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A temporary shared health diagnostic patient service Centre has been set up in the Dauphin Provincial Building.
It's on Level 1, in Room 111, at 27 Second Avenue Southwest. It's open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can call 622-3582. The Centre offers walk-in X-ray, urine collection, blood tests, electrocardiogram (EKG) & Holter monitoring services.
Around the Parkland, the Ste. Rose Emergency Department continues to be staffed 24/7 to provide ED services to support the needs of Dauphin and surrounding area residents. This includes staff who can support those struggling with their mental health and addictions.
The Grandview Emergency Department remains open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., seven days a week. Additionally, an outpatient treatment clinic is open in the Community Health Services Building.
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The Manitoba Emergency Management Organization, in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, is coming to the Parkland.
Recovery specialists will be available at the Dauphin Fire Hall to help residents affected by flooding after last month's devastating flood. Specialists will help residents understand insurance claims and access information on recovery programs, services, and eligibility requirements.
Specialists will be at the Fire Hall on Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Around the Parkland, they'll be at the George P. Buleziuk Centre at 106 Shell River Avenue South in Russell on Wednesday from 9:00 to 7:00. On Thursday, they'll be in Roblin at the Community Centre on 55 6 Avenue NE from 9:00 to 7:00.
If you require virtual support, that option is available. To book a virtual appointment, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also call 1-800-863-6582 and leave a message.
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City of Dauphin staff have been hard at work getting set for this Fall's municipal election. Even though the election date is October 28th, more than two months away, there's already a lot of work taking place behind the scenes.
Lisa Gaudet, Deputy City Manager, said it's always one of the biggest efforts City Staff undertakes every four years.
"Conducting a municipal election is one of the largest administrative projects the City undertakes every four years, and staff have been preparing for months to ensure the election is conducted fairly, securely, and in accordance with Manitoba municipal legislation...for the next several months, staff will be maintaining the voters list, processing sealed envelope applications, preparing ballots and election materials, and recruiting and training election officials, and just ensuring that every aspect of the election complies with provincial legislation," said Gaudet.
If you're not on the voters list, or need to update your information, call the Dauphin City Hall at 204-622-3200. Keep in mind, if you need to change or update your information, you'll need to bring two pieces of government ID.
Gaudet, like most of the City Staff, feels exercising your right to vote is one of the most important civic duties residents have, as it gives them a voice to help shape the future of Dauphin.
"I would encourage everyone to make sure they're on the voters list, make sure they learn about the candidates and the issues, and that they consider running for Council if they've been thinking about it, and most importantly that they exercise their right to vote on October 28th...a strong voter turnout helps to ensure our Council reflects the priorities and values of the community, so it's very important. This election will shape the direction of Dauphin for the next four years," said Gaudet.
More information about the upcoming election can be found on the City of Dauphin's website.
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August 12th is going to be a great day for space enthusiasts. There's a total solar eclipse in parts of Iceland and Spain, with a partial eclipse visible in some parts of northern and eastern Canada. Here in Manitoba, most of the spectacle will take place at night.
Pierre Langlois, Manager of Space Astronomy and Science Missions at the Canadian Space Agency, said meteor showers are an especially unique phenomenon. The Perseids meteor shower happens every year, when Earth passes through the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle. Langlois gave a very Canadian analogy for what the process is like.
"When you see meteor showers like that, it's the same thing as when you see snow coming towards your windshield as you're driving when it's snowing. So it's not those particles coming towards the Earth, it's the Earth ramming into that comet tail," said Langlois.
Rural Manitoba has a unique advantage over urban centres when it comes to viewing the Perseids meteor shower: very little light pollution.
"Depending on the size of the particles, you'll get more or less light, and of course if it's a very dim meteor, the grain of sand is very small, there might not be enough light to be easily distinguishable, and it's gonna be obscured by the city lights...going in a darker place allows you to see more of these dust particles, as opposed to staying in the city where you'll only see the biggest ones, the shiniest," said Langlois.
All you need to do is drive ten to twenty minutes out of town, put your car in park, and look up. Langlois recommends to bring a comfortable chair or blankets, and to be patient if you don't see anything right away.
"Stay twenty minutes outside, because your eyes will get accustomed to the darkness, your eyes will be more sensitive if you stay a lot longer," said Langlois.
The Perseids meteor shower is the brightest annual meteor shower, featuring between 50 and 100 meteors per hour during the peak. This year's peak is expected for the night of August 12th into the morning of August 13th.
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Manitoba's severe weather season has been a bad one. From frequent tornado warnings to what feels like severe thunderstorms every other week, Manitoba is meeting or above weather averages in almost every category.
Dr. David Sills is the Director of the Northern Tornadoes Project - an initiative from Western University in London, Ontario to track, categorize, and research every single tornado in Canada. Is the goal ambitious? Yes, but Dr. Sills said that's the point.
"It's ambitious because Canada is such a large country, but when it comes to tornadoes that actually cause significant damage, we're confident that we're getting nearly all of the tornadoes that are occurring across the country," said Dr. Sills.
