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Can collections for canoes

by Sheila Runions This field near Rivers had an abundance of bales scattered throughout, a common and welcome sight at this time of year showing a large portion Photo of harvest is coming to a close. A much preferred sight to the fall of 2019 when so many crops were left in the fields over the winter.

South West Crop Report Manitoba Agriculture Another dry and windy week in southwest Manitoba. Subzero temperatures arrived for one or two nights but daytime temperatures were mostly double-digit, which allowed farmers to continue harvest and other field operations. Recent frost is not damaging anything at this stage as soybean and corn are already maturing and drying down due heavy frost earlier in

September. Most north- average at 35 to 50 bu/ above average. Oats are but no reports of yield continue so more straw yet. Corn is advancing was being baled up. ern districts have ad- acre. Quality is also vari- 90 to 95 per cent done.

By Sheila Drier conditions and equate moisture levelsRunions in able.

Many soybean f ields fast as frost rapidly adBanner Staff There are some reports were at R6.5- R7 stage vanced maturity. Some several frosts have decropland, while southern the major schools. before frost cans from school foyer into and Chimo areas for conputpastures away in the fast. properSevplace on s r e p or of t e dyield i n t he producers areBeach silaging districts around Melita losstion dueto to pleted in the northPupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the shelving units. They were edition, the which and Reston are shortMarch in 9rainstorm arrived ern parts of the region. corn. No reports of grain eral producers are moving Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very areas were more to harvested fields harvestthe yet.

Frost damageHarvest soil moisture. Some areas in Science in theclass Southwest at inthe Southernfood cattle was weighed and sorted. scales at Riverdale pleased.” culminated a ceremonious plinary Studies advanced (to R7.5-R8) and fall pastures.

With will be determined at the can use a good rain to end of June and early fall Elementary school staff memat Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was a sen- noted a total of 434 pounds, “a volunteerproYvonne Harvest president ior students en- fabulous Heather. project for Riverdale Harvest. in staging at thatbrainstorm, time. the drierber/Harvest conditions, harvest.

Sunfamount,” lowerssays are increase the soil moisture frost is also Riverdale causing qualCrouch initiated a similar camhigh school was10 encouraged “We are so well. pleased they decided and Liliane.

Dubbed Boat Load Food, inHeather ity of issues some Gray canola Soybean tire harvest is 5 to ducers have gone back also maturing level for coming yearthe and Because the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threestudents secured a canoe from fields. per cent. Yield and qualGrasshoppers are still to cutting more slough improve tillage.

Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged is good so for asinthese is 80 to theity hay. students Some tocorn silage in in pastures Overall Harvest 50 to f illSpring but this groupand of students leave product be portaged across street to tournament which toactive play, credit with anisintent it with wheat fields were least affected 85 perthecent harvested has started but most ditches.

Some producers to 60 per centnon-perishables. complete. Although of food Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; 87 pounds still wasfield. collected from the younger Harvest).

Rather,from the teens the canoe. Some students alsopreparing All studentstostayed behindin to the campaign was fully organized frost. across the dale region.

Yield Overall hay are do fall Harvest progress is comgroup on Thursday, March 22. bags, boxes Oak fRiver help check expiry dates, by that class, the original idea carried ing along well.

Canola Some canvassed winter Rivers, cereals and quality is good to and garbage situation is good.

Several ieldwork.

Some har-sort and from a suggestion made harvest is 50came to 55 per excellent in many cases. have been seeded, mostly rowing and post harvest producers selling hay and by harvest volunteer Liliane cent completeDupuis. in general. Barley is 95 to 100 per into cereal stubble. Flax spraying being done. Dry straw. Dugouts are at 75 Yields are modest below cent complete. Yield is harvest is also started conditions let har vest per cent capacity “Ito heard the idea at a meet-

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ing in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in Winnipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food bank, my ears always perk up!”

She then brought the suggestion to Riverdale Harvest, which supported the idea and asked her to present the promo-

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Have we gone far enough?

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think a lot of people are asking that question. Everyone would like to have society get back to normal after six months of coping with COVID-19.

Many towns and regions have had no cases... yet! Some communities have seen a number of cases. I have it on good authority that communities that had a C-19 case or cases, went into a quarantine mode and the spread was reportedly successfully stopped.

We need to open up our economy. If some businesses want to ask customers to wear masks, that’s fine. If individuals feel safer wearing masks, that’s fine too.

