Candace Derksen

There is going to be a second intake of Assiniboine Community College's (ACC) Practical Nursing Program at the newly opened rural rotating site in Morden. ACC confirmed the news earlier this week. 

The ribbon was cut on the site in January with the first intake of students taking their seats that same week. 

Mayor Brandon Burley was pleased to hear the news. 

Normally used to transport local teens to excursions and out-of-town missions, the new YFC Altona - Youth Unlimited van provided a different kind of safe space for people earlier this week. 

Officials in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm are not raising alarm bells quite yet following the province's upgraded flood forecast for the Red River. 
    
Manitoba's Hydrologic Forecast Centre is now expecting a major risk of flooding on the Red this spring. A generally low risk remains for the Roseau River. Both waterways flow through the municipality.

"It feels surreal." That was the feeling shared by Sheridan Sawatzky, Executive Director for YFC Altona - Youth Unlimited, at Friday's grand opening celebration for the organization's new, expanded facility. 

The province's latest outlook has Emerson-Franklin reeve, Dave Carlson, hopeful this spring's flood will be more of a nuisance than anything, especially after last year's unexpected situation. 

Officials in the R.M. of Montcalm aren't raising alarm bells quite yet following the province's upgraded flood forecast for the Red River. 
    
Manitoba's Hydrologic Forecast Centre is now expecting a major risk of flooding on the Red this spring. A generally low risk remains for the Roseau River. Both waterways flow through the municipality.

"It has not been one boring day." That from Betty Peters, who has spent the last 35 years helping to keep families stable, so their children can succeed, in her role as a School Liaison Worker with the Western School Division.

The Province's latest outlook has Emerson-Franklin reeve, Dave Carlson, hopeful this spring's flood will be more of a nuisance than anything, especially after last year's unexpected situation. 

Manitoba's Hydrologic Forecast Centre now reports a major risk of flooding on the Red River, and a general low risk on the Roseau River. Both waterways flow through Emerson-Franklin up from the United States. With favourable conditions through the coming weeks, the municipality is looking at a 2019-level event. Unfavourable conditions, however, could result in a 2020-level flood. 

Access Credit Union will be doling out another record-breaking payout to members this year. 
    
According to the Board of Directors, $13.5 million will be returned through its member rewards profit-sharing program. The payout follows a previous record of $13.1 million shared out in 2022.
    
In a news release, the Board noted, Access' increased scale thanks to mergers with Noventis and Sunova credit unions in 2022, and its ongoing success, contributed to the new record.

A dream two-decades in the making has become reality for the community of Rosenort. Stakeholders turned the sod on a plot of land on the south end of the community Thursday afternoon, officially opening Prairie Hearth Development for residential building.

Council for the R.M. of Morris purchased the land during Herm Martens' tenure as Reeve, following the industrial boom in the community after the flood of '97.