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From the start of their plans to expand into Riding Mountain National Park, Northgate Trails has had the goal of making sure their trails can be enjoyed by everyone. Now that construction is underway and going well, they're showing how committed they are to that promise.
Northgate and Riding Mountain National Park are using adaptive trail standards in the design and construction process, meaning they'll be wider than regular trails, have more manageable inclines and turns, and well-kept surfaces, to help eliminate any barriers people might have to using the trail network.
To better see their vision, Riding Mountain National Park hosted Lisa Franks, a 6-time Paralympic Gold Medalist. Her experiences helped Northgate and the Park find better ways to keep the expanded trail network inclusive to all users.
These adaptive trail standards don't just benefit people with disabilities affecting how they use the trails, they improve the experience for a wide variety of groups, like seniors, families with strollers, and new trail users.
Under the Accessible Canada Act, Parks Canada is working towards having all National Parks becoming barrier-free by 2040.
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Two days earlier this month, Dauphin RCMP conducted an operation targeting retail theft in the City, focusing on arresting prolific offenders.
During the two days, Dauphin RCMP made eight arrests related to retail theft, and gave out six tickets for trespassing, and two tickets for consuming alcohol in public, plus some traffic tickets and warnings.
Some of the arrests included a 33 year old Dauphin female, wanted on a warrant for residential break and enter, a 35 year old Dauphin male who breached court-ordered conditions prohibiting him from a local establishment after previous shoplifting incidents, and a Prince Albert, Saskatchewan couple who were arrested a theft, just hours after they were released from custody following a court appearance for weapons-related offences.
The Dauphin RCMP conducted this operation with assistance from the RCMP's Manitoba West General Investigation Section, Ste. Rose RCMP, and the Manitoba West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team.
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WeMB, formerly known as the Manitoba Women's Enterprise Centre, is bringing a Listening Tour Roundtable Discussion to the City of Dauphin on Tuesday, September 29th.
Kamryn Winters, Executive Director of the Parkland Chamber of Commerce, said it's a very valuable discussion for women entrepreneurs to attend, whether you're in a large or small business.
"It's basically like a tour where their invite all women entrepreneurs and women business owners, small business, large business, it doesn't matter, and they kind of all get together and chat about the struggles and things they're facing at this point in time, whether it's tariffs or just regular business struggles," said Winters.
It's a great way for Parkland area women-owned businesses have their voices heard. Winters said the Parkland often gets overlooked when it comes to meaningful solutions for problems businesses face, so it shows WeMB is actively advocating for women-owned Parkland businesses.
"It's great, I mean it's good that WeMB is putting a little bit of focus on the area which is nice, because I think Dauphin and the Parkland in general get overlooked so often, so this gives our Parkland business owners, they have a seat at the table right, so they can advocate for themselves," said Winters.
The event is set for 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM on Tuesday, September 29th. WeMB and the Parkland Chamber of Commerce ask you to register in advance if you plan on attending, you can register here.
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This week's waste and recycling collection schedule in the City of Dauphin will be slightly different, due to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday.
The Day 1 and Day 2 areas will be collected one day earlier. Day 1 is now Monday, and Day 2 is now Tuesday.
Residents in the Day 1 and Day 2 areas are reminded to have their waste and recycling ready one day earlier. There is no change to the Day 3 and Day 4 areas.
If you're unsure of your waste collection area, click here to view the City's garbage, recycling, and yard waste collection schedule.
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The Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association will hold their annual general meeting on Tuesday afternoon via Zoom.
Executive Director Duncan Morrison says anyone thatt attended their Regenerative Ag Conference in Brandon last year is automatically a ,e,ber of the organization and can take part in voting at the AGM.
"AGM's are kind of the same template for any group. There are things that you have to qualify and make sure that you complete during your AGM. What is significant about this meeting is some of the adjustments to our existing by-laws , because we are in pursuit of charitable status.
The meeting begins at 1 pm.
If you would like to become a member, or just want the link to listen in to the conference, you can contact the MFGA office.