All businesses need to be allowed to open up and most have. Schools need to stay open. Sports and arts programs all need to open up, too. But what about the elderly and the vulnerable? Do they not need to be protected and be encouraged to protect themselves? Absolutely! One thing C-19 has taught us is that we have not done a good enough job of protecting the elderly and vulnerable. C-19 sanitation procedures that have been actively preached, such as hand washing, staying at home when sick, quarantining infected people, all need more attention.

What we don’t need is a fear-driven economic shut down. The economic and mental illness effects of the C-19 shutdown appear to have had a much deeper

effect than the disease itself in Manitoba.

Certainly, 18 Manitoban deaths, mostly among elderly, vulnerable people, is sad, but it’s not tragic. What is tragic is how many unnecessary steps are being taken.

There are some precautions that are silly, not effective and expensive.

The following is an edited version (in italics) of what I assume is written by an American writer but I was not able to identify the original source. Nevertheless, the questions are valid.

“What is the magic formula that is going to allow us to sound the all clear?

Is it zero cases?

The only way that will happen is if we just stop testing and stop reporting.

Is it a vaccine?

It took many years for a chicken pox vaccine to be developed and many decades to eliminate the disease.

We have a flu vaccine that is only partially effective and many don’t take the shot.

Do you really think people will flock to get a fast-tracked, quickly-tested vaccine, whose long term side effects and overall efficacy are anyone’s best guess?

How long are we going to cancel and postpone events?

What if October’s numbers are the same as August’s?

What if next March is worse than this one was?

RIGHT IN THE CENTRE

Ken Waddell When do we decide quality of life outweighs the risks?

I understand Covid can be deadly or very dangerous for some people, but so are strawberries and so is shellfish.

We take risks multiple times a day without a second thought.

We know driving a car can be dangerous, we don’t leave it in the garage. Many speed and don’t wear seat belts.

We know the dangers of smoking, drinking and eating fried foods, we do it anyway.

Is hugging Grandma really more dangerous than rush hour on the freeway?

Is going out with friends after work more risky than four-day-old gas station sushi?

Or operating a chainsaw?

When and how did we so quickly lose our free will?

Is there a waiver somewhere I can sign that says, ‘I understand the risks, but I choose a life with Hugs and Smiles, going to the fair,

to church and hugging my Mom in her retirement home.’

I understand that there is a minuscule possibility I could die, but I will most likely end up feeling like crap for a few days.

I understand I could possibly pass it to someone else, if I’m not careful, but I can pass any virus on to someone else.

I’m struggling to see where or how this ends.

We either get busy living or we get busy dying.

When God decides it’s your time, you don’t get any mulligans, so I guess I would rather spend my time enjoying it and living in the moment and not worrying about what-ifs and maybes, and I bet I’m not the only one.”

Disclaimer: The writer serves as a volunteer chair of the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association. The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the MCNA board or Banner & Press staff.

What manner of man is this - part four

This week I want to pick up where we left off in part three, where Jesus, in the gospel of John, claims the name God gave to Moses in the book of Exodus. God told Moses to go and lead His children, the Israelites, out of slavery in Egypt, to which Moses asked, “Who shall I say has sent me?”

•Exodus 3:14,15 - “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: “I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites, The LORD, the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob - has sent me to you.

This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.’”

You’ll recall that Jesus, when confronting the religious leaders, said that before Abraham was born, “I AM “(John 8:58). Upon this statement and others in the New Testament, Jesus claimed to be God, God

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the Son, who is equal in every way to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. In the original Hebrew language, the name I AM means the one who was, who is, and who is to be; in other words, He is self-existing and eternal. There are differing views on how to pronounce the name, and the ones I am more familiar with are Yahweh, Yehovah, and one other many of you are familiar with, Jehovah. Before you jump to any conclusions, let me explain. When we hear the name Jehovah, the first thought that comes to mind is the Jehovah’s Witnesses, but rest assured, I am not one.

The Jehovah Witnesses are not Christian because they have an unscriptural view of Jesus Christ. They make the false claim that they have rediscovered God’s lost and forgotten name, Jehovah, which is not true because it has been used for centuries. I believe Christians don’t refer to this name because we weren’t aware of

its true meaning in the first place, and we want to avoid any affiliation with the false Christianity of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The most crucial matter we need to realize is that Jesus Christ didn’t just appear on scene two thousand years ago; he has always existed along with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Son of God became one of us, to dwell in our midst and display His love, grace and mercy to those who would call upon His name for forgiveness of sins, granting eternal life. The Apostle John said: •1 John 5:13 - “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.”

