Putting The Hoof In Hoof & Holler Days

The rodeo will be returning to the grounds of St. Rose this weekend for the Annual Hoof & Holler days!

Ashley Vandepoele, President of Hoof and Holler Days is excited to Bring back the rodeo highlight, but says it's not without its challenges.

"There's a lot of moving pieces when it comes to a rodeo, there's lots of things to take into consideration. Safety for the animals, safety for the competitors. event space is huge. The time of year we host Hoof & Holler is definitely a challenge. if we could just know our weekend would be fairly decent weather and have it outdoors, it would look a lot different than us hauling in all the sand into the arena and making it work"

Sand is going in the Arena!
Posted by Ste Rose Hoof N Holler Days on Monday, October 2, 2023

The Heartland Rodeo Association will be bringing a wide array of events, from Bronc riding to barrel racing, steer roping, and more.

there will also be a ton of free family events taking place. The only events that will require admission will be the old-time dance, the kinsman cabaret, and the rodeo itself.

Admission for the events varies. The Cabaret has a $20 entry fee, the old-time dance is $15 to get in, and will have a light lunch and door prizes, and the rodeo has rates for the day and the weekend.

Adults will pay $15 a day or $25 for the weekend, youths aged 13 -17 will pay $10 for the day or $15 for the weekend, and kids 12 and under get in for free.

If you're looking to get involved with the event, there's also still a chance to volunteer.

Just contact St Rose Hoof and Holler Days on Facebook to see how you can help.

Be sure to keep and eye out for CKDM's Cory Lafontaine between 8am and 11am on Friday, as he'll be live on location thorugh the morning!

Details: Contributed by Michael Brossart; Published: Oct 5, 2023 - 5:32 pm

Just over half of all registered voters in Manitoba cast a ballot in this year's provincial election.

Elections Manitoba says the final figure was around 55 per cent of eligible voters, numbers that are similar to the previous provincial election in 2019.

This despite a record number of Manitobans casting a ballot in advanced polls the week prior to the election, a number that reached over 200,000.

In the Dauphin riding, around 62.6 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in this year's vote.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 5, 2023 - 9:17 am

This weekend, a locally-owned auction establishment will commemorate 60 years of operation.

Blaine Huston is the manager of the Gladstone Auction Mart, and he's excited to show off the recent upgrades to this business in an open house on Friday.

"We did a recent expansion project this summer, so we are going to start with a tour of the new pens and everything"

Huston also tells us a bit about the history behind the Auction Mart.

The Gladstone Auction Mart got its start in the sixties when a group of local livestock producers wanted to make a place for them to gather and do business.

Shares were sold for $50 dollars a piece, and this move helped producers make a space to own as well.

The open house will also feature some seminars that go over some of the modern approaches that the auction mart is taking to expand its business.

If you're a beef producer in the area, be sure not to miss this open house, and to celebrate 60 years of business with the Gladstone Auction Mart.

Details: Contributed by Michael Brossart; Published: Oct 5, 2023 - 6:00 am

After a very long night watching the votes roll in, the morning brought the finalized results for Manitoba's 2023 election.

NDP's Ron Kostyshyn was definitely feeling the effects, and he could barely sleep due to the anticipation.

"Definitely not. we got home and the excitement still was flowing through the bloodstream. and then later on, we did hear somewhat of a positive note so we sat around and it was about 3 o'clock in the morning when we finally decided we get some sleep."

Gord Wood of the PC party is also feeling a bit low after the night, as he's feeling a bit more than just fatigue.

"Feeling some Disappointment, but there's a lot of woulda, shoulda, coulda kind of stuff. Certainly, we knew the poll when we started had us at a 99 to 1 to even win the riding. to be this close, that's an accomplishment, but I'm still disappointed."

Both candidates ran some excellent campaigns, and the polls really reflect that.

With a difference of less than 500 votes making the decision, it shows that both candidates put in massive efforts to win the votes of the people of Dauphin.

Details: Contributed by Michael Brossart; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 8:09 pm

An ongoing investigation in the RM of Gimli has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of dollars of stolen property.

inspector Brent Lemieux notes that this is the second time in a month that RCMP officers have recovered tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen property

The search of a property in the RM of Gimli resulted in the seizure of a snowmobile, multiple trailers, construction equipment, a camper, firearms, cash, cocaine, and other controlled substances. Some of the recovered property had been reported stolen from multiple locations across southern Manitoba.

Officers arrested 48-year-old Michel Verrier, from the RM of Gimli, and remanded him into custody on charges including Possession of Stolen Property, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, and numerous firearms-related offences.

