PembinaValley

Morden Home Hardware Building Centre was the proud presenter of this year’s Summer Shedtacular, an event that had the Pembina Valley filled with excitement. The grand finale saw all of this Summer's qualifiers gather for the much-anticipated games that promised a shed filled with incredible prizes.

"It was very exciting. There's a lot of build up, a lot of prep work that happens with this, it's good to see it all come together, and see somebody win the shed," said Micah Janzen, Manager at Morden Home Hardware Building Centre.

The Altona Bisons defeated the Cartwright Twins 9-5 Wednesday night at Waldie Field. That cuts the Twins lead in the Border Baseball League's best-of-five final to two games to one. Game four goes tonight (7 p.m.) at Access Field.

It is not even fall, yet The Old Farmer's Almanac is providing a sneak peek at what we can expect for winter here in southern Manitoba.

Associate Editor Tim Goodwin says they are forecasting a colder than normal winter, with plenty of snow. And, he says the snow showers will start early.

"Beginning of November, you could be starting to see snow showers," he says. "And it's going to start to get cool."

A new edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac is now available. Those who read it will learn that the winter in southern Manitoba will be nothing like last winter.

A new 16,000 square foot warehouse currently under construction is going to keep operations moving smoothly and efficiently at Buffalo Creek Mills.
    
The climate-controlled warehouse will give the team a lot more room to work, explained Melvin Penner, a shareholder in the company and acting CEO at the time the project was approved. 

The Morden and Winkler area is home to a new representative on an important national committee. The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Canadian Region Steering Committee has selected Morden-Winkler MLA Carrie Hiebert to represent Manitoba in its network.  

There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found. 

The Canadian Digital Media Research Network launched an investigation after hundreds of X accounts posted about the Conservative leader's July rally in Kirkland Lake, Ont., all using the same language with phrases like "buzzing with energy" and "as a northern Ontarian."

A serial killer has been formally sentenced to four concurrent life sentences with no chance of parole for 25 years in the slayings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.

Jeremy Skibicki showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down Wednesday.

When asked by Court of King's Bench Justice Glenn Joyal if he had anything to say, Skibicki replied, “No.”

The judge said he was bound by law to impose the automatic sentence after convicting Skibicki last month of four counts of first-degree murder.

Farmers owed money for unpaid deliveries to Purely Canada Foods Corp. are encouraged to contact the Canadian Grain Commission immediately.

The CGC revoked the grain dealer licence and primary elevator licences for Purely Canada Foods Corp. in Avonlea,  Kindersley, and Lajord, Saskatchewan as of 11:59 pm last night (August 27).

The company may owe grain farmers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta money for grain deliveries.

You can call host Carla Hrycyna live on the program with all of your gardening questions every Saturday morning at: 1-800-374-3315