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Winkler Police Service is looking for assistance in identifying the person in the picture above. 

The individual is a person of interest, and may be able to provide police with information regarding a theft.

The image is being released for identification purposes only. The subject may, or may not, be responsible for the aforementioned crime. 

If you are able to identify the person, please contact the police department at 204-325-0829.

Family, friends and the community gathered Friday evening at Morden's 55+ Activity Centre to celebrate the silver medal Colleen Voth won in 10-pin bowling at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games held June 17th to 25th in Berlin, Germany.

After showers throughout Friday and Saturday, the damp conditions this weekend continued overnight into Sunday morning.

“As we talked about throughout the week, that low pressure system moving through the Dakotas has been throwing wave after wave of precipitation northward,” explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. “We have had some breaks in the rain, and there were even some peeks of sunshine late Saturday afternoon in areas east of the Red River. We may see the same thing Sunday, but I would expect another mainly cloudy, damp day, for the most part.”

Thursday through this morning appears to be the start of what's looking likely to be a rainy weekend, at times, throughout Southern Manitoba. Our PembinaValleyOnline Rainwatchers were quick to call in totals, with many regions still much drier than usual at this point in the season.

A Winkler event was part of Wednesday's "1 Million March 4 Children" marches held across the country Wednesday. The Winkler march started at Bethel Heritage Park, and saw participants take a route through a portion of the city.

According to the march's website, the group is, "Uniting diverse backgrounds and faiths, we share a resolute purpose: advocating for the elimination of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology and mixed bathrooms in schools."

And really, what can we say about Tuesday?. A burst of Summer weather in the middle of September. Lots of sunshine and heat had a lot of people thinking it was the middle of July! It looked like a lot of people were trying to take advantage of it, with bike and walking paths full last night, and the odd lawnmower going, too.

Morden Police had a busy 2-week period with numerous tickets issued under the Highway Traffic Act, including 8 tickets given to motorists with a heavy foot.
    
Fines for speeding ranged from $246 for driving 25 km/hour over the posted speed limit.
    

The biggest fine, a ticket of $482 was given to another motorist clocked going 133 km/hour in a 100 km/h zone.

A low pressure system tracking through the province brought the single highest rainfall event of the season for some locations on Tuesday. That from our PembinaValleyOnline Rainwatchers, who across the board welcomed the precipitation, even if it meant a pause on combining.

Light rain showers Monday morning had our Rainwatchers checking their gauges to start the work week.

“The area of precipitation, primarily, kept along Highway 23 southward, with the highest totals right along Highway 3 and 14,” said CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. “Yesterday’s moisture could be the first of several chances of shower activity this week.”

The following totals are courtesy PembinaValleyOnline Rainwatchers, Environment Canada and the Manitoba Ag Weather Network:

Snowflake – 11.8mm

Windygates – 11.7mm

Clearwater – 10.3mm

Breezy, gusty, blustery or windy... no matter how you describe the wind was being talked about Wednesday. Yesterday, Environment Canada issued a Special Weather Statement for much of Southern Manitoba ahead of what was expected to be a pretty windy day, with gusts up to 80 km/h possible in the Red River Valley and other regions of the province.