Local News

Two families and the aviation community are in mourning, after a tragic plane crash earlier this week.   

At 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, emergency services were notified of the wreckage of two small, single-engine aircraft in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. 

Members of the Slavic Baptist Church youth group recently attended the Manitoba Passion Play for what proved to be a moving and memorable experience — with several first-time attendees deeply impacted by seeing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus portrayed on stage.

“It was like I was in the time of Jesus”

For youth leader Ivan, it was his first time attending a Passion Play.

The Morden Corn and Apple Festival is introducing a brand-new 50/50 raffle to support its free, family-friendly weekend, and it’s live now and open to Manitoba residents aged 18 and up. 

Festival chair Nathan Knight says the raffle is one more way to help cover rising costs while keeping the event accessible. 

On July 3rd at approximately 8:13 p.m., Winkler Police received a complaint from a staff member at a local store concerning two females who exited the store without paying for “a large amount of merchandise,” according to the service’s weekly police report. 

According to the complainant, the pair fled with a third female waiting in a vehicle.  

Manitoba Public Insurance is reminding drivers across the province that peeling licence plates are more than just an eyesore—they’re a growing safety concern.

Tara Seel, media and public relations lead for MPI, says deteriorating plates make it harder for both technology and law enforcement to monitor unsafe driving.

St. Malo Beach is back to regular levels of bacteria after a brief spike earlier this month, and a swimming advisory that was in place has been lifted.

The Manitoba government sets a recreational water quality guideline of 200 E. coli per 100mL of water. On July 2, St. Malo Beach tested at 315 E. coli per sample, with levels increasing to 404 on July 7.

The iconic Red River log church nestled in the prairie just west of Poplar Point is looking particularly polished these days. After nearly two years of careful restoration work, St. Anne’s Anglican Church, built in 1859 and still holding regular services, has reopened its doors.

The first post-renovations service took place on June 8th, and tomorrow, July 13th, marks the second since the $24,000 exterior project was completed. For long-time church warden Monica Griffiths, it's been a long time coming.

Emergency crews were on scene of a fire south of Okotoks Friday evening around 8 p.m.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Smoke could be seen from several kilometres away. 

An update is expected. 

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is keen to advise lake-goers and residents of Cypress Hills about harmful bacteria in Loch Leven. 

Loch Leven beach, located in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, is closed until further notice due to a rising E.Coli presence in the water. 

The closure includes a temporary ban on swimming and fishing as the water may pose a health risk.

For more information, contact Environmental Public Health at (306) 778-5280. 

Airdrie-Cochrane MLA Peter Guthrie continues to express no confidence in the third-party investigation led by retired Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant, whom Premier Danielle Smith’s administration appointed to look into allegations of corruption in health care contracts.

Guthrie says the information being shared with Wyant is controlled by the Smith administration and believes the ongoing investigations by the RCMP and Alberta’s Auditor General will be more revealing.