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A Winkler man is facing multiple charges after police responded to a June 6th complaint about a suspected impaired driver.

Winkler Police Chief Ryan Hunt said the call came from a business employee who noticed someone inside the store appeared impaired. Officers located the vehicle shortly after it left the scene. “The officers quickly located the vehicle and made the determination that the driver was operating after having consumed liquor. There was a strong odor of liquor inside the vehicle,” Hunt explained.

After three years of painstaking restoration, the La Riviere CPR station is ready to welcome visitors to its new home in Manitou. The Pembina, Manitou Culture and Heritage Association will host a grand opening this Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with official ceremonies scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

Originally built in 1898 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the station served the La Riviere community for nearly 80 years before being moved to the Archibald Historical Museum for preservation. When the museum closed, local heritage advocates stepped in.

Winning a golf cart would already be a pretty nice addition to Summer but winning a 1 of 1 golf cart would be even better!

"We are raffling our custom golf cart! This past year we had this golf cart project in our Makerspace workshop. This project was largely completed by our youth and volunteers. This raffle will help cover the costs of YFC programs and projects (such as our Makerspace) so that all youth in our community can take part in YFC Altona programs completely free."

From whimsical frogs with umbrellas to master-style portraits, Jane Unruh Thiesen brings a unique artistic flair to her role as Program Assistant at Winkler Arts and Culture (WAC). Having been with WAC for about a year, Unruh Thiesen helps plan events, find instructors, and bring creative programming to life for all ages.

Welcome to another Made in Manitoba. We're excited to have East Selkirk's Morgan Grace joining us just days after her appearance at the Canada Day National Evening Show in Ottawa. This is just the latest national event the 18-year-old left-handed fiddle player has been part of. She also played for King Charles III during Parliament's opening and Throne Speech at the end of May.

Jonathan Toews is officially back.

The three-time Stanley Cup champion, who last played an NHL game more than two years ago, was introduced Friday as the newest member of his hometown Winnipeg Jets, donning a jersey with his signature No. 19 at a team press conference.

The Jets announced their intention to acquire the 37-year-old centre last month, but it only became official this week with Toews signing a one-year deal worth US$2 million, plus performance bonuses tied to games played and playoff success.

County of Newell takes over Crop Diversification Centre South and hopes to attract dozens of tenants for the $100 million facility

Like the mighty Phoenix, the County of Newell is hoping the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alta., will rise from the ashes and regain the prominence it once had in agricultural research.

In the early 1960s, during the height of Cold War anxiety, Canada quietly installed over 2,000 Fallout Reporting Posts across the country to track nuclear fallout in the event of an atomic attack. Now, over 60 years later, the Miami Railway Station Museum has resurrected one of these long-forgotten bunkers—this time as a museum exhibit.

June brought its share of thunderstorm activity to the Prairies.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says mid-June thunderstorms damaged crops across Western Canada, dropping pea- to toonie-sized hail.
 
CCHA member companies are investigating more than 900 claims of crop damage from hailstorms that occurred June 13-20. The majority of the claims were filed in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Farmers have been out evaluating crop damage to determine the impact, as some crops can recover depending on the damage and the stage of the crop.

Funeral For:  David H. Wiens 
Funeral Date: July 7, 2025 
David H. Wiens, 80, of Winnipeg formerly of Winkler and Carman, passed away Thursday, July 3rd at Winnipeg. He is survived by his loving wife Pat, bonus children Trish (Doug) with grandchildren Levi and Jayne (Nick); Sandra (Peter) with grandson Nathan; Junior (Linda) with grandchildren Hanna and Marcus; and daughters Angela and Terri. He also leaves his siblings John, Sarah (Penner), Mary (Dyck) and their families.