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The Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce is holding their first election forum tomorrow.
It's your chance to hear RM of Dauphin council hopefuls in person.
Chamber Executive Director Stephen Chychota, explains why they are holding this forum.
“We want to have an opportunity for candidates to address the residents and the businesses that they are going to be serving and then vice versa. We’re also accepting questions from the public. We’re going to do our best to get through as many questions as we possibly can at the forums so that everyone has the opportunity to hear many different platforms from all the candidates.”
He says the format for the evening only includes prepared questions.
“We found that with past events that we’ve done that this format works pretty well. We want to stay away from a single candidate or few candidates getting singled out. We want everyone to have an opportunity to speak on matters. And we want to keep everything very fair and not have harassment or anything vulgar come up on the microphone.”
You can send in your own questions for the candidates by going to city hall or by going online to the chamber website.
The RM forum takes place tomorrow at 7 in the evening at the Lion’s Den in the Rec Centre.
A forum for the city council hopefuls is taking place next Tuesday.
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Bruce Kozak is running for city council in Dauphin.
He’s a newer resident to Dauphin, however, he wants to run mainly for accountability but also because he thinks the city can still do a lot better.
A few things he wants to address are crime, economic spending and development, infrastructure, and youth initiatives.
His platform is maintaining the tax structure, while bringing in more business, more residents and building up the community.
If you want to know more about him he has a Facebook page, pop into his shop and have a discussion, he’s always open to talking.
The election is on October 24th.
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Dauphin’s Fall Yard Clean-up starts tomorrow.
Crews are starting in the day 4 area and going in reverse order through the four-day cycle.
Sharla Griffiths, Dauphin’s City Manager, shares what you are encouraged to put out when crews get to your area.
“These things would be leaves, branches, grass clippings, and tops removed from garden produce.”
She talks about where to put your yard waste.
“Leave things out at the back lane or at the front curb if you do not have a back lane. City crews will be going around and picking those things up.”
Griffiths explains why the city does the clean up every year.
“One of the things that we’re trying to do is divert organic material from our landfill. So by having the city take away organic material, like leaves or grass clippings. We can put them in a special spot at our waste disposal site and it keeps the organic matter our of the landfill cells. Organic matter decomposing in a landfill cell creates methane gas and that’s something that we’re trying to keep to a minimum.”
Crews won’t pick up piles with plastic bags, scrap, house or commercial garbage.
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When recreational marijuana becomes legal next week edibles won’t be available.
Only fresh or dried bud, oil, plant and seed form will be sold in Manitoba.
Eventually, edibles will be a massive part of the market, experts are predicting.
Health Canada plans to create regulations to support the sale of edibles in the next year, including the possibility of a standardized cannabis symbol on labels and banning product forms, ingredients and flavouring agents that appeal to kids.
A Deloitte survey of 15-hundred Canadians found six out of 10 likely cannabis customers will choose to consume edibles.
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During Fire Prevention Week you are encouraged to look, listen, learn, and be aware because fire can happen anywhere.
Statistics Canada says the number of structure fires declined by 26 percent between 2005 and 2014. But, residential fires made up six of every 10 structural fires during those years.
Fire Chief of the Dauphin Fire Department Cameron Abrey says this year’s “Look. Listen. Learn.” campaign highlights three steps people can take to help quickly and safely escape a fire:
• Look for places fire could start.
• Listen for the sound of the smoke alarm
• Learn two ways out of every room.
Cameron says people often make choices in fire situations that jeopardize their safety or even cost them their lives. He suggests people should create escape plans for their homes and that practice can make and motivate them to action when a fire starts.
The Dauphin fire department kicked off Fire Prevention Week at the Kings game last Friday.
For more information about Fire Prevention Week and home escape planning, visit www.firepreventionweek.org.
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Patti Eilers is running for city council in Dauphin.
She’s running for city council because she wants to continue to improve all aspects of life in Dauphin.
Some things she wants to address on council are health, education, and housing.
She strongly believes in getting involved with the community to make it a better place to live, work, play, and visit.
If you want to know more about her she says.
“People may contact me by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , phone me at 204-638-8848 or contact me through city hall. I am at many community functions so I hope community members continue to approach me with their concerns.”
The election is on October 24th.
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Today is the 10th day in the search for Skownan’s Dwayne Lavallee.
Volunteers are looking around the Ebb and Flow area this morning beginning at 9 and going until 7.
You are encouraged to help either by going out and volunteering your time, supporting the effort financially, or helping any way you can.
Lavalle was last seen on Ebb & Flow First Nation on September 22 around 2:00 pm. His vehicle was recovered in an area north of Ste Rose du Lac on September 26.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Ste Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-2513 or call Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text "TIPMAN" plus your message to CRIMES (274637).
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Martin Kaminski is running for the third straight time to get on Dauphin City Council.
He was on Council from 2010-14, didn’t make it in the 2014 election, and he’s back for this month’s election.
He’s running for council because he works well with the other councillors and enjoyed being on council.
Kaminski likes the progress council has made since he was last on city council and wants to continue helping the city progress.
His platform is to be progressive and work with council to see the best for Dauphin. If you want to learn more about Kaminski, you can call him at (204) 638-4851, email him at mThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or talk to him on Facebook, he’s not afraid to talk to people.
The election is on October 24th.
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MPI has started a campaign called Save the 100.
The name of the campaign comes from the stat that on average, 100 people die annually on Manitoba roadways.
The campaign’s objective is to reduce tolerance for traffic fatalities by asking Manitobans to look beyond the stats and focus on the real people and their real lives lost behind every fatality number reported.
Most cases of fatalities come from distracted drivers, drugs or alcohol and speed are the other major factors.
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