Jesus Christ wasn’t the only one to declare His deity; his apostles did likewise. Paul wrote: •Philippians 2:5-11 - “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

is the day of salvation.”

•Acts 4:12 - “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

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in heaven and earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

That the Son of God would lower Himself to become one of us astonishes me! He came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10,) of which I was one and has granted me eternal life!

For those of you who haven’t looked to Christ for salvation, I beg you, do it today!

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Home Bodies

By Rita Friesen I wonder as I wander

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he path wandered beside a gently f lowing river. My dogs were with me, however, in reality I was not with them. Fall with all her beauty and nuances had entranced me. Pausing, I felt the season. The crunch of the countless acorns beneath my feet, the gurgle of the river as it f lowed through the sweeping branches of the swooping willow tree, the wind in the dry leaves, voices drifting on the cool air from hidden sources, and the call of the crows alerting others of my presence. The sounds of fall. There is a scent, a smell, to this season as well. This fall too frequently it is a smoky smell that dominates. Different from that of a backyard barbeque or bonfire, this is the smell of the despair that has struck too many communities, far from us in distant, near in kinship- homes and businesses destroyed, families and communities fragmented, and countless wildlife homeless as well. Taking time, one can catch the smell of harvest, differentiating the haying from the gathering of cereal grains, and from the scent of a fresh garnered potato field. Did I catch all those at the river? No, but scent is a main key to memories and as I inhaled the smell of river, drying leaves and trampled grasses, all other images

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein The “greenfeed” condominium

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ne of the lessons every farmer learns is that one simple act can have multiple consequences. That’s what happened on our family farm many years ago.

A small creek runs through the home quarter on our property. The hills on either side are too steep for cultivation, so they were used to pasture dairy and beef cattle. They were also home to dozens of gophers, who, because of their growing population, had to expand their living quarters. They dug a large network of underground tunnels and left large mounds of dirt near the entrances to their lairs.

These hills and entrances posed a signif icant danger to our cattle. An accidental slip into one of these holes could result in a broken leg and the loss of an animal; so when the gopher population got out of hand, we took steps to control it.

What we did then (55 years ago) would be severely frowned upon today. We bought a small can of poison, mixed with a gallon of oats and then put a little bit of the mixture in each gopher hole. Our gopher problem was solved for that year, but Mother Nature got even with us, as she always does whenever anyone tries to upset her delicate balance.

Our large gopher population attracted a large number of hawks and eagles to our farm. They had babies to feed and fresh gopher to them was like filet mignon to you and me. They dined like royalty– until their food supply suddenly disappeared. Then they moved to the neighbour’s pasture (he didn’t poison his gophers) and dined on the gophers they found there. That was the first of many surprises Mother Nature had in store for us.

With fewer predatory birds to keep their numbers under control, a colony of field mice came to our yard, looking for a winter home. They chose the bot-

joined to enlarge the feeling of fall.

The sights of fall are both comforting and foreshadowing. There has always been a fall and there will always be a fall. Autumn is a time for gathering in, preparing for the bleakness of the white winter.

At one curve of the trail, not even next to the river, beavers have been hard at work felling trees and dragging them to make a home. There is one miscalculated cut that amuses me- the poplar sapling is struck in the branches of an evergreen, its base six feet above the earth. I wonder about going over and tugging it down… (Do beaver ever cut down evergreens?) I have not spotted the site of the dam or home but keeping a watch for it. The squirrels have been working overtime. The empty husks of the acorns are proof of that. And there movement through the branches is hurried and urgent, collecting, storing, preparing. The colouring of the foliage is a never ending wonder. The red of the chokecherries, the gold of the aspen and the muted shades of the maple leaves. And the vines- so vibrant and distinct. The scene is ever changing and never changing.

There is a feel to fall, sweater weather in the morning, earlier sunsets, and a breeze that encourages the closing of windows for the night. This feel lends urgency to the cleaning of gardens, completion of summer projects. Again, where these sights at the rivers edge? Within me, and around me, they were present. Simply stopping to see, to feel, to be, allows for thoughts and images to f lit and f loat, and sometimes linger. It is a path I frequent, both the walking and the thinking. It takes the tug of a dog to move me forward, leaving the site but not the view. tom four layers of our stack of 1,200 greenfeed bales.

