Dauphin Herald
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 08:02
Provincial champs crowned
Joelle Brown and her team of Maureen Bonar, Natalie Claude Harding and Deb McCreanor of Charleswood built a 4-0 lead after three ends and hung on to win the Pharmasave Senior Women’s Curling Provincials in Dauphin, Monday afternoon, beating defending champion Terry Ursel of Neepawa, 5-3 in the final. In…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 08:01
Kings looking to get back into the series
The Dauphin Kings find themselves in a hole after opening the best-of-seven quarterfinal series with the Swan Valley Stampeders with a pair of losses. The Kings carried a 1-0 lead into the first period of game one, Friday in Swan River, but could not hold the lead in the third,…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 07:56
School bus rides . . . where memories are made
By Ed StozekFor the Herald This past year our grandson Syd started Kindergarten. Since his parents live on a farm near Cartwright, Man., they initially drove Syd to school. Several months later Syd started to take the school bus. It was a big step of independence in the life of…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 07:54
Seminar provides important information on fire dynamics and safety
Firefighters from around the Parkland and beyond were treated to some specialized training this past weekend thanks to the Dauphin Fire Department and the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic (WFPS). In separate sessions over the weekend, instructors from the Winnipeg service walked 80 participants through a scientific and evidentiary based firefighting curriculum…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 07:52
Bridge work planned
The City of Dauphin owns exactly one bridge and will spend money this year to make sure the structure continues to carry traffic over the Vermillion River. An inspection of the Buckwold Bridge conducted several years ago determined repairs to the decking of the structure are required due to delamination…
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 07:51
Saying a prayer
Pine Creek First Nation, in partnership with Ebb and Flow First Nation, hosted a naming ceremony on the lot they own between McDonald’s and the Dollar Store, Mar. 20. Those in attendance said a prayer by the sacred fire before throwing some tobacco into the flames. An eight-lane gas bar,…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 11:11
READ FREE: Dauphin Herald Spring Total Market Coverage
Ever wonder what the Dauphin Herald online papers look like? Ever thought about switching from your paper copy to an online edition? Now is your chance to check it out and see how you like it with the Dauphin Herald's Total Market Coverage for March 2023. Read below, enjoy!
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:58
Triplets rare . . . but not for Sliworsky cow
When it comes to cattle, it is reasonable to expect that one in every 105,000 births will result in triplets. Now those births might end with one or more of the calves dead, so having three healthy offspring cuts the odds in half or by two thirds. Now consider two…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:55
Michaleski stepping back from politics
After 15 years of public service, eight of which were spent as a Rural Municipality of Dauphin councillor and seven as the MLA for Dauphin, Brad Michaleski is hanging up his suit jacket and putting on some running shoes. “I’m going to definitely chase some grandkids around a little bit…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:53
Ron Brook Memorial Award
Not everyone involved with the agricultural industry grows crops, raises animals, provides inputs or purchases ag commodities. Sometimes their relationship to the industry is more peripheral, Dauphin Agricultural Society (DAS) director Tere Stykalo said in presenting the Ron Brook Memorial Award to the Dauphin Fire Department at Farm Outlook 2023,…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:51
2022 finances positive given the conditions
Dauphin city councillors had a chance to look over the unaudited financial statements for 2022, recently. When all was said an done, city operations ended last year with a $3,600.31 deficit in the General Fund and a $41,736.49 surplus in the Utility Fund. On the revenue side of the General…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:51
Lots happening to affect markets
These are uniquely challenging times when it comes to agricultural markets, says Mike Jubinville. Jubinville, a senior market analyst with MarketsFarms, provided some of his insight to those attending Dauphin Agricultural Society’s Farm Outlook 2023, Mar. 9. Cheaper choices, the weather and the needs of China as it emerges from…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:48
Under glass
Elected officials and senior administration from the Rural Municipality of Dauphin and the City of Dauphin were given a tour of Vermillion Growers’ greenhouse development located on the northern edge of the city, recently. The tour opened the participants’ eyes to the level of technology integrated into the operation and…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:45
Kemp-Drysdale looks to step back from Skate Dauphin
Since 2008, Donna Kemp-Drysdale has been teaching youngsters in Dauphin as young as two how to skate. But after 14 years at the helm of Skate Dauphin, she is looking to take a step back and let someone else takes the reins. Kemp-Drysdale began her career as a junior coach…
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:42
Prokopowich to enter Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame
Sifton’s Peter Prokopowich will be entering the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame this spring. The induction dinner and ceremony, which will be held, May 7 in Brandon, will see the local curler inducted into the hall with the Kelly Robertson team, which also included Doug Armour and Bob Scales. Curling…