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The semi driver charged in last November's fatal crash at highways 201 and 306 south of Plum Coulee has been taken into custody.
    
RCMP say 25-year-old Navjeet Singh was arrested by Peel Regional Police and CBSA agents at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday shortly before 9 a.m., after arriving back in Canada on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. 
    
Police had been unable to locate Singh since his release from hospital after the crash and was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest for the last nine months. 
    

Some residents in Morden will be affected by a temporary precautionary boil water advisory next week as the city performs scheduled water maintenance. 

According to the City of Morden social media, the advisory will be in effect for specific areas of the city on Monday, August 25, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025, with water shut off to the impacted homes and businesses between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. 

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and the folks at YFC Morden want to help get your Saturday off to a good start before heading out for a full day activities at the Morden Corn & Apple Festival.

The roar of engines, the smell of dirt, and the excitement of side-by-side racing return to the Pembina Valley tonight and Saturday as Deadhorse Creek Speedway hosts the final races of the season. With food trucks, family fun, live music, and a pit full of cars ready to battle it out on the west-of-Morden oval, it is the last chance this year to experience the thrill of dirt racing under the lights.

Races start at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 22 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 23. The Beerjammers will be playing both nights, bringing music to the mix alongside the roar of the cars.

The Miami Community Centre Hall became a showcase for the best of Manitoba’s gardens on August 21st during the Miami Horticulture Club’s 135th Show. A longstanding event in the club, this year’s show featured guest speakers, displays of the club’s junior division, and an excellent show of intergenerational passion for horticulture. 

The South Central U18 AAA Cubs are Western Canada Baseball champions, and while the trophy is impressive, it is the players’ stories that show why this season was so memorable. For Winkler’s Teemu Peters and Jackson Friesen, the gold medal weekend in Winnipeg was the perfect ending to a summer full of wins, laughs, lessons, and a lot of baseball.

Funeral For:  Alvina Doerksen nee Dueck 
Funeral Date: August 24, 2025 
Alvina Doerksen nee Dueck, 80, of Winkler passed away Tuesday, August 19th at Winnipeg. She is survived by 1 daughter, 2 sons, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Jake. 
A memorial service for Alvina Doerksen nee Dueck will be held Sunday, August 24th at 3pm at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church with burial prior to the service at 2pm at Westridge Memorial Gardens. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Saturday, August 23rd from 1 to 6:30pm. 

When it comes to restoring our canola trade with China, the Canadian canola industry wants to see action and engagement from all levels of government with everyone working together to protect our market share.

Premier Scott Moe along with his Agriculture Minister Darryl Harrison and Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding met with federal/provincial canola groups, as well as exporters, canola crush and value-added companies.

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

Daniel Brown, who represented Alex Formenton, said he has been informed of the prosecutors' decision. The Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Formenton, Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were all acquitted of sexual assault, and McLeod of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.

Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. 

The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. 

This comes after the airline reached a tentative deal with the union representing its flight attendants on Tuesday to end a strike that began on Saturday. 

The strike disrupted the airline's operations, resulting in the cancellation of flights. 

Mark Nasr, Air Canada's chief operations officer, said in the release that the airline is restoring operations ahead of its plan.