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Western School Division Board of Trustees selected a new board chair and vice chair at Monday night's reorganization meeting. Long serving board chair Brian Fransen declined the nomination for both board chair and vice chair. 

Former vice chair Darcy Wolfe was acclaimed as board chair and is ready to lead. 

Carman Area Foundation (CAF) is teeing up for its third annual mini-golf fundraising event, Thursday, September 12th at Syl's. Although this event is becoming a regular feature in CAF's event calendar, fundraising efforts don't stop there. 

"We take donations anytime of the year. We put that money into an endowment fund, and then we grant off of the interest that comes from our endowment funds," commented CAF Vice-Chair Ian Bergsma. "This past year, we granted out $150,000." 

The topic of residential schools is difficult. Although there is bound to be discomfort for anyone coming to terms with Canada’s history in this regard, it’s something the country has become increasingly invested in remembering.

First-year Winnipeg Goldeyes skipper Logan Watkins was named American Association Manager the Year Tuesday after piloting the club to a 56-43 record and first place in the West Division.
 
The Goldeyes, who finished in last place in 2023, secured the 21st playoff appearance in franchise history under Watkins, and ended the season with a winning record for the 25th time in 31 seasons.

At 1:09 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Winkler Fire Department responded to a structure fire on an Albert Street yard.

According to Chief Richard Paetzold, when crews arrived they found a fully engulfed outbuilding located behind the main residence. Firefighters proceeded to protect the adjacent buildings and extinguished the blaze.

The outbuilding was destroyed, and there was some damage to nearby trees, but there was no damage to any of the adjacent structures.

There were no injuries in the incident, and the cause remains under investigation.

Al Briscoe & Mike Walker are Golf Manitoba's 2024 Senior Men's Four-Ball champions. Mike Walker will join Clayton Dreger of Off the Tee which airs Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CFAM Radio 950.

New Democrats are huddling in Montreal to strategize a new path forward ahead of the fall parliamentary session — one that doesn't include the Liberals at their hips and ideally makes them a credible alternative to the Conservatives at the next election.

The three-day caucus retreat kicking off Tuesday comes less than a week after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced the end of the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals. 

It's also taking place in one of the two cities where the NDP is hoping to win a byelection on Sept. 16. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes are one win away from advancing to the American Association's Wolff Cup final. Dayson Croes, Ramón Bramasco and Roby Enríquez had three hits each as the Fish defeated the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks 10-1 Monday night at Newman Outdoor Field in game one of their best-of-three West Division Championship Series. Joey Matulovich started for Winnipeg and went six innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven. Ben Onyshko and Ryder Yakel appeared in relief. Game two goes Wednesday night (6:30 p.m.) at Blue Cross Park. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (3-1) scored ten unanswered runs en route to a 10-1 victory over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in game one of the American Association West Division Championship Series at Newman Outdoor Field Monday evening.

A wildly successful 50/50 draw allowed the Altona Angels softball organization to make headway on its diamond revitalization effort this summer. 
    
In the end, the pot hit nearly $15,000, split between the winner and the organization.