Dauphin Herald
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 08:50
Hawks basketball program continues to develop players
The Dauphin Hawks basketball program began its season with some tryouts prior to spring break and some after the annual school hiatus. There are four teams in the program this year, 14U and 17U girls teams and 14U and 17U boys teams. Program co-ordinator John Marshall said most of the…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 08:49
Love makes the grade with two national teams, signs pro deal
Fresh off helping the Brandon University Bobcats win the U Sports national volleyball title, Dauphin’s JJ Love will be taking his talent to Greece where he will play professionally. Before signing with G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis men’s volleyball team, Love made not one, but two Canadian national teams - the NextGen…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 08:49
Final lagoon contract awarded
The final contract in the City of Dauphin’s long-awaited lagoon upgrades has been awarded. At its regular meeting, May 26, Dauphin city council accepted a proposal from Penn-Co Construction Canada Ltd. of Steinbach to complete the general construction portion of the project at a cost of $14,319,931.69 plus applicable taxes.…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 08:48
Preservation project supported by Dauphin Consumers Co-operative
The Dauphin Ag Heritage Club is proud to preserve the rich legacy of settlement and farming in the Parkland. As part of Dauphin Consumers Co-op’s ongoing commitment to heritage preservation and community engagement, they recently announced $35,000 of in-kind support toward the construction of a new display facility at Selo…
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 08:47
Things a bit busier for DFD in 2025
The first five months of 2025 proved to be a little busier for Dauphin Fire Department (DFD) than the same time frame in 2024, fire chief Cam Abrey told Dauphin city council at its regular meeting May 26. Abrey said this year, DFD has responded to 97 incidents as of…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:15
U18, U15 Rangers will have new faces behind the bench
The Parkland Rangers U18 and U15 hockey teams will have new coaches at the helm when the season starts in the fall. Rick Freese was hired as the new head coach of the U18 Rangers, following a two-year stint as an assistant coach with the Dauphin Kings. In taking over…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:14
Clippers ready to set sail into league semifinals
The Dauphin Clippers rugby teams are into the semifinals in the Westman High School Rugby after ending the regular season, last week. The Clippers girls beat the Souris Sabres, 55-0, to finish in first place with a perfect 4-0 record, outscoring their opponents, 276-0. Isabella Williams and Felicity Sahulka had…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:13
Watson Arts Centre relaunching its popular concert series
The Watson Arts Centre is bringing back the Concert Series for 2025-26. Dauphin and District Allied Arts Council Inc. board chair Cam Bennet said they have been talking about bringing the concert series back for quite a while at the entertainment committee level. “And we felt that we really wanted…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:13
Wait time team to look at emergency room delays
The Manitoba government has partnered with front-line health-care staff to form a Lower Wait Time and System Improvement Team. The goal is to develop a strategy to reduce patient wait times in the emergency room. The Lower Wait Time and System Improvement Team is led by Dr. Paul Ratana, provincial…
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:00
City throwing its support behind upcoming Pride celebration
Dauphin city councillors marked special days with proclamations as they gathered for their regular meeting, May 12. May 15 was proclaimed as Moose Hide Campaign Day, recognizing the “Indigenous-led, grassroots movement of men, boys, and all Canadians standing up to end violence against women, children, and all those along the…
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:26
Clippers see mixed results in preparing for zones
The Dauphin Clippers fastball team continued to prepare for zones with an exhibition game, as well as a one-day tournament in Ste. Rose, Saturday. The exhibition game saw the Clippers fall 12-7 to the Ste. Rose Celtics, Thursday in Dauphin. The Clippers opened the tournament with a 4-2 loss to…
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:25
Clippers teams set for first-place showdown with Sabres
The Dauphin Clippers rugby teams continued their winning ways last week, with each team picking up key victories in Westman High School Rugby. The Clippers girls handily beat the Crocus Plains JV squad, 70-0, May 5 in Brandon. Paityn Bourgouin had two tries to lead the Clippers, while Ryann Richard-Soltis,…
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:24
Police search for man
Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP are asking for assistance in locating a missing man. On May 8, Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP received a report that 50-year-old Patrick Simmons was last heard from on Apr. 30, while he was Dauphin. He told a family member that he was planning to…
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:24
Funding added to the fight against AIS
The Province is investing an additional $540,000 to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS), including a new fund to deliver AIS prevention resources to partners in the fight. The new fund will provide resources to municipal governments, Indigenous governments, non-government organizations and water-user groups, to help implement…
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:23
Grass fires are keeping DFD extremely busy
Dry spring conditions have kept Dauphin firefighters busy in recent weeks and, given the potential for serious harm, department officials are urging area residents to follow the rules around lighting fires and to use common sense before striking the match. After a busy stretch the week before, during a time…