Take The Leap Starts On Monday

Take the Leap is a rural entrepreneurship conference.

For their 10^th anniversary, they are changing things up. The event will be starting later in the day, and they are using this year to celebrate and reflect on the past 10 years.

There will be a few speakers including Taunya Woods, Nick Lautt, and Jessica Lorusso. Speaker topics include The Power of Teams, Believability in Business, and Financial Boot Camp Training.

Registration is still available by going to http://www.taketheleapmb.ca or you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Oct 19, 2018 - 5:06 am

Dauphin is hosting the Manitoba Community Foundations Regional Meeting this weekend.

Executive Director for Dauphin’s Community Foundation, Kit Daley, shares some of the topics being discussed today and tomorrow.

“We’re going to be talking about capacity building, donor stewardship, getting the word out, board governance, and the 24-hour giving challenge which is coming up in November. It’s going to be a very busy next couple of days".

She shares why they hold these kinds of large meetings.

“It’s an opportunity for delegates from foundations to get together and share ideas and find out what’s working and what can be improved so that we can continue to serve our communities as effectively as possible.”
Winnipeg Foundation is the group putting on the event. Dale explains why Dauphin was chosen to host."

“They are putting on the conference, but we are assisting by offering to host it in Dauphin. I think it’s an opportunity for people to get outside of the city and see a little bit more of the province. We said we are willing to do it and they accepted.”

Dauphin last hosted the meeting almost 20 years ago. Dale says back then there were 20 foundations, and now in 2018, there are 55.

“We’re pretty excited.”

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 19, 2018 - 5:05 am

New Beginnings Daycare in Ochre River raised 5 thousand dollars with the help of Dauphin's Co-op.

Money was raised through the Federated Co-op’s Fuel Good Day, last month.

Liza, One of the daycare organizers, talks about why the service is needed in the community of Ochre River.

“Right now the difficulties in bringing people in, is there’s a wonderful school there but if they enroll their children there the majority of parents work outside of Ochre River. There’s no jobs in Ochre River, per say. So after school, they have no child care, before school, there is no child care.”

“ If they have more than one child, then they put the younger one in, but, the older one is in school there but has no after-school care. Things like that. We are trying to get this thing going. Bring families back, bring kids back to our wonderful school and into their community.”

On September 18th co-op donated five centres for every litre of fuel bought at gas stations in Dauphin.

“We are super happy. Very much appreciative of the whole thing. This takes us much closer to be able to open and hopefully we will see this in the near future.”

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 3:00 pm

The "Get vaccinated, don't spread the flu" campaign begins tomorrow in the Prairie Mountain Health region.

There's one flu clinic in Grandview next Thursday the 25th at the Kinsmen Community Center from 10 to 6.

Roblin has one next Tuesday the 23rd from 10 to 6 at the Roblin Community Center.

The first clinic in Dauphin is scheduled for Friday, October 26th from 9 to 3 at the community health office.

Getting a flu shot won't cost you anything, and if you want more information, go to prairiemountainhealth.ca.

Starting Monday on CKDM, we'll provide you with daily updates about flu shot clinics in the Parkland.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 1:25 pm

Today is International Credit Union Day.

The event is a way to celebrate credit unions.

All proceeds raised at the eighteen Fusion Credit Union locations will go to local charities.

In Dauphin, proceeds go to the Food Bank.

There will be free doughnuts and a harvest auction at all Fusion Credit Union locations.

The event is on all day today.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 11:31 am

Advance Voting for Dauphin City councillors and school trustees is happening today.

If you can't make it to the voting booth next Wednesday the 24th you can cast your vote between 8 this morning and 8 this evening.

Advance voting is taking place at City Hall.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 9:33 am

A Brandon University master’s student from Gilbert Plains received a large grant to research a moth that eats plastic bags.

Harald Grove received 17, 500 dollars to continue his research.

He explains what the funding is going towards.

“I want to look at the Waxworm in terms of its ability to eat plastic. I don’t know if anyone is familiar, Waxworms came out in the news recently a year ago and they found that these little insects will chew through plastic bags. So what I want to know is how that process occurs. So, through the past year we’ve been looking at what genes are being expressed in the Waxworm associated with it’s ability to eat plastic.”

Funding is coming through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant called the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s Award.

He explains the grant he received.

“The NSERC grant, it’s a council in Canada that helps researchers in certain institutions do their research and fund their research. In terms of a master’s level, I applied for it with a lot of help from my supervisor, who helped me, guided me through the process. So I had to explain, basically what I was going to be doing with my research and how I would be using the money to continue my research.”

Greater wax moths are also valuable in research because they are often used as a stand-in for mammals in the study of microbial infections.

Details: Contributed by Josh Sigurdson; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 5:03 am

In Dauphin, Coats for Kids is a program ran at the Dauphin Friendship Centre to help keep kids warm during the cold winter months.

The program exists because there’s a need for children to have coats when it gets cold out.

Robin Gambler, one of the coordinators at the Dauphin Friendship Centre, thinks people should donate because winter jackets can be very expensive and no one wants to see children going cold in the winter.

They started asking for donations a couple weeks ago when it got really cold. Donations are accepted at the Dauphin Friendship Centre and will be accepted for another month.

If you have a child in need of a jacket you can go to the Friendship Centre but everything is monitored to make sure someone doesn’t take too much.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Oct 18, 2018 - 5:07 am

The RCMP has spent some time preparing for cannabis legalization.

In preparation, the RCMP has spent time doing online training and attending presentations. They have systems in place to make sure they enforce the laws properly.

Now that cannabis is legal the RCMP doesn’t anticipate an increase in road stops.

Officers won’t be looking for anything in general when deciding whether they will pull someone over or not. It’s left up to the officer’s judgement.

Details: Contributed by Isaac Wihak; Published: Oct 17, 2018 - 11:16 am

All ten candidates running for Dauphin city council presented their platforms at an election forum in Dauphin.

They all want better relations with the RM of Dauphin. The idea of starting fresh with new councils, new heads of councils, and new CAOs is a way to move relations forward. Some candidates like the idea of regular formal meetings between the two groups. The thought that both are better if they work together was a common theme from candidates.

Crime and homelessness are some of the big issues for candidates running for council in Dauphin. Affordable housing was brought up multiple times. Candidates cited the need for more residential buildings to be constructed in Dauphin, which is one way of reducing homelessness. Most candidates want to work with groups around town to help provide services to those struggling with homelessness.

On crime, some cited a need for RCMP officers to be present in the community at all times and that the city needs to do a better job at responding to the concerns of residents.

When asked about recreation and providing things to do for youth in the community, the councillors who commented all said sports are important. They mentioned the need to keep the facilities we have in good condition. No one mentioned any recreation options for youth who are not into sports.