Kylee Bailey

"You run 4.1667 miles or 6.7 kilometres every hour. Then, with the time remaining, you sit down, rest, eat up, and then do it all again at the top of the next hour. It's a last-man-standing type of event. The world record has gone over 100 hours, so 4 1/2 days and 450 miles.” 

This is how Lee Siemens described the Backyard Ultra, a race created by Gary Cantrell, also known as Lazarus Lake. 

Wilma Derksen labels herself a writer, coach/therapist, and an “accidental wanderer,” among other things, but she says that she is likely best known as a “mother of a murdered child.” 

Derksen, who now resides in Winkler, is the mother of Candace Derksen, the 13-year-old girl whose story has shocked and disheartened the public across the country (and beyond it) since 1985.  

In 1875, 18 villages were established by the first wave of Mennonite immigrants who settled in the West Reserve. 

One of those villages is Reinland in the RM of Stanley, where still today, one can see an enduring symbol of early Mennonite settlers: the Ens Heritage Housebarn.  

What would you do if you picked up a call and heard the voice of a loved one in distress? With the emotions that crop up immediately, would it occur to you that it could be a scam? 

This is what a southern Manitoba woman recently faced in a situation that seems straight out of a science fiction tale. 

It started with a call from an unknown number, but then there was chilling familiarity. 

This past weekend, the Carman Dufferin Fire Department had its hands full.  

“We had a grass fire call starting on Thursday, then we had another one on Saturday and then two on Sunday,” says Chief Chris Lemky of the department. 

The grass fires all had a similar cause — the dry, windy, and hot conditions that came along with the first weekend of May. 

Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and window air conditioning units are important pieces of equipment, but once they’ve passed their prime, they can become an inconvenience or even a danger.  

Fortunately, Efficiency Manitoba has a program that can not only help, but make it worth one’s while in a few ways.  

Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and window air conditioning units are important pieces of equipment, but once they’ve passed their prime, they can become an inconvenience or even a danger.  

Fortunately, Efficiency Manitoba has a program that can not only help, but make it worth one’s while in a few ways.  

The disadvantages of older appliances  

Efficiency Manitoba runs their Appliance Recycling Program throughout the province that can help remove aged refrigerators and freezers that get in the way or just need to be replaced.  

Can you imagine the weight of 18 tonnes of truck and 20 tonnes of excavator? 

To put this immense amount into perspective, the combined weight of the machinery is equivalent to about 22 cars. Picturing this number, however, was likely far from Sean Rickards' mind as he found himself crushed between the two pieces of equipment. 

“I was broken within a millimetre of my life,” he said afterwards.  

Carman’s Handi-Van has been helping people with mobility barriers since 1986.

In that time, the service has been shrinking the community and making it more accessible to countless people.  

Kathie Findlay has been a board member of Carman Handi-Van service since 2013. She says that through her years of working with the service, she sees how many people take advantage of it. 

Usually, equipment affords the space enthusiast a view of special celestial events. 

This week, however, one’s eyes will do.