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The Open Forum Emergency Lunch on the proposed corporate tax changes scheduled for Monday, hosted by the Dauphin & District Chamber of Commerce, has been moved from City Hall to the Lion’s Den.

Today some local groups and individuals came out to celebrate the Dauphin & District Food Bank and DFC Food For Thought Program receiving the profits from the upcoming harvest of a soybean crop.

The ever changing Canadian dollar and the 2nd increase in interest rates by the bank of Canada will affect how Parkland farmers run their businesses.

Open Farm day is taking place this weekend. There are many participating farms in the Parkland including Farmery Estate Brewery.

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecasting Centre reports that forecast high winds developing over the next 24 hours have resulted in a high wind warning effect for the southwest basin of Lake Winnipeg.

Mounting View School Division has a new board chair.

Protesters at the Parker Lands development in Winnipeg have been ordered by a judge to leave and clean up all their belongings by 6 p.m. tonight.

The order is part of an injunction granted by Court of Queen's Bench Justice James Edmund Thursday afternoon.

Protesters have occupied the Fort Garry property in two encampments since July. 

They oppose the clearing of forested areas on the property and argue the area has historical and cultural significance to Métis and Indigenous communities.

Work on the property — which the owners described as "pre-development" — came to a standstill with the arrival of the protesters on July 14.

The City of Dauphin is advising the public that River Ave West from Hedderly Street to Main Street North will be closed to all traffic today starting at 8 this morning until evening to complete paving, weather permitting.
 
Be prepared to detour.

A woman says she was thrown across a room and left with rug burn on her legs ,by Manitoba NDP leadership candidate Wab Kinew— allegations Kinew denies. 

Tara Hart, says she had been dating Kinew in the spring of 2003 when the alleged incident took place.

According to Hart, she and Kinew had an argument which resulted in her being flung across the room.

Kinew, who is widely considered the front-runner for the leadership of Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats that will be decided Saturday, has repeatedly denied assaulting Hart.

Court records show Kinew was charged in June 2003 with two counts of assault on Hart. The assault charges only came to light last month via anonymous emails.

 

The search is ongoing to find the individual responsible for the bomb that went off this morning in a London Subway train. Hundreds of London police are involved in the massive search.

With the recent proposed corporation tax changes by the federal government, many small business, farmers and professionals are concerned by the potential impact.