Judy Peters

The Manitoba Government has committed to financially supporting dedicated police resources to establish a provincial-level integrated child abuse response that will connect child victims and their families from across Manitoba. 

Premier Heather Stefanson says they will receive wraparound, child-centred supports. 

There is a lot to celebrate this year at one of North America’s birding hot spots. 

It is the 30th anniversary of the Oak Hammock Marsh Discovery Centre and the 50th anniversary of the marsh itself. 

The wildlife management area got a lot of help from Ducks Unlimited Canada, an organization that is celebrating its 85th anniversary, which is in the same building as the interpretive center. 

Artifacts are coming to Steinbach for a special exhibit to commemorate 100 years since the start of the Mennonite migration from Russia to Canada. 

Mennonite Heritage Village is bringing back the Russlaender exhibit, which was on display in 2019. This time around, they are changing some of the artifacts. 

Senior curator Andrea Klassen says a 7-stringed guitar is the most recent item that has been added to the display this year. 

Manitoba Government House Leader, Kelvin Goertzen, is optimistic about legislation being passed this spring that would bring Manitoba closer to ending the seasonal time changes. 

“There is legislation right now that's before the legislature, that I would expect to pass by June,” he says. “It won't end the changing of the time in the spring and the fall unless that's what happens across the border on the US side.” 

Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen is optimistic about legislation being passed this spring that would bring Manitoba closer to ending the seasonal time changes. 

“There is legislation right now that's before the legislature, that I would expect to pass by June,” he says. “It won't end the changing of the time in the spring and the fall unless that's what happens across the border on the US side.” 

The Steinbach Legion is dipping into its Poppy Fund to provide mobility aids to a veteran living in Vita. 

President Bill Richards says the Legion was notified by an occupational therapist that a lift chair and motorized scooter would greatly improve the quality of life for Wayne Malmsten. 

“This gentleman, up until Saturday, was actually using an old lazy boy chair on pieces of two by four,” Richards reports. 

The St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP, along with Major Crime Services, continue to search for 28-year-old Breanna Lee Hudson and 29-year-old Shaquille MacFarlane. 

We can join a free worldwide event this weekend while making a valuable contribution to science with the 26th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count which runs from Friday to Monday. 

Conservation biologist Matt Gasner with Nature Conservancy of Canada says there are some really good reasons we should consider participating in this worldwide bird count. 

The federal government can expect continued pressure from Manitoba’s Justice Minister to make changes to the Criminal Code to keep violent offenders behind bars. 

Kelvin Goertzen, also the MLA for Steinbach, says this concern has also been raised by other provinces. 

The federal government can expect continued pressure from Manitoba’s Justice Minister to make changes to the Criminal Code to keep violent offenders behind bars. 

Kelvin Goertzen says this concern has also been raised by other provinces.