowsky, Terry Fox Organizer for the Parkland, wants to make it clear that donated money goes straight to the organization. Any costs for events come out of his pocket or businesses that donate to fund the event.

Pledging doesn’t end until the end of the month so if you pick up a pledge form now you still have time to collect pledges. If you go to terryfox.org you can still find pledge sheets to print off.

Premier Brian Pallister, along with Ag minister Ralph Eichler, and Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton were in Neepawa for an announcement. The Manitoba government is supporting an expansion project at HyLife Foods Ltd.

 
The province is supporting the expansion in Neepawa and a new feed mill in the R.M. of Killarney-Turtle Mountain through tax increment financing estimated at $9.5 million over 22 years. 
 
Manitoba and the Government of Canada provided an additional $2 million to the expansion through Growing Forward 2, a joint-funding program that ensures Canadian producers and processors are able to innovate and capitalize on emerging market opportunities.

Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler says investing in rural Manitoba is helping bring jobs to smaller communities.

 “In the last two years, there’s been over 1.1 billion in new investments in agriculture and processing industry in Manitoba. in Manitoba, this is creating economic activity for new jobs here in Manitoba and communities. As well as creating markets for locally grown foods and crops. Hylife investment of 176 million results in 165 new jobs at the company’s processing facility, hog barns, and feed mills.”
 
“Through this project, there has been a significant positive effect on Manitoba’s economy by using local trades and services during the construction of these facilities. People around the world want more protein and Manitoba is open for business to provide that protein. It’s companies, like Hylife, that position Manitoba pork as high quality, high-value commodity in growing the world market and solidifies Manitoba’s position as leader in the pork processing sector.”

“I wish them continued success and of course all Manitobans are right on side to help provide those jobs, the economy, and the workforce to meet that demand.”

HyLife is the largest hog production company in Canada and among the top 15 in North America. 

Premier Brian Pallister is in Neepawa this morning for an announcement about HyLife Foods.

Ag minister Ralph Eichler, and Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton will also be there.

HyLife Foods is one of Canada's leading pork producers.

The announcement will take place at 11:30.

CKDM's Benjamin Schwab will be there.

Pride Weekend starts this evening out at Riding Mountain National Park.

There will be a free movie showing tonight for adults with free snacks.

Tomorrow afternoon from 1-4 kid family-friendly activities will be starting with the return of DJ Mama Cutsworth.

Cal Martin, Visitor Experience Manager at the RMNP, says the response to last year’s Pride Week was so great they had to do it again this year.

The event is now a weekend during school instead of a full week in the summer because accommodations out at the park will be easier to find and families still have the option to head out for a day on the weekend.

It's time to roam around Dauphin looking for used items.

Saturday and Sunday is the annual Curbside Giveaway. 

Sharla Griffiths, Deputy City Manager, talks about the weekend.

“Starting first thing in the morning, set out unused but still usable items on your curb, mark them ‘free’ and no doubt people will come and take them. At the end of the two days bring them back into your house or garage and store them properly. Because if they are left out on the curb Monday morning our shop crew may be coming around to pick them up and we will be charging the property of that service.”

Items to give away could include books, CDs, DVDs, furniture, small appliances, sports equipment, toys, yard and gardening equipment, or even kitchenware.

There are a few road projects left to be completed this year in Dauphin.

Bill Brenner, Director of Public Works and Operations for the City of Dauphin, says this summer has been great for getting road projects done.

Dauphin has a couple road projects left to be completed, the Johnson St. project and a service road project has just been started by Manitoba Insurance on the south end of Main St. There’s also one road project coming up at 2nd St. NW.

The city also has a few sidewalk construction projects on the go. The sidewalk construction projects are at Bond, Dorothy and Hawthorne West.

Manitoba retailers who sell cannabis have to follow strict rules about how they display and secure the drug.

New rules set by the province will mean stores have to use monitored alarm systems and video cameras that operate continuously.

Cannabis needs to be locked cases, except for small display containers that can be inspected by customers but still secured with a chain or other ways.

Other rules the province announced is a 30-gram limit on individual sales and requirements to verify the age of customers to ensure they are 19 or older.

The traffic lights are green at River and Mountain. 

Allen Dowhan, other representatives from the city, local media, and a guy from Manitoba infrastructure were all at the light control box on the North West corner of the intersection to watch MLA Brad Michaleski flip the switch.

Michaleski spoke with us after.

“It just means a whole area of the community that needed lights to improve safety. This is a busy intersection we’ve all known that for years and the city was pushing for control structures here, control lights with the schools and residential area. It’s long overdue.

He says there is lots of activity going on in the community and a new set of lights proves that Dauphin is going in the right direction.

It didn’t take long for traffic violations to occur at the intersection. Someone drove through a red light less than a minute after the system was turned on.

The Traffic lights at River and Mountain are officially turning on this afternoon.

At 2 today MLA Brad Michaleski along with staff from Manitoba Infrastructure are turning the green lights on.

Until then they are flashing both red and yellow.

Yellow means approach with caution and treat it like a yield and red means treat it like a stop sign.

The City of Dauphin is hopeful that the Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission will strongly consider their proposal.

They expressed their concerns about the proposed electoral boundaries that lump Dauphin with Swan River.

Mayor Allen Dowhan presented at the meeting and shares how the consultations this morning went.

“Certainly there were differences of opinion, but the boundary commission listened to all people, and some valid points were presented. The rest is left to the boundary commission to decide. We feel that our submission along with the chamber and a few other people, there were really no questions of our presentation. And hopefully, they will consider what we presented.”

 

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The City of Dauphin has concerns about the proposed provincial electoral boundaries that lump Dauphin with Swan River.

They plan to share their own proposal at the public forum this morning at the rec centre.

Mayor Allen Dowhan shares what they are proposing.

“The traditional area trading pattern follows an east/west pattern, while the boundaries commission proposes a north/south pattern. We’re proposing to rename the electoral boundaries in our region to ‘Parkland.’”
They want the boundaries to represent similar communities of interests such as Gilbert Plains and Grandview.

“It’s so important because in the proposed boundaries, communities like Gilbert, Grandview are the constituency that goes all the way down to Hamiota. They don’t have interests with Hamiota or anybody in that region.”

Roblin, Grandview, Gilbert Plains and Saint Rose all share similar community interests like school boundaries, medical, dental, recreation, airport and other services. Dauphin’s proposal encourages and develops regional economic development enterprises to sustain the population.

“Our Mountain View school boundaries in three different areas on the [Electoral Commission’s] proposal. Just inefficiencies in contacting our government representatives and also inefficiencies in communications with our tax payers.”

Another issue is the indigenous populations are excluded from the current Dauphin and Swan River proposal, even though their communities form a large part of the east and west trading, health and cultural patterns.

The public hearing starts at 10 in the Lion’s Den.

Manitoba Hip Hop artist HellNback is coming to Dauphin as part of the Manitoba Arts Network Outreach Tour.

He’s speaking about the program and performing tonight.

HellNback says this is program offers an opportunity for northern artists to access the same programs that artists in Winnipeg get.

“We get to talk about the programs that are available for aboriginal artists.  If they want to take their art more seriously this is a perfect program to come in and learn about. These are programs that are offered just not everybody, from up north or in Dauphin, can come to Winnipeg. So basically the Manitoba Arts Network hired us to come out and give some information sessions to the youth and emerging artists.”

The information session, professional development opportunity, and performance by the Hip Hop Artist starts at 6  at the Watson Art Centre and is free to attend.