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Starting at 7 a.m. Monday, Mountain Road between River Ave & Alexandria Ave will be closed to all traffic.
The City of Dauphin says the closure is taking place to repair a house service.
All traffic must detour.
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On Saturday evening, Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival hosted the unveiling of the largest Ukrainian flag in Canada, outside of McKenzie Middle School in Dauphin.
Many people helped unfurl this huge flag, which is 25 by 16 meters.
Following this event, Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival hosted the Zabava Street Party.
This year’s Zabava was smaller than it has been in the past, just taking up part of 3rd avenue NE, and some of Co-op’s parking lot, but it was well attended, as the event was completely sold out.
Nick Yakimishen, Vice President of Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival was happy with the turnout.
“We couldn’t have asked for anything more. We started planning this and the restrictions were 1,500 people outdoors, and then it’s 500, so what do we do? We had to end up making it a ticketed event, but it’s still an absolutely amazing turnout. We couldn’t have asked for better.”
There were food vendors, live music, and street performers at this event.
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This Thursday, September 30th, marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
In honour of hope and healing, Dauphin's Friendship Centre will be presenting a Truth and Reconciliation Day Ceremony at Parkland Crossing starting at 11 a.m.
Jarri Thompson, an organizer for the event, emphasizes the meaning behind Truth and Reconciliation Day,
"Truth and reconciliation day does have a very important job, and that job for us is to educate Canadians about residential schools and the experiences of the students, not only those who survived but also those who did not."
Jarri carried on to go through what is planned,
"There will be four speakers including myself, two round dances, one to honour the incident lives caught up in the tragic legacy of Indian residential schools and one to celebrate that as indigenous people we are still and still going strong."
Thompson states what attendees should wear,
"We would prefer if people were wearing orange; we've invited the community to wear their regalia, wear the Métis sashes, wear their skirts, bring their drums. We want to involve everybody in this Ceremony."
The Ceremony will be held outdoors, but Thompson notes some health guidelines in place,
"If you are going to be in close contact, we would prefer that you do keep your mask on. During the round dances, there's going to be ribbons to hold onto rather than the hands being held, and at the round dances, you are required to wear your mask."
Following the Ceremony, there will be a free lunch offered where attendees will get a hot dog, chips and a beverage.
140 federally run Residential Schools operated in Canada between 1831 and 1998.
Commemoration of the painful history and continuing impacts of residential schools is crucial for the reconciliation process.
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Many people went to the Dauphin Rail Museum on Saturday for the 125th anniversary of the first train’s arrival through the city.
President of the Museum, Jason Gilmore says he was happy with the turnout.
“I think we planned it well enough that it’s not overwhelming truly, but it is to me, being slightly new at hosting events like this. I think it’s gone really well.”
Jason says we can anticipate a few more events from the Rail Museum in the near future.
“We’re going to have a couple of other events signifying when the rail first cross Main Street, so that was on November 7th, we’ll be doing something in regards to that. Then December 15th is the actual date of the first train arriving. The reason we held this event at this time is that you don’t know what the weather is going to be like, and we wanted to have something where people could be outside.”
There was live music at the event, and the street in front of the museum was lined with classic cars, some of which came from as far away as Brandon and Yorkton.
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It was another successful Fuel Good Day at Dauphin Co-ops.
The community stepped up, buying nearly $50,000 litres of fuel this year, resulting in a donation of $5,000 towards the Dauphin Bible Camp.
On top of gas sales, the Bible Camp held fundraising BBQs at both Gas Bars, raising an additional $1,000 to go towards the camp's ambitions to improve outdoor activity for the community, such as an outdoor skating rink for the coming winter season.
Dauphin Co-op has donated more than $5,000 from fuel sales each year on Fuel Good Day for more than $25,000 locally raised since 2017.
Co-op wished to extend a special thanks to everyone who made this day of donation a success, including the Dauphin Kings and their players.
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There are some changes to the yard waste pick-up schedule in Dauphin next week.
This is because of the National Day For Truth & Reconciliation on Thursday, September 30th.
Those in the Day 1 Zone will be moved to Monday, September 27th.
Day 2 will be moved to Tuesday, September 28th.
Day 3 will be moved to Wednesday, September 29th.
Day 4 will remain on Friday, October 1st.
Regular collection days resume on Tuesday, October 5th.
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Manitoba PC Leadership candidate Shelly Glover held a meet and greet in Dauphin Saturday, where she made a big announcement.
She stated that if she becomes Premier, one of the first things she will do is reopen the correctional centre in Dauphin.
Glover says she came to this decision because she’s worried about the lack of support and services for our rural communities.
“We are seeing agriculture centres close, Manitoba Hydro offices close, and other rural offices being impacted. That is very dangerous for our rural communities, and we need them to be sustained, we need to support them just as much as we need to support our large cities.”
Glover, who has experience in law enforcement, says it’s dangerous for guards and other staff at jails when they’re overcapacity.
“The stats speak for themselves. Over the last five years, we had an average of 369 inmates overcapacity. That included when we had the Dauphin jail. So by closing the Dauphin jail, we have now just put those extra bodies into, yet again, over-taxed systems located elsewhere. We need to better protect the guards and the inmates. We’re in COVID, the last thing you want to do in COVID is pile people who don’t know each other into rooms together.”
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba will choose its new leader, who will be Manitoba's first female Premier, on October 30th.
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From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Dauphin's Rail Museum will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the first train's arrival through the city.
While the actual date of the train's entry is December 15th, 1896, Dauphin Rail is looking to take advantage of some nice September weather to celebrate.
President of the Museum, Jason Gilmore, outlines what is scheduled for the event,
"We are going to have live music; we are also going to have C&D snack shack right beside the building that offers food for purchase. We are going to have some giveaways, some birthday cake, and there's also items for purchase as well."
The Museum recommends you wear a mask while outside, but they understand that it is up to individual people's digression.
If you do go inside the Museum, you will need to show proof of vaccination.
The Museum will be taking donations to help support future projects at this event.
Bring your lawn chairs, sit and relax while enjoying free entertainment, giveaways and more when Dauphin Rail celebrates 125 years.
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Saskatchewan has been seeing an increase in COVID-19 numbers lately.
At the moment, the province has 4,734 active COVID-19 cases; compared to Manitoba, which has 499.
In the southeast part of Saskatchewan, they have 309 active cases. This area includes Yorkton, 174.3 km from Dauphin.
That’s only 190 fewer cases than our entire province.
Currently, 84.6 percent of eligible residents have one dose In Manitoba, and 79.9 percent have two doses.
While in Saskatchewan, 80 percent of people have one dose, and 71 percent have two doses.
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Nobody was injured after a suspicious house fire in Swan River.
On Thursday afternoon, Swan River RCMP received a report of a fire.
When officers arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed in flames.
The investigation has determined that no one was inside the residence at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire is suspicious.
Anyone with information can call the Swan River RCMP at 204-734-4686.
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Designated front-line public servants in Manitoba who aren’t fully vaccinated will need to undergo regular rapid COVID-19 testing.
This new health order comes into effect on October 18th.
The province says this applies to:
- health-care workers
- school personnel
- licensed child-care facility personnel
- public servants who regularly have direct and ongoing or prolonged direct contact with vulnerable populations
- child and family service personnel
- funded agency personnel direct contact with vulnerable populations
- home care workers
- paramedics.
This builds on the rapid testing for employees in personal care homes that was launched in 2020, and the Fast Pass sites in the school system that was launched earlier this year.
The new public health order doesn’t apply to the private sector, not-for-profit sector or organizations that may choose to enact their own vaccination or testing requirements.
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