September 2016
Celebrating 20 Years of Service to Our Communities!
Dawson Trail Dispatch
Team Eastman Does Well in Powersmart Games For one week, 3,000 athletes converged on Steinbach where the 2016 Manitoba Summer Games took place from August 7 to 13. Team Eastman celebrated as the weeklong competition by ending the final day with a cluster of gold medals. The Eastman team ended the event by capturing two gold medals in soccer and one in male volleyball. Team Eastman took the gold medal after beating Westman two straight games in the gold medal match. On the soccer pitch, over 1,000 fans crowded the stands to witness Eastman capture both the male and female team’s gold medals. At the end of the event, Team Eastman had claimed 66 medals, which placed them in fifth place overall. The team earned 19 gold medals, 23 silver and 24 bronze. Three coaches were also rewarded during the
event when Sport Manitoba and Manitoba announced the recipients of this year’s “Thanks Coach!” awards. The program pays tribute to coaches who go above and beyond in training the athletes to be the best they can be. Baseball coach, Jamieson Krentz, along with Soccer Coach William McKee and Swim Coach Courtney Bangert, were among twenty-eight coaches recognized at the closing ceremonies. The Power Smart Manitoba Games are the province’s largest ongoing multi-sport program bringing together participants from across the province. The Games are held every two years and alternate between summer and winter sports events. Each set of Games involves upwards of 7,500 athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers.
Team Eastman’s Baseball team also earned one of the last gold medals of the week.
Trans-Canada East Slated for More Improvements
Both of Team Eastman’s boys and girls soccer teams brought home gold medals on the last day of competition. Highway 1 Map
By Marianne Curtis In the middle of August, the province announced that $33 million in joint funding is available for major rehabilitation projects along the TransCanada Highway. In addition to making these highways safer and wider, this rehabilitation work is expected to extend their life by approximately 20 years. Blaine Pedersen, Minister of Manitoba Infrastructure was proud to announce the partnership between the provincial and federal governments on seeing these projects through. “Each of our highways connects communities and enables economic activity across our large and diverse province,” stated Pederson. “Highway 1-East is also an important lifeline for Manitoba servicing high volumes of traffic over a busy stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway.” “The Government of Canada is pleased to be partnering with the Government of Manitoba to invest in much needed upgrades to the National Highway system in the province. This work will provide a more reliable and safe ride for both Manitobans and visitors, stimulate economic growth and contribute to the high quality of life Canadians want and expect”, said Doug Eyolfson, MP for Charleswood- St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley on behalf of the MP Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of In-
frastructure and Communities. The announcement totalling $53 million in funding included the rehabilitation of PTH 6 with $10 million each from the Federal and Provincial governments. The TransCanada Highway is the only route that connects eastern Canada to western Canada, while PTH 6 provides an important connection from Winnipeg to Northern Manitoba. AMM President Chris Goertzen is pleased to see these two projects proceed. “Manitobans have told us that infrastructure is their number one priority,” said Goertzen. “These projects will promote safe, efficient travel and allow greater economic opportunity into our municipalities, while at the same time linking communities to each other.” The PTH1 project will rehabilitate two sections of the highway with grade widening of a 21.3 kilometre stretch from PTH 11 to Provincial Road 308, and resurfacing a length of 31.8 kilometres from Brokenhead River to the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway. The governments of Canada and Manitoba are each contributing up to $16.5 million to the PTH 1 East rehabilitation project under the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component - National and Regional Projects, representing the total project cost.