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Earlier this week, the federal government announced the start of their Canada Summer Jobs 2026 youth hiring period, saying there are up to 100,000 jobs availble for youth across Canada.
In an emailed statement to CKDM NewsNow, Employment and Social Development Canada said summer jobs are a great way for youth to try out different careers amid sustained pressure to Canada's labour market.
Canada’s labour market is experiencing sustained pressure from tariffs, skills shortages, supply chain disruptions and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Youth have been hit particularly hard and many are finding it difficult to gain a solid foothold in the job market. That is why the Government of Canada is creating 175,000 jobs and skills building opportunities for youth as well as providing education and training related actions that will improve youth employment across Canada. This includes 100,000 Canada Summer Jobs to provide young people with an opportunity to develop skills and gain valuable job experience, while also earning income. It can be a diverse career launching pad for so many young people. The number of different opportunities that come up throughout the country is exceptional. It will allow young people to explore career paths in high-demand sectors such as construction, technology, the environmental sector, recreation, tourism, and more.
Because of increased pressures to the Canadian job market, the government has increased the number of available jobs this year by almost 30,000. Employment and Social Development Canada said helping youth find summer jobs is a great way for youth to gain experience and employable skills.
"There is no shortage of diverse opportunities across this country, and this year, there are up to 100,000 jobs that young people can apply for to get the experience they need. This is almost 30,000 more than last year, and it’s a real response to the anxiety and persistently high youth unemployment rate facing young people today," read part of the statement.
Employment and Social Development Canada said it's especially important to provide tools to youth with barriers to employment. This was taken into account with the new summer jobs search on the Job Bank website.
"Youth who face barriers to employment may include youth in rural, remote, northern, or fly-in communities, as well as youth in official language minority communities. For this reason, Canada Summer Jobs includes priorities and parameters to ensure that these youth have access to important summer employment opportunities," read part of the statement.
The statement also said Employment and Social Development Canada encourages employers to create inclusive job placements to ensure all young people can have a chance to build employable skills and gain valuable workplace experience, amid rising unemployment rates.
"With annual unemployment rates at high levels for youth, CSJ provides youth with opportunities to develop and improve new and existing skills. For some, CSJ is a first job experience that will help inform their future education, training and career choices," read part of the statement.
According to Statistics Canada, Manitoba alone had a 5.6% unemployment rate in March 2026. As of March 2026, Canada's national unemployment rate is 6.7%.
So far on the government's Job Bank website, there are 19 youth jobs available in Dauphin.
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The Dauphin Marketplace Mall will play host to another card show this weekend.
It will take place Saturday\ from 10-3 in the former Sydor Farm and Garden location.
Organizer James Blake says they will have around a half dozen vendors in attendance, adding there will be something for everyone.
"We are going to have a lot of modern cards, as well as cards from 70's, 80's and 90's. Lots of hockey, but also definitely some basketball, football, and baseball cards. Lots of sports and lots of unique cards."
Blake adds there will also likely be some non-sports cards at the show, including Pokemon cards.
Admission is free and everyone that attends can enter into their door prize draws.
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In the latest Spring Flood Bulletin, Manitoba's Hydrologic Forecast Centre says they've placed the Fisher River and Icelandic River in the Interlake under a flood warning.
The Hydrologic Forecast Centre says levels have exceeded bankfull capacities at some locations. They also said the Assiniboine River continues to be under a flood warning with snowmelt water passing through the system.
The bulletin also says the province is continuing to support flood preparations in communities in both the Interlake and Parkland, including Peguis First Nation and Fisher River Cree Nation, both of which could see their worst flooding in a decade.
In their previous Spring Flood Bulletin, the province said they've provided Peguis First Nation with more than 500,000 sandbags, and more than 36,000 sandbags to Fisher River Cree Nation.
The province is also continuing to warn of a significant precipitation system in northern Manitoba, including The Pas, Thompson, and Flin Flon. Those areas could see up to 40cm of additional snow before Sunday, when the system is expected to clear. The province also says the system could bring winds up to 60 km/h.
Conditions can change rapidly as spring melt progresses. The province recommends that people continue to monitor the Hydrologic Forecast Centre and local networks to stay up to date on alerts and warnings, especially those living near streams, rivers, and low-lying areas.
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It's book mania at the 8th Avenue Hall in Dauphin as the Rotary Club of Dauphin holds its annual spring book fair.
Next week, the Rotary Club will be back in action for its Spirits & Vines night at the Watson Art Centre. It goes from 7:00 to 9:30 next Friday.
Carolyn Coulson-Clark is a co-chair for the event.