Greenfeed, for those who may not know, is oats cut before the grain has ripened and compressed into small, 60 lb. square bales.

That bale stack gave the mice everything they needed— a warm place to live, lots of good food and room in which to build new nests as the colony grew. The mice moved in around mid-October and by late March the following year had turned that bale stack into a multi-level, multi-family condominium complex. For the next month, whenever we moved a bale, we had to move quickly to keep the mice from crawling up our pant legs.

Things didn’t get back to normal until early May, when a large f lock of hungry, white-faced sea gulls returned from their winter homes. They made quick work of the excess mice and within a few days, Mother Nature’s balance had been restored.

In the years since, both professionally and personally, I have witnessed similar events. One careless word, one impulsive action— that’s all it took to set in motion a chain of events that took many days to rectify. And in some cases, we are still living with the consequences of things that happened long before many of us were born.

The lesson we need to learn is this— think before you speak, think before you act, think before you make a promise or take on a long term commitment.

Spoken words cannot be taken back. Impulsive actions cannot be undone. Promises and commitments, once made, are binding. Be careful how you conduct yourself. You will have to live with the consequences for a long time to come.

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Observation

By Addy Oberlin Rivers Banner

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he hymn “In times like these, you need a Saviour...” really spoke to me this week.

Ruth Cay Jones wrote this hymn and put music to it during WWII, when she saw the casualty list and heard about the slow progress of the allied troops at the boot of Italy. Food was rationed, discouragement was everywhere and to her, perilous times had come. How long could people live in times like that?

We again are living in perilous times. There is danger and there are risks. We need to make sure that our anchor holds and grips the solid Rock.

The answer we will find in the chorus: “This Rock is Jesus, yes, He’s the One.” When we know Jesus in a personal way and are a follower of Him, we can say with Ruth Cay Jones “In times like these, I have a Saviour... I have an anchor. I’m very sure, my anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock.”

May this hymn be a blessing at this special time of need when discouragement and unrest are all around us.

On this Day Sept 25

1878 - British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking.

1926 - Mackenzie King is re-elected as Prime Minister of Canada.

1933 - Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter was born on this day in Victoria, British Columbia.

1939 - Andorra and Germany sign a treaty ending WW I, as the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919 forgot to include Andorra.

1975 - Pink Floyd’s concept album “Wish You Were Here” reaches No. 1 in the US, goes on to sell 13 million copies.

1983 - Second daughter is born to Dave & Donna.

Happy Birthday Kassia!

1988 - American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins women’s 100m in Olympic record 10.54 at Seoul Games.

2015 - Singapore closes schools due to hazardous levels of air pollution from fires in Indonesia.

2018 - Comedian Bill Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years in jail for 2004 sexual assault.

Rivers Lions Village INVITATION TO TENDER SNOW CLEARING

Rivers Lions Village is calling for tenders for the clearing of snow at the Lions Village apartments for the 2020 – 2021 season.

3 buildings: 679 – 2nd Avenue, 655 – 2nd Avenue, 646 – 3rd Avenue Tender information document Call 204-328-7440 Tender closes: October 15, 2020

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Library usage is critical component in literacy and educational success, and NoveList Plus provides valuable support. By identifying the right books for every reader, it helps younger readers achieve reading success. Parents, teachers, and students can search by age, reading level, grade, and more. Audiobook recommendations are a recent addition to NoveList Plus.

Rivers Curling Club plans return to the rings

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At a recent curling club executive meeting it was decided that we would return to league curling this fall amid COVID-19 restrictions and with the guidance of Curl Canada and Curl Manitoba. Our plan is to begin play very early in November, aiming for the week of Nov. 2. So do not delay, sign up now for this great winter sport/activity that offers friendly companionship while maintaining social distancing. What better way to enjoy getting out of the house, light exercise

and social interaction while still keeping six feet apart! With no travel south in the next few months, it may be the perfect time to return to curling or to try it for the first time. All ages and experience levels are encouraged to join. We are thrilled to have RCI grades 10 & 12 visiting the curling rink weekly for gym class starting this year. It is also our hope to have more juniors (grade 4-8) taking part in our program as the instruction is great and the price is very reasonable. Please see the advertisement in this issue for league

contact information and phone numbers.

