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Back on Saturday, Roblin RCMP began investigating a homicide.

The victim, who was found unresponsive with serious injuries, has been identified as a 35-year-old male from Roblin.

Joshua Edward Britton, a 26-year-old male from Roblin, has been charged with manslaughter.

In court today, Britton was remanded to the next court date of March 3rd.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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The Independent Investigation Unit is investigating an allegation of assault by Brandon Police Service officers in the arrest of a 31-year-old female.

On February 20th Brandon Police Service responded to a domestic disturbance where they attempted to take a female into custody.

The woman became uncooperative with the officers and force was used in order to arrest her.

While no serious injuries were suffered, the woman is alleging that she was assaulted by the officers during her arrest.

The investigation is ongoing.

Witnesses or other individuals who have additional information are asked to contact IIU toll-free at 1-844-667-6060.

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Earlier in the month, a cougar was killed in a wolf snare near Grandview.

Bill Watkins, a biologist with the wildlife and fisheries branch says they were able to trace back the cougar.

“The animal was originally radio-collared by researchers in the Cypress Hills on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border way back in 2011. So this is an animal that is approximately 10 years of age and they were able to track its route to about as far as Moose Mountain Provincial Park in Saskatchewan before the radio went dead.”

Watkins says there have been other long-distance movements by cougar, but this ranks in the top 10 traverses they’re aware of. From where it was tracked in Cypress Hills to where it died, it had travelled over 1200 kilometres.

There’s a protocol if trappers find a cougar in their traps.

“For any trapper that finds a cougar in one of their sets on their trap line, they must immediately contact their local office where conservation officers can come out and have a look at it. It is a protected species in Manitoba and therefore, they have to report it immediately so we can make sure it’s all above board, it was caught legally and that sort of thing.”

Watkins says If you see a cougar in the wild, give it room to escape, but if it shows interest in you, move away to your vehicle or a building, don’t run, look and sound fierce by yelling and throwing things at it. He adds if the cougar attacks, fight back because past stories suggest anyone who puts up a vigorous defence will survive the encounter.

Another notable point Watkins made is there has never been a cougar attack in Manitoba ever.

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Saturday was the 4th annual Coldest Night Of The Year walk.

People met at Parkland Crossing and walked around the city to raise money for Habitat For Humanity.

The money is going towards the build of a Habitat For Humanity Home in Dauphin.

Habitat for Humanity board of director Nancy Tregunna was pleased with this year’s turnout.

“I was very excited to see so many families come out this year and we have a lot of walkers, so I'm hoping that everyone is going to have a fantastic time and we’re so happy that the weather has been fantastic too.”

The goal is to raise $20,000.

Currently, they have reached over $12,000.

She adds that you can donate money until March 31st at CNOY.org/dauphin.

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Saturday morning at 5, Roblin RCMP responded to a report of unresponsive male in town. 

Upon arrival they found the man unresponsive with serious injuries. 

The victim was transported to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. 

Officers with major crimes and Forensic Identification Services are on scene and assisting with the homicide investigation.

No further information is available.

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The Dauphin Fire Department is raising money for muscular dystrophy with the Fill the Boot Campaign.

Right now they are at Coffee Creations in Dauphin and later today can be found at the McDonald’s drive-thru and possibly the Tim Horton drive-thru as well.

Muscular dystrophy has been the firefighters’ fundraiser of choice since 1954.

Fabien Carriere, level 1 firefighter with the DFD says they’ll be doing the campaign quite often over the next few weeks.

They don’t have a set goal, they just want to raise as much money as they can.

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The boil water advisory that had been in effect in Gilbert Plains since Sunday night has been lifted.

Following the tests, the water meets regulatory standards.

The boil water advisory had been in effect because of repairs that were needed from a water main break.

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The Manitoba government has appointed Geoffrey Bayly and Christina Cheater as judges for the Provincial Court of Manitoba in Dauphin.

The announcement was made yesterday by Justice Minister Cliff Cullen.

He said that it is an honour to appoint the experienced lawyers as judges.

Cheater has served as a Crown prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and is the only federal Crown prosecutor assigned to Dauphin, Swan River, Roblin, Brandon, Virden and surrounding areas.

Bayly has been a criminal prosecutor since he was called to the bar in 2002.  Since 2018, he has been a senior supervising Crown attorney with Manitoba Prosecution Service.

These appointments were made because Dauphin's judge for the past 15 years, Christine Harapiak, has retired. 

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The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba has a new president.

After 8 years on the board, Greg Crisanti is the president.

He doesn’t plan on making any changes to start.

“We’re just going to keep doing what we do best, putting smiles on people’s faces as they come to one of our three volunteer lead fairs, and we’re looking at putting on some new and exciting events. ”

Crisanti looks forward to making a difference by bringing agriculture education to people that aren’t aware of all the agriculture activities and events.

“Throughout all our events, education is a huge piece of it, but also the entertainment aspect of it is huge for us. If we can put smiles on people’s faces coming to our events, then the board has done their job.”

The organization puts on the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, the Ag Ex, and the Summer Fair.

Greg Crisanti is also an owner of the Dauphin Tim Hortons.

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Today is the 4th annual Habitat for Humanity Coldest Night of the Year walk.

The walk is being held to raise money for charities serving hungry, homeless, and hurting people in the community.

Chair of the Dauphin Chapter for habitat for Humanity Rodney Juba encourages people to come and show their support.

”The funds that will be generated will go towards the build of our Habitat for Humanity home. Together with the partnership of Parkland Crossing, this has been a huge success and a great idea.”

Despite the day's positive temperatures, he reminds walkers to dress for the weather conditions.

There will be refreshments and food after the walk, following a short program.

You can sign up to walk or volunteer until 5:00 by visiting their website.

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The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is available for low-income individuals with simple tax situations to complete and file their income tax and benefit return.

Last year in the PMH region total money in benefits and refunds to those that used the program was 8,019,659 dollars.

24 volunteers helped out in Brandon, while 19 people volunteered in rural areas.

The program is a collaboration between community organizations and the CRA.

This program helps ensure that seniors, newcomers, students and all low-income residents maintain access to all the benefits to which they are entitled.

Individuals can get their income tax done for free if they are a person with income under 35,000 dollars, two people with income less than 45,000 dollars, or three people with income under 47,500 dollars.

In rural Manitoba, most locations that have the program will start on March 9th.

If you would like to use the program, the complete schedule can be found here.

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