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Final numbers have started rolling in from the Parkland Rangers' Ukrainian Night held in early February.
Organizer Ryan Rauluik crunches the numbers.
"We hit a mark of $9,133. That entails the sale of the jerseys. A lot of it comes from the dance that we had (after the game), where we had a 50/50 draw, and raffle, and the chicken auction, which was new and raised $3,000 alone for us. There was also proceeds from the dance tickets and the kubasa toss."
Proceeds from the evening are being split between the Zirka Ukrainian Dance Group, Bratsva School of Dance, Sopilka Dance group from Winnipegosis, Canada's National Riding and Dancing Cossacks, and Scheraz, with each group receiving $1,826.60.
The Rangers also got $2,000 from the sale of the jerseys.
Rauliuk said it was a fun and entertaining evening and that plans for next year's Rangers' Ukrainian Night have already started.
The Rangers also did some fundraisers of their own that inight, with those numbers expected to be released next week.
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Tim Hortons' spring Smile Cookie campaign will take place in late April, and the charities and community groups that will benefit from this year's spring promotion have been announced.
In Dauphin, proceeds from the Smile Cookie sales have been earmarked for the Watson Art Centre, while the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation will receive proceeds from sales in Neepawa.
This year's spring Smile Cookie campaign runs from April 28th to May 4th.
CKDM News Now has reached out to both local Tim Hortons franchisee Greg Crisanti and Cam Bennett of the Watson Art Centre for reaction and will have that for you as we receive it.
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The first day of spring rolled through last week, bringing up both the temperature and people's spirits.
But winter does not seem to be going away just yet.
Enviroment Canada has stated that one more blast of cold and snow is headed our way.
Heavy, rapidly accumulating snowfall with reduced visibilities in heavy snow and localized blowing snow, beginning late Thursday afternoon and ending overnight Friday.
Generally 10-20 cm of fresh snow is expected by Friday evening with amounts possibly exceeding 20 cm possible along the eastern slopes of the Riding, and Duck Mountains as well as the Swan Hills.
Be sure to take precautions and plan ahead for some rough driving conditions.
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The DRCSS Safe Grad committee is hoping for a solid final push this week for their online 50/50 raffle.
Fundraising co-chair Jamie Damsgaard says sales were at $8,500 as of Tuesday morning, with the draw being capped at $10,000.
"We are running the 50/50 raffle in order to help with the fundraising for Safe Grad that is happening in June. There are lots of expenses to cover such as the rental of faciities, decorations, food and all of that kind of stuff. We have certain goals that we are trying to meet with our fundraising."
The draw is set to take place this Friday at noon.
To purchase tickets, you can go to www.fundingchange.ca, and search for DRCSS 50/50 raffle.
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The boundaries are the same, but the riding that includes the entire Manitoba Parkland region has a new name for this Federal election.
Formerly known as Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa, the riding has been renamed to Riding Mountain.
The new name was drafted during the last federal ridings redistribution process in 2022 and officially comes into effect as of this election.
It is one of a handful of changes to ridings in Manitoba for this election.
The former Charleswood-St James-Assiniboia-Headingley riding has been simplified to Winnipeg West, while several ridings in the Manitoba capital have had subtle changes to their boundaries.
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The former C.A.O. of Gilbert Plains Municipality is expected back in court on March 31, after failing to appear in court twice within the past week.
Forty-year-old Amber Fisher was arrested earlier this year and is accused of faking a cyberattack in an attempt to cover more than $500,000 that she allegedly stole from the municipality between 2020 and 2021.
Fisher was to appear in court on March 18th and yesterday, but she was a no-show both times.
She was previously charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000, and knowingly using proceeds of crime.
Fisher is expected back in court on March 31.
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The newest councillor in Gilbert Plains is ready to tackle her new duties in the municipality.
Kristen Rubeniuk won a three-person byelection last Wednesday.
Rubeniuk says she is very excited to learn more about how municipal government works.
"How things run, and how things are decided, and just the workings of the government."
She adds Gilbert Plains is very important to her.
"I have lived here my whole life and it is something that I have always been interested in. Now that my kids are grown and things like that, I have a little bit more time so I just wanted to get more involved."
Rubeniuk attends her first meeting as part of the Gilbert Plains municipal council today (Monday).
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With the federal election writ now dropped, the naming of candidates for the newly named Riding Mountain federal constituency is expected to take place soon.
Conservative MP Dan Mazier will be seeking re-election, as he looks to hold on to a riding that he has represented since 2019.
His lone competitor so far is Donnan McKenna, a former superintendent with the RCMP who is representing the People's Party of Canada.
Two other former Parkland residents are also running in other constituencies in Manitoba.
Janice Morley-Lecomte, who grew up in Cayer, is the Conservative Party candidate in Winnipeg South, where she will go against Liberal cabinet minister Terry Duguid.
And Byron Gryba, who grew up in the Gilbert Plains area, is the PPC Candidate in Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman.
The federal election is set for April 28th.
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If you feel that this winter has lasted a little longer than last year, you're not alone.
Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips says after a warmer, El Nino-style winter last year, this year's La Nina weather was a little harsher and is sticking around longer.
"Dauphin, for example, had 55 days this winter - and we are not done yet - of cold days or -20. And, normally you would have 48 of those, so a little bit more than normal. But compare it to last year when there were only 23 of those miserable kind of cold days."
Phillips adds temperatures in Dauphin from December to February averaged around -16, which is significantly below last year's average of around -10 for that time.
He adds snowfall over the winter was around normal to about 10 per cent below normal levels, and is sticking around a little longer as average temperatures for March have been about two degrees below normal so far this year.
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Many Canadian products are feeling the pressure of US tariffs, but recently China has layered on even more on Pork and Canola.
This two-pronged assault has Cam Dahl, executive director of Manitoba Pork, a bit worried.
"These are two of our larger markets. From a Canadian perspective, China is our third largest market, it's out 5th largest for Manitoba. it not just the size of the market that counts, it's what we ship there."
China buys a larger variety of pork products than any of our global trade partners, making their business a unique challenge to replace.
You can hear the full conversation with Cam on Monday's noon-hour edition of Agriview.
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Outdoors enthusiasts will be delighted to learn that Provincial Parks Access will be free for 2025, as announced in the 2025 Budget.
Starting April 1st of this year, Provincial Parks will not require a Pass to visit, though camping site fees will still be in place for rented camping sites.
Previously, the provincial Government contracted out to an American company to design Park Passes for distribution in Canadian stores.
When the first round of U.S. tariffs was about to hit on Feb. 4th, Premier Wab Kinew singled out Manitoba’s “terrible contract” with Aspira, an outdoor recreation software company headquartered in Dallas.
According to statements in the Budget, this move looks to inspire more Manitobans, and Canadians across the board, to enjoy what our provincial Parks have to offer.
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