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A 39-year-old man from Winkler has been charged with a raft of sex offences after two youths came forward to police last week.
    
Initially, one of the youths, a girl, reported he had repeatedly sexually assaulted her between 2020 and 2023. 
    
At that point, he was taken into custody by Winkler Police with help from the RCMP.
    
Then, a second youth, a boy, came forward and disclosed that he too had been sexually assaulted by the man over this same time frame. 
    
Police say the man was known to both of the victims. 
    

Another case of fraud has Morden Police Service once again emphasizing caution to online shoppers. 
    
Late last month, someone purchased an item on VarageSale and sent an e-transfer to the seller, but when they went to alleged seller's home to pick it up, the person living there said they had the wrong address.
    
The buyer tried to contact the seller, but the account had already been deleted from the app.
    
Police stress, to never send an e-transfer until you have the item you're buying in your hand and can confirm the seller is legitimate

Funeral For:  Terry Crampton 
Funeral Date: November 9, 2024 

The Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025 includes the Altona Baseball Builders who were instrumental in making Access Field a reality. Field of Dreams committee members Ben Dueck, Ken Wiebe & Gord Sawatzky will join Clayton Dreger on Sportsbeat which airs Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CFAM Radio 950.

Funeral For:  Wally Loeppky 
Funeral Date: November 8, 2024 
Wally Loeppky, 80, of Winnipeg formerly of Altona, passed away Tuesday, October 29th at Winnipeg. He was predeceased by his parents Diedrich and Ann Loeppky and 1 brother. 
The funeral service for Wally Loeppky will be held Friday, November 8th at 10am at Bethel Mennonite Church, 465 Stafford Street. 
Viewing will be at the church one hour prior to the service. 
Donations may be made to Manitoba Harvest or Union Gospel Mission. 
Arrangements by Friends Funeral Service, Winnipeg.  

The Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2025. Nine individuals will be inducted, and they are Clark Andres of Roblin, Lindsey & Matthew Dahl of Winnipeg, Ryan Scott of Irishtown, New Brunswick, Scott Kelman of Winnipeg, Jim White of Neepawa, Fred Matsubara of Winnipeg, Jack Scott of Winnipeg and Golden West sportscaster Clayton Dreger.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is extending congratulations to Donald Trump on his re-election as president of the United States. 

Trump staged a major political comeback, securing the necessary 270 electoral college votes to win the presidency in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 

This concludes a turbulent campaign for Trump, which included being convicted of 34 felonies in a hush-money case and two assassination attempts. 

Tuesday morning, CFAM Radio 950 Morning Show Co-Hosts Chris Sumner and Zack Driedger had the opportunity to host around 45 home school students and their parents from the area on a tour of the radio station.

It’s one of the biggest groups they've ever taken through, and the students ranged from Kindergarten to Grade 10. The group was super attentive and engaged in the exploration of how we go about "Connecting Communities".

Altona's Public Works department has been hard at work getting ready for winter. The warm and relatively dry Fall has allowed for a significant amount of work to get done before the first flakes fly.

"They’re completing the final street sweeping, cleaning storm drains, and ensuring snow-clearing equipment is ready to go," explained Mayor Harv Schroeder. "A couple of recent projects you may have noticed are a layer of gravel has been added to the new section of the cemetery, and road raising work has been done on 9th Street NW to reduce flooding risks."

It's been about a month since a group of volunteers hit the streets of Carman and the R.M. of Dufferin, acting as an extra set of eyes and ears for the local RCMP. 

Following a recruitment drive this summer, 9 people were selected to help get the newly minted Carman-Dufferin Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) off the ground and, according to Monica Halbesma, Carman-Dufferin Fire Department's public education safety coordinator, it's been so far, so good.