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The Parkland Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for this year's Chamber Business Awards. There are seven award categories, including two brand new ones, that will be presented at the event in March.
- Business Person of the Year
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Community Appreciation: Individual
- Community Appreciation: Group
- Outstanding Business
- Side Hustle Business (NEW)
- Start Up Business (NEW)
Chamber Executive Director Stephen Chychota says the goal of the awards is to recognize those doing great work in the community.
"Let us know who out there is doing some amazing work. We've got a vast area out there across the parkland with some tremendous businesses doing some amazing things, and some individuals out there making a huge difference for the region and we want to know who they are, and we want to put the spotlight on them, support them."
The awards are open to anyone in the area, not just chamber members says Chychota.
"These are open to all businesses, all organizations, any individual across the Parkland. There's no requirement to be a chamber member, it's open to everybody. The only requirements are outlined in each award category and people can follow those really simple rules on there, and once we get those names we'll make sure that they do qualify."
Nominations are open until Friday, October 14th, and the online form can be found here.
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UPDATE (Oct. 6th, 12:29 p.m.): Media Relations Director Phil Legault has released a statement on behalf of Canada Post.
The statement follows:
The Winnipegosis Post Office is experiencing staffing issues this week and is closed until next week. A notice is posted at the post office informing customers they can temporarily pick up their mail at the Dauphin Post Office by providing a valid government-issued photo identification. We remain committed to serving the people of Winnipegosis. We are in the process of training employees to resume regular postal services as soon as possible.
We apologize to our customers for this inconvenience and thank them for their understanding. If customers have questions regarding their postal services, they can contact Canada Post's Customer Service team online at canadapost.ca/support or by telephone at 1-866-607-6301 (TTY: 1-800-267-2797).
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The Winnipegosis Post Office is once again closed, and mail will be temporarily redirected to the Dauphin Post Office. Residents will need to have a valid photo I.D. when picking up their mail at the Dauphin location.
We have reached out to Canada Post for more information and are waiting for their response.
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A house on First Avenue in Pine River was fully engulfed in flames Wednesday morning.
Andy Schellenberg, the chief of the Pine River Fire Dept., says that he noticed the fire at 9:46 a.m. and personally notified emergency services, which resulted in volunteer firefighters getting paged to appear on the scene.
A request for mutual aid was sent out and the Pine River, Ethelbert, and Winnipegosis Fire Depts. responded by sending three apparatuses, three apparatuses and one apparatus, respectively.
According to Schellenberg, although the house was a total loss, they were able to prevent the fire from spreading to neighbouring buildings.
He went on to say that nobody was at the home when firefighters arrived.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
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Steve Sobering is aiming for a seat on Dauphin City Council as he runs in the municipal election.
Sobering is originally from Beausejour and moved to Dauphin with his wife in 2007.
He says that people should vote for him because he's hardworking, has a lot of great ideas and knows how to conceive and execute projects.
"I'm good at bringing people together... and I have the best interests of the community at heart... I think that this community is full of potential and we're at a good point in time to take advantage of that," he adds.
Sobering is running for city council because he loves the City of Dauphin, the community and the people.
"I've always been involved in a multitude of ways and I see it as my way of giving back... I think I have a lot of skills that would benefit having me on council," he adds.
Steve Sobering says that the first thing he would do if he were to be elected would be to establish a goal and work with council to determine how it can be achieved.
"And then take a look at all the plans that are already laid out and deliver on some of the projects and get things moving," he adds.
As for the crime situation in Dauphin, Sobering says that like any other problem, it needs to be tackled in the right way.
"I know crime is a big concern. As a business owner and owner of properties, I've had windows broken... I understand how frustrating it can be... If we can't get the police resources in the short term, we should work [in] different ways... to reduce or lower crime, like add surveillance... funding crime reduction programming... supporting... programs like Citizens on Patrol," he adds.
Sobering went on to say that his main priorities would be to grow Dauphin's tourism sector, grow the City as a hub for commerce and education, and work on making the City environmentally sustainable.
A complete list of candidates running for office in the City and R.M. of Dauphin can be found here.
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Hoof N Holler days is back in Ste. Rose this weekend, with a full event for the first time in several years. There was a scaled-back event held last year, and Chair Ashley Vandepoele says the community is happy to have it back in full force.
"We have had wonderful reception when it comes to Hoof N Holler Days. We've had tons of messages, people asking questions, and engaged, so I think people are excited to have it back in full force. Even before COVID hit we had some tough years with some ice storms and snow storms, so we're excited to have a full schedule planned."
Vandepoele says they have added some new events this year for people to look forward to.
"We have never had a partnership before with Manitoba Theatre for Young People, so we have some acting classes that are being offered for free for our youth, both ages five to eight, and nine to twelve on Friday evening, so that is something that is brand new. And if there is anything else that we would highlight as being brand new, it would be that we had a partnership with healthy together now, and we decided to do a pumpkin and sunflower judging contest for people growing the biggest pumpkin and tallest sunflowers."
CKDM's Al Gains will be broadcasting live from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. tomorrow at Sunrise Credit Union, while Jackson Cornelson and the CKDM Cruiser will be in the Parade on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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The RCMP's West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST) recovered two stolen vehicles and a stolen trailer on Crane River First Nation, as part of an ongoing investigation, on September 28th.
