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September 2017
Celebrating Over 20 Years of Service to Our Communities!
The St. Malo Fire Department was able to purchase a zodiac boat, motor and trailer for equipment from funds raised during recent pancake breakfast fundraisers.
Dawson Trail Dispatch
Breakfasts Fund St. Malo Water Rescue Equipment The St. Malo Fire Department is extremely grateful for the community support they have received during its recent fundraisers. The success of events, such as the departments annual pancake breakfast has helped fund the purchase of equipment to run a successful water rescue team. On August 26, over four hundred people attended the third annual pancake breakfast hosted by the St. Malo Fire Department. People attending the event could check out the new water rescue equipment, which was purchased in part from previous pancake breakfasts. “We are grateful for the support of our community,” stated a spokesperson with the department. “We had an amazing turnout.”
The proceeds from the St. Malo Fire Department fundraisers have gone towards the purchase of a zodiac boat and motor. An $11,000 donation from the Village Connection earlier this year also helped the project along. The RM of Ritchot Fire Department established the first water rescue team in the region back in 2002 using the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) funds. The Town of Niverville Fire Department established their own team a few years later, after a local resident died when his vehicle was overcome by water during spring flooding. The St. Malo Fire Department only recently became the third water rescue team in the region.
Multiple Charges Including Drug Possession
Items seized during the search.
At 3:05 am, on September 4 Steinbach RCMP were dispatched to a report of suspicious persons located on Main Street in Steinbach. Police attended and later arrested one 35-year-old female with a warrant from Winnipeg. Initially the female provided a false name, but was visually identified by police and her true identity confirmed. In the course of arrest, officers observed that in her possession was a purse containing several dime bags containing illegal drugs. A search revealed a total of 3.49 grams of methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana and a small amount of Canadian currency, and a palm-scale. Tammy Renz has been charged with one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of marijuana, two counts of failing to comply with a probation order, one count of obstructing a public officer, and one count of possession of property obtained by crime. Renz has been remanded into custody.