Big Excitement Planned At Dauphin Ag Fair
There's lots of excitement going on in the City of Sunshine this week.
Besides Dauphin's Countryfest which kicks off Thursday, the Dauphin Ag Society are hosting their annual Ag Fair here in town.
Jamie Damsgaard - sponsorship, advertising and promotions chair person with the Dauphin Ag Society - says there's lots of exciting new events for people to check out at this years fair.
The Dauphin Ag Fair runs Thursday till Saturday at the DMCC fair grounds.
---
Renovation Season For MVSD
As students leave classes for the summer, construction crews will be busy in several schools across Mountain View School Division.
The largest project MVSD is handeling is the ongoing renovations at MacKenzie Middle School.
Secretary Treasurer Bart Michaleski says they're excited to see a number of new things at the school once the renovations are completed, but they're trying to be patient with how long the construction will take.
Renovation projects will also be taking place at Roblin Elementary, Grandview School, the DRCSS, Grandview Elementary, Whitmore School, Goose Lake High, and Gilbert Plains Collegiate.
---
Prairie Provinces Agree On Water Guidelines
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, along the federal government, have agreed on updated water quality guidelines for a dozen interprovincial rivers.
Mark Lee, a manager with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, says the update is focused largely on items that are contained in modern pesticides.
Lee says the agreement requires a province responsible for the harm to take measures to address it and reduce levels to below the guidelines.
---
Denny's Server Helped Locate Missing Autistic Boy
A server at a Denny's Restaurant in Manitoba played a pivotal role in helping locate a missing autistic teen 2-thousand kilometres away in Ontario.
Kim Forest says she spotted 16-year-old Nicolas Read hitching a ride with a trucker headed east.
She tipped off police and they tracked down the trucker and located the boy in Pickering late Saturday.
RCMP say no charges against the driver are planned.
---
Severe Weather Batters Great Lakes Area
Residents around the lower Great Lakes took cover last night from a summertime storm that hit both sides of the border.
Severe thunderstorms across northern Illinois included at least one tornado, damaged dozens of homes and left at least seven people injured.
There were also reports of at least two tornadoes in Michigan -- one southeast of Saginaw.
The system then moved into southern Ontario, bringing severe thunderstorms and hours of sporadic tornado warnings.
Localized flooding and power outages were reported, including in the Toronto area, but there have been no reports of injuries.
---
Support Building To Remove The Stars And Bars
Support is building in South Carolina for removing the Confederate flag from public display.
South Carolina's governor and a number of lawmakers say its use as a symbol of hatred by the man accused of killing nine black church members last week has made the flag too divisive.
Similar sentiment has been expressed in Mississippi and Tennessee.
In the retail world, Wal-Mart says it's removing the Confederate flag and related items from its shelves, and from its website.
Also moving to halt such sales is The Flag Shop -- the Vancouver-based chain of stores that sells the Confederate flag in Canada.
