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Funeral For:  Peter Klassen 
Funeral Date: August 30, 2024 
Peter Klassen, 94, of Neepawa formerly of Steinbach, passed away Friday, August 23rd at Selkirk Regional Health Centre. He was predeceased by his wife Lottie. 
The funeral service for Peter Klassen will be held Friday, August 30th at 2pm at Neepawa First Baptist Church with burial at Rosedale Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at the church prior to the service. 
Arrangements by White’s Funeral Home, Neepawa.  

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (53-41) maintained their slim lead atop the American Association West Division standings Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Gary SouthShore RailCats at Blue Cross Park.
 
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The Goldeyes are a half game better than the Sioux Falls Canaries, and 1.5 games ahead of the third-place Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. Winnipeg has five games to play, while Sioux Falls and Fargo-Moorhead each have six games remaining.

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages. 

More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far this year, a significant jump from the annual average of 562 cases between 2015 and 2019. 

The majority of whooping cough patients are between the ages of 10 and 14, a spokesperson for Quebec's health ministry said in an email to The Canadian Press.

The last peak of whooping cough activity in the province was in 2019, when 1,269 cases were reported, the email said.

The Assembly of First Nations has postponed a special assembly for chiefs to vote on a landmark child welfare reform deal with Canada due to concerns about the process and a late translation of the document to French.

The Assembly was scheduled to be held in September in Winnipeg, but it will not happen now until October or November, the AFN said Tuesday.

The Turnbull Cup champion Winkler Flyers have a new head coach & general manager. Matt Melo will join Clayton Dreger on Sportsbeat which airs Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CFAM Radio 950.

The Winkler Flyers have hired Matt Melo as their new head coach and general manager. Melo replaces Justin Falk who stepped down earlier this month after three seasons with the hockey club to pursue a pro position. Falk guided the Flyers to their first Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship in 26 years this past spring. Melo spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Western University Mustangs in London, Ontario. The defending Turnbull Cup champions will begin main camp on Saturday.

Exciting news to share today regarding the Winkler Centennial arena renovation project. The City of Winkler is signing a Letter of Intent with Bockstael Construction regarding its submitted proposal and budget for the Centennial Arena renovation project.

Work is underway to get Canada's rail system back up and operational.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board released its decision late Saturday, reinforcing the Labour Minister's order for binding arbitration and the extension of collective agreements until a new deal is signed. 

A statement on the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference website says they will comply with the decision but will also appeal the ruling to federal court.

CN started gearing up late last week, while CPKC workers were back on the job early this morning.

Suspects in a pedal boat theft last week at Colert Beach, got off with a warning.
    
When Morden police officers responded to the report, they found the suspects in the boat on the lake.
    
The suspects were ordered back to shore where the boat was returned, and officers doled out the warnings.

It's been a busy start to the week for Carman-Dufferin fire fighters. 

They were just one of several crews who battled a dairy barn blaze in Haywood late Monday morning, logging about 8 hours by the time they cleaned up the arena and returned to the fire hall, noted Deputy Fire Chief Joey McElroy. 

Then at 10:45 that evening, they were called back out to a detached garage fire in Carman where they spent another 4 hours putting out the flames.