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The rating of a powerful tornado on August 7th just outside of Virden has been upgraded to EF-3.

Original information released by Environment and Climate Change Canada indicated the twister should be rated EF-2 and the wind speeds reached 190 km/hr.

A new statement released by the agency says the storm damage survey, as well as additional information received later on, indicates wind speeds of 260 km/hr, upgrading the tornado to EF-3.

The tornado hospitalized a 54-year-old man with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and took the lives of two 18-year-olds from Melita, Shayna Barnesky and Carter Tilbury.

Police say the teens were ejected from their vehicle when the storm hit.

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August 18 10:00 Update:

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will be taking over the role, making her the first female finance minister in Canadian history.

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Reports say that Canada's Finance Minister, Bill Morneau is resigning.

He had a press conference scheduled this evening, after meeting with the Prime Minister, where it was said he would be talking to reporters about reported disagreements about COVID-19 spending plans and proposed environmental initiatives.

After it was revealed that Morneau had forgotten to repay $41,366 in travel expenses covered by the WE Charity, he'd been under pressure to step down.

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Tomorrow night, Manitoba’s education minister and chief public health officer will be answering questions and addressing your concerns about the province’s school reopening plan.

Minister Kelvin Goertzen, Dr. Roussin, and other officials are hosting a telephone town hall at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18.

You can still register for that telephone town hall, by clicking here.

On Monday, the Mountain View School Division released its plan for the upcoming school year. You can read more about it here.

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Cary Fillion is giving an update to the community, a week after it was announced a Cary Fillion’s Twin Motors staff member tested positive for COVID-19. 

Staff at the dealership were informed about the individual's positive COVID test result on Sunday, August 8 — at which point, a Public Health investigation confirmed the individual was not in “direct contact” with any other staff members during their infectious period.

Cary Fillion's Twin Motors has remained open through this time, at the direction of provincial health officials.

Although public health didn’t require it, Fillion says that staff members wanted to get tested “just for their own peace of mind”. After going for testing on Monday & Tuesday, and getting results back on Thursday & Friday, Fillion says he’s happy to report the test results all came back negative.

Fillion also provided an update on the staff member who tested positive for COVID-19, saying they are healthy, happy, and still a little bored while isolating at home.

Going forward, Fillion says the store has gone above and beyond public health recommendations, and is encouraging the community to keep up the effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Fillion and his staff are thanking the public for their messages of support.

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Manitoba RCMP responded to 3 separate vehicle fatalities in a 24-hour span this weekend.

On Sunday morning around 4 a.m., Steinbach RCMP responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision on Highway 1 west of Richer, where a semi-truck struck and killed a 46-year-old man from Steinbach who was walking on the highway.

Later that afternoon, Falcon Lake RCMP responded to a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 1, where a 20-year-old man from British Columbia was killed after his vehicle veered into the oncoming lane and collided with a pickup.

At 1 a.m. Monday morning, Ste. Rose RCMP responded to a single-vehicle rollover on the Crane River First Nation. Officers believe that the driver, a 36-year-old male from Brandon, failed to negotiate a turn and rolled after leaving the roadway. The 36-year-old was pronounced deceased on scene.

Manitoba RCMP continues to investigate all three of the fatal collisions.

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Public health officials are announcing 38 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Monday.

Twenty of the new cases are in the Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) region, most of which are in the Brandon health district. None of today’s new cases are in the Dauphin health district — where there continues to be a total of 7 cases, with 2 considered active.

With 4 earlier cases being removed from the list, the province now has a total of 731 confirmed and probable cases.

There are 11 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Manitoba, with 3 in intensive care. There are 232 active cases, with 490 individuals listed as recovered. 

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is nine.

Unless recommended by public health, only individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should go for testing. Individuals with symptoms are asked to seek testing as soon as possible once symptoms are present.

For up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Manitoba, click here.

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After hearing the provincial school reopening plan at the end of July, the Mountain View School Division has had the past few weeks to finalize its plan.

The plan, in its entirety, is available by clicking here.

Some of the highlights include what’s happening with high school students, masks, and extra-curricular activities and music.

In Grandview, WCI, Ethelbert, and GPCI, schools that have less than 75 students will be regarded as one cohort, while schools that have more than 75 students will be organized into two cohorts and students will attend full time.

For Goose Lake, grade 9 students will attend full time. A blended learning approach will be implemented for grades 10-12. It’ll include a minimum of 50% per 6-day cycle for each student in September. Scheduling will also be set up to accommodate restoring full-time attendance on short notice if/when allowed by the Chief Public Health Officer.

At the DRCSS, a blended learning approach will be implemented because of the large enrollment. This approach will include a minimum of 2 in-class learning days per week for each student for September. Vocational programming will continue, although theory portions may be facilitated through remote learning. 50% of students will attend on Day 1 and 50% on Day 2 from Monday through Thursday. Fridays are designated as follow up/administration time for teachers to contact students and preparation time as teachers will be scheduled 100% of the time Monday through Thursday.

