Dauphin Herald News
Tuesday, 09 July 2024 13:50
Inspectors checking urban forest health
Some Dauphin residents may be receivng a knock on their door as Manitoba Forestry and Peatlands Branch staff complete surveys for Dutch Elm Disease and elm firewood, as well as monitoring for invasive forest pests. Provincial inspectors will be driving or walking around the community to look for Dutch Elm…
Tuesday, 09 July 2024 13:49
Police seeking whereabouts of convicted sex offender
Police are warning the publicas they search for a man believed to be a high risk to offend in a sexual manner. Clay Byron Starr, also known as Chad Crate, Clayton Starr, Richard Starr, Clay Richard, and Byron Richard, is wanted for breaching conditions imposed upon him when he was…
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 09:41
City adopts 2023 financial statements after a clear audit
Dauphin city council held a special meeting, June 27, to approve the 2023 audited financial statement. In the opinion of auditors Meyers Norris Penny, the City’s consolidated financial statements, “present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the City as at December 31, 2023, and the results…
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 09:40
Cfest throwback a success
It’s been 35 years since the first Dauphin’s Countryfest and this year’s edition featured a celebration of 1990s country music. With a lineup featuring some of country music’s best artists of that decade, Canada’s longest running outdoor country music festival proved to be a hit. Countryfest president Duane McMaster said…
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 09:39
No charges pending in connection with 2023 bus crash
No charges will be laid in connection with last year’s bus crash near Carberry which killed 17 Dauphin area seniors. At a news conference in Winnipeg last week, Crown prosecutor Chris Vanderhooft and RCMP Supt. Rob Lasson explained no Criminal Code or Highway Traffic Act charges are forthcoming as the…
Tuesday, 25 June 2024 10:04
Countryfest homecoming weekend all set to go
With one change in the list of scheduled performers made, everything is now in place for the 35th edition of Dauphin’s Countryfest. George Fox will step in to replace Mark Chesnutt, who underwent emergency bypass surgery, recently. Fox will bringing his classic hits and unforgettable performances to the Play Now…
Tuesday, 25 June 2024 10:01
DRCSS celebrates its class of 2024
Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School honoured the 139 students making up its Class of 2024 at a convocation Saturday. But before they went their separate ways to begin life after high school, valedictorian Maddison Garton gave her classmates one last test. After introducing herself to those gathered in the school…
Tuesday, 25 June 2024 10:00
Council hears Public Works update
Fire Chief Cam Abrey provided Dauphin city councillors with an update on his department’s activities in the first quarter of 2024 as part of the city’s regular meeting, June 10. In the first four months of the current year, the local fire department responded to 65 calls compared to 84…
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 10:46
RM of Dauphin pulls out of recreation funding agreement
The Rural Municipality of Dauphin will terminate its participation in the Dauphin Recreation Services (DRS) Agreement, effective Dec. 31. According to Reeve Ernie Sirski, the City of Dauphin and its council has stated in the past that the RM has not contributed its fair share to DRS, while the RM…
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 10:45
Panel appointed to guide trustees
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning Nello Altomare appointed an oversight panel as part of an ongoing governance review of Mountain View School Division (MVSD). A release on the MVSD website indicated the three-person panel comprised of Manitoba Métis Federation vice-president Frances Chartrand, Brandon School Division trustee Jim Murray…
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 10:44
Mazier sees private member’s Bill C-288 passed in the Senate
It was a long battle, but Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa MP Dan Mazier has helped to level the playing field in Canada’s telecommunications landscape. After more than three years of extensive work, cross-party negotiations, and navigating the parliamentary process, the Senate officially passed Mazier’s private Member’s bill (C-288) that amends the Telecommunications…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 14:04
Arson charges levelled in Ethelbert
An Ethelbert man is in custody in connection with a recent arson in that community.In the early morning hours of June 1, Dauphin RCMP responded to a report of an arson at a residence located on Railway Avenue in Ethelbert.An occupant of the residence reported hearing noises outside her window…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 14:01
ACC Parkland Campus celebrates 2024 graduates
Assiniboine Community College (ACC) Parkland Campus held its graduation ceremony, Friday at Credit Union Place, to celebrate the 66 graduates comprising the Class of 2024.Following opening remarks from Parkland Campus director Carol Stewart and greetings from ACC president Mark Frison, graduate Joana Ribagorda gave the Valedictorian speech.After thanking the Valedictorian…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 13:59
Summer Games committee planning a daily Party in the Park
Major multi-sport events normally begin with an opening ceremony and wrap up with a closing ceremony with competition sandwiched in between.But the organizing committee for the 2024 Manitoba Summer Games powered by Manitoba Hydro is adding a social twist with a daily Party in the Park during the Aug. 11…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 13:56
Special event will honour crash victims, dedicate monument
A special day is planned to honour and remember those involved in a tragic bus crash near Carberry on the first anniversary of the accident, which left 17 people dead and eight others with significant injuries.The event at CN Park is also being organized to unveil a memory bench provided…