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In the short time she's held the role, Angie Neely, the new General Manager at Countryfest Community Cinema, has made some big steps in getting the community a lot more involved.
Now she's asking for even more community support, looking for local vendors, makers, and artists who want to show their works and wares at Cinema events.
"We're going to be doing a Street Fighter event, so I'd like some local vendors or artisans that would like to come and maybe set up their wares in the lobby, and kind of similar to Practical Magic, we'll have costumes, and we'll have a little costume giveaway for best dressed, and if you do come dressed up, we'll give you a little break on admission," said Neely.
Giving a discount on admissions for costume-wearing moviegoers was a simple decision for Neely. If the community is going to show up, then she's going to show up for the community. It plays right into promoting and focusing on local vendors, even further stressing the Cinema's community focus.
"I wanted to give people a break. Get dressed up, have some fun. If you're willing to get dressed up, we're willing to give you a bit of a break...this is a community cinema, we are a space for the community. I want to be able to not only be able to support the community, but I also need the community's support," said Neely.
Going forward, Neely said she plans to have at least one event each month, featuring a variety of vendors and artists that meet the event's theme. If you want to find out more about how the Countryfest Community Cinema is getting more community-involved, check out their Facebook page.
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September 21st to 27th is Rail Safety Week, highlighting the importance of safety around railroad tracks and related infrastructure.
According to CN's website, there's potential for danger every time someone crosses a railroad track irresponsibly. They say Stop, Look, Listen is one of the best ways to make sure you're crossing safely - stop a safe distance from tracks and crossings, look both ways to ensure trains are not approaching, and listen for approaching trains.
Some ways you can help improve rail safety is to be a role model around trains and tracks, share safety tips with your community, and to contact CN if you see anything unsafe around the railroad.
Several rail safety resources are available on the CN website, including a guide to railroad signs and devices, and many safety videos.
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Yesterday, Sharla Griffiths, City Manager, and Christian Laughland, Deputy Mayor, went to Winkler for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities Cities Caucus. There, they talked about both positives and negatives the City of Dauphin has right now, and heard from Manitoba's other 9 cities.
Griffiths said Dauphin had quite a few priorities, including the Dauphin Regional Health Centre.
"The City of Dauphin talked about a few things, one of them being a flood update, people were very interested in the impacts to our community, and especially the continued closure of the Dauphin Regional Health Centre, with a glimpse of hope and excitement about our emergency room opening...we also talked about the City finishing our big lagoon upgrade. Many municipalities in Manitoba have multi-million dollar projects, either on the books, just finishing, underway like ours, or on the horizon," said Griffiths.
The City of Dauphin's lagoon upgrade has been ongoing since last year, involving $20 million in the budget. Another big project is set to get underway soon in Dauphin - the construction of the new Justice Facility. Griffiths said it could be coming very soon.
"I have not physically seen it, but we're told [the Province is] doing some geo-technical work, so just some testing of the soil, so they can work on the design of the foundation of the building," said Griffiths.
From the AMM Cities Caucus, there were a couple major shared concerns between all of Manitoba's cities - aging infrastructure, and budget constraints for large projects. Like the City of Dauphin's $20 million lagoon upgrade - which puts a significant amount of pressure on the City's budget for the years the project takes.
"Our aging infrastructure, and the budget pressures, like I said for large infrastructure projects, things are multi, multi million dollars, and so we all had concerns about that," said Griffiths.
Griffiths said Dauphin could play host to an AMM Cities Caucus within the next 3 years, but the City hasn't committed yet.
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The Highway 10 route from Dauphin to Swan River is now fully open once again, after a portion was closed for most of the summer due to flooding.
A bridge just south of Ethelbert buckled and was partially washed out by the massive rain fall that hit the area on June 30th and July 1st.
Crews have been spending the summer building a new detour around the bridge, complete with installing large culverts under it.
That work was recently completed, however drivers are warned that the speed limit for the small detour is 30 km an hour.
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