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Alcoholics Anonymous are looking for a new meeting place.
Their space burned down in the Bond building fire yesterday.
“Well, its had quite an impact. We lost all our books, and we’ve had everything that we, we had a kitchen in there for cooking,” said Larry with AA. “We’re going to be able to just have meetings at another place, and that will be just getting that setup.”
They are holding meetings at the Dauphin Senior Centre until they can find a permanent place. They had a meeting with the United Church this morning.
“We’ve lost everything. All our literature, everything is gone. It’s all insured so we're okay there.”
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MPI has noticed a trend of vehicle thefts due to people leaving their keys in their vehicles.
Brian Smiley says last year 90 per cent of the 3200 vehicles stolen involved the use of keys. That means vehicle owners aren’t taking care of their keys.
Smiley says in the cold weather people want to get into their vehicle warm, so they start their car and go back into their house or the coffee shop. During the 30 seconds people are gone, someone could just jump into the running vehicle and steal it.
Even though there is a slight spike of vehicle thefts in the winter, Smiley says vehicle thefts are a 12-month issue.
Smiley says it’s really simple to not have this issue.
“Keep your keys in your pocket. Keep them in your possession. Keep them in your eyesight. Do not leave your keys in the ignition while it’s running. Don’t hide your keys in the vehicle the thieves know where they are. Auto theft is a crime of opportunity if you reduce the opportunity, you reduce the crime.”
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When driving on Main St. in the winter in Dauphin it feels like you’re really close to the parked cars.
Bill Brenner says when it snows people tend to drive towards the parking lane instead of actually driving in the lane and that’s the problem.
The street doesn’t get any narrower because the city clears the snow off the streets.
Main Street is one of the priority streets to have snow cleared from.
Brenner says you can see the lanes halfway where they are supposed to drive and halfway in the parking lane.
He adds that they can’t stop people from parking in the winter just because people don’t drive in the right spots.
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A 43 year old man from Brandon is facing possession and making available child porn charges.
RCMP and Brandon Police executed a search warrant at a home on Tuesday.
During the search they found child porn on some of the suspect‘s electronic devices.
In July 2018, a social media account was suspended after a suspect allegedly uploaded child porn to the account.
The court date for the man is set for April 4th.
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UPDATE:
After 13 hours on scene, the Dauphin Fire Department cleared the scene of the fire located at the Bond Building on 4th Avenue NW.
Although there is no estimate on damages at this time, the building is a complete loss. The MB Office of the Fire Commissioner is leading the investigation.
You're asked to keep clear of the sidewalks and use caution as there is ice accumulation in the area from the water that was used all day.
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Emergency crews remain on scene at a fire at the Bond building on 4th Avenue Northwest. RCMP ask that you please avoid the area. We will let you know when the area is back open.
From the Dauphin Fire Department's Facebook page:
"Shortly before 3:00 am this morning (February 07), DFD was dispatched to a report of a possible garbage fire at the front of a building located on 4th Avenue NW. Upon arrival, firefighters attempted entry and found the fire was located in the basement of the building with flames coming up the stairs and out the front door.
All occupants of the apartments located on the rear of the building were safely evacuated along with one of the neighboring homes. Due to the fire conditions coming from the basement, firefighters were unable to make entry through the front door and shortly after the main floor of the building collapsed into the basement.
Crews remain on scene at this time and have called in assistance through mutual aid from Gilbert Plains Fire Department. Please avoid the area on your way to work and school this morning. Updates will be posted as the scene progresses."
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The water reservoir under the hill by Barker School is likely in use to help the firefighters deal with the fire on 4th Ave NW.
Pumps in the reservoir automatically kick in when lots of water gets used.
Bill Brenner says that because the city’s water pressure comes from gravity having the reservoir in the north end of Dauphin can help combat low pressure if something happens in the south.
That reservoir also gets used if any issues occur at the water treatment plant to make sure Dauphin still gets water.
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The get swabbed campaign is a movement for the month of February to encourage men to donate stem cells.
Sarah Jasmins, stem cell territory manager for Western Canada of the Canadian Blood Services, says they are looking for healthy men aged 17-35 to register.
Registering is important because it is still very unlikely a match is found. There are currently 1400 Canadians without a match in the registry, so by registering you could save a life.
In Manitoba to donate stem cells, you would have to go to Cancer Care Manitoba in Winnipeg. All costs associated with donating and going to and from the hospital for the donor and one other person would be covered.
There are two procedures for donating stem cells. The one 85% of people do, takes 4-6 hours. The donor is given a medication 5 days before that will cause the stem cells to grow. The medication also causes stem cells to move from inside the bone to the bloodstream and with a needle, the doctors can remove stem cells. They then remove some of the stem cells from the blood and return the rest.
The other 15% of the time it is a surgery where the donor is put to sleep and a needle removes stem cells from the back of the hip bone. After that, the donor will feel as if they fell on ice, but no other pain should be felt.
To register, click here.
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There's an extreme cold warning in effect for most of the Parkland.
The temperature with the wind chill is expected to be close to -40 tonight and tomorrow.
For a link to all the areas affected click here.
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It’s a common problem for pets to hate going to the vet clinic.
Dr. Wendy Wesolowski, a vet at the Dauphin Vet Clinic, did an online course to learn a way to keep pets calm at the vet.
She started the course in November. The course looked at three aspects of pets and called it FAS, fear, anxiety and stress.
Wesolowski now knows how to see signs of fear, anxiety and stress in animals, what to do when that happens, and how to treat or prevent stress.
She can give out medication so pets are more relaxed when it's time to go to the vet clinic.
50 per cent of the patients that go to the Dauphin Vet Clinic show signs of FAS.
The course also looked at ways to minimize FAS before coming to the vet clinic.
Implementing the strategy will take a while because they will have to go through records to see which pets had a tough time at the vet.
Owners being upfront about how their pet was feeling before going to the vet clinic will help too.
If your pet hates its kennel, you can try keeping it out at all times so they grow accustomed to the kennel and don't have a fear of going in the kennel.
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The RM of Dauphin announced the Listowel Bridge has been closed.
It will be closed until the end of March for repairs and maintenance.
The bridge is located on Road 106W between Road 149N and 150N.
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Municipalities across the Parkland will have to decide by March 31st whether they want to be a part of the future Inter-Mountain Watershed District.
A meeting took place yesterday afternoon between the province and conservation representatives to discuss the proposal to amalgamate the Turtle River and Intermountain conservation districts. Many city and RM officials were in attendance as well.
Should a member municipality choose not to sign off on the proposal; they will lose more than their matched funding from the province. "We would actually lose access to a number of other programs that are proposal-based, that you have to be a conservation district to apply for". Noted Jeff Thiele, Manager of the Intermountain Conservation District.
One concern that was brought up at the meeting is the fact that the Intermountain Watershed District will be one of the largest districts in the province, but no additional funding has been offered by the province yet to cover any extra costs.
".. the two conservation districts and the municipalities are spending quite a bit of time and money on formulating this draft proposal and going to some extra meetings that we wouldn't actually have, so it's actually costing us quite a bit more than we had budgeted for this year. Hopefully at some point the province is going to look at some extra funding for this".
Overall, the meeting went smoothly, and the representatives from the provincial government were able to knowledgably answer questions and concerns. The province has set a target date of January 1st, 2020, to make the amalgamation official.
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