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Funeral For:  Esther Paetkau
Funeral Date: November 18, 2024 
Esther Paetkau, 76, of Winkler formerly of Morris, passed away Tuesday, November 12th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. She is survived by her husband Vic, 3 sons, and their families.  
The funeral service for Esther Paetkau will be held Monday, November 18th at 2pm at Morris Emmanuel Baptist Church with private family burial prior to the service at Lowe Farm Cemetery. 
Viewing will be held at Morris Funeral Home Friday, November 15th and Saturday, November 16th from noon to 7pm. 

Funeral For:  Katie Arseny 
Funeral Date: November 18, 2024 
Katie Arseny, 101, of Emerson formerly of Tolstoi, passed away Sunday, November 10th at Emerson Personal Care Home. She is survived by her daughter Audrey Burgess (husband Ralph) grandson Tyler from Calgary, son Wayne (partner Bev DeMontigny) from Emerson; grandchildren Cara, Braeden, Tatiana , & great-granddaughter Olivia. She was predeceased by John & Hafia Prokipchuk from Vita, 5 brothers 4 sisters.

The Southwest Cougars dropped a 4-3 decision to the Wheat Kings in Brandon Wednesday night. Reid Nichol scored the game winner 2:19 into overtime for the defending Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League champions. Slater Anderson, Cole Forbes and Connor Hoemsen with his 20th of the season did the goal scoring for the Cougars who led 3-2 until Easten Turko potted the tying goal for the Wheat Kings with 3:40 remaining in regulation. 

As the Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare for the Grey Cup game this Sunday, running back Brady Oliveira, a Winnipeg native, is reminding his teammates to keep their focus amidst the distractions.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference earlier this week, Oliveira emphasized the importance of maintaining their usual routine to stay ready for the championship showdown against the Toronto Argonauts.

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken "to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities."

The following is a news release issued by Samaritan House Ministries Inc.

Samaritan House Ministries Inc. wants to make the public aware that illegal drugs were found by one of our clients in a donated item from our food bank. Samaritan House Ministries Inc. is assisting with the investigation being conducted by Brandon Police Services.

Harvest is pretty much complete in the prairie provinces, and we are entering the time of year when plans are starting for 2025. Over the next several months, many big events will be held from conferences to trade shows and more. Some of these events focus on woman and all they bring to the industry.

With temperatures still hovering at and above seasonal norms, you may wonder when we will see any kind of lasting snow in the area.

Natalie Hasell, a Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, notes that this is an on-going trend throughout the fall months.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that testing at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.