Stolen Vehicle Headed East on Highway 16

The Yorkton RCMP is looking for a stolen vehicle that is believed to be travelling east on Highway 16. Police are searching for a two-tone brown 1988 Chevrolet Silverado with a white 2010 Arctic Cat Crossfire snowmobile in the box.

The two vehicles were stolen between Sunday night and Monday morning and were seen yesterday at a gas station in Yorkton. Anyone with information should call Yorkton RCMP at 306-786-2400.

Photo from Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers Facebook

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 15, 2022 - 1:38 pm

Ste. Rose Du Lac RCMP is investigating a fatal two-vehicle accident that happened on Highway 276 south of Rorketon, in the RM of Lakeshore, yesterday morning.

A pick-up truck going north, rear-ended a semi-truck going in the same direction. The driver of the pick-up truck, a 68-year-old female from Dauphin was pronounced deceased on the scene, and the driver of the semi sustained minor injuries.

A Forensic Collision Reconstructionist is assisting the RCMP in the ongoing investigation. Road conditions and poor visibility are believed to be a factor in the accident.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 15, 2022 - 10:52 am

The Dauphin City Council held its fifth meeting of the year tonight. Here are some highlights from the meeting.

There was a proclamation of support for Ukraine issued by the city council.

“We stand in solidarity with our Ukrainian friends and neighbors, offer our support in whatever way we can, hold the casualties of this violence close to our hearts, and recognize the sacrifices that are being made in the name of freedom and democracy in Ukraine”

The council talked about the importance of language and literacy and acknowledged that March 21, 2022, is World Poetry Day, and April 2022 is National Poetry Month.

“We encourage our citizens to enrich themselves through partaking in all forms of culture, we support the idea of promoting literature, and specifically poetry, in our community.”

The cities director of finance, Scott Carr, gave a report on why the city saw a surplus of $697,000 this year.

saw a labor shortage in 2021, which resulted in work not being completed as budgeted.
Higher than expected taxes on new construction.
Higher than expected revenue at the landfill.

Most of the surplus is being transferred to reserve for future spending. The city will be using $33,000 of the surplus to cover the overage on snow clearing that they had. The only area the city was over budget was the purchasing of oxygen at the water treatment plant.

We planned to be using our new oxygen generator in June 2021 but the project was delayed and will be completed in 2022.

The next city council meeting will take place March 28th, 2022

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 14, 2022 - 6:06 pm

The remaining public health orders that were put into place to control the spread of COVID-19 in the province have been lifted. Masks will no longer be mandatory in indoor public places, but individual businesses can still require them if they choose to do so. Masks will still be mandatory in healthcare facilities.

The Mountain View School Division has announced they will be following the province and removing their mask requirements for students and staff starting today.

Those who test positive for COVID will no longer be required to isolate for five days, however, the province is still recommending people do. Some level of public health restrictions have been in place since the Pandemic started in March of 2020.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 15, 2022 - 12:01 am

The Winnipeg Police have arrested Joseph Floyd Delaney from Lundar, in connection to multiple sexual assaults of children in the 1980s. Delaney, who is 65 now, met some, but not all of the children at a church theater group he ran.

He faces several charges including sexual assault, sexual interference, and invitation to sexual touching. All of the children were around 10 at the time of the assaults.

In December 2021, police were contacted by one of the survivors, and after opening an investigation two more came forward. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information or who wishes to speak to investigators is asked to call the child abuse unit at 204-986-3296 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 14, 2022 - 2:35 pm

Emergency services have temporarily been halted at the Grandview District Hospital.

Starting 8 a.m. Monday, emergency services will be put on hold for a period of 12 hours. Services will resume at 8:01 Monday night.

If you require emergency assistance, call 9-1-1.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Mar 14, 2022 - 8:12 am

The Brandon School Division is set to decide today whether to continue to require students to wear masks.

Manitoba's COVID mask mandate will be lifted tomorrow, but the province has given school divisions the power to make their own rules.

A report is to be presented at the board's regular Monday meeting and then a decision will be made about whether or not to ditch masks for students and staff.

A number of Manitoba school districts, including the Louis Riel School Division, Pembina Trails and River East Transcona, say they will align their public health policies with the province but will recommend students in kindergarten through to Grade 12 still wear masks.

We've reached out to Mountain View School Division to find out their plans.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Mar 14, 2022 - 4:53 am

Tonight before you head to bed make sure to set your clocks ahead one hour as Manitoba and most of Canada return to Daylight time as of Sunday morning.

Residents of Yukon and most of Saskatchewan are going to be staying put on standard time but the rest of the country will spring forward one hour tonight.

Provinces like Ontario, Quebec and BC have discussed the idea of scrapping the time changes in March and November but nothing official has been passed to date.

Details: Contributed by Eric Fawx; Published: Mar 12, 2022 - 6:54 am

The Watson Art Centre is back hosting events and, according to Peter Nadolny, the building might look different than the last time you were there.

Unfortunately, we had a flood last spring that put a large portion of our building out of commission but, because of COVID, we couldn't have people in the building anyways. Now, when people are coming in the building, it's fully renovated. A new building, a new outlook, we're just really looking forward to having people back in the building.

They hosted the Chamber Appreciation Lunch on Tuesday, and are hosting The Flett Brothers concert on the Old Fire Hall stage tonight.

There's a whole bunch of Fire Hall shows coming up, it's more intimate than the big auditorium, where we have the Countryfest Return to the Hill celebration with Doc Walker and Don Amero and that's on the 25th.

Check out the Watson Art Centre's website here, or give them a call at 204-638-6231.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 11, 2022 - 1:02 pm

The Mountain View School Division has started its search for a new Superintendent and CEO of schools with the application window opening Thursday.

Current Superintendent Dan Ward recently announced that he will be leaving the position at the MVSD after 4 years as Assistant Superintendent and 3 years as Superintendent of the school division.

Superintendent Ward will be departing the MVSD for a new job as the Superintendent at the Garden Valley School Division in the Winkler area. Dan said he’ll remain in his current position until July to assist in the hiring process and to make the transition to the eventual new Superintendent as easy as possible.

You can find all the information about the opening at the Mountain View School Division here.

Details: Contributed by Eric Fawx; Published: Mar 11, 2022 - 9:35 am

It was a successful evening at the Chamber Celebration Night where the Parkland Chamber of commerce gave out six awards. Jim Steiner received the Legacy Business Award, recognizing the amazing work he has done in the community over the years.

Congratulations to all of the winners of this year's awards, and thank you to the Parkland Chamber of Commerce for putting on such a great event.

Legacy Award - Jim Steiner (Pictured Above)

Outstanding Business - Embroidery By Design