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More Than Just News!
March 2013
South East Water Companies Win Top Awards
Dawson Trail Dispatch
Linden Man Dies During Storm
The body of a Linden man was found about 50 metres from his truck after being stuck in a ditch about three miles west of Landmark.
A 54-year-old Linden man died after being found unconscious along Highway 210 during the early hours of February 18. According to St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP, a passer-by discovered the unconscious man lying along the highway, just west of Linden at around 6:30 in the morning. Police said it appeared the driver got stuck along the road and, after failing to dig himself out, started walking home. Trent Burling, a long time resident of Linden was only about a mile from his home when the incident occurred. His body was found about 50 metres from his truck. Police said that poor visibility and road conditions could have factored in his death. An autopsy was conducted to determine the cause of death but results will not being released. Foul play is not suspected. For the first time in history, a local water company took home two prestigious awards from the 2013 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Competition. On February 23, Canadian Gold Beverages from Marchand was awarded two gold medals at the 2013 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Competition. The locally bottled water won first place in the best-bottled Artesian Still Water and tied with Celvik Dobri Kiseljak, of Tesanj, Bosnia as the Gold winner in Sparkling Mineral Water category. “It is like winning the Olympics for bottled water,” owner Peter de
Jong stated. “No Company has ever won in both categories for bottled Artesian Still Water and Sparkling Mineral (carbonated) Water. We are extremely pleased about this. We’ve got the best tasting water in the world, right here in south eastern Manitoba.” When De Jong purchased the Canadian Gold Beverages in September of 2012 and reopened it, the company already had a credible track record. In 2009, it took a gold medal and in 2012, it won a silver medal from the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Competition. Middleboro based Jackson
Springs Natural Premium Spring Water earned a fifth place finish in the Best Sparkling Water category and tied in 4 th place in the Carbonated Bottled Water category alongside Antipodes of Whakatane, New Zealand. The annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition had more than one hundred waters competing from the US and around the globe. The event is the largest water tasting competition in the world. Municipal waters compete for the coveted honour of best tasting tap, still and sparkling waters along with a new category in purified drinking water.
RRCC Steinbach Expands Nursing Program Starting in August 2013, Red River Community College’s (RRCC) Steinbach Campus will begin offering the LPN to BN (Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Nursing) Program. The program allows LPN applicants who successfully meet admission requirements, to receive credit for the first year of the BN program, and instead enter at Year 2. It’s part of a wide range of academic and career training options available to area residents through the RRCC’s Steinbach Campus. “Colleges drive the economic and social development of the regions they serve, providing applied learning opportunities that lead students to rewarding careers and
producing a highly skilled workforce for local industry,” says Campus Manager Mary-Ann Shukla. “Red River College Steinbach Campus is
no exception, and this new program will allow us to further enhance the range of training options already available.”
Around the Clock eLibrary Opens at Bibliotheque Tache Library The Bibliotheque Tache Library now has eLibraries Manitoba (eLM), which allows patrons to download popular audio books and eBooks at any time to their personal computers, laptops, iPhones, Kindles, Kobos, iPads or any other electronic devices. These files are accessible from anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. To access the digital materials you need a valid library card and internet access is also available at Bibliotheque Tache Library. Any computer or electronic device that meets the system requirements for the eBooks can be used. If you would like more information, please contact the head librarian Brandi Schmitz at btl@srsd.ca or 878-9488.