Lexi Olifirowich

The new food bank coming to Vita now has a formal committee.

Michelle Gawronsky, Reeve for the RM of Stuartburn, says they are currently looking at partnering up with different organizations.

“Such as HyLife, Maple Leaf, any of the big industries that work through or within our community to be able to help out the Food Bank is a definite need.” 

On Tuesday afternoon there was a two-vehicle collision near St. Adolphe at the corner of Highway 75 and Highway 210. 

The Ritchot Fire Department responded to the collision along with STARS Air Ambulance.

STARS transported a male patient in his 50s in stable condition from the St. Adolphe scene to HSC in Winnipeg. 

The MHV is excited to celebrate a huge anniversary: the arrival of 23,000 Mennonites to Canada 100 years ago in 1923. 

Andrea Klassen, senior curator at Mennonite Heritage Village, gives a history lesson on the migration that started in 1923 and went until around 1929. 

Funnel clouds were spotted in Kleefeld, southwest of Steinbach, Thursday afternoon.

Tornado warnings were issued by Environment Canada for several municipalities in the area including Hanover, La Broquerie and Stuartburn.

Steinbach was also hit with a mid-day thunderstorm on Thursday.

The rain temporarily flooded some streets. There was also a power outage felt in parts of the city.

According to the Manitoba Ag Weather Network, these are some of the rainfall totals from the storm event:

Steinbach's summer street festival has added a few improvements this year. 

Carla Campbell with Summer In The City is excited about more seating at the Cultures Stage.

“We're actually working with our Cultures Stage layout to be able to open up that space a little bit better so that we can get more people around the stage and seated more comfortably because that is always a very popular area of our festival.” 

In October of 1903, Sandy Waddell caught a 15.5 foot long sturgeon that weighed 406 pounds. 

June Hormann with the Franklin Museum in Dominion City shares that Sandy Waddell’s son, James Waddell, wrote about the event afterward. 

Sandy Waddell, James Waddell, and James’ cousin Dave Waddell set out by horse and democrat to collect fees owed to Sandy Waddell for some work he had done.  

Nancy Lester is the Regional Obstetrical Education Facilitator for Southern Health-Sante Sud, and she recently won The Excellence in Nursing Education Award. 

The award is presented to a nurse who practices as a Nurse Educator in a clinical setting that encourages critical thinking and innovation in nursing practice.   

The Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba held its Annual General Meeting on May 11, where Lester won one of the 25 Professional Nursing Awards that were given out. 

Bears have been awake for about two weeks already, emerging from their dens and looking for food sources, so it's a good time to relearn some bear safety tips.

Lindsey Mitton, senior park interpreter at Birds Hill Park, says it’s important to be 'wildlife smart.' This is especially true if you like to visit parks and walking trails, or if you live in a rural area.

Shevchenko School in Vita holds library night on the first Thursday of every month where all community residents are invited to come and check out books. 

Melanie Mattson, a resource teacher for Shevchenko school and part of the library committee, says library night is a great chance to open up the school’s large library to the rest of the community. 

On Tuesday night the T.G. Smith Centre was packed with local hockey fans rooting for their team to win, among those fans were Steinbach Mayor Earl Funk and Winkler Mayor Henry Siemens. 

The Steinbach Pistons came out on top 4-2 against the Winkler Flyers to move on to round two. 

Funk was extra excited about the win as he made a playful wager with Siemens.