A 48-year-old female and a 30-year-old male, both from Winnipeg, were arrested on scene and released for a later court date.

The investigation continues.

Details: Contributed by Michael Brossart; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 3:51 pm

Besides losing their position as the province's government, last night's election was also costly for the Progressive Conservatives in terms of former cabinet ministers that went down to defeat.

A total of five former Manitoba PC Cabinet ministers - all from Winnipeg - lost their seats to NDP rivals.

The biggest name was former health minister Audrey Gordon, who lost her Southdale seat to NDP rookie Renée Cable.

Meanwhile, another NDP newcomer Mike Moyes took the Riel seat away from two-term MLA and recent minister of families Rochelle Squires.

Other former cabinet ministers defeated last night included government services and consumer protection minister James Tietsma in Radisson, environment and climate minister Kevin Klein in Kirkfield Park, and mental health and community wellness minister Janice Morley-Lecomte in Seine River.

Morley-Lecomte originally hails from the Cayer area.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 12:27 pm

Votes have been cast, and the results are in.

Manitoba has voted in an NDP majority government, making Wab Kinew Manitoba’s first-ever First Nations Premier.

In the Dauphin riding, it was a neck-and-neck race that ran quite late, but it also ended with an NDP victory.

MLA-elect Ron Kostyshyn notes that the win was not without a great deal of effort.

"I did my best and I put in a 120 per cent effort into the constituency to try and have people support me. And I guess at the end of the day it is their judgment."

The night went much later than either party expected, as the tabulation of votes did not finish until well after midnight.

NDP Campaign Manager David Howe was a little caught off guard by just how late the Dauphin riding tabulation took.

"I think the election was run reasonably well, but I am a little disappointed with the tabulating machines. I have seen it done in Ontario where it takes minutes to report and you have a government declared 20 minutes into the night amd most seats are declared within half an hour. I am totally shocked that this process was slower than counting by hand ."

The race was rather long in the riding, and while the PC party didn't win, local Campaign Manager Miles Meyer said their efforts certainly made it exciting.

"I knew it was going to be a tight race. I think that the polls said the NDP would win (Dauphin) in a landslide but I think we put the work in to at the very minimum make this very close. And I think it is a matter of who came out to vote."

Local PC candidate Gord Wood says his campaign efforts gained a lot of support.

"I have to say thank you to the constituents of Dauphin and the area. I appreciate the support they gave us, the kind words, and the excitement that people got behind us. So we will take that as small victories and we will move on."

With all 46 polls reporting, Kostyshyn had 4,810 votes, compared to 4,467 for Wood.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 8:15 am

Out in the fields, harvest is maintaining its momentum according to the weekly Manitoba crop report.

The province is 12 percent ahead of the 5-year average, with most spring cereal crops finished up.

in the northwest region, the mid to low 20's temperature and lack of frost kept harvest moving along, until the rain of the weekend rolled in grinding things to a halt.

both spring wheat and canola are nearing completion, but the is some concern around soybean crops, as the late-season rain is preventing them from drying down.

Overall, harvest is 85 percent complete, and crops are primarily in fair to mostly good conditions.

Tune in to the noon-hour edition of Agri-view for a more in-depth look a the Manitoba Crop Report.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 7:35 am

While the Dauphin riding did switch from Tory blue to NDP orange last night, the same could not be said for other neigbouring ridings.

Rick Wowchuk earned a third straight term as MLA for Swan River, as the PC candidate earned nearly 63 per cent of the vote to finish well ahead of Andy Maxwell of the NDP and Don McKenna of the Keystone Party.

Meanwhile, both Greg Nesbitt in Riding Mountain and Jodie Byram in Agassiz also had convincing wins for the PC's, with both garnering close to 64 per cent of the vote in their respective ridings.

The race in Interlake-Gimli was a little tighter, but in the end, it was incumbant PC Derek Johnson who won that riding by around 680 votes over his NDP rival.

Details: Contributed by Jeff Henson; Published: Oct 4, 2023 - 7:31 am

While Manitoba New Democrats are celebrating their return to power in the province and the election of Canada's first-ever First Nations provincial premier, both the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals will begin the search soon for new leaders.

Despite winning her seat in Tuxedo, Heather Stefanson announced her plans to step down as PC party leader after her party was reduced to opposition status in the Manitoba Legislature.

Stefanson won a party leadership race in 2021 to take over from the retiring Brian Pallister.

Dougald Lamont stepped aside from the Liberal top job after his party was reduced to just one seat in the legislature.

Lamont himself lost his seat in St. Boniface to the NDP.

The NDp were unofficially elected or leading in 34 ridings as of early Wednesday morning, while the Progressive Conservatives held 22 seats.