Inseine january 2018

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January 2018

Winners Christmas Colouring Draw Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas coloring draw... Caleb Lanouette (pictured), Athena Friesen and Aleena Gautron (pictured). Thank you to the sponsors of this years draw... Pharmacie Seine, Ste. Anne Coop, the RM of Ste. Anne, Old #12 CafĂŠ and Lounge, the Ste. Anne Lions Club, Waldenway Canine & Kitty Camp.

The InSeine Newsletter would like to also thank all the children for their enries.

Caleb Lanouette (left) and Aleena Gautron (right) are two of the three winners of the annual InSeine Christmas Colouring Draw.

Festive Lighting Winners Announced!!

The Ste. Anne Lions hosted the Christmas Lights Contest again this year with the judging done by the seniors from the Villa Youville during the Christmas Lights Bus tour.

First place - 7 Place Desrosiere

Upcoming Events...

Meat Draw every Saturday by the Ste. Anne Lions Club drawn at 2 pm at the Ste. Anne Hotel. Come down for a chance to win a steak dinner for 2 all packed up and ready for the BBQ. Runner up prize is a pizza. 1 ticket for $2, 3 tickets for $5.

Second place - 19 Vermette Place

Public Free Skating on Sundays from 5 - 6 pm. Also, there is free skating for Parents and Tots (& Retirees) on Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:00 pm. For more info please contact the Town office at 204-422-5293 or email adm.asst@steannemb.ca.

Evening of Coffee and Entertainment Feb 24 from 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm. The Ste. Anne Lions Club will host another great evening of coffee with special musical guest Gerald St. Laurent. Proceeds will go to help the local food bank. Contact any Lion member or stop by the Saturday meat draw from 1-2 at the Ste. Anne hotel for tickets only $10.

Third place - 19 Lanctot Drive

Women of Ste. Anne Hockey Score Olympic Positions Hockey Canada announced its in PyeongChang by first-time Olympian and final 23-player roster for the 2018 “neighbour” Bailey Bram.

Olympics. The Canadian women’s Jocelyne Larocque (left) and Bailey Bram will represent team includes three Manitoba na- Ste. Anne talent on the Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey Team. tives including two from Ste. Anne.

Bailey Bram and Jocelyne Larocque are two of the three Manitobans to book their tickets to February’s Olympic Games in South Korea.

In the last decade, a strong American team has been victorious in the majority of their match-ups against Canada, but Canada’s women have had the upper hand in 2017.

Despite having won just two of the last ten World Championships, the Canadian team has looked unstoppable on the Olympic stage over the years, and are looking to clinch their fifth consecutive Olympic title in PyeongChang.

Defending Olympic gold medallist Jocelyne Larocque will be joined

Library Gets Added Funding On December 14, Dawson Trail MLA Bob Lagassé announced that eight programs in the Dawson Trail constituency will share $71,855 in community development funding from the Government of Manitoba.

Bibliothéque Ste. Anne Library received $2,738.

Judge Fines Two People After Ste. Anne Apartment Fire

By Marianne Curtis/Dawson Trail Dispatch Five years after a devastating apartment fire in Ste. Anne, a judge has ordered two people to pay $820,000 in damages after it was found they acted negligently and caused an apartment fire that left two dozen people homeless.

The lawsuit stemmed from a March 26, 2012 fire, when an apartment on St. Alphonse Ave. went up in flames.

Nearly two dozen residents from twelve suites were evacuated. There were no injuries, but two cats lost their lives.

In the lawsuit, the numbered company that owns the building argued its tenant Donna Fontaine, her son Anthony Burton and two others acted negligently when they disposed of their cigarettes in a planter filled with peat moss on the apartment balcony. “The risk of fire starting from the disposal of a lit cigarette is obvious, notorious and serious. The potential for loss is great,� wrote Justice Candace Grammond in her decision.

Prior to making her decision, the Court heard how Fontaine had visitors over, including her son, her son’s partner and her daughter, along with two young grandchildren at the time of the fire.

While visiting, the adults all smoked on the balcony around 5:30 pm and disposed of their cigarettes in the planter. After her guests left, Fontaine got her grandchildren ready for bed and then fell asleep. The peat moss, meanwhile, had been smouldering and burst into flame around 11:30 pm.

Careless smoking was determined to be the cause of a devastating apartment fire in the Town of Ste. Anne that left two dozen residents homeless back in 2012.

Photo by Patricia McPherson