A group of Grade 8 students from the ESRSS organized a pizza lunch fundraiser in their school, with the intent of raising money for the Community Cancer Program in the Swan Valley Health Centre. While the sale of 185 pizzas raised a significant amount of money, word of their efforts got around town and businesses and individuals made their own donations towards the cause, more than doubling their initial goal and allowing the students to deliver $2,000 to the Community Cancer Program. ESRSS students Danica TerHorst, Emma Henkelman and Calli Goethe presented the cheque to RN Kristie Poole, RNBN Kelly Burick and RNBN Alyssa Kines.

International circus outfit Cirque Luz Dalia performed two shows Thursday evening (April 27) at the Swan River Community Centre, as part of their Canadian debut tour this spring...

After a month of indoor practices, the Dauphin Clippers baseball team finally got some outdoor workouts in before starting the season later this week.

Clippers coach Don Sheldon said training sessions began in early April, with about 12 players showing up.

Although he would have liked to see more players tryout for the team, Sheldon feels the Clippers will be a committed squad once the season begins.

“I think it will be a good team in terms of commitment level once we get going,” he said, adding there are a lot of returning players from last year’s squad. “And there’s a few new up and comers that I’m excited to see what they can do,” he said.

Sheldon feels the team will be competitive in the Prairie West High School Baseball League and will have a good chance to win their zone and advance to provincials.

Dauphin’s season begins, Wednesday in Brandon against the Neelin Spartans, followed by a doubleheader on Sunday, with game one in Roblin at noon, and the night cap at 4 p.m. in Swan River.

The schedule will see the Clippers play seven games in 14 days, with the first four games on the road, followed by three home dates.

“We’re kind of stuck to just pretty much Monday practices and then playing on Wednesdays and Sundays. We’ve got seven games in 14 days, so it’s going to be a stretch where we’ll be asking a lot from our pitchers,” he said. “But that’s the nature of high school baseball. It’s a quick season. They want everything wrapped up by the start of June.”

Starting with four games on the road will benefit the Clippers, Sheldon said.

“That will actually serve our team pretty well, I think. It will give us a chance to practice on our diamond a little bit before we have to play a game on it,” he said. adding last season the Clippers weren’t able to get on the diamond until their first game of the season. “So this year, hopefully, we’ll have a few practices under our belt and know the field a little bit better so home field advantage will actually feel like home field advantage.”

Dauphin’s first home game is, May 14, against Russell at noon.

The local family history group Family Ties will be hosting its fourth Cemetery Stroll honouring those than came before us, and who lie in Dauphin’s Riverside Cemetery.

On May 28, Family Ties will host a self-guided tour within specific areas of the cemetery that will allow visitors to read and learn about the people that helped shape Dauphin and district.

Sixteen individuals will be spotlighted in the general cemetery blocks and an additional 15 graves of the airmen who met their death while training here in Dauphin during the war years of 1941 to 1945 will make up this year’s Cemetery Stroll.

This is a great opportunity to learn about some of the historical people and their lives while paying your respects to those that you may personally know.

The Cemetery Stroll begins at 1 p.m. on May 28, and concludes at approximately 4 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, an alternate date is set for the following Sunday, June 4.

Members of the Family Ties group will be in attendance.

This is a free event to attend. A registration table will be set up for guests to sign in. A donation jar will be at the registration table for those that wish to make a contribution. Guests are encouraged to wear appropriate footwear, wear, headwear if needed, and bring along water for yourself.

Twenty local groups and organizations looking for volunteers had the chance to take part in a volunteer market at the Dauphin Active Living Centre, Saturday afternoon.

The market included a presentation from Volunteer Manitoba, as well as Martijn van Luijn, economic development manager for the City of Dauphin, and Jerry Joss, who spoke about his own volunteerism.

Deborah Slonowsky, Dauphin and Area Welcoming Communities Coalition co-ordinator with Regional Connections, said there is no limit to the number of volunteers they can use.

“Because we need volunteers sometimes just to work at an event, which will be a two-hour commitment. And sometimes volunteers will want to commit to a longer term like being a language buddy, which might take place over several months, sometimes years. And those flourish sometimes into a friendships that becomes a lifelong thing,” she said, adding they will go with whatever the volunteer is looking for.

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Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa MP Dan Mazier took a step towards his goal of making Canadian internet suppliers more accountable with the passage of his private member’s bill in the House of Commons, last week.

Bill C-288, an Act to amend the Telecommunications Act, is meant to provide Canadians with transparent and accurate information regarding Internet speeds.

“I’ve heard so many Canadians, especially rural Canadians, tell me that they’re not getting the internet speeds they pay for,” said Mazier, who is the Conservative Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development and Connectivity. “This is because the government has allowed internet companies to advertise speeds you may never receive.”

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It’s always fun. But this one was the best casino night in Binscarth - ever!

“It was the the most successful casino night we’ve ever put on,” Nolan Bradshaw who chairs the Park and Pool committee said.

Once all the bills were paid, just slightly under $14,000 was raised. “Its going to go a long way to help fund the new washroom and shower facilities that we’re doing as the first portion of our three year plan.” The first phase of the Binscarth Park and Pool committee’s is to construct a 4 Unit Campground washroom/Shower facility with the build to start at the end of April 2023. It will include a wheelchair accessible washroom/shower unit, along with three individual washroom/shower units and a mechanical room. This facility will be located in the middle of the campground for easy access for campers and tenters. A cement pad and septic holding tank will be installed prior to the start of the new building construction. The Binscarth Park & Pool was the Centennial Project for Binscarth and area in 1967. Since that time, it has undergone many changes, upgrades, and enhancements to make it the viable, busy hub that it is today. 

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Big fish. It’s always about who can catch the biggest fish.

But changes in the fishing regulations in this province means you’ll see some operational changes to the Russell Lions Prairie Walleye Classic.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s issue.

You would think that with all the dangers and perils children are subject to online – the Benadryl challenge and sextortion to name a couple – the Goose Lake High gym would have been filled to the rafters for Val Caldwell’s session on tech and internet safety. But you’d be wrong.

Caldwell has been providing presentations on the topic of safety around the use of technology for 17 years – addressing the various forms of hidden sexual exploitation that exists in the “virtual world”.

Read the secobd part of a three part series about in this week’s Review.

Many community organizations are feeling the pinch when it comes to a lack of volunteers and helping hands to make things happen. It could be another side effect of the pandemic, but it also could be a result of things changing too. Over the years, Roblin has seen a lot of events decline or cease to exist due to a lack of volunteers to step up and help.

The Roblin and District Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Community Volunteer meeting to find ways to connect organizations to local volunteers.

Want to know more? Check out this week’s issue.