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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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There's a new scam for you to be aware of.

You may have received an email or text regarding a Canadian Carbon Tax Rebate e-transfer. If you did, disregard it.

  • Do not click on any buttons or links;
  • Do not reply to the message; and
  • Do not share any personal or financial information. 

The Canada Revenue Agency will never send rebates or refunds via e-transfer or text.

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Yesterday, the first Parkland Chamber Lunch and Learn event of the year took place, and some big plans are in the works.

Stephen Chychota, Executive director for the Chamber, highlighted the local organizations at work in Dauphin.

The event featured updates from Immigrate Parkland, the Rotary Club of Dauphin, Dauphin's Countryfest, and the Dauphin and District Community Foundation.

The big news was the Fall travel announcement heading to Italy this fall!

"You can find out all about the trip on parklandchamber.ca, we have a trip button on there that will take people to the website that has all the information. The registration process is on there as well. Some time in February we will be probably having an info night like we had with the other two trip. The actual trip expert will join us in person or online and give us a deep dive to what this trip looks like" 

Chychota notes that the trip will span the Vatican, Vineyards, and much more

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