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CBC
10 hours ago
- Climate
- CBC
Families uprooted by wildfire find shelter in Brandon
Pukatawagan Cree Nation fire evacuee Rashelle Colomb had to leave her dogs and partner behind as her family fled an out-of-control wildfire. The plane she took arrived in Brandon, Man., Thursday night with her two children and six other passengers fleeing one of the many fires forcing evacuations in Manitoba. It ended up being the last flight to Brandon out of Pukatawagan on Thursday before smoke forced the airport to close. There is no all-season road access to the First Nation, also known as Mathias Colomb. Pukatawagan Chief Gordie Bear told CBC Thursday that around 200 people had been evacuated from the First Nation, but around 2,000 people still needed to get out Thursday evening. Colomb could see the wildfires getting close to the airport as they left, she said. "My daughter, when we were flying over ... the flames, she started crying … asking for her dad right away," Colomb said. It was a relief to touch down in Brandon, she said. Pukatawagan, about 660 kilometres north of Brandon, is among several northern Manitoba communities under an evacuation order since Wednesday, when the Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency because of wildfires across the region. The City of Brandon says it's ready to help the province and the Canadian Red Cross support people affected by fires in any way possible. Terry Parlow, Brandon's chief of emergency services, said the city anticipates welcoming around 300 evacuees. Norway House Cree Nation member Amanda Belfour expected her cousin to be one of those evacuees. She waited at the Brandon Municipal Airport for hours before finding out her cousin's plane had landed in Winnipeg. Colomb is relieved she and her kids made it to Brandon, where they'll be staying in a hotel. She hopes her partner will join them soon, but he'll be one of the last to leave because he's a medical van driver. "You can just see, like, you can see the flames and how close it's getting to the airport," she said. "Hopefully everybody makes it out of there."
CBC
11 hours ago
- General
- CBC
Man, 46, dead after ATV rollover in Miniota
A man is dead after an all-terrain vehicle tipped into a ditch and rolled over in a small southwestern Manitoba community Thursday. RCMP say officers were called to a crash on Fifth Street in Miniota, about 85 kilometres northwest of Brandon, just before 6 a.m. Thursday. When they arrived, first responders from the local fire and emergency departments were already at the scene, a Friday news release from RCMP said. Police said officers found a side-by-side ATV tipped over in a ditch. The 46-year-old driver, who was the only person in the ATV, was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP believe the ATV was going north on Fifth Street when it veered and hit the steep ditch, where it tipped. The driver was not wearing a helmet, police said.
Fox News
a day ago
- Business
- Fox News
Will Levis says losing Titans' starting job to Cam Ward 'sucks,' but he's staying positive
Two years ago, Will Levis found himself falling in the NFL Draft after once being rumored to be a possible No. 2 overall pick. Instead, he was selected in the second round, prompting awkward moments in the draft green room. Today, Levis finds himself out of a starter's job after his Tennessee Titans selected Cam Ward with the first overall pick. It is a less than ideal situation for the third-year quarterback who once thought he would be the future of the franchise. "Anyone who's ever been in my situation would agree that it sucks," Levis said Wednesday, via Main Street Nashville. But the chin stays up, and the mentality stays the same. "I'm just trying to do the best I can to not let it affect me and just being the same dude every day in the building and being there for the guys however I can and just trying to get better every day," Levis said. Despite a new role, Levis plans on treating every day like he has in the last few years. "I haven't been a backup in a while, but I don't plan on shifting my mindset, regardless of what the situation is," he said. "I'm just going to be ready to play quarterback whenever my name is called." Levis showed promise early on, throwing four touchdowns in his NFL debut. But, overall, it's been less than stellar. In 21 games, he has a 5-16 record and has thrown for 3,899 yards and 21 touchdowns against 16 interceptions. He's completed just 61% of his passes. Levis figures to be the favorite to win the backup job against Tim Boyle and Brandon Allen. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