The Northern Tornadoes Project has an open data website, where you can access all of their research, and data maps made using ArcGIS. Dr. Sills said they get most of their information from social media, so they rely a lot on people telling them where severe weather might be.
"Sometimes we get information straight from Environment Canada or from media sources, but a lot of it comes from social media, and so we build a map of where all these reports are coming from so we know where to focus our attention," said Dr. Sills.
A large amount of their attention this year has been focused on eastern Manitoba and other parts of the Prairies. The Northern Tornadoes Project has 3 teams: one based in London, Ontario at Western University, one based out of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and one in northern Alberta. Dr. Sills said the number of strong tornadoes the Prairies have seen this year is something that raised a bit of concern.
"They've been busy in Manitoba, and yeah, we've had some powerful tornadoes on the Prairies this year, we've had three EF3 tornadoes, so that's enough to take the roof off a house and some walls. One in Manitoba near Rossburn, one in Saskatchewan near Oxbow, so near the border, and then another in Alberta, near the Saskatchewan border east of Edmonton," said Dr. Sills.
What's the purpose of the Northern Tornadoes Project? Through their research and data, Dr. Sills hopes his team can make positive change in a lot of storm-affected areas, including construction and insurance, that will make life for Canadians in tornado affected areas much safer.
"One is for risk modelling, so that's very useful for industry, especially insurance, also it's useful for informing the building code. There are certain measures that could be implemented in the building code that would make homes, especially new homes, much more resilient to tornadoes," said Dr. Sills.
The Northern Tornadoes Project recently hit their 1,000th tornado milestone, having catalogued and tracked more than 1,000 tornadoes across Canada.
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Environment Canada says they'll launch a new weather alert system as early as Tuesday, which will allow forecasters to better define what areas will be affected by severe weather.
The new system is called a Polygon-Based Warning System. It essentially allows forecasters to draw a shape on a map, and have an alert sent out to that specific area. Currently, emergency weather alerts rely entirely on cell tower coverage areas, so there isn't that much specificity.
This new system will only be applied to extreme and severe weather, like tornado warnings. For less intense alerts, Environment Canada will still use cell tower based coverage.
So far this year in Manitoba, there have been 10 confirmed tornadoes, well above Manitoba's 30 year average of 8.5 tornadoes. This new alert system will help to give Manitobans better forecasting for weather events that are increasingly concerning.
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It's the annual Mud Bog Weekend in Grandview, chock-full of events in almost every part of town. From the Mud Bog itself to the chainsaw carving competition, there's something for every interest.
Before the main events started to kick off this morning, there was a Classic Car Night at GVLC last night to start things light. Alia Marcinkow, Sponsorship Concierge with the Grandview Mud Bog, said it went well, and was a great way to open the weekend.
"Yesterday's kickoff at the GVLC, at Grandview Liquor Company, was wonderful, we had a great turnout, some old cars and a taco night, and it was just everyone coming together and visiting, and a chill kind of evening before all the events start," said Marcinkow.
Things got busy in Grandview this morning, and are getting even busier throughout the day. Kicking off with the CKDM Morning Show with Alec Woolston at Anderson Place, and a BBQ starting at 11:00 AM, and the Town Parade starting at 3:00 PM to signal the start of afternoon and evening events. Marcinkow said even though the planning committee had a feeling this year's attendance would be lower than last year, they didn't skimp out on the festivties.
"I think we realized that this year might not be as big as other years, especially with lots of floods that were going on in the area, kind of just hope it's more of a celebration, a chance for people to let loose a little bit and come enjoy some entertainment in our small town," said Marcinkow.
With it being the Mud Bog Weekend, there's one central event for the weekend, being the Mud Bog itself. Marcinkow said it always draws a crowd, and they're using some tricks from last year's event to make this year a lot smoother, especially on the side of registration.
"Our main event on Saturday, the Mud Bog, kind of kicks off around 12:00, 12:30, we have registration at 10:00, there's two registration gates again this year. Quads are registering on Main Street and trucks are on Railway," said Marcinkow.
Last month's flooding put a small kink in their plans to host the Mud Bog Weekend this year, but after some discussion, and taking inspiration from the next town over, the kinks were easily worked out. Marcinkow said she felt the event is something the community and the region needs, especially after recent hardships.
"Our neighbouring community Gilbert Plains did go on with their Homecoming, and I did have a chance to attend that, and it just seemed like everyone in their community needed that at that time, so that was a factor in our decision making, that we would watch and wait, see how our park cleaned up, see how the water was going, if the river did go down," said Marcinkow.
Friday through Sunday, there's near constant events in Grandview. Click here to view the full schedule of events on the Grandview Mud Bog website.
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Last week, the City of Dauphin's Public Works team swarmed the streets to complete repairs on several major roadways.
Darrell Aitken, Acting Director of Public Works, said though they made a lot of progress and filled a lot of potholes, there's still a good amount of work to do.
