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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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Several charges have been laid after Winnipegosis RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on Frontier Street in Duck Bay.
On January 20, officers entered the home and arrested three suspects, a 38-year-old female from Duck Bay, a 24-year-old female from Camperville and a 39-year-old male from Pine Creek First Nation.
Officers seized a small quantity of cocaine, other illicit pills, cash, numerous firearms, weapons and other drug-related paraphernalia. The 24-year-old was released and will appear in court at a later date on drug and weapons-related charges.
Jason Flatfoot, 39, and Thomasina Chartrand, 38, were charged with numerous offences including Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of a Firearm when Unauthorized and Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Purposes
Chartrand was released and will appear in a courtroom at a later date while Flatfoot remains in custody.
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The province has announced that two new Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation Service Centres will open in western Manitoba by the end of the summer, to better meet the needs of Manitoba farmers.
Agriculture minister and Dauphin MLA Ron Kostyshyn says they heard from producers loud and clear that they wanted a return to the in-person service they used to enjoy.
Approximately 1,600 MASC clients will benefit from the addition of two new service centres, which will be located in Shoal Lake and Virden.
The two new service centres will provide farmers with better access to Agrinsurance, hail insurance, wildlife damage compensation, agricultural loans, and pathfinding services for programs offered by Manitoba Agriculture and other programs administered by MASC.
Each new location will be staffed with four full-time employees and one casual employee
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This year's Journey for Sight Snowmobile Ride kicked off this morning in Flin Flon, with riders eventually concluding the four-day trip on Saturday in Brandon.
Dauphin Lions Club president Dean Lounsbury says their travels today will take them to Cranberry Portage and The Pas, which is where they will spend tonight.
Lounsbury adds people can make donations at any point along the journey.
"Between my son and I, we are about $3,000 in donations. Anybody wanting to make a pledge and sees our support crew along the road can stop them and give a donation to them. And tonight (Wednesday) we will be staying at the Anderson Suites in The Pas if anybody wants to stop by there and drop off a donation. We are accepting donations right up until the end of the ride in Brandon."
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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Marook the police dog continues his great work of tracking down bad guys.
Monday morning, RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle out of Winnipeg being tracked as heading towards Onanole.
Officers from several detachments as well as the Police Dog Service headed to the community, where they found the vehicle at a business on Wapiti Drive.
Mounties placed the driver under arrest, but as they tried to do the same to the passenger, he fled on foot.
That's when Marook went to work tracking down the suspect a short distance away, which led to his arrest.
28-year-old Christian Morin of Saskatoon and 25-year-old Brendan Neufeld of Steinbach were both charged with Possession of Property obtained by crime over $5,000.
Neufeld was also charged with resisting arrest.
Both suspects were released on promises to appear in court at a later date.
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He pleaded guilty but will not be going to jail.
Shayne Lavallee pleaded guilty in Dauphin Provincial Court on Tuesday after the RCMP were called to a Dauphin apartment building last January after it was reported that two men were fighting in a hallway.
The 31-year-old received a six-month conditional sentence, to be served in the community.
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Will Tewinion has been hired as the new Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Swan River.
Tewnion will officially take over the role in March, with Darren Harvey serving as interim CAO until then.
Tewinion has spent the past five years in a number of Director roles with the Yukon government, following a 29-year career with the RCMP.
It will be a homecoming of sorts for Tewnion, who was the local RCMP Detachment Commander, from 2007 to 2010.
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