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April brought a lot of precipitation to Manitoba and the Parkland region which had an effect on water levels in local lakes.
According to the May 5th reading from the province's Hydrologic Forecast Centre, the water level on Dauphin Lake is 856.24 feet. The lake reaches flood stage at 858 feet.
Water levels on Lake Winnipegosis are at 829.98 feet while levels on Lake Manitoba are at 811 at Steep Rock and Westbourne. Lake Manitoba reaches the flood stage at 814 feet.
As well, Lake St. Martin is at 798.38 feet which is very close to the flood stage level of 801 feet.
Click here to access the latest water level readings from the Hydrologic Forecast Centre.
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Today is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Mountain View School Division Indigenous Education Facilitator, Carole Shankaruk, encourages people to wear red today to show their support.
It's really important that we acknowledge this day, and we all know that the violence has to stop. In our homes and our communities, when we look at the world, it's an important day to stop the violence.
The Dauphin Friendship Centre held an impromptu live art tribute today outside the Centre, to raise awareness for MMIW. They held it over the lunch hour, hoping that people would see it during their lunch break.
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The Manitoba Métis Federation is having an election on June 14th, 2022. According to Chief Electoral Officer, David Gray, there will also be advanced poling in a number of communities, including Dauphin, on June 10th and 11th.
The election is for all but one of the members of the Manitoba Métis Federation Cabinet, that is the President, the Vice-President of each region, and two Regional Executive Officers in each region.
Nominations to run for the open positions can be filed until May 13 at 5 pm. All Red River Métis Citizens, that are at least 18 years old are eligible to vote. You can find information about the election, including all the forms needed for a nomination, at the MMF Elections website here.
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The Manitoba Summer Fair is back in Brandon from June 8th to 12th this year. It's the first fair since 2019, and Provincial Exhibition Marketing and Communications Coordinator Michele McDougall said they're so excited to host it once again.
At this year's fair, there will be a Market in the Dome, where local small businesses will have an opportunity to sell their
We are putting a deadline of May 15th for folks to contact us if they want their small businesses to be set up here in our Market in the Dome and then they can sell and showcase their wears to everybody coming to the fair.
Tickets for the Fair go on sale next week, and you can see all that the fair has to offer, and buy your tickets at Provincial Exhibitions Website here.
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The City of Dauphin and the Parkland Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to host the State of the City on Tuesday, May 10th at 11:45. The event is at the Watson Art Centre and according to Chamber Executive Director Stephen Chychota, talked about all the ways people can attend the event.
We've got lots of options to choose from. Special rates for Rotary members or anybody that utilizes the hub. Members get a preferred rate compared to non-members but everybody's welcome to attend and be a part of this networking opportunity and hear directly from the city on some progress that we've made over the past few months and where we're headed in the next year or so.
Mayor Christian Laughland said the city is happy the event can be in person this year.
There are a lot of positive things to talk about when it comes to the community and going forward over the next six months. It's exciting times, we're into that reopening stage now with our community, obviously we've got the festivals coming back and lots of exciting stuff going on in and around the community.
You can get tickets and find out about all the different ways to attend the event at the Parkland Chamber of Commerce website here.
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The Gilbert Plains - Grandview Ag Society Fair and Rodeo is back this year on July 8, 9, and 10. President Kevin Boese says that after two years without a fair, they're ready to be back.
There'll be two days of rodeo and two days of chuckwagons, we've got a great number of chuckwagons and chariots coming. The kid's zone and everything will be there, so it's very exciting and I think everybody can't wait to get out and do some stuff.
The Ag Society is still looking for volunteers for this year's event, and you can sign up to help out here.
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On Sunday the Dauphin Rec Services held their first-ever Spring Market at the Rec Complex Curling Rink.
Tamara Kolida, Dauphin Rec Services Programs and Promotions Coordinator, said the event was a success thanks to all the vendors and residents that came out.
It was a great day. We had, I think, 36 or 37 vendors for the market then we also had the indoor garage sale. From the second we opened the doors it was packed in there. It’s hard to say how many people would have come through in the day but I’m gonna say in the hundreds for sure.
Tamara also said the event was a success and the timing worked fantastically with Mother’s Day being the week after.
I just want to thank everyone for coming out. The weather kinda worked in our favour it wasn’t a super nice day so everyone wanted to come indoors and shop. The timing was right with it was a week before Mother’s Day so I saw a lot of people shopping for their moms and their wives. All around it was a great event.
She also said the event exceeded her expectations and the event will be a yearly event.
It exceeded my expectations as well as all the vendors. The vendors were wonderful to deal with and there was nothing but compliments and good things to say by everyone. The public loved it and I think after being locked up for so long with Covid everyone was just ready to shop. I heard the vendors did really well and they all asked me to make this a yearly event so I think we will.
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Travis Laquette from Dauphin was sentenced in Dauphin Court yesterday, to 18 months for trafficking.
Laquette was arrested in April of 2020 after RCMP executed a search warrant at a home in the city and seized crack cocaine, a large sum of cash, a cash counting machine, and a high-powered rifle. He was 26-years-old at the time of the arrest.
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This morning the Dauphin Chapter of the Knights of Columbus donated a cheque for $5,000 to the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund.
The Grand Knight for the Dauphin chapter Ken Yakiashek said they hope that the families will feel at home when they arrive from Ukraine.
This being a Ukrainian Community, bringing in Ukrainian Refugees is a perfect fit. They’re not going to feel lost in this community because there’s enough Ukrainian-speaking people around them. From talking to the old pioneers that came from Ukraine the landscape is very similar to what it is back in Ukraine. I’m hoping these people will feel right at home when they get here.
The President of the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre Jim Perchaluk said the hope of those involved in the fund is to support as many families as possible.
On behalf of the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre and Museum and the many volunteers of the fund I thank the many organizations like the Knights of Columbus and the people in the parkland for their cash donations along with their many donations in kind such as furniture and household items.
All these donations will go to assisting the Ukrainian families coming to our community in the next several weeks and our goal is to provide support to as many Ukrainian families as our community will support through these donations.
After today’s donation the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund has reached $145,000 in total cash donations along with many donations in kind such as furniture and household items.
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Dauphin Recreation Services has announced they'll be reopening the Kin Aquatic Centre Saturday, May 7th. The Centre has been closed since April 21st because of issues with the pools heating system.
They're currently in the process of replacing the pool heating system, however, the new system is still months away from arriving. In the meantime, the current system has been temporarily fixed so the centre can open.
Updated schedules for the Kin Aquatic Centre will be available later this week.
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