"875 square metres of patching that we did, 36 different spots around town, from the north end to the south...we're still not finished yet, we've got some other ones on Main Street that we're waiting for Meseyton's crew to come with their paving outfit, and we'll catch those in a couple weeks when they're in town to do our paving," said Aitken.
As they wait to complete the rest of the smaller road repairs across the city, crews are still working away at the city's two major projects in the north end, on MacLeod Avenue and Sandy Street.
"[Crews] are currently on MacLeod just finishing the base work this week, and so they're hoping that the curb and gutter crew will be in next week to start putting the new curb and gutter down...they'll be paving afterwards, so then probably in a couple weeks, we'll be seeing the paving crews move in, pave Sandy Street and MacLeod at the same time," said Aitken.
Aitken said the Public Works department is always looking to hear from residents about potholes or other needed road repairs. Even if crews aren't in your area, that doesn't mean they're not working to fix Dauphin's roads.
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Assiniboine College is expanding adult learning.
Thanks to a $367,000 investment from the Province of Manitoba, the college's Adult Learning Centre will now run in Minnedosa and Neepawa.
The new Centre for Adult Learning in Neepawa is at the Neepawa Training Centre (239 Mill Street). In Minnedosa, the college will take over operations of the adult education site at Minnedosa Collegiate (74 Armitage Avenue).
Karen O'Gilvie is Director of the Centre for Adult Learning at Assiniboine
"It's very fulfilling and exciting to know the government is following through and has eyes on adult learning and the importance of it through increased funding," said O'Gilvie.
Assiniboine’s Centre for Adult Learning is a supportive and inclusive environment dedicated to helping adult learners achieve their educational goals.
The centre’s programs are designed to accommodate busy schedules and diverse learning styles, and it offers various class times and online learning options. Learners must be 19 years of age or older or have been out of high school for six months or longer.
Adult learning centres provide opportunity for students to obtain their Grade 12 diploma, upgrade their existing high school grades, take additional high school courses to meet admission requirements for postsecondary or to support future employment.
Class times are very flexible.
"We have schedules from 8:30 to 4:30," added O'Gilvie. "We also have evening classes for those who have to work during the day. Our evening classes run from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m., usually from Monday to Thursday."
There are also remote options for those who require. Assiniboine is hosting information sessions for those interested in learning more about the learning opportunities through the adult learning centre.
The first one is virtual on Wednesday, August 12 at 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. There is another session on Thursday, August 13 at 6:00 p.m. in Minnedosa. Neepawa will hold an information session on Tuesday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m.
To register for one of these sessions, head here.
Assiniboine College has a longstanding history in providing opportunities for adult learners. It's important to them that students feel supported and empowered to pursue their education and employment goals.
Assiniboine College has well-trained and versed student success advisors who help students along in setting their goals and timetable. They also have educational assistants and other wrap around services to ensure students are successful.
"We've been known to deliver good services," said O'Gilvie. "We've been in communities for a very long time. We are looking forward to continuing to offer those services as we support economic development and adults with their goals."
If you're interested in Assiniboine College's adult learning centre, head here.
Assiniboine College now has centres for adult learning in Brandon, Dauphin, Minnedosa, and Neepawa and regularly delivers adult learning in community-based sites across the province, with programs this past year in the Ebb and Flow First Nation, O-ChiChak-Ko-Sipi First Nation, and Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve.
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The Manitoba Emergency Management Organization, in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, is coming to the Parkland.
Recovery specialists will be available at the Dauphin Fire Hall to help residents affected by flooding after last month's devastating flood. Specialists will help residents understand insurance claims and access information on recovery programs, services, and eligibility requirements.
Specialists will be at the Fire Hall on Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Around the Parkland, they'll be at the George P. Buleziuk Centre at 106 Shell River Avenue South in Russell on Wednesday from 9:00 to 7:00. On Thursday, they'll be in Roblin at the Community Centre on 55 6 Avenue NE from 9:00 to 7:00.
If you require virtual support, that option is available. To book a virtual appointment, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also call 1-800-863-6582 and leave a message.
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This week's Manitoba Agriculture Crop Report highlights hot temperatures in the Northwest region that have allowed crops to significantly advance.
Because of hot temperatures, soil crusting continues as soils continue to dry. Infrastructure and field repair continue across the region. Field access is still a challenge in some areas with washouts, but many roads across the region are passable again.
Fungicide and herbicide applications near completion, though some later seeded fields may require applications once necessary stages are reached.
The Northwest region's crops are advancing well: fall rye and winter wheat are in the hard dough stage, and looking mostly good. Stages range in spring cereals, with most advanced crops in the late milk/early soft dough stage. Some later seeded fields continue to catch up.
Field peas moved toward the R5 stage thanks to recent high temperatures, with most advanced fields approaching R6 stage. Canola fields still range in stages, with most crops nearing completion of flowering. Later seeded fields and fields under excess moisture are catching up. The most advanced soybean crops in the region have moved to R3 stage, with the remainder of the crop following behind.
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