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The Morden Fire Department became the launch site for National Fire Prevention Week 2024 in Manitoba, with a special event that brought in Grade 1 students from Maple Leaf School. The interactive experience aimed to educate young children about the importance of fire safety and proper smoke alarm maintenance.

A Toronto artist based in Florida says he's anxiously waiting to ensure the safety of his friends in the state and assess the potentially catastrophic damage to his property as Hurricane Milton barrels towards his community just outside Sarasota.

He's just one of many Canadians who own homes in the state. Like him, many have fled because of this hurricane or its predecessor Helene, which unleashed devastation across several southern states just a few weeks ago. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released a report on the latest recommendations and feedback relating to modernizing the seed regulations in Canada.

The process began in 2021 and covers several areas from import to export, seed conditioning, storage, testing and labeling to seed sales.

The National Manager for the Seed Section of the CFIA, Wendy Jahn says a number of the regulations, policies and programs interact with each other and rather than making changes one at a time it makes more sense to take a holistic approach to modernizing the system.

A forage harvester sustained substantial damage after a fire Tuesday afternoon.

Carman Dufferin Fire Department (CDFD) responded to the call at 2:58 p.m., and due to the location and potential to spread into the corn field the equipment was working in, St. Claude Fire Department was also requested to assist.

Crews arrived and extinguished the fire before it was able to spread beyond the immediate area around the harvester.

The department was called out again around 6:33 p.m. last night for a hydro lines related call.

Back-to-back weekends of extremely windy conditions in southern Manitoba has some people asking whether we are currently in a windy cycle and if this is a sign of things to come. 

David Phillips is Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada. He says though it has been a windy year for this half of the province, there is not much we should be reading into this. 

As part of Fire Prevention Week 2024, the Winkler Fire Department invites the community to an exciting open house tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Winkler Fire Hall. This event offers a unique opportunity to meet the dedicated team of 40 firefighters who keep the community safe, explore fire trucks and equipment, and learn more about fire prevention and safety.

It was all-hands-on-deck as Manitoba RCMP officers responded to an illegal border crossing 7 kilometers east of Emerson on Saturday, September 28th.
    
With a heads up from the United States Border Patrol, officers from IBET, Morris, Emerson, and St. Pierre-Joly detachments immediately headed out to the area, near Road 18 East, and found an SUV with several people inside along with luggage. Once pulled over, RCMP say that's when officers determined human smuggling was taking place.
    

Funeral For:  Peter Giesbrecht 
Funeral Date: October 12, 2024 
Peter Giesbrecht, 91, of Winnipeg formerly of Gretna, passed away Wednesday, October 2nd at Winnipeg. He is survived by his loving wife Anne of 71 years; son Brian (Almuth) and children Heather and Joel; son Rod (Viola) and children Amanda and Jessica; daughter Sharon (Daryll) and children Nathan, Jillian, and Carlie. He is further survived by fourteen great-grandchildren and two sisters.

Funeral For:  Darren Keith Orchyk 
Funeral Date: Private 
Darren Keith Orchyk, 53, of Mitchell passed away Wednesday, October 2nd at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Dianne, 3 sons, 2 stepchildren, his father Stan, mother-in-law Susan Dueck, 2 siblings, and their families. He was predeceased by his mother Margaret Orchyk.  
A private celebration of life for Darren Keith Orchyk will take place. 
Donations may be made to Wycliffe. 
Arrangements by Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach.  

Funeral For:  Henriette “Hattie” Wieler 
Funeral Date: October 20, 2024 
Henriette “Hattie” Wieler, 92, of Steinbach passed away Monday, October 7th at her residence. She is survived by 4 daughters and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Jake and 1 son. 
The funeral service for Henriette “Hattie” Wieler will be held Sunday, October 20th at 2pm at Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach with burial prior to the service at Grunthal Cemetery. 
A come and go viewing will be held Saturday, October 19th from 7 to 8pm.