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After five years of developing the plan to relocate the Winkler Elementary School office, both students and staff celebrated the completion of the project with a ribbon-cutting event on Tuesday morning.  

There is a new partnership delivering the Soy Quality Program to Canadian producers.  

Nathan Gerelus is the manager of National Affairs at the Canadian Grain Commission, based in Winnipeg, and he says, 

“We are excited to have recently partnered with Soy Canada to deliver the Soy Quality Program, and that will start with this year's 2024 harvest.” 

Memorial For: Bernhard “Ben” Falk 
Memorial Date: Private 
Bernhard “Ben” Falk, 76, of Altona passed away Saturday, October 26th at Altona Memorial Health Centre. He is survived by 2 sisters, 3 brothers and their families, He was predeceased by his parents. 
A private family memorial service for Bernhard “Ben” Falk will be held. 
Viewing will be held at Wiebe Funeral Home, Altona Friday, November 1st from 2 to 8pm. Family may be present from 6 to 8pm. 
Donations may be made to The Community Exchange, Altona. 

The Manitoba Female U18 AAA Hockey League's Pembina Valley Hawks are a quarter of the way through their season. Hawks head coach Matt Victor will join Clayton Dreger on Sportsbeat which airs Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CFAM Radio 950.

The Manitoba Beef and Forage Conference is set to take place Wednesday at the William Glesby Centre in Portage La Prairie, where a full range of Agri business booths will be on hand for producers across the prairies to explore. 

The conference is a popular event to hear from local producers and industry experts across the region discussing the application of research on the farm.  Forage and livestock specialist Shawn Cabak is one of the speakers and notes the venue will be full of agribusiness booths for producers to visit. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says its investigation into an Ontario facility processing plant-based milk found it was not adhering to Health Canada’s policies on listeria prevention.

The facility is still shut down after a listeria outbreak last summer linked to the plant infected at least 20 people in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta and led to three deaths.

Addison Kartusch of the St. Charles Country Club and Braxton Kuntz of Breezy Bend are Golf Manitoba's 2024 Female & Male Amateur Golfers of the Year. Kartusch won the Match Play Championship, the Provincial Junior Championship and the Provincial Women’s Amateur Championship. The 18-year-old from Winnipeg, who is into her freshmen year at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, also finished T3 at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship and T48 at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.

Our thanks to Carman Elementary School for having us to celebrate Classroom of the Month! A special shout-out to Miss Caldwell's Kindergarten class — you all made our visit unforgettable.

We had a great time with the students, and it was so special to see the excitement on their faces as they received their gifts from our fantastic sponsors:

Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre

Aspire Dental Centre

McDonald's

A&W

PiQ Potential

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison has confirmed a report that Canada is alleging an Indian cabinet minister and close adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered intelligence-gathering operations targeting Canadians.

The Washington Post first reported that Canadian officials alleged Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah was behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists in Canada.

Morrison told MPs at the national security committee Tuesday that he was the one who confirmed Shah's name to that newspaper.

The Manitoba Habitat Conservancy (MHC) is celebrating a partnership that truly demonstrates the benefits of farm to table connections, and how those can lead to improved environmental outcomes.

It started with a $72,300 contribution from Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) to the Conservancy's Grassland Stewardship Agreements project. That helped cover the infrastructure costs of several miles of fencing for Souris area Ritchie Bison Owner-Operators Jim and Bridie Ritchie and neighbour Brian Powell.