Six injured in Friday crash

A 28-year-old man from Scanterbury has been charged following a two-vehicle crash just east of Dauphin on Friday night.

RCMP say it happened around 7:30 pm at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 20A.

They add a southbound black Chevrolet pickup truck failed to stop at the intersection and collided with an eastbound blue Chevrolet SUV.

All five people in the SUV were transported to the hospital with injuries and subsequently released.

The driver of the truck was also treated in the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

He was subsequently charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm and was released from custody pending a future court date.

No word on if the female passenger in the truck was injured as a result of the crash.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 3, 2023 - 1:12 pm

The campaigning is now complete, and now it is time for the residents of Manitoba to decide who will form their next provincial government.

Here in the Dauphin constituency, voters have a choice between two candidates in this election.

Gord Wood is looking to hold onto the riding for the Progressive Conservatives.

"I will be exhausted when this is all done. There has been a lot of door-knocking and a lot of visiting and events and things like that, but it certainly has been an exciting process. I have learned a lot and met a lot of people and have had lots of great conversations with people. But I am excited to where our PC team can take our region and the province, so I am really hoping for the best outcome."

For his first foray into provincial politics, Wood says it was everything he expected it to be.

"Everything and More yes! It was certainly a learning experience for me and it was good to see the behind-the-scenes of the operations. So certainly I will be very excited for when Tuesday comes, but a lot of nerves as well."

Wood is opposed by former MDP agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn, who also says the campaign went as they expected it to go.

"We put on 16,000 km and made sure I had the chance to visit all the people in the constituency. A number of questions have always come up and it sounds like people are concerned after seven years of the PC government. People are not happy about what has happened in the last seven years."

Kostyshyn adds he is not taking anything for granted going into today.

"I think what we have heard from the general public is that obviously, the record shows that health care is a disaster. The education component has got its challenges and I think we are going to be dealing with additional issues when we talk about settlement of contracts. Addressing the crime issue I think there is no doubt in our mind that we all witness this almost on a daily basis. And the jail closure obviously was a major economic downgrade."

Polls are open from 8 am until 8 pm tonight.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 3, 2023 - 8:44 am

Today is election day in Manitoba.

Mike Ambrose with Elections Manitoba says polls will be open from 8 am to 8 pm today.

"Anyone at the polls waiting in line by 8 pm will still get the chance to vote. Voters should bring ID. They will need to show either one piece of government-issued photo ID with their address, something like a driver's licence, or any two other pieces of ID. One of those could be their voter information card."

In the Dauphin constituency, voting takes place at the following locations :

(Alphabetically by community)

