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Joe Houston is a Local Business owner, who's very familiar with Putting your Money Where Your House Is.
He notes that doing so creates a lot of positive feedback.
"I think you only need to look at places like the boards of the local rink to see how many small businesses and operators in our community are dedicated to supporting sports, leisure, recreation, and other volunteer aspects of our community in a pretty serious way."
And he's also aware of what happens to businesses without the community's support.
"When we look at the disappearance of small businesses in communities, and we see them shutting down, one of the secondary effects of that is less willingness to try from up-and-coming entrepreneurs."
Houston notes that small business ownership is no easy feat, but is well fostered by Dauphin.
"We see some amazing business openings in Dauphin every year and it continues to happen because Dauphin continues to come out in support. We don't guarantee that will keep happening without that continued support"
Putting your Money Where your house is keeps businesses around, and provides the many shops and services we see in Dauphin, and across The Parkland.
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Tourism plays an important role in Manitoba's Economy, especially in Dauphin.
According to a release from Tourism Manitoba, 2023 set record numbers, with 10.4 million visitors who spent a record $1.82 billion throughout the province.
Tourism Manitoba notes that Many international visitors are looking for authentic Indigenous tourism experiences, and this has led to more than a doubling of local indigenous businesses.
2019 had 81 Indigenous businesses on the books, and 2023 had about 170 Indigenous businesses.
This is the first time since 2019 that Manitoba has seen this tourism boom, a positive sign the industry is moving beyond recovery to growth.
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A 37-year-old Dauphin man arrested last Wednesday in the city has been released from police custody under a promise to appear in court at a later date.
Ryan Fosseneuve faces several firearms-related charges after he allegedly answered the door to police while brandishing a rifle.
He appeared in Dauphin court on Monday, where his matters were recessed until January 14th.
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The Catholic Women's League is once again heading up the Adopt-a-Family program in Dauphin.
The program sees individuals, families, or businesses and groups sponsor a family in the form of purchasing a grocery list of items for the family, as well as a toy for each child in that family.
Program co-ordinator Laverne Hudson admits they are a little behind where they would like to be
"Things have been a little tight for everyone and I understand that. I am hoping to at least come up to the same amount, which is I adopted 144 families last year. Right now I am at 111."
Anyone interested in adopting a family can call Hudson before December 16th at 204-572-4677 or by emailing adoptafamilyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Adopt-a-family packages need to then be dropped off at the Friendship Centre by December 17th, so that they can be distributed to the family on the 18th.
Hudson says they are also looking for younger people who are interested in helping hand out the hampers or assist with intakes.
Hudson adds they want to send out a special thank you to everyone that has stepped forward so far this year, and in year's past.
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Swan River town council has passed a resolution as they look to respond to concerns in the community over public safety.
Over the past two years, the Hard Reduction program at the Swan Valley Health Centre has issued 519,154 needles to people looking to reverse the adverse health and social effects of drug use.
The presence of needles after their use has led to growing concern throughout the community about public safety.
The resolution asks for the distribution of these needles to be supervised until a proper and responsible clean-up of the needles is in place.
They also plan to continue holding discussions with key stakeholders about what more can be done to address this issue.
It also asks the province to address the community with their plans to address this issue.
Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith recently met with town council in Swan River to hear about their concerns.
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A 60-year-old man is facing Impaired Driving Causing Death charges after a 69-year-old female from Peguis was killed.
On November 29 at 6:45 p.m., Fisher Branch RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, about six kilometres south of Fisher Branch. A pickup truck being driven by the 60-year-old was travelling south on Highway 17 when it collided head-on with an SUV with two occupants, a 69-year-old female and a 71-year-old female, both from Peguis.
The 69-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene while the 71-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 60-year-old man was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where he was later arrested for Impaired Driving Causing Death and released for a future court date.
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In Today's edition of Put Your Money Where Your House Is, We focus on the core of economies, the key piece that drives it all.
Economic Development Manager Martijn Van Luijn says that People, and the community they create, are the most critical aspects.
"What makes Dauphin Unique is without doubt its people, and it's always like that. We are a community of people that really have a desire to make this a great place, and I think that's where a lot of my strategy for the work that I do comes from I put community first. That's why I call this community economic development. it's about creating a liveable, viable, safe community first, and then we often see things like business will follow"
Local businesses play a big factor in Economic growth, but overall, it's about the people who support them, volunteer at events, and of course the people who Put Their Money Where Their house Is.
Make sure you take some time to support your favorite local businesses and call in to enter the "Put Your Money Where Your House Is" contest for a chance to win 730 dollars worth of Chamberbucks!
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The Province is one step closer to their goal of finding the bodies of Murdered and Missing Indigenous women.
The search of the Prairie Green Landfill has hit it's 4th stage in the search for Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris.
Premier Wab Kinew was joined by Project Manager Amna Mackin, noting the target excavation depth has been reached, as confirmed by items showing the dates correlated with the deaths of these two women.
If the current search fails, stage 5 will sift through excavated materials again, and/or broaden the search areas.
About 45 people are a part of the search team, which includes family liaisons, a forensic anthropologist, a health and safety officer, and a director of operations.
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A new mobile training trailer has been bought by the provincial government to support year-round fire rescue training for over 5,000 firefighters across the province.
This initiative aims to enhance the skills and safety of firefighters while providing accessible training to municipalities.
Until now, Manitoba lacked its own training trailer and had to rely on borrowing from the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association.
The new trailer marks a significant step in prioritizing firefighter safety within the province.
Fire rescue training trailers are presently available only in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
The mobile trailer will facilitate training for critical emergency scenarios such as disentanglement, low-profile operations, and upper-floor rescues.
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The provincial government is hoping to make winter travel safer for everyone with the release of a snowplow tracking system.
Transportation Minister Lisa Naylor has announced the launch of "Track My Plow", which will provide real-time plowing updates on Manitoba 511.
Users will be able to track active snowplows with this new feature, along with identifying where they have been over the previous two hours.
The province said that when combined with road conditions and closures, the tracking system will help Manitobans make informed decisions regarding travel.
Naylor said Track My Plow, which is available on Manitoba 511's website and smartphone app, with save drivers time while also improving the safety of Manitoba roads during the winter.
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The Manitoba Métis Federation has signed a self-governing treaty with Ottawa, becoming the first Métis group to do so in the country’s history.
In a signing ceremony Saturday afternoon, the MMF was recognized as the official government of the Red River Métis.
MMF President David Chartrand said the agreement is a turning point in Canada’s history adding they are correcting a historic wrong done to the Red River Métis, and showing the true character of our country.
While the treaty doesn’t lay out specific rights around health care, harvesting or land, Chartrand said those aspects will likely be negotiated with the federal government down the road.
Chartrand also said he looks forward to the treaty receiving Royal Assent soon.
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