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The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair returned to Brandon last week after not being held since 2019. While attendance started down about 15-17% from 2019's fair, by the weekend it was matching the numbers from three years ago.
Provincial Exhibitions Operations Manager and Sponsorship Lead, Rick Dillabough, talked about the event.
"Once we got off to a slow start to some degree, attendance built throughout the week and the final two days of the fair we pretty much matched the numbers from 2019, so we were really encouraged by that."
Provincial Exhibition now shifts its focus to the 2022 Manitoba Summer Fair which takes place from June 8th to 12th.
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Dauphin’s Dr. Brenna & Three Graces Medi Spa has announced that their very own Dr. Brenna has been nominated for the 2022 RBC Canadian Women’s Entrepreneur Award.
The award is the premier national award celebrating the achievements of the most successful Female Entrepreneurs in Canada.
The award, that has been around for 30 years, has been bestowed on some of Canada’s most accomplished and impactful women in the business world.
These women have demonstrated excellence in economic growth and social change, including a local and global reach across many sectors.
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The Manitoba government is providing $500,000 to 10 Indigenous residential school healing centers across the province, including the West Region Treaty 2 and 4 Health Services in Dauphin.
Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiereb spoke about the funding.
“It expands culturally holistic healing and trauma support services while strengthening family connections around the shared experiences of Manitobans who attended Indigenous residential schools.”
The money is intended to let centers expand counseling and other programs for residential school survivors and their families. The government said the funding is in line with several calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The 10 organizations that received funding are:
- West Region Treaty 2 and 4 Health Services (Dauphin)
- Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg, Inc
- Anish Corporation (Swan Lake First Nation)
- Cree Nation Tribal Health (The Pas)
- Cross Lake Band – Indian Residential School Healing Program
- Keewatin Tribal Council (Thompson)
- Sagkeeng Indian Residential School Wellness Centre (Pine Falls)
- St. Theresa Point First Nation Healing Centre
- Southeast Resource Development Council (Winnipeg)
- Wa-Say Healing Centre (Winnipeg)
The full release from today can be found here.
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The camping season is right around the corner and the first round of provincial park camping reservations are now open.
Bookings for cabins, yurts and group-use areas opened on Monday morning at 7 a.m. and as of this posting, most yurts were already booked.
As the week rolls on, you will be able to book different sites around the province
- April 6 at 7 a.m. campsite reservations open for Birds Hill, Falcon Beach, Falcon Lakeshore and West Hawk Lake;
- April 8 at 7 a.m. campsite reservations open for the parks in the western and northern regions. This includes Asessippi, Bakers Narrows, Clearwater Lake, Duck Mountain, Manipogo, Paint Lake, Rainbow Beach, Rivers, Spruce Woods, Turtle Mountain, William Lake and Wekusko Falls;
- April 11 at 7 a.m. campsite reservations open for Grand Beach, Nopiming and all the remaining Whiteshell campgrounds, including Caddy Lake, Big Whiteshell, Brereton Lake, Nutimik Lake, Opapiskaw, Otter Falls, Betula Lake and White Lake; and
- April 13 at 7 a.m., bookings open for the remaining locations. This includes Birch Point, Camp Morton, Hecla, Hnausa Beach, Lundar Beach, Moose Lake, St. Malo, Stephenfield, Watchorn and Winnipeg Beach.
For more information on how to book, head to Manitoba Camping.
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This year's edition of the Dauphin Friendship Centre's Coldest Night of the Year Walk has officially wrapped up.
The Dauphin Friendship Centre announced that the final result of this year's fundraiser was $13,541.
The DFC's Food For Thought Coordinator Jarri Thompson spoke about the end result of this year's event.
We're really happy with the end result considering we started so late in the season for Coldest Night of the Year. 70% of the proceeds will come directly to us to go into our Food For Thought Program which is huge because it kinda equals the same amount as two single fundraisers that we would normally do in the sumer.
Jarri also spoke about what this year's fundraising meant to the DFC.
Just a huge thank you to everyone that got involved. Our sponsors, our walkers and anybody who donated to the walkers . It means a lot to us that they think of us and the program when donating money into the community.
She said that the planning has already begun for next year's event in order to make it even bigger and better than this year.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says they reached a deal on March 17 to ratify a new five-year collective agreement which will see Manitoba Safeway Workers become the highest-paid unionized retail workers in the province.
The deal will cover the more than 1,700 workers at all the Safeway locations across Manitoba.
According to Union President, Jeff Traeger contract talks really got moving once 98 percent of workers voted in favour of a strike mandate back in February.