Students with special needs will attend full time at all high schools.

As for masks, the province announced last week that they strongly recommend students in grades 5-12 wear masks, as well as staff. MVSD echoes that sentiment, adding that younger students can wear masks as well. While on buses, masks will be required for all students in grades 5 and up. Boarding and exiting the bus will be done with physical distancing and assigned seats. Extra masks will be made available at all schools throughout the school year for students and staff who do not have their own.

On the topic of extra-curricular activities and music, no competition, including exhibition games, is permitted for any school sports. Field trips and all divisional athletics and tournaments, including intramurals, are suspended until further notice. For Music classes, MVSD will follow the directives of Public Health and Manitoba Education. Singing and choral programs will be suspended until Public Health declares these activities are safe in which to engage. Music teachers will move from class to class where possible. While band teachers may require students to move to the Band Room to keep programming viable.

MVSD Superintendent Dan Ward believes they’ll be in the best shape possible if the basic fundamentals are followed.

“That is, if you’re symptomatic, even with mild symptoms, stay home, screen. If the screen online on the shared health website says to get tested, get tested. When you’re in a school building or a division building, to social distance as much as reasonably possible to the greatest extent possible and if you’re assigned to a cohort, to stay within that cohort.”

Ward stresses the importance of communication.

“It’s one thing to put out a multi-page document with all sorts of resources -- but, there’s going to be questions and I just want to assure the entire MVSD community that when questions arise, to feel empowered to contact your school or contact the school division, or send us an email, a phone call, and we will answer those questions when they arise.”

Ward adds that they’ll consult with public health on any questions they aren’t sure about and then get back to whoever asked the question.

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We won’t be seeing a traditional Manitoba Ag Days show in 2021.

In a release put out Monday morning, organizers of the event at the Keystone Centre in Brandon say its board of directors made the difficult decision to not proceed with the event in the interest of the safety and well-being of all involved.

General manager of Manitoba Ag Days, Kristen Philips, says you can expect to see some announcements in the near future about “non-traditional” Ag Days events happening in light of the cancellation.

“We are definitely pursuing non-traditional elements. We are going to work with our exhibitors to create those opportunities — and hope to roll them out shortly,” Phillips said.

The general manager adds that the public can stay tuned to their social media platforms for the latest information about future events.

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) was the target of a cyberattack over the weekend, which they say has compromised the personal information of at least 5,500 hundred Canadians.

The CRA now says it could be a few more days before they restore their online services, which they’ve shut down after the privacy breach.

Hackers used thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to obtain government services and compromise personal information.

Officials say the vulnerability in the federal agency’s software has now been fixed, but have been vague about what victims will have to do to get their accounts reinstated, after some were disabled to prevent further fraud.

The CRA stated that letters will be mailed only to those who are affected.

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Back in May, the Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce held the State of the City Address and due to COVID, it was moved online.

The State of the District has yet to be held this year, but Stephen Chychota has an update on that.

“Right now we are in the process of putting it all together and getting our speakers and material put together. It’s going to be virtually hosted, it’s not an in-person session anymore and we want to respect that distancing for everyone and keep events off to the side for a little bit and we can just host everything online and make it a little bit easier on everyone.”

Chychota adds that we have technology that can bring everyone together from across the Parkland.

“We want to highlight what’s going on in the Parkland area and we’re pooling messages from all Parkland wide, Roblin, to Swan, Winnipegosis, McCreary, Ste. Rose, even here in Dauphin. A lot of content is going to be coming out.

Since everything needs to be put together still, Chychota doesn’t know how long the State of the District will be, but he says there’ll be a lot to share and there’s going to be some really great stories.

Chychota says this is the fourth state of the district, first one online, and the content that comes out is amazing and gives people perspective on what’s happening in the Parkland.

“The intent for this was to also have some business opportunities come out of it, so people can realize what’s going on in these other areas and have the ability to maybe do a pop-up shop, or actually start a business out there, or if you’re a contractor go do some builds or services out in these other areas.”

Chychota says this might be the best one just because of the way they can share the info and how many people can have access to the State of the District.

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The Winnipegosis Thrift Store is working hard to open up shop again, but in the meantime, they’re bringing the store to you.

The store has been closed down since March, and hasn’t yet reopened to the public due to its amount of high-touch areas.

Terri Wood, chairperson of the Winnipegosis Thrift Store, says they’ve missed their customers, so they are setting up their products outside the shop to enjoy.

“We are having some of our wears out on tables that are spaced out at physically distanced protocols. Our whole premise is to do this while keeping people safe because we’re not sure how and when we’ll be able to open to the public on a regular basis.”

The sale is being held on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Customers will be allowed in the store for the day; however, there will be a limit to 5 people at a time, for about 15 minutes.

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