City And DRS Dealing With Dutch Elm Disease
The City of Dauphin and Dauphin Recreation Services are working together to control Dutch Elm Disease.
The province downloaded the management of the disease to urban municipalities, and CAO Brad Collett says there will be some costs to the city because of this.
“Unfortunately, they’ve identified 52 trees this year and they have to be removed, so DRS is costing that right now, they give us back about $182 per tree, but unfortunately, tree removal costs are substantially more than that so there is going to be a cost to this.”
Collett says the city is considering joining with other urban municipalities in the area to talk to other tree removal contractors, to reduce the costs for tree removal.
Prosecutors Seeking Jail Time For Drunk Driver On Perimeter Highway
Prosecutors want a Manitoba man who admitted to driving drunk
when he killed a young woman to serve a four-year prison term.
when he killed a young woman to serve a four-year prison term.
David Deslisle, who is 51, has pleaded guilty to impaired driving
causing death in the September 2012 crash on Winnipeg's Perimeter
Highway that killed 21-year-old Samantha Schlichting.
A passenger in her car was also left with permanent injuries.
Deslisle's pickup truck drifted into the wrong lane.
Court heard he refused a breathalyzer at the scene of the crash
so it's unclear how much alcohol was in his system.
Sexual Assault Conviction For Former Teacher's Assistant
A former teacher's assistant in Manitoba has been sentenced to
three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female
student.
three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female
student.
The 31-year-old man was convicted following a trial earlier this
year in which he denied any wrongdoing.
The Crown was seeking up to four years behind bars for the man,
who has no prior criminal record.
Crown prosecutor Kyle Parker says the man has no remorse. Court
heard the man came into contact with the victim at the high school
of a remote Manitoba reserve.
Canada Closer To TPP Deal
The Conservative government hopes to have an agreement in place
before the weekend that would establish the world's largest
free-trade zone.
Should the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Atlanta
conclude successfully, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says it will
give Canadian farmers, ranchers and food processors preferential
access to that zone.
He says from beef to canola, pulses to pork, genetics to live
animals, and countless processed products, the agriculture and
agri-food sector in every province depends on exports to grow and
succeed.
Ritz says the government remains committed to continuing to
defend the supply management system.
The top three political leaders sparred over foreign policy at
last night's leaders' debate in Toronto, with featuring spirited
arguments over Trans-Pacific trade talks, security, immigration and
refugee measures, and climate change.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper was forced to defend
his government's record on combating climate change, and that not
enough is being done.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau criticized the NDP policy on
reducing our greenhouse-gas emissions and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair
attacked Harper over failing to convince the US to approve the
Keystone XL pipeline project.
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are
scheduled to meet for the second time this year on the sidelines of
the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The two countries are trying to normalize relations after decades
of animosity.
before the weekend that would establish the world's largest
free-trade zone.
Should the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Atlanta
conclude successfully, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says it will
give Canadian farmers, ranchers and food processors preferential
access to that zone.
He says from beef to canola, pulses to pork, genetics to live
animals, and countless processed products, the agriculture and
agri-food sector in every province depends on exports to grow and
succeed.
Ritz says the government remains committed to continuing to
defend the supply management system.
Party Leaders Debate Foreign Policy
Four debates down and one to go.
The top three political leaders sparred over foreign policy at
last night's leaders' debate in Toronto, with featuring spirited
arguments over Trans-Pacific trade talks, security, immigration and
refugee measures, and climate change.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper was forced to defend
his government's record on combating climate change, and that not
enough is being done.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau criticized the NDP policy on
reducing our greenhouse-gas emissions and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair
attacked Harper over failing to convince the US to approve the
Keystone XL pipeline project.
Obama And Castro To Meet During UN Summit
Old Cold War adversaries continue the effort today to warm things
up.
up.
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are
scheduled to meet for the second time this year on the sidelines of
the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The two countries are trying to normalize relations after decades
of animosity.