CBC
2 days ago
- Business
- CBC
'Just ridiculous': Teens line up to snag limited spots in Manitoba driver's education summer program
Social Sharing A surge in demand for a provincial driver's education program drove teens and their parents to line up outside Manitoba Public Insurance offices on Wednesday to get one of the limited spots. The line at the MPI location at the corner of Bison Drive and Barnes Street started forming at 5 a.m. and was about 120 people deep by 7:15 a.m. In Brandon, the lineup outside Guild Insurance Group on Victoria Avenue started around 8 p.m. Tuesday and had reached 40 by Wednesday morning. Registration didn't start until 8 a.m. The courses were sold out by 10:30 a.m. provincewide. "I didn't believe that getting into this driver's ed is this, what I call it, stressful. It's just ridiculous. I couldn't believe it," said Andrew Bawa, who was in the Bison Drive lineup with his 15-year-old daughter, Elswidih. She will turn 16 soon and has friends already driving, while others are wrapping up Driver Z classes that started earlier in the year. She expected it to be busy but was determined to get a spot, and arrived at 6:15 a.m. "It'll be nice to drive, not having to ask your parents to take you everywhere," she said. MPI staff went down the line handing out numbers to confirm people's spots in line. When those numbers ran out, there were some tears. "I can't just imagine you're here, thinking that you'll get in, and then they tell you 'Sorry,'" Andrew Bawa said. "Some of these kids were crying. I know what that means for your child." He's not sure what MPI should do, but suggested the insurer improve the system somehow so young kids don't need to be so stressed. "I don't think it should be this difficult." MPI announced earlier this month that it would again be offering a condensed version of its Driver Z course this summer. Spokesperson Tara Seel said there were 384 available spots in Winnipeg and 204 spots across the rest of the province. That total of 588 is up from past years, when it was 312. The spots are limited because there is a shortage of Driver Z trainers, Seel said. "It's not us not wanting to offer the course more. We would offer as much as we could," she said. MPI was able to bump up the offerings this summer because it recruited nearly 30 new instructors, but that's still not enough. "We're always looking. If anybody is interested in being a driving instructor, please reach out to MPI. We're constantly recruiting," said Seel. "We recognize how frustrating it must be for parents. We apologize. We don't want to see people going through that." Tejal Makwana and her son also lined up at the Bison Drive office, knowing how busy it would be. Like Bawa, she's not sure how MPI could make the process better, other than perhaps opening more registration locations. If it was online, it would likely cause problems with the system pretty quickly, she said. "Just look at the people willing to stand in line. It's going to crash at 8 a.m., and that's another headache for them to manage," Makwana said. In Brandon, Ty Aldcroft and buddies Brayson Gerdis and Jonah Lepishak, all 15, camped out starting at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. "Twelve hours is a long wait," Aldcroft said, but he didn't want to risk not locking up a spot. "I probably wouldn't get in. Chances are slim. It's worth it, I think." Lindsay Dietrich arrived with her son around 9:30 p.m. and settled in front of Guild Insurance — conveniently located next to a Tim Hortons. "Blankets and lawn chair, that's all we [brought]. Didn't even need to worry about snacks, 'cause restaurant's right beside us, which was awesome," she said. She has two older daughters and neither had to wait in line. "It's crazy. I also have a nine-year-old at home, so I'm hoping they fix this before we have to go back and do this again." Courses sold out quickly As for those trying to get some of the coveted spots, MPI's Seel said there are alternatives to camping out and standing in line. Registering for a time slot can be done by visiting an MPI broker or calling MPI's contact centre. "It seems like a lot of people chose the third option of going to the service centre and created some of those lineups," Seel said, but admitted many people who did try calling encountered busy signals. To access one of the other options, people had to first go to an MPI contact centre ahead of time and create a new customer