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Every year, as the snow melts and the temperatures shift, hundreds of bookworms begin to stir, wondering when the South Central Regional Library Book Sale will once again be coming to Morden.  

Mayor Nancy Penner says the City of Morden is balancing responsible financial planning with critical investments in infrastructure and services as it unveiled its 2025 municipal budget during a public presentation held last week. 

There are few things that are more Canadian than maple syrup, and last week the Carman Beavers, Cubs and Scouts had the opportunity to learn how exactly the sweet confection is made—from harvesting the sap, to refining it into the beautiful amber colour that one would find on a store shelf. 

Winkler Police are investigating a case of payroll fraud after an employee’s work email was hacked and used to redirect their direct deposit to a different bank account. 

Today, Heat Innovations provides hydronic supply and design to commercial and residential clients across Canada.  

This means that thanks to one business, dependable hot water heating is accessible to anyone who seeks a well-constructed and long-lasting means of heating.   

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under legislature rules to hold back five bills for further debate beyond the summer break.

One bill would forbid liquor licences in urban convenience stores and gas stations — a move the Tories say will affect small businesses and customer choice in the few locations where such licences have been issued.

The Manitoba government says it is repatriating energy by not renewing two hydroelectric export contracts to Minnesota.

Premier Wab Kinew says the contracts are set to expire at the end of this month and amount to 500 megawatts of power that will now be available for Canada.

Kinew says 50 megawatts of power will be set aside to go toward the potential development of a transmission line that would connect parts of Nunavut to Manitoba's grid.

Authorities have identified two persons of interest in connection to last month's fire at Grace St. John's Anglican Lutheran Church in Carman.
    
It didn't take long for Pembina Valley RCMP to declare the devastating early-morning March 13th blaze as suspicious, and appealed to the public for any video surveillance footage that could help in the investigation.
    

The Winkler Senior Choir is preparing for its upcoming spring concert, offering an evening of music that spans sacred Easter selections and classic musical theatre. The performance, presented through the Douglas Kuhl School of Music, takes place Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM at Emmanuel Church in Winkler.