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Mike Williams, President of the Manitoba Harness Horsemen, found Harness racing thanks to his wife’s family bringing him to the Carman Fair more than 40 years ago. 

"I made my first $2.00 wage on a horse called Shirley’s Tango, paid $2.60 to win, and I've been hooked ever since." 

The All Canada Classic Sheep Show returned to Brandon this past weekend, bringing together sheep producers from across the country to showcase breeding stock and connect with fellow industry members.

With about 250 sheep for sale and attendees from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, the event marked a milestone for the national sheep industry.

A local success story

Brandon last hosted the national show in 1981, and the event remained here for three years before moving westward across the country.

The Altona Rhineland Emergency Services department is always busy when the Manitoba Sunflower Festival comes around in Altona and this year is no exception with a family fun event planned, the fan-favorite fire truck pull and the classic boot drive in the festival parade as well!

“We had a neighbour boy who got to go. He was very excited .... It was just an amazing experience, and I'm sure it is for every camper that gets to go.” 

This is what Hilda Froese of Winkler said of Tim Hortons Foundation Camps, an organization with the objective of “helping youth from underserved communities achieve their full potential” in a camp setting. 

One of the best compliments a ball player can get is being called a "complete athlete" and head coach of the U17 AAA Central Energy, Cam Zacharias, believes his group is filled with exactly that, and looks to bring it to provincials starting today.

"I still get the butterflies," Zacharias jokes as he passes through the gates in Stonewall, the host site of provincials. "I think I'm more nervous than the players. I just want them to do so well. They seem calm, but I'm over the top excited."

Funeral For:  John Klassen 
Funeral Date: July 26, 2025 
John Klassen, 63, of Winkler passed away Wednesday, July 9th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. He is survived by 3 daughters, 1 son, 1 granddaughter, 3 sisters, 3 brothers, his stepmother, and their families. He was predeceased by his parents and 1 brother in infancy. 
The celebration of life for John Klassen will be held Saturday, July 26th at 2pm at Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church, Hochfeld with private family burial prior to the service at Gnadenthal Cemetery. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (25-35) suffered their 15th one-run loss of the season Wednesday evening, falling 3-2 to the Sioux Falls Canaries (35-25) at Sioux Falls Stadium. It was Winnipeg’s sixth consecutive defeat.
 
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Sioux Falls took an early lead in the bottom of the second inning when Trevor Achenbach launched a two-run homer to left field, scoring Jordan Barth to make it 2-0.

Manitoba's ethics commissioner has ruled Mike Moroz, the minister of innovation and new technology, did not break the province's conflict of interest law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives had accused Moroz of being in a conflict by answering questions about a 9-1-1 service outage while owning shares in Telus.

The Tories also accused Moroz of using inside information that criticized the phone company for the outage and selling company stock.

The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, in partnership with the National Hockey League, has announced its full 82-game schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 regular season.

The Jets begin the season at home, welcoming the Dallas Stars to Canada Life Centre on Thursday, Oct. 9, in a rematch of their second-round series from the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They will then face the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, Oct. 11, before hitting the road to play the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Monday, Oct. 13.

Rhineland Council has taken a deeper look at ongoing frost boil issues on a number of rural roads in the municipality. This comes on the heels of having to repair significant frost boils that developed this Spring on portions of Road 9 West. In the short term, the frost boils were filled with shale. However, Council was keenly interested in doing something to prevent the reoccurrence of these frost boils.