The new deal will include predictable wage increases over the next five years, improved health and pension benefits and will also address concerns over the scheduling of cashiers.
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The provincial minimum wage in Manitoba is set to increase by 40 cents effective October 1.
The province announced the increase on Friday which will see the minimum wage increase from $11.95 to $12.35 an hour this fall.
The announcement comes after New Brunswick announced that they increased their minimum wage from $11.75/hr to $12.75/hr on April 1 and already have set up a plan to increase it another dollar later this year to $13.75/hr which means Manitoba will be $1.40 behind New Brunswick after the increase this fall.
Even with the increase in the minimum wage coming later this year Manitoba's minimum wage will still be the second-lowest minimum wage in Canada sitting only above Saskatchewan which sits at $11.81/hr.
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The Ukrainian Patriot has been on the ground in Ukraine since the war began in February and the organizer Lana Nyland continues to take donations to directly help the residents of Ukraine still in the country fighting the war along with those who can’t or won’t leave their homes.
There have been funds raised for the Ukrainian Patriot from all across the world including right here in Dauphin and the Parkland.
Local organizer Talya Oleski said that as of April 1 the local group helping raise money to send to Lana in Ukraine has raised a total of $4,175 since they began the campaign in February.
The funds raised for the Ukrainian Patriot will be used for three separate areas in Ukraine and Lana explained what they are.
At the moment our three main focuses are protective gear and technical items which is anything from helmets to vests to plate carriers and radios, the second is medicines and medical equipment. Number three is that any of the leftover funds will be set aside for special causes like feeding the children and the elderly who can’t or won’t leave for whatever reason.
The incredible support from people around the world hasn’t gone unnoticed and Lana spoke about the support.
It’s this sort of solidarity from people around the world and most certainly from those of you in the Dauphin area that you are Ukraine’s secret weapon and we are so grateful. Thank you so much for your support. We wouldn’t be able to be here still fighting without you.
If you would like to help support Lana and the people of Ukraine through the Ukrainian Patriot you can find them on Facebook here, on their website here or by e-mailing her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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The Virden RCMP announced today that after an investigation and a search of a home in Virden they successfully seized five long guns along with ammunition with one of the guns being loaded at the time of the seizure.
Following the investigation and the search, 33-year-old Justin Boyd was arrested and charged with multiple firearms offences.
While being arrested police found meth in his possession and he was subsequently also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance as well.
Boyd was released from custody as the investigation continues and he awaits a court date.
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Parks Canada released information today regarding the spring road weight restrictions on Highway 10 and 19 in the area of Riding Mountain National Park.
The restrictions are put into place to minimize the damage on the highways from the spring thaw cycle.
The weight restrictions will be as follows:
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The closure of Highway 10 will remain in effect for heavy truck traffic (three axles or more) within the boundaries of Riding Mountain National Park with advanced signage posted in order to allow the use of alternate routes. However, some vehicles with three axles or more will continue to be allowed access to the townsite, the Parks Canada Maintenance Compound, and the Clear Lake Golf Course from the south entrance of the park only for delivery purposes.
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Highway 19 will see weight restrictions of 6006 lbs or 2730 kg gross vehicle weight that will be enforced within the boundaries of Riding Mountain National Park. They say an example of the largest vehicle allowed would be an empty three-quarter-ton truck or a loaded half-ton truck and that this limit will remain in effect until road and weather conditions allow the restrictions to be lifted which could be as late as June 30, 2022.
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The Mountain View Teachers Association made a donation of $1,500 to the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund this morning.
Chance Henderson, the President of MVTA, spoke about why they chose the Family Fund.
There's a clear need for support for humanitarian response, and when this Fund was established, it presented an opportunity to take in, and support, Ukrainian families, seeking refuge in the Parkland, from the conflict.
The Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund has been taking donations for just over three weeks, and has already raised $80,000, according to Jim Perchaluk, President of the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre, and a trustee for the Fund.
In just a few weeks, we not have only set up the fund to collect donations but, with the help of many excellent volunteers, we have established a Family Selection Committee, and a Family Support Team.
The Fund organizers have reached out to the Federal and Provincial governments, as well as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, to inform them of the Fund.
They have requested the names and contact information of families in war-stricken regions in Ukraine, who are willing to move and settle permanently in the Parkland.
There is another cheque presentation scheduled for Wednesday, April 6th, at the Dauphin Active Living Centre, which is planning to make a donation of $5,000 to the Fund.
You can get more information about the Fund, by calling Larry at 204-648-5904, or Karen at 204-648-3567.
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