Candace Derksen

Today is the final day for Carman and R.M. of Dufferin residents to outline their safety needs and concerns, and their well-being, through a community-driven survey.
    
"We want our community to feel safe," explained Public Education Safety Coordinator, Monica Halbesma. "If we can get this data, then we can see where some of the issues are that people feel where, as a community, we could improve."

For over 100 years the Salvation Army has blessed people in need around the holidays and they're kicking off their Christmas Kettle campaign with an inspiring breakfast. 

"The city of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba have been incredibly supportive of the work of the Salvation Army, knowing it makes a difference in the lives of their neighbours," says Major Al Hoeft, the Divisional Secretary for Public Relations of the Salvation Army, Prairie Division. 

There were only minor injuries in a semi/SUV crash on Highway 75 Wednesday afternoon.
    
According to RCMP, a 74-year-old woman from Ontario was heading north in her SUV when she missed her turn on to Marchand Road. The crash happened when she attempted to turn around. 
    
As a result, about 4 kms of the northbound lanes of Highway 75 were closed for just over an hour.
    
The woman was ticketed under the Highway Traffic Act. 

The Town of Altona is remedying a vulnerability that was exposed in May 2022 when flood waters threatened to breach its western perimeter.
    

Municipality of Rhineland Council has decided how it will raise its portion of a landmark, multi-municipality commitment to the Pembina Valley Water Co-op (PVWC).
    
In August, all 14 of the PVWC's member municipalities agreed to provide a total of $15 million over the next 10 years in order to get going on an aggressive capital infrastructure program, with larger users paying more than smaller users.

"It is always good to see that what really is a unique hobby, and small hobby, can be used in our community in a way that gives back to so many organizations that give back to the people of our community." 

That from Alex Loewen, President of the Legends Car Club, as he reflected on another successful year of giving for the organization. 

In total, the car club doled out $48,781.53 in 2024 to organizations that serve the Pembina Valley. 

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is sharing an experience he had during a recent visit to the Prairie Green Landfill in hopes of offering a new perspective on the search currently underway at the facility, located northwest of Winnipeg, for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, the missing women believed to be buried there.

Accompanied by the women's families, who also brought with them their spiritual supports, one of which was a Christian pastor, Kinew says the moment happened on their way back down the hill.

Altona's Buffalo Creek Nature Pond was the scene of a harrowing rescue Wednesday as volunteers with Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre, located in Île-des-Chênes, set out to retrieve an injured Mallard duck from the water.

"It would have been a very long, slow, painful death."

The duck had been living there all summer and, with the help of locals, rehab centre officials had been monitoring its situation. 

A driver was ticketed $822 and issued a Serious Offense notice this past week after police caught them doing 159 km/h in a 100 km/h zone heading east on Highway 3 out of Morden. 
    
This was just one of 18 speeding tickets doled out by Morden police officers October 15th-21st.
    
Also highlighted in the department's latest regular report to the public; 9 tickets to drivers not wearing their seatbelts, and 5 tickets for disobeying a traffic control device, namely a stop sign.

Altona residents are being encouraged to continue their composting habits as Council works through potential changes with the current pick up service provider.

The Town's contract with Green Opportunities is set to end on January 31st, but Mayor Harv Schroeder is assuring the community that Council is actively seeking viable alternatives in order to guarantee the ongoing service. 

Additionally, officials say they do not anticipate any interruptions to compost collection for residents in the foreseeable future.