In other curling related business, the annual general meeting will be held at Behlen Lounge Wednesday Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. All members and potential new members are invited to attend.

Please plan to be present as there are new return to play regulations with regards to COVID-19 restrictions and sanitation. We are also in the prel iminar y stages of rescheduling the learn to curl, family fun day that

was postponed in March.

This is a free event provided by Rivers Curling Club. Come on out to play a game, challenge your friends, ask questions, practice or receive free instructions. Then relax enjoying hot dogs, hot chocolate and cookies while learning about the sport of curling and the Rivers Curling Club. We hope to present this fun day on Saturday Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

All are welcome.

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the Library. Or look for it on the Library website at http://riverslibrary.ca/ under eResources. Note: You will need your library card# for access. Contact: Sherri or Michelle (204)3287613 or email pclibrary@ wcgwave.ca

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Name: Micah Waddell Birthday: January 22 1997 Occupation: Publisher/Owner of Rivers Banner First job: Worked summers for Grand Valley Strawberries as a seasonal labourer in my early teens before working at a few welding shops.

Hobbies: Camping, fishing, hunting, sledding and riding atv’s, welding, almost anything outdoors.

In Rivers/Rapid City/Oak River since: July 2018 Where do you live? 2nd Avenue in Rivers.

Hometown: Brandon, Mb. or just outside of Brandon on the family acreage.

Where did you attend school? Kirkaldy Heights for grade school, Neelin High School for academic classes and took welding as a vocational at Crocus Plains.

Favourite or dream vacation spot: I’m not big on travel but Revelstoke for a snowmobiling would be fun.

Favourite food: Homemade pizza.

Favourite holiday: Christmas Favourite music, song or artist: I listen to too much of a variety of music to choose.

Favourite animal: Dogs Favourite TV show: I don’t watch a lot of TV or movies.

When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? A welder/fabricator.

Comment: My picture is almost always on the front page of the paper, so do I need it here?

RiveRs CuRling Club 2020-2021 league contacts:

Dianne Sharp 204-710-0126 cell 204-771-5903 Monday Night Mens: Brian English 204-328-4488 Tuesday Afternoon Seniors: Dennis Veitch 204-328-7133 or D. Falkevitch 204-729-7203 Coaches TBA to register contact Tuesday Evening Juniors: Dave at dfalkevi@mymts.net 204-573-5995 Wednesday Evening Ladies: Kendra Walker Monday Afternoon Ladies:

**NEW LEAGUES** Thursday Afternoon 2-Person: Friday Night 2-Person (6 week): Al MacDonald 204-328-7903 AGM Oct 14 @ 7:30 in Behlen Lounge and the Learn to Curl Family Fun Day November 7th from 10am until 2 pm.

League play will begin the week of Nov. 4th New members welcome!

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Rivers Police Services to change dispatching process Chief Klassen Rivers Police As of Oct. 1, 2020 the R ivers Police Ser v ice will be going to full time dispatching. What does this mean to the average person? The number you will call for NON emergent calls remains the same 204-328-7430, and 911 for Emergent calls. Full time dispatching w i l l be del ivered out of the Communica-

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Can you tell what I am, where I am and who I am for? Contact the Rivers Banner by phone (204) 328-7494 or email sales@riversbanner.com if you have the answers!

tions Section in Brandon Manitoba. Fully trained Dispatchers will obtain all the necessary and pertinent information, and in turn ,will be the ones dispatching the Rivers Police Service members to their respective calls .

The dispatching service will take ef fect daily, from 2 p.m. to 6:59 a.m.

Your day to day calls (7 a.m.-2 p.m.) to the Police Station will still be handled by myself and

our police service.

This process ensures that regardless of where our members are, (example: poor cell service area while patrolling in the R M of Riverdale) t he C om mu n ic at ion s Section will be able to get a hold of the members. This is better for of f icer safety and the community at large. We look forward to working with you.