"We're featuring over 60 samples of wines, beer, and even some liquers this year," said Coulson-Clark. "There are appetizers included in the ticket price. You can also enter to win some awesome prizes at our raffle table."
Tickets for the event are $45 and are on sale right now. You can get yours at the Dauphin Liquor Mart or by calling 572-1823.
The event gives MLCC a chance to showcase its products.
"Since it doesn't look like gardening and camping season yet, you may as well come out for a nice social evening," she added. "It's for anyone who enjoys trying new tastes in the world of wine, beer, and liquors."
It's the second fundraiser in two weeks for the Club, and Coulson-Clark says proceeds always stay in the community.
"It helps fund things like the recent donation to the indoor playground at DNRC," ended Coulson-Clark. "We also gave money to the Countryfest Community Cinema. All projects we have supported have been thanks to our multiple fundraisers throughout the year."
You must be 18 to attend.
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Extremely dry conditions and increased fire risks has led the Sandy Bay Ojibway First nation to issue a fire ban for their community.
All open fires in that community, including campfires, burning barrels and outdoor burning is now prohibited until further notice.
With the dry conditions there, even a small spark could get out of control, so residents of Sandy Bay are asked to do what they can to prevent wildfires in the area.
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On April 22nd, the Association of Former Manitoba MLAs kicked off their Healthy Democracy Initiative with a meeting in Winnipeg.
Association President and former MLA for Radisson Marianne Cerilli said that ensuring the health of our democracy, nationally and in Manitoba, is now more important than ever.
"We're all watching, kind of in horror, as things unravel in the United States, and also here, there have been a number of bills put forward, bylaws, that reduce people's ability to organize democratic demonstrations, to protest, to have freedom of assembly and freedom of speech...the idea that we can have certain things that are boundaries our a container for democracy, the rules that we all agree to that we're not going to transgress and sort of bend those rules, and that's something that has been happening. At the Legislative Assembly there have been attempts to reduce the language that's on bills when they're introduced so that there is no text, having large omnibus bills," said Cerilli.
Cerilli said one of the most important foundations of the Association of Former Manitoba MLAs is the idea of bipartisanship. She said the importance of working across party boundaries is very important to the Association, and to the attendees of Wednesday's meeting.
"The mandate of the Association of Former Manitoba MLAs is to protect democracy, is to engage with all parties, and to build relationships not just with former MLAs but current MLAs, and to foster that sense of bipartisanship...people are really concerned about voter turnout and strategies to improve voter turnout, people are concerned about the lack of focus on issues, and getting away from personal attacks and wedge politics, so there was a lot of conversation about that," said Cerilli.
Cerilli said the importance of bipartisanship wasn't the only thing they talked about at the meeting. Other important topics were increasing the level of education people have when it comes to politics, and making sure that all stakeholders are heard from, especially those outside of Winnipeg. At the meeting, which was in Winnipeg, 48 of the 50 seats were filled with Winnipeg residents.
"We recognize that we want this initiative to be representative geographically, as well as various sectors represented, as well as various populations of voters and citizens...there was also one group that really focused on civics education, media literacy, and having people develop critical thinking, and have people be able to even have a greater understanding of conflict resolution, and bringing that to politics and our democratic discourse...the other thing that people spent time doing is really thinking about who are the stakeholders, who needs to be at the table and in this discussion, and we spent a lot of time identifying all sorts of different players, and all the moving parts in our democracy," said Cerilli.
Cerilli said there are several things happening in Manitoba, nationally, and internationally that highlight how important the health of democracy in Manitoba is. She also hopes to see the Healthy Democracy Initiative expand so all voice in the province are heard.
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In a Facebook post earlier today, the Dauphin & District Handivan announced they will be increasing their prices slightly on May 1st.
Handivan Office Administrator Ann Wagner told CKDM NewsNow the details.
"So our in-town rate as of May 1st is going to be $12 a trip, do a 2 way trip will be $24, it used to be $10, so we're just gonna go up $2...the cost of everything is going up recently, gas, our maintenance on our vehicles, and we are trying to purchase a new vehicle right now and it's gone from $120,000 to $200,000," said Wagner.
Even with the small price increase, Wagner said there's still plenty of reasons why people should book the Handivan, especially older Dauphinites.
"Drivers also will help load up groceries, put them in the van when [people] go shopping, and also take them to the door of their home, and help them take their groceries home...we do have a pre-booking policy for 24 hours in advance, and the hours are Monday to Friday 8 to 6, and Saturdays 9 to 5," said Wagner.
Anyone interested in booking the Handivan is encouraged to do so by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling 204-638-8884.
