Barry Lamb

The Somerset Community Hall Committee has received a $15,000.00 grant from the Westoba Credit Union Inspire Program to create accessible washroom facilities at the Somerset Community Hall. 

The funds will be used to update the hall facilities to meet current accessibility requirements. "The current handicap stalls are not large enough for a person in a wheelchair to be able to use the washroom, and the sinks are also not accessible for someone in a wheelchair," said Rick Sierens President of the Somerset Community Hall Board. 

The board members of the Rock Lake United Church camp were pleased to see so many people show up for their annual general meeting Sunday afternoon in Crystal City.

Due to a lack of staff the youth summer camps have been cancelled for 2023 but board chair David Manning says discussions at the AGM made it clear church members want to do whatever is needed to get the July and August camps back in 2024.

Overland flood waters are impacting a number of roads in the Municipality of Killarney Turtle Mountain.

Mayor Janice Smith says crews working and monitoring the rural roads report several have water issues and a few have been closed. “We’re pretty wet and the roads are soft. About 70 per cent of the roads south of town have water running over them.”

Smith hopes rainfall amounts don’t climb too high because that could put the municipality in what she calls a troublesome spot.

Work to repair a water line leak in Boissevain got underway Monday morning but it would be mid week at the earliest before a boil water advisory can be lifted.

Town foreman Doug Harper said an aging clamp on a water line on Stephen Street let go and caused the leak. Water samples will be sent to a lab in Winnipeg for testing before the advisory is lifted.

“The rule is that you have to have two consecutive tests pass and that’s one test per day before we can lift the boil water advisory,” said Doug Harper.

The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon brought out the crowds last week.

Their pinnacle event, The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF), is held annually during Manitoba’s March spring break. A tourism highlight in Western Canada, the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is one of Western Canada’s largest agricultural events and the largest annual event to be held in Brandon, Manitoba.

The six-day show at the Keystone Centre featured horses, other livestock, family entertainment and children’s activities not to mention all the fair food.

The 2023 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF) in Brandon is underway and will continue for the next six days ending on Saturday night of April 1st.

The RMWF is the premier event hosted by the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. That group also hosts the summer fair and cattle show in the fall.

One of Western Canada's largest exhibitions will get underway today at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. 

The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF) runs six days and includes a program filled with events that will appeal to all members of the family. The fair is the largest annual event to be held in the city.

Wayne Buhr is co-chair of the RMWF, and he says the winter fair is their premier event as far as the size of the program and the crowds that come through the doors.

One of Western Canada's largest exhibitions will get underway Monday at the Keystone Centre in Brandon.

The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF) runs six days and includes a program filled with events that will appeal to all members of the family.

Wayne Buhr is co-chair of the RMWF, and he says the winter fair is their premier event as far as the size of the program and crowds that come through the doors.

A choir made up of singers from across Western Manitoba is going on a road trip later this month.

Konektis is a choir that has been performing in Western Manitoba for many years and, in 2023, the group will be heading for a special concert at Carnegie Hall. The trip to New York is for the concert called Canadians at Carnegie. 

Konektis will be one of six choirs from Canada that will be taking to the stage, including two from Ontario and others from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, on April 1st.

The museum in Pilot Mound is in a new and larger location and board chair Heather Brewster is thrilled to have more space to showcase area artifacts.

The Pilot Mound & District Museum has been a fixture in the community since 1954.

"We used to be in the basement of the library and had 900 square feet to work with and now we're in the Millennium Complex and the library has 2,300 square feet for displays," said Brewster.