profile. That has to be done in person in order to verify a person's identity. They could also pay for the Drive Z course at that time, so that on Wednesday, all they needed to do was pick a time slot, Seel said. But many of those who stood in line didn't do that, so the entire procedure was slowed down by having to create customer profiles and process payments for the course before choosing a time slot. In the meantime, those slots are being snapped up at other locations and over the phone, Seel said. In the end, just 17 per cent of the 200-ish people in line at the Bison Drive service centre secured a course slot. The number was closer to 25 per cent for those in line at the Main Street centre in Winnipeg, said Seel, who didn't have numbers for the St. Mary's Road centre. "Brandon sold out very quickly," where the number of summer courses had doubled to four from two last year, Seel said. The program uses a mix of in-person and virtual classes as well as in-car training to teach students driving skills. It allows teens to start taking instruction at 15½ years old, giving them a six-month jump on the graduated licence program in Manitoba. It's typically a 12-week course, but the condensed version will be five weeks and run in July and August, a news release from MPI said. The condensed program will have two weeks of virtual classes followed by three weeks of in-car lessons. The July course will take place in Arborg, Beausejour, Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Winkler and Winnipeg. In August it will be in Brandon, Steinbach, Winkler, Winnipeg and The Pas.
Graziadaily
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Graziadaily
Tommy Dorfman Reveals 'Beautiful' Secret Affair With 13 Reason Why Co-Star
13 Reasons Why took audiences by storm when it debuted on Netflix back in 2017. Produced by Selena Gomez, the show ran for four seasons and prompted countless conversations about bullying and self-harm- and also came under fire for some particularly graphic scenes about suicide and abuse. Now, almost a decade later audiences still remember the controversial storylines as well as the talented cast- which included Tommy Dorfman as Ryan Shaver. Tommy- who came out as a transgender woman in the summer of 2021- recently released her memoir, Maybe This Will Save Me , and with it came a bombshell for fans of the show. Tommy, now 33, revealed that when the show first began filming, she had a 'short-lived' romance with Brandon Flynn, who played fellow high school student Justin Foley on the show. In her book, she detailed the second night the fresh-faced cast- which included Dylan Minette, Katherine Langford and Alisha Boe- all got together at her house. She stepped outside to smoke a cigarette when suddenly she felt an 'undeniable charge' between her and Flynn. She wrote, 'Within a few puffs, I looked over to find that Brandon had joined me. His boyish tipsy charm was intoxicating, he carried confidence with ease, and his blue eyes sparkled, perhaps this is what people meant when they said star quality. Whatever it was, Brandon embodied it.' 'We held each other's gaze for what felt like forever, and next thing I knew, we were up in his bedroom, ripping each other's clothes off,' the passage continued. 'It was lusty and fun in the most beautiful, magical of ways.' According to Dorfman, Flynn ended their romance because he was seeking 'something more serious,' while Dorfman 'couldn't offer more than casual fun.' Dorfman later married Peter Zurkuhlen in 2016, but the pair split in 2021. Later that year, Dorfman met Elise Williams on a dating app and the pair tied the knot in a secret ceremony in 2023, although she filed for divorce earlier this month. Meanwhile, Brandon had a year-long relationship with singer Sam Smith before marrying his now-husband Jordan Tannahill last year. Dorfman and Flynn's relationship wasn't the only secret affair revealed in her memoir. Although it was denied by their reps at the time, according to Dorfman's book Flynn also briefly dated their 1_3 Reasons Why_ co-star Miles Heizer- a relationship which the actress found difficult at the time. She wrote, 'Seeing Miles and Brandon so in love sparked an unexpected jealousy in me, a yearning for that excitement and fire, perhaps even more serious feelings lingered for Brandon at that time, but I couldn't do anything about it. My bed was made, and I needed to focus on the task at hand: memorising my lines.' Sarah O'Byrne has worked for Bauer Media since May 2023. She writes for Grazia, heat, Closer, Bella and Yours.