On October 4th, officers arrested 29-year-old Devin Mckay of Crane River First Nation and charged him with three counts of possession of property obtained by crime.
He was remanded into custody.
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To mark World Teachers' Day, the Manitoba government announced today that nominations are now being accepted for the 2022/23 Excellence in Education Awards.
Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Wayne Ewasko says that educators help young Manitobans to learn, grow and reach their full potential every day.
"On World Teachers’ Day, the day we celebrate educators around the world, our government is calling on students, parents, guardians, colleagues and administrators to nominate outstanding educators who they feel are making a special difference in the lives of students and deserve to be recognized,” Minister Ewasko adds.
The province says that they have been formally recognizing the outstanding contributions of Manitoba educators through the Excellence in Education Awards since 2006.
To be nominated, educators must hold a valid, permanent Manitoba teaching certificate and work directly with kindergarten to Grade 12 students in a school setting on a daily basis.
They will be presenting awards in the following categories:
- teaching excellence award;
- outstanding new teacher award;
- outstanding team collaboration award;
- outstanding school leader award; and
- premier’s award for excellence in education.
According to the provincial government, award recipients will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary gift of $500, and will be honoured at an award reception held at the Legislative Building during Education Week in April 2023.
The submission deadline for nominations is December 2nd.
More information and nomination criteria can be found here
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Matthew Flamand from Camperville was back in Dauphin court yesterday, and plead guilty to Mischief, Property Under $5000. Flamand was sentenced to time served, a one-day court appearance, and 12 months of supervised probation.
Flamand was arrested in May after he was identified as a suspect in the second of two fires in the Camperville area.
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The Langruth Harvest Festival took place at the Sports Grounds on Saturday, October 1st and it was very well attended.
Event Organizer Michelle Teichroeb says there were about three hundred people in attendance.
"The day was a little bit cooler, but kids don't seem to mind the cooler weather. They were on the run from activity to activity and just made the most of their day," she adds.
Teichroeb says that the hay bale climbing structure and bouncy castles were quite busy.
"New this year, we tried a tug-of-war with a firetruck. We had our local firetruck on site and we did a challenge to see how many people it took to pull the firetruck... It was a unique and fun thing to do," she adds.
Michelle Teichroeb went on to say that the canteen was busy all day long.
"I don't know if it was because it was cooler out, but it was a busy place. We had pulled pork sandwiches, poutine, french fries, hotdogs," she adds.
Teichroeb feels good that the festival was so well received.
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Smile Cookie Week was held at Tim Horton's from September 19th to the 25th and once again it received massive support from Dauphin and area.
After all the chips were counted, the Dauphin Tim Horton's sold over 46,000 cookies which resulted in a lot of dough for Maamawi Park and the 4 Seasons Tobaggon Run. They will receive just over $46,000 in proceeds.
The total amount of smile cookies sold at the Dauphin Tim's was the highest in Manitoba and the second highest in all of Canada. This is something that made franchise owner Greg Crisanti ecstatic.
"Yeah it was pretty amazing when we found out the news. A lot of hard work and volunteer hours went into it, we are extremely pleased and happy with a number so strong coming out of smile cookie week", commented Crisanti.
Crisanti says he, his staff, and lots of volunteers had blue and pink hands by the end of the week as a result of placing the eyes and the smile on each of the over 46,000 smile cookies sold.
Selling nearly 50,000 smile cookies is no easy task and one that can not be done alone. Crisanti is thankful for the remarkable support from local businesses who matched cookie sales, the hard work from volunteers, and one individual in particular.
"Stacey Penner [is a] huge supporter of smile cookie week ... without her pounding the pavement for us and tracking down some great community sponsors, we really wouldn't be able to bring in the numbers that we did", said Crisanti.
Smile Cookie Week 2023 will take place in May. The charity will be chosen in the near future.
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The Parkland Chamber of Commerce hosted the RM of Dauphin Municipal Election Forum and Debate Tuesday night at the Aspen Lodge.
Eight of the ten council candidates were in attendance and had the opportunity to answer a number of questions and give their pitch to the public on why they deserve a vote. The main topics that were focused on during this portion were rural water, the growth of industry and population in the RM, and insuring there are recreational facilities available.
The two Reeve candidates, Tom Gibbs and Ernie Sirski, then took the stage for the debate portion of the evening. The reeve candidates touched on many of the same issues as the council candidates, also focusing on the importance of agriculture, and infrastructure to support the industry which is so important to the RM.
After the debate concluded, I had the chance to speak to both of the Reeve candidates about what they wanted to focus on during their campaign.
Sirski spoke about his background in agriculture and its importance in the community.
"For me it's agriculture, and again I don't care if it's conventional, organic, whether it's animal or plant-based, I think agriculture is going to continue to be the driving force of this municipality. We can talk all we want about recreation, we can talk about opportunities, but the reality is, agriculture is gonna continue to drive this municipality."
Gibbs talked about building relationships with the City of Dauphin and all the surrounding municipalities.
"When I first got on Council I went to an AMM convention and visited with other councilors and they said, how do you expect to draw business to your area when you can't get along with your closest neighbor? That really hit me hard, we had to improve our relations between the city and us, and we have."
The event was live streamed to the Parkland Chamber of Commerce Facebook page and can be viewed here. A full list of candidates for the City and RM of Dauphin in this years municipal election can be found here.
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