Local Firefighters Honoured
Two Dauphin firefighters are sharing the honour of firefighter of the year.
Robbie Tomkins and Cody Langlois were both presented the award at this past Saturday's Firefighters Ball.
Langlois called it a huge honour.
"It's not normal for two to be nominated and awarded the award. It puts us up there with astonishing feats these other people have done over the years."
Langlois and Tomkins helped the Dauphin Fire Department secure a Fire Department of the Year award from Muscular Dystrophy Canada by organizing a rooftop campout that raised more than double its initial goal for MD.
Human Society Holds Pawsibility Luncheon
Those who attended the Parkland Humane Society's Pawsability luncheon on Saturday got to see a police service dog in action, and when he was on duty, it was all business.
RCMP Corporal Steve Pike made a presentation with his partner, Talon -- also known as Alex.
Robynne Cormier says money raised at the luncheon will likely go to the working expenses of the humane society. Lillian Stobbe says it will go to vet bills and other things.
"There's a lot of very high vet bills with what we do, and that in particular is what we will cover is some of that bill, hydro, telephone, everything that runs the shelter."
Cormier says they're desperate for volunteers at the humane society.
Manitoba Pork Says Bacon Is Good For The Soul
is good for the soul.
George Matheson was responding to the recent announcement by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer about the connection
between processed meat and colorectal cancer.
Matheson says he feels bacon, sausages and the like enhance our
lives, just like chocolate, alcohol and the vast array of sugary
foods that are readily available.
Consumed occasionally and moderately, he says they bring us
pleasure and enrich our existence.
as relevant today as when it began nearly a century ago.
The survey commissioned by Historica Canada found 82 per cent of
Canadians believe the annual tribute to veterans is as important now
as it was shortly after the First World War.
However, the survey also finds that Canadians are split on
whether they feel younger generations properly appreciate and honour
war vets.
