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Santa Claus will be paying an early visit to Ochre River this Wednesday to help with a good cause.
St Nick will be accompanying firefighters in Ochre River that evening as they tour the community and neighbouring beach areas, collecting donations for a local food bank.
The annual Santa Cruise and Food Bank drive will begin at 6 pm Wednesday.
If you live in the area and are not going to be home Wednesday night, you can still drop off donations for the Food Drive at the RM of Lakeshore office in Ochre River.
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Parks Canada is hosting a pair of information sessions this week regarding the recent discovery of Zebra Mussels in Clear Lake.
The sessions are scheduled for tomorrow night at the Onanole Recreation Centre, and Wednesday night at the Victoria Inn in Brandon.
Officials with Parks Canada will be on hand to outline the current situation and to give the public a chance to provide their feedback.
Both meetings are set to begin at 7 pm.
The boat launch at Clear Lake is closed until further notice after the discovery of Zebra Mussels. in water samples from the lake.
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Winnipegosis will be hosting its annual food hamper donation drive this Wednesday.
Between noon and 3 that day, Mossey River Municipal Council and staff will be joined by local firefighters, church organizations, and other community volunteers at the Winnipegosis Youth Centre to collect donations for this year's food hamper program in that community.
The hampers are being assembled for families in need in the Winnipegosis area, and donations of cash and non-perishable food items are being accepted on Wednesday.
Anyone that makes a monetary donation of $20 or more will receive a tax receipt.
If you are unable to make it out on Wednesday, you can drop off your donation at one of several locations throughout Winnipegosis, including the Mossey River Municipal Office on Main Street.
Hot dogs, coffee, and hot chocolate will be available for free for anyone that drops off a donation at the Youth Centre on Wednesday.
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Clint Black and Carolyn Dawn Johnson headline the list of the second round of acts announced this morning for the 2024 edition of Dauphin's Countryfest.
Other acts announced today include The Washboard Union, Harlequin, Jason Blaine, Toque, Snake Oil, Quinton Blair, Teigan Gayse, and the Waylon, Willie and Cash Tribute to the Highwaymen.
The 35th-anniversary edition of Countryfest is set for June 28th to 30th.
Organizers also announced on their Facebook page today that day passes for the 2024 show will go on sale tomorrow at a special low price, but only for a limited time.
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Normand Gagne of Winnipeg is $100,000 richer.
Purchasing his ticket on Friday, December 9, Gagne won the Dauphin Kings Tractor Lotto on Sunday evening. Roger Lungal, Paul Vandekerckhove, and Phil Fafard won the three- S100 Lawn Tractors courtesy of the great folks at Reit-Syd Equipment.
Lee Stirling won $30,940 in the mega 50/50.
$1000 winners:
Derek Yanke, Paul Pachkowski, Doug Westhouse, Stephan Durstan, Debby Gusnoski, David Fulham, Mark Dewar, Libby Moroz, Rob Mazer, and Nick Chudobiak.
$2500 winners:
Rob Mazer, Kevin Boyachuk
$5000 winners:
Tim Lendovy, Alice Prestayko
$10,000 winners:
Chastity Ek
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The final numbers are in for the 4th annual Pack the Pumper/ Cram the Cruiser Holiday Food Drive, and the total is mind boggling.
The Dauphin RCMP Detachment and the Dauphin Fire Department had their friendly competition this year, and between the two groups, over 4000 lbs of food have been donated to the Dauphin Food Bank.
The wager between them this year: posing for a picture in the other teams vehicles.
The RCMP would have to suit up and get a picture taken in the pumper truck, or the fire chief himself would have to get his picture taken locked in the back of the cruiser.
Both teams brought in mountains of non-perishables to the food bank this morning.
Fire Chief Cam Abrey and his team hauled in 1125 lbs of food.
The RCMP's Mark-Eric LeRoux meanwhile brought in some record breaking numbers with 3219 lbs of non perishable items
Food wasn't the only thing donated, as the teams also recieved a collective $2,385 in monetary donations. This money will also go straight to the food bank, funding the purchase of perishable food items for their hot meal program.
Both Abery and LeRoux were proud to have taken part in this charity event, and note that it couldn't have been done with out the amazing generosity and many donations of the citizens of Dauphin.
Thanks to the hard work, the many donations, and a little bit of friendly banter, thousands of meals will be provided to the people that need them this year.
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With this large dumping of snow that we have received, the City of Dauphin has launched its efforts to remove the snow from streets and sidewalks.
Snow removal has begun on priority routes, with work slated to start at around 10 pm tonight on Main Street and the Downtown area.
In a post on their Facebook page, the city says crews will be working throughout the weekend to clear roadways and sidewalks.
They are also asking motorists to refrain from parking in these areas until they have been cleared.
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Manitoba First Nations Police Service in Sandy Bay is investigating a possible shooting on the reserve.
Just after 11 pm Wednesday night, officers were called to a residence in the 100 block of 175 Main Road after a report of an assault.
They arrived to find a male suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm as well as other injuries.
The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Officers believe the victim may have been injured at a different location on Sandy Bay, and are looking to the public to help them with any information.
If you have any knowledge of this incident, you are asked to call the Sandy Bay detachment at 204-843-7701.
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Ten gorgeously decorated trees were auctioned off at last night's Charity Christmas Tree Auction.
The Best Western hotel in Dauphin reached out to the Dauphin & District Community Foundation to help organize this event, and to donate the proceeds.
Each of the 10 trees were purchased by a business in Dauphin, and decorated in kind.
Afterwords, Larry Garton, of Garton's Auction Service, helped auction off every last tree to the highest bidders.
The nights sales totalled $1710, with the top-seller being the Fusion Credit Union tree, selling for $360.
There was also an award for Best Decorated Tree, which was won by the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy crew, for their tree decorated with all sorts of sweets.
Today, the trees will roll out to the families in the area to really ring in the holiday season.
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An Ebb & Flow First Nations woman will be back in court in February in connection with a drug bust on the reserve.
RCMP in Ste Rose said that on September 20th, they raided a home and seized crystal meth, cocaine, and other drug-related paraphernalia, as well as cash and an unsecured firearm.
35-year-old Christine Mancheese was taken into custody on several charges.
She appeared in court this week and had her matters put over until February 13th.
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If you have yet to make a donation to this year's "Pack the Pumper-Cram the Cruiser" Food Bank Challenge, you are running out of time to do so.
Today is the final day that donations of non-perishable food items or cash are being accepted at either the Dauphin Fire Department or the Dauphin RCMP Detachment.
It's the fourth year for the friendly competition between the two emergency services organizations to see who can collect the most donations for the Dauphin Food Bank, in order to help that organization stock their shelves for what is traditionally a very busy Christmas season for them.
Final weigh-ins of donations will take place on Friday at 10 am.
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