ALONSA COMMUNITY CENTRE

10 PTH 50, ALONSA

AMARANTH MEMORIAL HALL

12 PTH 50, AMARANTH

MAURICE MORRISSEAU MEMORIAL HALL

3207 LAKESHORE RD, CRANE RIVER

DAUPHIN FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

210 1ST AVE NE, DAUPHIN

HAPPY HAVEN HOME

116 WHITMORE AVE W, DAUPHIN

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX AUDITORIUM

304 WHITMORE AVE E, DAUPHIN

EBB & FLOW FIRST NATION COMMUNITY COMPLEX

517 ARENA AVE, EBB AND FLOW

WESTLAKE COMMUNITY CENTRE

16 EDDYSTONE DR, EDDYSTONE

FORK RIVER COMMUNITY HALL

105 1ST AVE W, FORK RIVER

RICHARDSON PIONEER COMMUNITY HALL

201 MAIN ST N, GILBERT PLAINS

GRANDVIEW KINSMEN HALL

435 BURROWS ST, GRANDVIEW

KINOSOTA COMMUNITY CENTRE

KINOSOTA FRONT RD, KINOSOTA

LES NOUVEAUX HORIZONS CENTRE

112 FOSBERY ST, LAURIER

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION - MCCREARY

431 1ST AVE, MCCREARY

OCHRE RIVER COMMUNITY HALL

401 MANN ST, OCHRE RIVER

RORKETON COMMUNITY HALL

800 1ST ST S, RORKETON

SIFTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

SIFTON

SKOWNAN HALL

1050 SKOWNAN RD, SKOWNAN

STE ROSE DU LAC CURLING CLUB

555 MAILLARD ST, STE ROSE DU LAC

TOOTINAOWAZIIBEENG TREATY NATION BAND HALL

HWY 5, TOOTINAOWAZIIBEENG TREATY NATION

VALLEY RIVER COMMUNITY CENTRE

5 HASSARD ST, VALLEY RIVER

WATERHEN COUNCIL OFFICE

104 NORTH MALLARD RD, WATERHEN

WINNIPEGOSIS ELKS LODGE

337 3RD ST, WINNIPEGOSIS

Something brand new for this election - Voters can now vote at any polling place in their electoral division on election day. Once there, voters will cast their ballot on a first come, first served basis.

You can go online to www.electionsmanitoba.cam or call 204-945-3225 to find out where the nearest polling station is to you.

Once the polls close, Ambrose says they expect to have finalized polling results within 60-90 minutes.

"We will be using vote counting machines. So voters will bring their paper ballot to the ballot box and the voting officer will put it into the vote counting machine. Then at the close of voting, the voting officer will run a report out of those machines, and that will produce the tally at the end of the night. Some voters will still be using the manual style ballot boxes, and those will be hand counted."

730 CKDM's Election Night coverage will begin at 7:30 pm on Tuesday night, with reports being heard approximately every 15 minutes.

Morning News Anchor Jeff Henson will anchor our coverage, and will be joined by Darnell Duff from the Returning Office, and Michael Brossart - who will be going back and forth between the campaign officers of New Democrat Party candidate Ron Kostyshyn and Progressive Conservatiove party candidate Gord Wood.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 3, 2023 - 5:14 am

The average price of gasoline continues to fall across the province, according to the website GasBuddy.com.

The average price dropped a further 1.9 cents a litre over the past week to 159.66 cents.

That also represents a 5.5 cent decrease from exactly one month ago and is 24.9 cents a litre cheaper than on this day exactly one year ago.

Here in Dauphin, the price of regular gasoline is around 162.9 cents a litre at most stations.

The national average price is 161.75 cents a litre, which is down 1.7 cents from last week.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 2, 2023 - 11:33 am

Many political pundits are predicting the Dauhin riding will be a close race Tuesday night.

The leaders of Manitoba's two main political parties see the importance of winning the Dauphin riding in their efforts to form the next government.

Both Wab Kinew of the NDP and PC party leader Heather Stefanson paid visits to the city during the election campaign.

Progressive Conservative leader Heather Stefanson was in Dauphin on Friday to support local candidate Gord Wood.

He says the visit was definitely a huge boost to his campaign.

"It's a good support. It just validates what we are doing here. We know we have support from the PC Party and we have had that support all the way through the campaign. Her coming here at the end of the campaign just shows that she wants us to retain this seat."

One of Kinew's visits included an announcement to build a new justice centre in Dauphin, to replace the jail that was previously closed.

Local NDP candidate Ron Kostyshyn says Kinew conected well with local residents during his visits.

"Wab Kinew is showing his credibility as he speaks, he connects with the general public. Here is a man that is a common sense thinker and is an individual that is connected to all people in the province of Manitoba."

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 2, 2023 - 11:26 am

Five people are dead following a single-vehicle crash near Swan River.

RCMP say it happened around 5 pm on Saturday on Highway 83, about 19 km south of the community.

They say an SUV carrying all five people was traveling northbound when the vehicle went off the road and rolled into a field.

All five people in the car were not wearing their seatbelts at the time and were thrown from the vehicle.

RCMP believe speed was a factor in the crash.

Two women, aged 42 and 26, as well as three men aged 37, 36, and 25, were all pronounced dead at the scene.

No names or hometowns of the deceased have been released.

