Robyn Wiebe

A arrest warrant was issued for a suspect after the investigation into a report of a flatbed trailer stolen from a business on Cargill Road was made on February 27th. According to the Winkler Police Service (WPS) report, a different trailer had been stolen from this business several days earlier.  

Reinfeld's Vanessa Popp was a quiet and sleepy baby but started talking at one year. She is a very active girl and loves her two brothers. She likes to create things using Play-Doh. Her mom, Lydia said she is kind of shy with strangers but once she gets comfortable with someone, she is quite a talker and loves to tell stories. 

Here is her story. 

Almost seven years ago, Vanessa came into the world 10 weeks prematurely, with the first weeks of her life spent in Winnipeg in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

This year Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, started on Monday, March 11th and during this time Muslims around the world will refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset, avoid impure thoughts, and bad behavior until the end of Ramadan, which is estimated to be on April 9th, according to the lunar, Islamic calendar, this depends on the sighting of the new moon. 

Winkler's Zahid Zehri explained further.

It's no secret, more doctors are needed to meet the growing population in the Pembina Valley. Visits like the Rural Interest Group brought thirty first- and second-year medical students from the University of Manitoba for a day of hands-on experience and for the first time during one of these visits. According to Menzies Medical Centre Executive Director Nicole Walske, a diverse panel of doctors from Menzies and C.W.

At Monday's Western School Division (WSD) Board meeting, WSD Assistant Superintendent Marianne Fenn spoke on the Chronic Absenteeism Report and put it in context of the division.      

She said the province believes and WSD agrees on this... 

Second year medical student Vienna Peters is from Morden, She is also the co-president of the Rural Interest Group (RIG), a team of six medical students that work and collaborate with the rural health regions to bring mainly first and second year medical students to the different regions for clinical skills training, networking and giving them an opportunity to learn about rural life and what rural opportunities are available in rural regions across Manitoba.  

Morden Chamber of Commerce and 500 Stephen Street Community Centre hosted a sold-out lunch for International Women's Day Friday afternoon. 

Chamber Executive Director Clare Agnew said it was an awesome event with women sharing their stories and inspiring and encouraging one another. 

Today is International Women’s Day (March 8th). According to the IWD website, this day is set aside to recognize and to celebrate women’s accomplishments and to educate and to raise awareness about equality for women and to call for positive change for women.

Do you know someone in Morden who has a long history of doing great work and who has volunteered in the community for years?  

Morden Area Foundation (MAF) Board Member Lenore Laverty said you should nominate them for the Citizen of Distinction Award. 

Not quite a year after starting up, Valley Motorsports Association (VMA) held the first annual general meeting with 43 members in attendance. It was a celebration of accomplishments and plans were made for the future.   

President Chris Unrau said it's exciting to be gaining a critical mass of people who are excited about motorsports in the region, proving there is an appetite for the sport locally.