Dauphin Herald News
Thursday, 12 December 2024 09:34
Local author launches new publishing company with a rural focus
To celebrate the release of her second book, On Veil Creek, Gaylene Dutchyshen hosted a book reading at the Dauphin Public Library, Saturday. An avid reader as a child, she wrote her first novel in a Hilroy scribbler at the age of 13 and dreamed of becoming an author. “I…
Thursday, 12 December 2024 09:33
Rotary launches new fund with community foundation
The Dauphin Rotary Club has launched a new fund within the Dauphin and District Community Foundation. But this new fund is a little different from what they have done in the past, said club president Darren Eddie. “Rotary has always done donations and stuff for scholarships and things, but never…
Thursday, 12 December 2024 09:32
MLA helps secure trail partnership commitment from Parks Canada
Since the beginning, and even before completion of the construction of the Northgate trail system, those involved have been advocating for a partnership with Parks Canada with an eye to developing world class mountain biking infrastructure. And, while at times it seemed as though the wheels of government turned impossibly…
Thursday, 12 December 2024 09:31
Countryfest organizers excited by 2025 main stage lineup
Looking for that special Christmas gift for the country music lover in your life? Don’t despair, Dauphin’s Countryfest has released its main stage line up just in time for the holiday shopping season. In no particular order, Josh Ross, Jordan Davis and John Michael Montgomery will headline the three nights…
Tuesday, 03 December 2024 16:04
New bylaw offers a better way forward
According to Mahatma Gandhi, the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. On a local level, the City of Dauphin is claiming a piece of that moral high ground with a modernization of its Animal Services Bylaw. The current…
Tuesday, 03 December 2024 16:04
Food bank goes shopping at Co-op
Dauphin and District Community Food Bank (DDCFB) received an early Christmas present from Dauphin Consumers Co-op last week. Reflecting on its 85 years of serving the community, Co-op wanted to round out 2024 in a way that honours its position in the community, by giving back. To that end Robin…
Tuesday, 03 December 2024 16:03
Gathering of Manitoba’s municipalities full of good information: Sirski
The Association of Manitoba Municipalities fall convention in Winnipeg provided an opportunity for local governments from across the province to meet and discuss various issues surrounding their communities. With the convention being held in Winnipeg, it also gave mayors, reeves and councillors a chance to meet with various provincial ministers,…
Tuesday, 03 December 2024 16:02
Importance of main tourism draws backed up through studies
The benefit to Dauphin brought by the community’s two major festivals and the economic potential of the new Northgate Trails development are widely known . . . anecdotely. But thanks to the City of Dauphin’s Economic Development (ED) department, there is now some hard data to back it up. Utilizing…
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 15:21
Body cams, grant changes alter city’s funding for policing
The City of Dauphin is currently working out how two recent announcements are going to affect the cost of policing in the municipality. A two per cent increase in funding for policing will ease the burden somewhat on the city’s largest budget line item, while a new directive outlining that…
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 15:20
Chamber receives accessibility grant
The Parkland Chamber of Commerce was among successful applicants as the province announced over $800,000 in funding to 37 organizations to remove barriers and improve accessibility across Manitoba. The chamber will use the $32,250 awarded to an accessibility audit of all marketing materials and resources, as well as provide educational…
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 15:19
City facing down deficit in Utility Fund
Dauphin’s Utility Fund is trending toward a deficit in 2024. City manager Sharla Griffiths informered councillors of the situation at their regular meeting Nov. 18. “One of the reasons that we’re looking at a possible deficit is that the City of Dauphin last September, so over a year ago now,…
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:47
Area producer inducted in the MFGA Wall of Fame
A well-respected producer from the Ste. Rose is being honoured by the Manitoba Forage Growers Association. Shauna Breault, along with former MFGA board chair Lawrence Knockaert, a dairy farmer from Bruxelles, was announced as the organization’s 2024 Wall of Fame inductees during the MFGA’s seventh annual regenerative agriculture conference, last…
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:47
First responders once again squaring off in food drive
Two local emergency services agencies are once again competing for the benefit of the Dauphin and District Community Food Bank (DDCFB). The Dauphin Fire Department and Dauphin RCMP detachment are preparing for the annual “Pack the Pumper” and “Cram the Cruiser” food drive, Nov. 22 to 28, with the official…
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:44
Community Justice Committee recruiting some new members
Justice is one of those concepts that means different things to different people. For some, justice lies in the black and white world of the court system, while for others, a more nuanced approach is needed to arrive at a suitable outcome when dealing with crime. Restorative justice is the…
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 16:17
Council honours Murray Sinclair to kick off it’s regular meeting
Dauphin city councillors honoured the passing of Murray Sinclair, who died the morning of their Nov. 4 regular meeting. On top of serving as Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge and a member of the Canadian Senate, Sinclair served as chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009…