Spartan basketball action fierce on the weekend

Margaret Barbour Collegiate Insitute basketball teams were in action this past weekend with the Junior Varisty boys playing in the MacGregor Invitational and the Senior Varsity girls playing in a tournament in Gimli. Both teams had a great weekend of play,…
January 25, 2023 Jenn Cook
Opasquia Times Sports
Spartan basketball action fierce on the weekend

City chomping at the bit to get process started

A provincially-led program aimed at improving the quality of life in the community has the City of Dauphin anxiously awaiting word on when the promised assistance is forthcoming. Dauphin was one of 12 communities selected last April to receive provincial…
January 24, 2023 Shawn Bailey
Dauphin Herald News
City chomping at the bit to get process started

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Crime around town is out of hand in Swan River, affecting properties and business…
Jan 23, 2023
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Kings sweep Wolverines in weekend tilts

January 24, 2023 Dauphin Herald Sports Doug Zywina
The Dauphin Kings remain in the midst of the tight race in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s MGEU West Division. After dropping a 4-0 decision to the OCN Blizzard, Tuesday in OCN, the Kings swept and home-and-home with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines, 5-1,…

Former Swan Valley resident now mingles with Hollywood elite

January 23, 2023 Swan Valley Star and Times Community Jeremy Bergen
I suppose it’s true that when you shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you end up among the stars. Not that I would consider what former Swan Valley resident Brett Madill does for a living to be ‘missing’ anything, considering that with the application of…

Clark rink wins Farmers

January 22, 2023 Roblin Review Sports Roblin Review
The first bonspiel of 2023 is in the books as 14 rinks took to the ice Jan. 12 to 14 – after a two-year hiatus – for Roblin’s annual Farmers’ Bonspiel. There were some very familiar faces in the finals Saturday evening which played out after the traditional…

Fundraising lottery hits a million dollar milestone

January 24, 2023 Russell Banner News Terrie Welwood
Thinking back, it’s hard to believe that the Take A Year Off Lottery has been around for going-on twenty years. Back then, the idea of community fundraising draws offering the top payout of large weekly prizes of $52,000 paid in weekly $1,000 installments,…

Trappers’ first official event highlights the Fur Queens

January 25, 2023 Opasquia Times Community Jenn Cook
The Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival has, for the past two years, dealt with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, like many organizations in the community, Trappers’ Festival was held in a modified, and in many cases, virtual manner. For the…