Referee Cole Zwiep keeps a close eye on the action as A.J. Sanchez tries to escape a hold applied by Headline Shaun Mertens as Canadian Wrestling’s Elite made its return to Dauphin, Friday, at the Watson Arts Centre in front of about 60 people.

The event featured five matches including Zombie Killer MENTALLO defending the CWE Championship against EZ Ryder.

More than 100 people took part in the annual Night Light Golf Tournament, Friday at the Dauphin Lake Golf Club.

There were prizes for the best lit golf cart, a hole-in-one contest, putting contest and chase the ace, with proceeds going to the multi-sport court at Dauphin Beach, which is expected to be in use next year.

Shortly after 3 p.m., Aug. 9, the Dauphin Fire Department was dispatched to assist Ochre River Fire Department with a water rescue on Dauphin Lake.

A boat had overturned sending both occupants into the water.

The mission was a success, with both of the boaters returning to land unharmed.

Thanks is extended to the civilians that assisted in bringing boaters and their boat back to shore.

Dauphin Consumers Co-op is looking into the possibility of starting a Citizens on Patrol Program in Dauphin.

The local business had a table set up at their food store, Wednesday and Thursday, offering information to interested patrons.

Co-op asset protection/safety manager Richard Ives said the first discussion took place in early May.

“And then we heard about all the stuff going on in our community and thought that maybe we could somehow help out as a Co-op. We’re a part of the community and a big part of Dauphin. We thought that maybe this is an avenue that we could take and try and get off the ground,” he said.

Response to the initiative was light on Wednesday, but picked up the next day.

“We’re giving out lots of information today. Hopefully in the weeks to come, we get the applications back and enough interest to start a group in Dauphin. Then we can start up some training and all that,” he said.

Details of what the program will look like have yet to be worked out. Ives said they will have to work with the City of Dauphin and RCMP to determine where support is needed.

“Is it weekends? Evenings? Later mornings? And with a crew of two per vehicle and a few vehicles, hopefully, on the road at those times, just to drive around and be an extra set of eyes for the community of Dauphin,” he said, adding as soon as they have a good number of people willing to take part, they can take the next step to start the program.

About 35 people have expressed an interest in joining the program, which Ives finds encouraging. He adds there is no limit to how many people they will accept into the program.

“I think the more the merrier. It takes less pressure off everybody else and less commitment if there’s a lot more volunteers. But if we have to start small, we’ll start small and go from there,” he said.

Anyone interested in acquiring more information on the program can visit the local Co-op food store administration office and ask for Ives.

The Roblin Agricultural Society kicked off its first Fair & Rodeo weekend since 2019 Thursday evening with its popular King Farmer contest.

The competition, which featured a calcutta and nine different stations to test the skills needed on the farm these day, drew 10 competitors. 

It’s always kind of surreal to see someone from your hometown on the big screen in a movie.

Former Roblinite, Matt Mazur, is now living in Vancouver and has been working as an actor and appeared in some pretty notable films and television shows.

“I was always interested film and television, as well as theatre,” said Mazur. “After I graduated high school, I went to Calgary to study theatre along with marketing.

I fell in love with being in theatre and performing.

Did you know that the Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) exists in Roblin??

It does and is always looking for new volunteers. If you are upset about how things may be changing in Roblin, or just want to help out your community, volunteer for COPP. Roblin is a great community with great people.

Read all about it and more in this week’s RCMP Report.

People may be sick and tired of hearing about the lack of ER service in Roblin and some feel there’s nothing that can be done about it, but one rural community is proving you can do something.
Grandview has had a long-standing history of fighting to keep health care strong in their community, whether it be recruiting physicians and nurses or rallying to keep their ambulance service local.

This past Saturday marked the third annual Remembering Kendara Memorial Walk in the tri-community. Kendara’s family started this walk to raise awareness of her case, with hopes to make it inclusive to all those who have missing and murdered Indigenous loved ones.

“This year’s walk we decided to start transitioning towards as this being a walk for missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP),” said Gloria Ballantyne-Packo. “It’s still going to be about Kendara, but we also have invited families of missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys. We had families participated for different loved ones. That was one of our biggest goals to transition the walk to include others and this year we were able to achieve it.

“It was really great because we were able to support these other families by giving them a platform to be able to have that opportunity to speak about what they’ve been going through and to know they have this community of people who understand this very kind of specific loss.”

Welcoming other families of MMIP to participate in the walk is a way for them to connect with others who have experienced the same kind of loss. It’s a different type of loss that often leaves families feeling isolated due to the fact that not everyone can related what they are experiencing and going through.

Over the weekend a fantastic group of unsung heroes in the community met with the high rail trucks during the late hours of the evening to do intake of the animals coming in from the fire zones as well as any surrenders from The Pas.

The Manitoba Animal Alliance (MAA) has been busy rescuing animals that have been left behind as a result of the forest fires that raged in Pukatawagan and Mathias Colomb First nations.

The homeless pets left behind still depend on people to provide food and water, while some of them need medical care and treatment.

MAA has stepped in to transport these animals out of harm. The animals were making their journey on to Winnipeg where they will receive necessary medical treatments, be reconnected with owners if possible or adopted to new homes. The MAA has also been collecting donations of pet foot and kennels for the animals to send up north to feed them and have the necessary crates to transport them out of the area if needed.