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2024 and 2025 marked the 150th anniversaries of Mennonite communities in Manitoba and in this season of Still Speaking, host Conrad Stoesz from the Mennonite Heritage Archives is sharing true historical stories around this theme.

Funeral For:  Helen Klassen 
Funeral Date: November 2, 2024 
Helen Klassen, 89, of Steinbach passed away Saturday, October 26th at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. She is survived by her husband John, 1 daughter, 3 sons, 3 sisters, 2 brothers and their families. She was predeceased by 1 sister, 1 sister-in-law, and 2 brothers-in-law. 
The funeral service for Helen Klassen will be held Saturday, November 2nd at 11am at Birchwood Funeral Chapel with burial at Heritage Cemetery. 

Funeral For:  Margaret Graefer
Funeral Date: October 30, 2024 
Margaret Graefer, 95, of Portage La Prairie formerly of Winkler, passed away Friday, October 25th at Douglas Campbell Lodge. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 3 brothers. 
A memorial service for Margaret Graefer will be held Wednesday, October 30th at 1pm at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Winkler with burial prior to the service.  
Donations may be made to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler.  

The 2024 golf season is over. Golf Manitoba executive director Jared Ladobruk will join Clayton Dreger on Off the Tee which airs Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CJRB Radio 1220.

Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one. 

She was eight years old and still adjusting to the shock of an Ottawa winter after recently moving from Halifax, where she and her mom arrived in Canada from Sudan about two years earlier. One day she saw her pregnant mother approaching their home, trudging through snow and carrying a “big bag of toys.”

Golf Manitoba's Annual General Meeting and Awards Reception will be held tonight at the St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. The finalists for the 2024 Female Amateur Golfer of the Year award are Charmaine Hayden, Addison Kartusch, Jeri Lafleche and Rhonda Orr. The Male finalists are Zostrianos Giordani-Gross, Braxton Kuntz, Allan McDonald and Marco Trstenjak.

Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but retaining its iron grip on rural areas to secure victory.

Moe’s party was shut out by Carla Beck’s NDP in Regina and lost all but two seats in Saskatoon.

But it found enough support everywhere else to be elected in 35 seats in the 61-seat legislature, compared with 26 for the NDP.

"Thank you once again, Saskatchewan for placing your trust in our party, the Saskatchewan Party," Moe said as supporters in Shellbrook clapped and whooped.

The Bloc Québécois is poised to begin talks with other parties to bring down the minority Liberal government, which has not met its deadline to pass two key bills.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet set the deadline last month, putting the Liberals on notice that to avoid an election "before Christmas" they must adopt a pair of private member's bills.

One of the Bloc bills aimed at safeguarding supply management in trade negotiations has the support of the government and is being studied by the Senate.

Everyone knows that one way to become legendary on Halloween is to give out full-sized candy bars. What may be less well known, however, is how to give them out in a way that welcomes and includes every child. 

Small changes, big impact  

As the evening of tricks and treats approaches, planning accessible ways to partake in the day’s traditions can ensure that everyone has a safe and fun time.  

Premier Wab Kinew presented the heroes from the first response team for their work at the Carberry Tragedy last year with Order of the Buffalo Hunt.