Dauphin Herald News
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…
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 16:16
DNRC launches new youth employment assistance program
Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corp (DNRC) has launched a new initiative to support young people in the job market. The DIVERSEcity Youth Employment Readiness Program is designed to support young people who are facing barriers or feel limited as they attempt to make their way in the workforce. “What we’re wanting…
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 16:16
Grant moves maker space plans ahead
Creative Common Inc. is set to begin work on its planned makerspace thanks to a recent grant from the province’s new From the Ground Up - Safe Healthy Communities For All Program. Up to $80,000 was awarded to the group to help with renovations to the main floor of its…
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 09:42
Prairie Mountain Health celebrates successes notes challenges at AGM
There were no real surprises in store last Wednesday as Prairie Mountain Health hosted another virtual annual general meeting. The AGM attracted 83 online viewers who, as well as learning about some of the health authority’s successes during the last fiscal year, got the opportunity to ask questions following the…
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 09:38
Carberry bus crash first responders inducted into Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Manitoba’s Order of the Buffalo Hunt has some new, special members. Premier Wab Kinew awarded one of province’s highest honours to the first responders of the Carberry bus crash recognizing their bravery and dedication following the bus crash, which killed 17 Dauphin-area seniors on June 15, 2023. “We want to…