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Volume 133 Issue 32

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Sopuck Re-elected, But

Not The Choice Of Most

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Runaway Grass Fire

By DARRYL HOLYK

hile Liberal party

supporters shook
the nation by voting Justin Trudeau as Canadas
23rd Prime Minister, local
voters stayed Conservative and re-elected Robert
Sopuck as the Member of
Parliament for the Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa Riding. Sopuck will
continue to represent this
area for another term, this
time as part of the official
opposition in Ottawa.
Incumbent Sopuck being re-elected in Canadas
42nd General Election is really no surprise, as Minnedosa area electors have been strongly supportive of the
Conservative party over the decades. Voting Conservative has been a common trend since local voters elected
Nick Mandziuk as this areas Conservative M.P. back in
the 1957 Federal Election. However, a close look at the
numbers from Mondays election show that Sopuck,
who has been this areas M.P, since November 2010, was
not the choice for the majority of the 41,462 electors who
voted in our riding. While Sopuck won the race with
19,229 votes in his favour, the combined total of remaining votes add up to 22,233 proving that overall, there
were more non-Sopuck votes than there were Sopuck
supporter votes.
While Sopuck garnered 46.4 percent of the vote, Liberal candidate, Ray Piche came in second with 12,193
votes (29.4 percent). Third most popular was former
M.P. Laverne Lewycky representing NDP with 5,083
votes (12.3 percent). Another former M.P. Inky Mark
running as an Independent received 8.1 percent of voters support with 3,369 votes. This ridings fifth candidate
was Kate Storey representing the green Party. She won
over 3.8 percent of votes getting 1,588 votes at the polls.
Voter turnout in Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa was
65.2 percent with 41,462 of the 63,187 registered electors
casting their vote at one of the ridings 265 polling stations.

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Photo by Jeff Pearson

Minnedosa Volunteer Firefighters battle runaway flames at a farm south of Minnedosa

when a shift in winds quickly turned a controlled burn in to a heart racing emergency.
Fortunately, there were no injuries or major losses as a result of this runaway fire.
By JEFF PEARSON

y first emergency story to

chase was a memorable one
for me when I discovered it was close
to home.
At around 4:30 p.m. on Friday,
October 16th, my family and I were
out enjoying the afternoon picking
up some groceries when I thought I

heard the Town Siren go. I paused, is

it 6 p.m. already? While searching for
my phone to verify the time, I heard
the siren go again there must be an
emergency!
We quickly finished up then off
to the checkouts we went! I knew
there could be no time to waste if I
wanted to get to the Fire Hall before
they left for the scene.

As we approach the Main Street

intersection by the Cenotaph, much
to my amazement our fire team on
route already! How could these volunteer firefighters leave their homes
or work, drive to the Fire Hall, gear
up and speed off to an emergency
that quickly? Absolutely amazing!

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