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Funeral For: Reuben Wellington Kehler 
Funeral Date: October 2, 2024 
Reuben Wellington Kehler, 88, of Winnipeg passed away Sunday, September 22nd at Seven Oaks General Hospital. He is survived by 2 daughters, 2 sons, and their families. He was predeceased by his wife Tina. 
The funeral service for Reuben Wellington Kehler will be held Wednesday, October 2nd at 11am at Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach with burial at Glen Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Winnipeg. 
Viewing will be at the chapel 1 hour prior to the service. 

Canada's foreign ministry expressed alarm about its shrinking ability to counter foreign disinformation online due to limited access to data and the evolving tactics of adversaries, a newly released memo shows. 

The memo, tabled Wednesday at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, noted Canada had led the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to identify and respond to threats to democracy through open-source data analytics. 

The Winnipeg Jets picked up their first win of the exhibition schedule Wednesday night at Canada Life Centre. Kaapo Kahkonen made 26 saves in Winnipeg's 6-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Brad Lambert and Colin Miller scored power play goals while Adam Lowry added a shorthanded marker. Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk also scored for the Jets who play their fourth of six pre-season games Friday against the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul.

You may not expect Eurasian wild boars to be causing problems in Manitoba but that's exactly what's been happening for several years now.

Wild pigs are a growing issue in the province and pose a significant threat to both the environment and local agriculture. Dr. Wayne Lees is the project coordinator for squeal on pigs in Manitoba and is working to control the problem. Lees explained that these animals were introduced in the 1980s and some escaped over the years. Those animals have since reproduced and pockets of the boars have created concern. Lees tells us why.

Scarecrow Days is returning to Souris this weekend, marking its 33rd year of celebrating the Fall season in a fun and unique way.

Committee Chair, Loretta Turner, says the weekend revolves around the townwide yard sales that also feature characters from the different themes.  In the past, participants have dressed up their front yard scarecrows as characters of different genres of movies, such as the 1990's, or their favorite music-theme, or characters of their favorite fairy tales.

Canfax data for the week ending September 20th highlights the activity in the Prairie Auction Marts.

In Manitoba, the average feeder steer prices ranged from $278.69 per hundred weight for the 901+ category to $467 per hundred weight for the 400 to 500 pound animals.

Feeder heifers prices averaged $276.83 per hundred weight for the 901+ weights to $386 per hundred weight for the 401 to 500 pound heifers.

D1, D2 cows averaged $170.93 per hundred weight, with D3's $159.75 per hundred weight, and Bulls $216.53 per hundred weight.

The Liberal minority government has survived a vote of non-confidence in the House of Commons by a count of 211-120.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre put forward the motion asking MPs to declare they did not have confidence in the prime minister or his government.

Poilievre failed to get the support of other opposition parties to bring the government down.

The Bloc Québécois and the NDP voted against the motion.

If the non-confidence motion had passed it would have defeated the government and very likely triggered an immediate election campaign.

At least two Canadians have died in the escalating violence in Lebanon, which has members of Parliament discussing a possible evacuation of Canadian citizens from the country.

"We are devastated by the loss of two Canadians, but the entire Lebanese people are (also) suffering right now — women, children, innocents," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

"This is a horrific situation," he told reporters on Parliament Hill, repeating his earlier calls for both Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate.

The following is the RCMP report to September 23, 2024.  This reporting period, police responded to the following calls for service.

- 29 traffic violations

- 19 provincial statute (Mental Health Act, Fire Prevention Act, Coroner's Act, 911 Act)

- 30 common police activities (alarms, suspicious persons/vehicles, assistance to general public)

- 41 crimes against property 

- 16 other criminal code

- 9 crimes against person

- 7 traffic accidents

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Dauphin RCMP make large seizure after traffic stop

Media Release - Sept 25, 2024

On September 22, 2024, at approximately 6:45 pm, Dauphin RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Mountain Avenue in Dauphin as part of an ongoing investigation. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle by activating the lights and sirens on the police vehicle, the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.