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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says this week's tentative deal reached with thousands health care support staff is good news for patients.
    
Set to strike Tuesday, CUPE and MGEU bargaining teams agreed to the deal at 4:25 that morning.

For two decades now, the name Ed Penner has been synonymous with construction in the Pembina Valley. 

On October 10th, Penner celebrated a new step in the business that he built himself from the ground up — a new facility for Ed Penner Construction (EPC) on Viking Road in Winkler.

Prairie Soundscape's pub choir coming to Morden

Prairie Soundscape Choir is introducing a new and exciting experience to Morden—Pub Choir! Representatives Daniel Klauke and Heidi Friesen shared, "It's a very casual event. Anyone is welcome to come. We'll teach a song in four-part harmony, and by the end, we'll all sing together and create some beautiful music." Taking place on October 18th at Finer Spirits, the event kicks off with doors opening at 7:00 PM, and the singing starting at 7:30 PM.

Four Zone 4 teams will play in the finals at the Provincial A-AA-AAA High School Soccer championships today in Minnedosa. The Garden Valley Zodiacs will meet the Miller Aces in the girls final while the Morden Thunder will face GVC in the boys final. Morden girls will take on Niverville in the third place game.

Mason Leite scored twice as the Morden Thunder defeated the Carman Cougars 3-1. Logan Enns also found the back of the net for the defending Zone 4 High School Hockey League champions. Brody Benner had the lone goal for the Cougars.

Pembina Valley residents Lindsay Stoesz and Lorna Epp visited the studio to discuss a beloved Mennonite dish: Schmauntfat. The conversation stemmed from a social media post asking if adding flour to Schmauntfat is "cheating" for traditional Mennonite cooks. The debate sparked strong opinions, leading to lively banter about what makes the perfect version of this dish.

Welcome to another Made in Manitoba, and tonight... just like your Thanksgiving dinner plate this weekend... we're giving you a second helping of the best music made by Manitobans. We're featuring, for the first time, the Juno-award winning string quartet The Fretless which just released their sixth album "Glasswing". Similar to their previous work, it showcases masterful fiddle and folk melodies combined with genre-bending sounds.

While there are many ways to celebrate Thanksgiving, many people will have enjoyed sitting down to a nice juicy turkey.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two biggest seasons for turkey consumption,  but over the last few years, the industry has launched a campaign to broaden that reach.

Chair of the Turkey Farmers of Canada  Darren Ference says more and more people are now eating whole turkeys or turkey parts throughout the year.

Salem Personal Care Home has played a vital role in the Winkler Community for almost 70 years, taking care of the communities’ elders and ensuring there is a place to stay that doesn’t feel like just a hospital.  

Winkler Fire Department responded late Thursday afternoon, shortly after 5 p.m., to a controlled burn fanned out of control by breezy winds.

Crews arrived at the field fire north of the city on Road 22 West, between Road 14 and 15 North, and found the flames heading east from a farmyard through a portion of a corn field already harvested.

Candlewick Productions is set to present Freud’s Last Session, a compelling two-person play running from October 18th to 20th at the Kenmor Theatre in Morden. The play imagines a hypothetical meeting between psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis, blending history, philosophy, and British humor.