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A Dauphin woman already facing several theft related charges from recent events is in more hot water with the law.
RCMP were alerted Wednesday morning about a suspect that filled a shopping cart full of groceries, and then exited the south Main Street store without paying.
Police discovered her and the shopping cart a short time later, and promptly returned the $506 worth of groceries to the store.
The 51-year-old woman has been remanded into custody, and now faces a total of five counts of theft under $5,000.
She also faces additional charges of failing to attend court and failing to comply with court orders.
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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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An incident involving a machete at a Dauphin home has led to the arrest of a city resident.
RCMP were notified of a suspect being in another person's home, brandishing a machete.
They responded to the home, only to find that the suspect had abandoned the premises, but had left the weapon behind.
After seizing the machete, police continued to investigate, and eventually located and arrested the suspect.
The 39-year-old man remains in custody, and is charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, as well as two counts of failing to comply with court orders.
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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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This month marks the 25th anniversary of the full restoration and re-opening of the Dauphin Rail building.

Unused and in danger of being permanently closed in the 1980's, a group of city residents fundraised to have the building restored, which was completed in 2001.  

A special anniversary event is being planned for Saturday from 9 until 4.

Jason Gilmore is president of the Dauphin Rail Museum.

"We will be open from 9 until 4 on Saturday.  We are going to have some free birthday cake and coffee.  And we did have a bunch of physical copies of pictures of both the people involved and the interior and exterior renovations.  So we have  put those up on poster boards, which will be on display in the lobby area of the station. It will also be a second launching of the fundraising drive for the Dauphin Rail Turntable project."

If you have yet to visit the Dauphin Rail Museum, Gilmore says this Saturday will be a prefect time to do so.

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Even though it is only late September, it is not too early to be thinking about Christmas season parties - and in particular how you are going to get home after an evening of having a few drinks. 

That's where the Dauphin RIDE program steps in, as it is set to return for another season. 

Volunteers will drive you and your vehicle home, and have been very successful in reducing the number of impaired driving cases in the area during the month of December.

Board member Sarah Shuttleworth says the program will start a little sooner this year. 

"Our first night this year is November 27th.  We usually only do December, but we know that there are a few holiday parties happening the last weekend of November, so we are hoping to get some calls that weekend as well." 

The program had around 50 volunteer drivers last year, and the call is out looking for any new volunteers.  

If you can help out, please reach out through the Dauphin RIDE program on Facebook.  
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September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, otherwise known as Orange Shirt Day, a statutory holiday to recognize the severe impacts of the residential school system, and honour survivors, families, and communities affected. 

Each year, there are countless events across Canada to mark the day. Here in Dauphin, the Dauphin Friendship Centre and Manitoba Métis Federation are hosting an event at Maamawi Park on September 29th, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, involving lunch, kids activities, and door prizes. 

Though it's a statutory holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation carries a much more somber tone, similar to Remembrance Day. Jarri-Ann Thompson, Dauphin Friendship Centre Events Coordinator, says even with the less cheerful tone of the day, it's still an incredibly important day to mark. 

"It just reminds people of the history of Indigenous peoples across Canada, and what we want to change going forward, how we want to empower Indigenous people to bring back our culture, to show people who have been systemically suppressed that there's a better future out there, and we have to all work together to get there, and it starts here, it starts by doing events like Truth and Reconciliation," said Thompson. 

The Friendship Centre's preparation for the event is already well underway, and has been for a while. 

"We have partnered once again with the Northwest Métis Council and we are pretty much ready to go for that, so we're kind of excited to see people out there, as you mentioned it is a somber event, but we are hoping to change the way people interact with Indigenous culture, and so that's what's exciting about the event," said Thompson. 

Earlier this week, the Provincial Government put out a news release encouraging Manitobans to participate in Orange Shirt Day events across the province, to honour residential school survivors, and the children that never made it home. 

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