Swan River RCMP continues to investigate along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 2, 2023 - 7:11 am

Saturday (September 30th) is The National Day For Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the hurt, loss, and trauma that many Indigenous people experienced at residential schools.

Parkland Crossing will play host to a special commemoration event.

Susie Secord with the Dauphin Friendship Center is helping organize this event.

"I think it is important for people to recognize and to acknowledge what happened with the residential school system, and the fact that children were basically taken from their home at a very young age, and parents were forced to give over their children and it was not a volunteer thing, particularly in the early onset of the residential school system. Many children did not make it home. "

Secord mentioned it will be a busy morning of speakers, including an elder from, Ebb and Flow First Nation, The Metis Council's Fran Chartrand, representatives from the city, and more.

The ceremony starts at 11 a.m. and will wrap up with drum groups, fiddling, and dancing.

Secord says the day is just a small part of the healing that needs to happen going forward.

"To us, when people come out, it is their way of acknowledging what happened, and their attempt at trying to get some education on what happened."

While there is rain in the forecast, the backup plan is to move into the gym inside of Parkland Crossing.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Sep 30, 2023 - 8:12 am

The leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party paid a visit to Dauphin on Friday.

Heather Stefanson visited a local cattle operation, Vermillion Growers, and Northgate trails, before wrapping up the whirlwind visit with a reception at Obsolete Brewing.

Stefanson says retaining the Dauphin constituency in Tuesday's election is important to her party.

"We see lots of great things happening. Here we are at Obsolete Brewing (Friday night), we were at Vermillion Greenhouse earlier (Friday). There are so many things. Jobs coming to this community. It is thriving and this is what we want to see and I just think there is hope and opportunity for the future here."

Local PC candidate Gord Wood accompanied Stefanson during her visit to Dauphin.

The PC leader says Wood has worked extremely hard during this campaign.

"He is very well known within the community. I have been out here a couple of times now and he will be a tremendous asset to us in our caucus and be an incredible representative for this community. We look forward to continuing to have this community represented in a Progressive Conservative government after the next election."

Wood says the visit by Stefanson is definitely a huge boost to his campaign going into its final days.

"I think it is a good support. It just validates what we are doing here. We know that we have support from the PC party and that we have had that support all of the way through. Her coming here at the end of the campaign just shows that we have support within the community. She wants to see us retain this seat."

Manitobans go to the polls to elect their next government on Tuesday.

Saturday is the final day for advanced voting.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Sep 30, 2023 - 7:33 am

A 37-year-old Swan River man faces a number of charges after an alleged break-in and assault at a residence in that community.

RCMP were called to a home on 7th Avenue in Swan River just before midnight on September 24th.

According to their investigation, a man known to the 45-year-old male resident is alleged to have broken into the victim's home,assaulted and threatened them before stealing a cell phone and a bicycle, leaving the victim with minor injuries.

The following day, the suspect reportedly broke into the home a second time, breaking several items including two TVs, and then took a hammer and broke several windows of a business on Main Street, as well as smashing two vehicles in the parking lot.

A female employee of the store suffered minor injuries from the flying glass, while an eight-year-old was also in the store at the time but was not physically injured.

RCMP finally made an arrest at a residence just before noon that day.

Jeremy Gingras remains in custody and faces a total of 10 charges, including two counts each of break and enter and uttering threats, three counts of mischief, and one count each of assault, theft, and theft of a bicycle.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Sep 29, 2023 - 12:33 pm

This week is School Support Staff Week across Manitoba.

Mountain View School Division Superintendent Stephen Jaddock says their support staff plays an invaluable role in the day-to-day operations within the division.

"A big thank you for all of the hard work that they put in, in supporting all of the activities in the Mountain View School Division. We certainly appreciate their role and we can not do any of our roles without everyone else pitching in."

Jaddock says support staff includes much more than just educational assistants and janitorial staff.

"That would also be all of our mechanics, our maintenance staff, all of the individuals that are in our food staff that are working. We have all of our bus drivers as well and so many more. So we can not have a school day occurring without all of them."