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Picture this scene, driving your custom, bright yellow, 1949 Ford F1 pick-up truck down Main Street (valued at $45,000, by the way) during a lazy weekend afternoon, catching glimpses and waves from your neighbours and friends as you proudly take it for a spin, and the entire time not only enjoying that ride, but doing it knowing you also helped grow the ministry of Children's Camps International (CCI).

Picture this: a giant obstacle course with trampolines, slides, climbing walls and jumping platforms–really high ones. Oh, and it floats on a lake. Now add your friends, family, bachelor or bachelorette parties, or any other get-together of fun-in-the-sun seekers.

If it sounds like the best time ever, it’s because it just might be.

“Honestly, I haven’t come across a group that hasn’t enjoyed Hoopa Island,” says Gabe Verrier. “It’s perfect for families, groups of friends and corporate events.”

Sobeys’ Steinbach location is not your ordinary supermarket franchise. An anchor store of the Clearspring Centre, it’s intentional about stocking local foodstuffs in a community where supporting nearby producers is part and parcel of life in the Southeast. 

If August 4th wasn’t already circled on the home and office calendars of the Southeast, it should be highlighted in bright colour, underlined, and then circled again, just because.

When I was pregnant with my son (now almost two years old), I remember feeling a lot of fear. Not fear about having a baby, but fear about something happening to my baby. I still remember feeling so anxious in those first few months as I counted down the days until the next ultrasound or doctor’s appointment, just so I could put my mind at ease, knowing that his little heart was still beating. I realized quickly that no matter how badly I wanted to keep my growing baby safe, it really was out of my control. Thankfully all was well and I became a mom to a strong and healthy baby boy.

“The reception we’ve got so far from the farms in the area is one of excitement to have these brands represented here.”

Abe Penner, General Manager of the recently opened LMS Ag Equipment in Steinbach, is excited to become part of the community of Steinbach & surrounding areas.

Need gravel? Mulch? Soil? Landscaping material is essential to almost any outdoor transformation. And while it may seem like a simple job, it can take days and an entire team to move it in.

When you need the job done quickly and precisely, Blayne Lounsbury at Accurate Slinging in Treherne is your guy.

Blayne started Accurate Slinging at the beginning of spring 2023, happy to show off the magic of his new gravel truck.

But, this gravel truck is more than meets the eye. No – it’s not a transformer – but, as Blayne explains, it’s still pretty awesome.

There was a time when a farm or estate auction meant Brad Kehler would be pulling up in his sound truck to provide live auctioneering. Those days aren’t necessarily over, although the auction sales industry has certainly had to adapt to new technology and more agile buyers. 

A widely loved and established franchise in the Pembina Valley is celebrating the grand opening of its new location in Winkler. Smitty's, located in the Quality Inn & Suites at the corner of Main Street and Highway 14, has been serving all your favourites for several months now, but is holding its official ribbon cutting today (Friday, July 21st)

You can ask Colin Dyck about his basketball, but don’t expect him to take much credit for his quite impressive talent. He’d rather direct attention elsewhere.

“I’m a proud follower of Jesus,” he says. “I love to show my hard work ethic through basketball and I love to glorify God in what I do.”