Dauphin Herald News
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 15:54
City waiting on some numbers to plug into 2025 financial plan
As winter begins giving way to spring, the focus of city officials turns to budgetting. And, while the process began late last year with meetings to identify priorities and explore opportunities, now is the time to work on the finishing touches. “We’ve got some direction for 2025 that we’re working…
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 15:53
Utility Fund numbers looking better: Griffiths
After some concern that they may be headed for a deficit in the Utility Fund in 2024, City administration is breathing a little easier these days. At a regular council meeting last November, city manager Sharla Griffiths informed councillors the fund was trending toward a deficit, due mainly to a…
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 15:53
RM begins search for new CAO
It is going to be a bit of a homecoming for Nicole Chychota when she assumes her new position of chief administrative officer for the City of Portage la Prairie later this spring. The Rural Municipality of Dauphin announced last week that Chychota would be leaving its municipal administration team…
Friday, 21 February 2025 15:22
Police seek search for would be bomber
Police are looking for the public’s help in identify a would be robber. On Feb. 10, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Dauphin RCMP received a report of an attempted robbery at a business on First Avenue Northeast in the city. When officers arrived at the scene, they were advised by an…
Friday, 21 February 2025 15:21
Provincial funding bump for Mountain View School Division
Funding for Manitoba schools will increase by $67 million for the 2025-26 school year. Background information concerning the announcement, made last week by Manitoba’s new education minister Tracy Schmidt, shows increases will vary between one per cent and almost 10 per cent for individual divisions, with the inclusion of federal…
Friday, 14 February 2025 15:41
Ontario measle outbreak makes its way to southern Manitoba
Public health officials are notifying the public of five confirmed cases of measles in southern Manitoba, all connected to an outbreak in Ontario. These cases involve five individuals living within the same household, all of whom were contacts of lab-confirmed cases while recently traveling in Ontario. The individuals have been…
Friday, 14 February 2025 15:40
Mazier, Conservatives set their sights on fentanyl traffickers
Dan Mazier is backing Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s promise to crack down on those convicted in the trafficking, production, and distribution of fentanyl by imposing mandatory life sentences, should Conservatives form government after the next election. “Fentanyl is destroying families across Canada. This deadly drug has seeped into our…
Friday, 14 February 2025 15:37
Council paves the way for lagoon financing through bylaws
City council held a pair of public hearings related to the lagoon project set to kick off this spring to open its regular meeting, Feb. 3. The hearings centred on Bylaw 02/2025 and Bylaw 03/2025, which allow for financing $9.1 million of the City’s portion of the $20 million project.…
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 16:18
RMNP adjusts Clear Lake boating restrictions for 2025
Boaters are once again looking forward to enjoying some time on the waters of Clear Lake in 2025 after Parks Canada announced it’s plans to permit watercraft on the lake, reversing a complete ban imposed last season. The decision was made after the discovery of hundreds of live juvenile zebra…
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 16:17
WAC gets even “cooler” with local law firm’s support
Come this spring Dauphinites will be able to attend functions in comfort in the Johnston and Company Auditorium at the Watson Arts Centre. The new name for the WAC auditorium recognizes a $35,000 donation by the local law firm to mark its 100th anniversary. The donation includes an initial contribution…
Tuesday, 04 February 2025 16:16
PMH working to reduce agency nursing costs
As the health region spending the most, Prairie Mountain Health has been directed to reduce private agency nursing costs by 15 per cent by the end of this fiscal year. Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara issued the directive last week as part of a systemwide effort to…
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:49
Council recognizes the work of Heart and Stroke Foundation
Dauphin city councillors promoted the work of the Heart and Stroke Foundation by proclaiming February as Heart Month to kick off their regular meeting, Jan. 20. The proclamation recognized the grim statistic that heart disease, stroke and related conditions take a life in Canada every five minutes, while applauding the…
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:48
Traffic stop results in several drug charges
A recent traffic stop by Dauphin RCMP has landed two city residents in jail facing numerous charges. In the early morning hours of Jan. 18, police stopped a vehicle on First Avenue Southeast in Dauphin. When officers approached the vehicle to speak with the male driver and female passenger, they…
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:48
Former Gilbert Plains CAO charged after lengthy investigation
The former chief administrative officer of Gilbert Plains Municipality has been officially charged in connection with allegations of fraud following a two-year investigation. On Jan. 16, as part of a joint investigation involving the Dauphin RCMP detachment and Manitoba RCMP Cyber and Financial Crime Unit (CFCU), Amber Fisher, 40, was…
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 10:17
Composer with Dauphin roots earns collaboration with WSO
A former Dauphin resident is set to experience the thrill of a lifetime when his work is performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), this weekend. Nic Bray, who was born in Winnipeg and moved to Dauphin with his parents when he was just two weeks old, recently won the…