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This year's Journey for Sight Snowmobile ride will wrap up this weekend.

Participants left Swan River Friday morning, with stops in Grandview and Gilbert Plains before arriving in Dauphin late this afternoon.

Dauphin Lions Club President Dean Lounsbury says the event has been a tremendous success so far.

"If i was to guess, and of course not all of the money is not in as of yet, but I think we are pushing twenty thousand dollars so far.  The guys have done a bang-up job of collecting money with still more to come."

The ride wraps up late Saturday afternoon at the Brandon Airport.

Money raised through the ride will go to the Eye Bank at Misericordia Hospital in Winnipeg, with some proceeds also going to the new eye centre in Swan River. 

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Grandview Municipality has a new councillor for its urban ward.

Art Leatherdale was the only candidate to submit nomination papers for the vacancy by Wednesday's deadline and was therefore acclaimed to the position.

Leatherdale will join the council table for their next meeting. 

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The Dauphin Fire Department responded to a garage fire on Friday morning.

At 2:00 a.m., crews were at the fire on 1st Street and 7th Avenue SE in Dauphin. When they arrived, the detached single-car garage was fully on fire. Once extinguished, they turned to removing the collapsed roof to ensure no one was inside.

The fire has been deemed suspicious in nature. If you have any information, please call the Dauphin RCMP at 622-5020. It was the 11th time in 2025 that the DFD responded to an incident. 

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It will be a night to remember.

The Dauphin Kings are excited to host Ukrainian Night on Saturday at Credit Union Place as the Virden Oil Capitals come to town. Widely regarded as one of the most exciting games of the season, more than 1500 tickets have already been sold and cost just $5. 

You can purchase tickets from 1 to 6 today at the South Ticket Office inside Credit Union Place and beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday leading up to game time.

"The thing with people coming in the last couple of days, they're not buying one or two tickets, they're buying for big groups," said Christian Laughland, Director of Business Operations. "They're $5 for all ages so it's really easy to just come in and get a few at a time and that's what people have been doing, it's very exciting."

While the game starts at about 7:35, the party gets going at 6:00. That's when the doors open and you are encouraged to show up early.

"We have Bratsva School of Dance performing when you come in near the stairs," said Kayla Gillis, president of Canada's National Ukrainian Festival. "We have the Drifting Cossacks as well. Then the food, between Ukrainian Smak and Monica at Temptations, there will be some delicious food. So come early and get ready for a night to remember."

When the puck drops, fans will be entertained as two very good clubs go up against each other. Riding a four-game win streak, having scored 29 goals in the process, Dauphin is six points up on the Northern Manitoba Blizzard for first place in the MGEU West Division, with a game in hand. It will be two games in hand after tonight as the Blizzard is in Winkler to play Jayce Legaarden and the Flyers on Friday night.

The Virden Oil Capitals, meanwhile, are in a heated race for the fourth and final playoff spot with Waywayseecappo. 

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Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn have released details of the 2025 AgriInsurance program administered by Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation.

After a lower-than-average claim year in 2024, Manitoba farmers will benefit from lower premium rates for most insurable crops in 2025.

The average premium for producers for annual crops will be $13.01 per acre this year compared to $15.43 per acre in 2024. 

MASC is further enhancing the AgriInsurance program by adding birdsfoot trefoil as an eligible crop for Forage Establishment Insurance and expanding the boundaries for grain corn area 1 and incorporating the grain corn insurance test area as grain corn area 5.

The Wildlife Damage Compensation program is also being enhanced by increasing the maximum value used to calculate livestock predation claims to $7,000 from $3,000 per animal.

Total coverage for 2025 is expected to be $4.2 billion.

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The benefits of practicing medicine in rural communities, and the available lifestyle opportunities in those areas will be on display this weekend for 75 medical students from the University of Manitoba.

Members of the university's medical student Rural Interest Group will be in Brandon and Killarney this weekend, where they will be split into groups to take part in clinical workstations.

45 of the students will head to Brandon, while 30 will travel to Killarney.

Prairie Mountain Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adrian Fung says the RIG workshop weekend provides the health region with additional opportunities to engage medical students early in their training.

It is the first of two RIG Workshop Weekends being planned for Prairie Mountain Health.

Another 20-24 students will participate in a similar event from February 7th to 9th in Swan River.

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The Dauphin Food Bank is looking for some volunteer help.

Robin Gambler with the Dauphin Friendship Centre says they are looking for individuals that are available to pick up donations from grocery stores, and then haul them over to the Food Bank location. 

The time commitment is a few hours on Fridays, as well as on Wednesdays and Thursdays during intake weeks. 

There will be considerable lifting involved with this work.

If you can help out, you are asked to leave your number with the Food Bank at 204-638-7853, or by contacting Robin at the Friendship Centre at 204-638-5707. 

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The former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Gilbert Plains Municipality has been arrested and charged.

On January 16, the Dauphin RCMP and Manitoba RCMP Cyber and Financial Crime Unit took Amber Fisher into custody. Fisher is alleged to have defrauded the Municipality of upwards of $500,000 while employed.

An investigation involved numerous witness statements, along with the obtaining and review of extensive financial records and other reports.

“Any time you have an investigation of this duration that reaches the charge stage it’s a major milestone. However, the work is not complete,” said Constable Ricky Perkins, Manitoba RCMP Cyber & Financial Crime Unit. “We realize for the people affected, a lengthy investigation can feel as if there is no progress being made. In reality, there are many investigative steps taking place behind the scenes, and we’ll continue to work with the Dauphin RCMP Detachment until it’s conclusion"

Fisher has been charged with Fraud over $5,000, Theft over $5,000 and Use of Proceeds Knowing it was Obtained by the Commission of an Offence. Fisher was released from custody with conditions and will appear in Dauphin Provincial Court on March 18. 

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A parade of planets is currently on display in our night sky. The planets have aligned so that we can see six of them on the same night.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will all be visible in the night sky throughout the month.

Scott Young, an astronomer with the Manitoba Museum, says many hype it up as just a single day of viewing, but it's more than that.

"The universe has always got cool stuff going on. and sometimes it can be fun to see it without knowing what's going on and finding out what it was afterwards. Don't wait for someone to tell you when you should go out, any time under the stars is an amazing time."

You'll need a telescope to see Neptune and Uranus well, but our other four neighbors are easily visible to the naked eye!

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The Town of Swan River is thrilled to announce that the Richardson Recreation & Wellness Centre Swan Valley Credit Union Aquatic Centre will open on Monday, January 27.

The day opens with a lap swim from 6:00 a.m. to 8 followed by aqua size from 8 to 9. Parent n' Tot swim goes from 9 to 11 and more throughout the day. The aquatic centre includes a leisure pool, lazy river, hot tub, sauna, and zero-entry pool.

You can check out the entire schedule at Swim Swan River. 

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The City of Dauphin has announced that crews will begin clearing snow on Wednesday night.

Beginning at 11:00 p.m., crews will clear Main Street and the downtown business area. Windrow removal will begin on Thursday, January 23.

You're asked to avoid parking on these roadways overnight on Wednesday and Thursday night. The City of Dauphin thanks you for your understanding. 

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