Parkland Family Fund Reaches $80,000

The Mountain View Teachers Association made a donation of $1,500 to the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund this morning.

Chance Henderson, the President of MVTA, spoke about why they chose the Family Fund.

There's a clear need for support for humanitarian response, and when this Fund was established, it presented an opportunity to take in, and support, Ukrainian families, seeking refuge in the Parkland, from the conflict.

The Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund has been taking donations for just over three weeks, and has already raised $80,000, according to Jim Perchaluk, President of the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre, and a trustee for the Fund.

In just a few weeks, we not have only set up the fund to collect donations but, with the help of many excellent volunteers, we have established a Family Selection Committee, and a Family Support Team.

The Fund organizers have reached out to the Federal and Provincial governments, as well as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, to inform them of the Fund.

They have requested the names and contact information of families in war-stricken regions in Ukraine, who are willing to move and settle permanently in the Parkland.

There is another cheque presentation scheduled for Wednesday, April 6th, at the Dauphin Active Living Centre, which is planning to make a donation of $5,000 to the Fund.

You can get more information about the Fund, by calling Larry at 204-648-5904, or Karen at 204-648-3567.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Apr 1, 2022 - 10:43 am

Pope Francis says he is ashamed and indignant at the "deplorable'' abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples at the hands of Catholic educators in Canada's residential schools.

Speaking in Italian, at a final meeting with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis delegates at the Vatican, Francis apologized for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the institutions, and said he would come to Canada.

A date has not been set for the trip, but delegates said it could be as soon as this summer.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Apr 1, 2022 - 6:24 am

Farm Credit Canada put out their farmland values report for Manitoba, earlier this month, and the province saw an average increase of 9.9%. The area that saw the biggest jump was the Parkland at 17.6%.

FCC's appraiser for Manitoba, Peter Alder, said that you often have to look at the bigger picture and not just the percentage increase.

In the Parkland area there was a bit of a catch up factor. The land values were lower than other areas of the province where we already see $5000 an acre.

Westman saw the next biggest increase at 12.2%, while the Interlake was third at 9.4%. You can see FCC's full 2021 Farmland Values Report here.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Apr 1, 2022 - 6:00 am

Coming up next weekend on Friday April 8^th and Saturday April 9^th the McCreary Manitoba Maple Syrup Festival returns for another year with events happening across the McCreary area.

The events are sure to be fun for the entire family with a drive-in movie on Friday night with Sing 2 as the feature film as well as events throughout the day on Saturday including a tourtiere dinner at the McCreary Community Centre.

Visitors will be able to tour Bob’s Sugar Bush, check out the farmers market and enjoy horse and wagon rides throughout the day Saturday after enjoying a pancake breakfast at the McCreary Drop-In Centre in the morning.

For a full schedule of the events happening at the festival head to our community calendar event page here.

Details: Contributed by Eric Fawx; Published: Apr 1, 2022 - 6:00 am

The Manitoba Government has announced they're giving the Manitoba 4-H Council $900,000 in funding over the next three years. Executive Director Shannon Carvey talked about where the funding will go.

Our funding that we receive from the province goes towards our general funding for our 4-H members. We do send a portion of those funds to the grassroots level of our program, so our area councils recieve some funding and they use that to put on events in their area that service the clubs.

4-H is an international youth and volunteer organization that was founded right here in Manitoba in 1913. 4-H provides kids with the resources and activities to learn about a topic of their choice while building self-confidence, communication, and leadership skills. You can find out more about 4-H and its programs here.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 31, 2022 - 12:21 pm

The Dauphin Multi-Purpose Senior Centre announced this morning that it will be changing its name to the Dauphin Active Living Centre. Kim Armstrong, the Centre's administrator, and program coordinator made the announcement this morning on the Al Morning Show.

We feel that Dauphin Active Living Centre is a better description of our mandate, that we want seniors to be living active lives.

The name change will officially take effect tomorrow, and there will be another change coming with it as well.

We have expanded our meal program to five days a week with deliveries and pick-ups on Mondays and Thursdays now, which is a big deal for us, we're serving our community as best we can.

Get all the information you need about the Dauphin Active Living Centre here.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 31, 2022 - 8:42 am

Construction is underway on a new 17,300 square foot building on Main Street South in Dauphin. The building is going up where the Highland Motel used to be, right beside the Co-op gas bar.

The anchor tenant of the new building will be a 9100 square foot Dollar Tree, with another six units available for rent. According to listing agent Rennie Zegelski, the building is expected to be ready in August, with businesses opening in the fall.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 31, 2022 - 6:00 am

The Dauphin and District Community Foundation has announced their fall grantees:

Dauphin & District Allied Arts Centre - $8,473.25 for tables
Dauphin Friendship Centre $14,000 for kitchen upgrades
Henderson School Playground Committee $7,500 for playground expansion
Sub Committee of Dauphin Recreation Services $20,000 for Parkland’s 4 Season Toboggan Run.
Tinker Bell Nursery School $2,500 for Covid Recovery (cleaning and equipment)
Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre & Museum $2,500 for Village Museum School Teacherage

The foundation is now shifting its focus to its Spring Donations Bring Fall Grants campaign starting tomorrow. According to DDCF Executive Director Kit Daley, an anonymous donor has agreed to match $10,000 in donations to the foundation.

"We have a sign in the lobby at city hall starting tomorrow which will track our progress on twin thermometers so that we can make note of the donations we've received and the matching fund, with the goal of increasing our community fund by $20,000."

Find out more about the Dauphin and District Community Foundation here.

Details: Contributed by Sam Brownell; Published: Mar 31, 2022 - 6:00 am

Yesterday two Dauphin residents who were arrested in October of 2020 were back in court.

39-year-old Tomson Flatfoot and 39-year-old Lana Flatfoot were facing charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and numerous firearms offences following a drug and firearms bust at a residence in Dauphin.

In court yesterday Tomson Flatfoot was remanded into custody until his next court date on April 12th while Lana Flatfoot had her charges from this case stayed.

The case was in relation to an event on October 29^th,2020, when Dauphin RCMP officers executed a search warrant at a residence on Triangle Road in Dauphin and seized numerous firearms, cocaine, cash, and drug paraphernalia. (Pictured below)

Dauphin Drugs And Guns

Details: Contributed by Eric Fawx; Published: Mar 30, 2022 - 1:21 pm

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association's Green Gold program has been around since 1995. They work with producers all over the province to determine the best time to harvest alfalfa hay.

MFGI Board Chair Lawrence Knockaert is a producer in Bruxelles who has been part of the program for 25 years, and he says the program needs producers from all over the province.

"It gets your hay cut at the right time with whatever protein you want to pick, so that way you dont need to suppliment your protein because you're taking it off at its peak value which is very beneficial for farmers."

You can sign up to be a part of the program or get information from the program here.