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Ste. Rose RCMP responded to a break and enter on Ebb and Flow First Nation at the adult education building on April 8th. Investigators learned a suspect or suspects entered the building at a side entrance and stole several valuable items.
Stolen items included around 26 laptops, more than 60 scientific caluclators, and a $8,000 smart board.
The RCMP West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team and Ste. Rose RCMP executed a search warrant at an Ebb and Flow home on April 11th, and recovered the $8,000 smart board, which was returned to the adult education centre.
A 31 year old male and 32 year old female have been charged with possessing property obtained by crime. The investigation is still ongoing.
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Parks Canada started a prescribed fire in Riding Mountain National Park earlier this week, with the goals of reucing wildfire fuel and restoring grasslands in the Lake Audy area of the park.
Mireille Kroeker, External Relations Manager and Fire Information Officer with Riding Mountain National Park, said though they haven't yet started the main burn, things are going according to plan.
"So we started assessing the area on Wednesday this week to do a little bit of guard burning, just a little bit of creating those boundaries for the main unit fire, really small but yeah, we started Wednesday and that all went well," said Kroeker.
Kroeker said that most prescribed fires have similar goals, but they're not always the same. Usually one of the main goals of any prescribed fire is to reduce available fuel for future wildfires, to lessen their impact. That's the case with this fire in the Lake Audy area, but not the only reason for the burn.
"All prescribed fires will have similar but varying objectives. So this year, the prescribed fire in the Lake Audy area, we're trying to really first and foremost restore the native grasslands in that area, try to burn back some of those encroaching aspen and shrubs, try and restore that area...we're also trying to lessen that hazardous fuel buildup that'll happen in the more mixed wood areas, and that's just from lack of burning over many many years. So once we're treating the area for some of that fuel buildup, we are trying to lessen that risk of a high intensity wildfire in the park," said Kroeker.
Most of the presribed burns in Canada happen in the ideal window from April to May. Kroeker expects this one to be no different.
"You'll notice on our bulletins it says that [the fires could] extend into June, we only put that disclaimer there in case we have to keep trails closed for safety, but normally we're trying to get it done between April and May," said Kroeker.
Speaking of safety, prescribed fires like this one are incredibly safe and well-planned operations. Kroeker said the level of planning that goes into them is a lot more than you might think.
"This is months, and sometimes years, of planning that'll go into each prescribed fire. Before even we set foot with any of those ignition tools, there's going to be a huge plan that is peer reviewed, goes to our national office of Parks Canada. This is where they're going to look at the landscape, the conditions, wildlife, they're going to do an environmental impact assessment, and really map out that area to make sure that they've got everything covered," said Kroeker.
Last year's wildfire season in Manitoba was one of the worst in decades, seeing 445 fires burn more than 4% of Manitoba's land. Click here to view the province's recently released 2025 Wildfire After Action Review.
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A research study asking farmers and people who work in agriculture is underway in the province.
Led by Tracy Young, principal investigator at the Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health at Brandon University, the study is focused on gathering first-hand experiences from across the province.
Young says much of the existing research on rural mental health focuses on statistics or challenges, which are important, but incomplete.
"We're calling on all farmers and ag service providers across the province of Manitoba to come speak with us individually, or join a focus group to discuss some of what is going well and working out there, and why," said Young.
If you are interested in taking part, you will have an in-person interview. It's between 60 and 90 minutes at a location of your choice.
"We will travel to individuals who want to take part, or find the virtual means to connect with them through a busy time," said Young.
All interviews will be confidential. Young says there will also be focus groups created.
The goal of the study is to create tools and resources that can be shared with the agriculture community, highlighting positive examples and reminding people they are not alone.
"Through our conversation, through the networking that we're hoping this study will bring, we can hopefully get you to the other side, if you are struggling," ended Young. "That way, everyone can share in the good that still exists, I truly believe, in agriculture."
According to a recent survey, agricultural producers in Manitoba face high levels of stress. This includes 58 percent meeting criteria for anxiety disorders and 35 percent for depression.
If you're interested in taking part, call 571-8532. You can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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A 64-year-old man from Swan River faces several charges after he was stopped on Tuesday night.
At 11:40, the general investigation section from Swan River stopped the man after he failed to stop multiple times. It happened on First Street North in Swan River.
An officer spotted numerous prescription pill bottles in plain view inside the vehicle. He was taken into custody. A search of the vehicle resulted in officers finding more than 10 pill bottles, cash, knives, and multiple phones.
The suspect was searched and officers found more cash and another phone. He was released on an undertaking.
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