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RCMP, national, local and Submitted MB News Media Services independent retailers, private security firms, Manitoba The Manitoba government Liquor and Lotteries, Comhas established a new retail missionaires Manitoba and the crime task force to support Retail Council of Canada, with a safe and thriving retail additional support provided community that benefits all by MNP. “Manitoba is leading the Manitobans, Justice Minister Cliff Cullen announced today. way in its collaborative re“In the past three years, sponse to crime that is underretailers have seen retail thefts mining the safety and viability increase by over 125 per cent, of retailer stores across this and violent crime targeted at province,” said John Graham, businesses and employees is director of government relaalso on the rise,” said Cullen. tions (Prairie region), Retail “The Manitoba government Council of Canada. “We are is pleased to partner with the appreciative of this communprivate sector to create this ity response to addressing new task force, which will this issue and enthusiastically work collaboratively to address anticipating the impact the efthese issues and support retail forts of this task force will have communities throughout the on creating safer communities and stores.” province.”

The minister noted the task force is a recommendation of the Manitoba Retail Crime Round Table, which was hosted by six local business associations in January of this year. Over 90 participants representing 68 private- and public-sector organizations participated.

Other recommendations that came out of the symposium included developing and implementing a retail crime strategy that will serve as a road map for a safer, healthier and more prosperous Manitoba and collecting, analyzing and distributing information to support the retail community’s safety needs.

The Retail Crime Task Force includes representatives from Manitoba Justice, Winnipeg Police Service (WPS),

The minister noted Manitoba Justice will be a key participant in the task force, which will discuss and share best practices and seek out innovative ideas to address possible prevention, suppression and intervention strategies. The group will also work to identify potential loss prevention strategies to address the root causes of retail theft, and review initiatives and programs that have been successful in other jurisdictions.

The province has also convened an operations table to bring law enforcement and justice personnel together, with the goal of reducing the number of thefts and robberies from the retail sector in Manitoba.

In addition, Project Stop Lifting is a joint initiative between

WPS and Manitoba Justice that targets chronic retail theft offenders.

“Our partnership with the Manitoba government is allowing us to better identify and apprehend chronic offenders involved in retail theft,” said Insp. Shawn Pike, WPS. “This targeted approach benefits city businesses and citizens alike, and supports safer communities for everyone.”

The minister noted the Winnipeg Police Service, working in tandem with Manitoba Prosecutions and Manitoba Probation Services, has made significant efforts in targeting chronic, repeat retail crime offenders.

Members of the Retail Crime Task Force are: • John Graham, director,

government relations (Prairie region), Retail Council of Canada (co-chair); • Shannon Martin, MLA, McPhillips (co-chair); • Scott Kolody, associate deputy minister, Manitoba Justice; • Michele Jules, executive director, Manitoba Prosecutions Service; • Chief Supt. Rob Hill, RCMP; • Deputy Chief Jeff Szyszkowski, Winnipeg Police Service; • Bryan Payne, Commissionaires Manitoba; • Damien Smith, district loss

prevention officer, Rexall (national retailer); • Brian Scharfstein, Canadian Footwear (small independent retailer); • Shawn McGurk, director, corporate security and surveillance, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries; • Scott Young, vice-president, Western Canada, Garda World (private security); and • Dr. Rick Linden, professor, sociology and criminology, University of Manitoba (data expert/research advisor). ������ � �

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Public Notice is hereby given that the 2021 Assessment Roll for the Rural Municipality of Oakview will be received on or before September 9th, 2020 in the Oakview municipal office at 10 Cochrane Street, Oak River, MB and will be open for public inspection during regular business hours. Applications for Revision may be made in accordance with Sections 42 & 43 of the Assessment Act. APPLICATION FOR REVISION 42(1) A person in whose name property has been assessed, a mortgagee in possession of property under subsection 114(1) of The Real Property Act, an occupier of premises who is required under the terms of a lease to pay the taxes on the property, or the assessor may make application for the revision of an assessment roll with respect to: (a) the liability to taxation; (b) the amount of the assessed value; (c) the classification of the property; or (d) a refusal by an assessor to amend the assessment roll under subsection 13(2).

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Dated at the Village of Oak River, in the Province of Manitoba, this 11th day of August, 2020.

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Low waters cause concerns

PHOTOS BY DONNA FALKEVIITCH

Top left: The pelicans are taking up residence on rocky outcroppings just east of the island on Lake Wahtopanah. It is so shallow you can no longer paddle through with a kayak and could probably walk out from the provincial park shore.

Bottom left and top right: both images give you two different perspectives of the receding waters and expanding shore line, looking down towards the lake in the photo does not do the low water justice. Gazing back onto the shore from the water makes the distance to the old shoreline much more apparent.

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