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The Garden Valley School Division (GVSD) has several projects planned across different school sites, set to take place over the course of the summer 

“Our maintenance team is going to be very busy over the summer, as they usually are,” said GVSD Secretary Treasurer Kevin Vovchuk. “We are doing some meeting room renovations at GVC and GVC Tech.”  

Southern Health-Sante Sud is urging families to check their immunization records as measles cases continue to surge across the region.

Dr. Mahmoud Khodaveisi, Medical Officer of Health for Southern Health-Santé Sud, says the outbreak is concentrated in the southern part of the province.

“Since the beginning of this year, 113 cases as of June 14th reported in Manitoba,” notes Khodaveisi. “This is an underestimate of the real number of cases.”

We had a fantastic time celebrating our last classroom of the month for 2024-25, Mrs. Mac's grade 2 class at JR Walkof School in Winkler!

Canada's elections commissioner said Wednesday she has no evidence to suggest the federal election result in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation — even though the volume of complaints about the campaign shot way up.

In a preliminary report, Commissioner Caroline Simard said her office received more than 16,000 complaints about the spring campaign that ended on April 28 — seven times the number of complaints received in the 2019 and 2021 elections.

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is said to be recovering after collapsing on the Senate floor on Wednesday in the midst of debate on the federal government's major projects bill.

Brazeau, 50, rose to speak shortly after 4 p.m. before falling over sideways onto the floor.

A Senate spokesman says Brazeau appears to be recovering following an examination by paramedics.

Warning: The following video contains mild foul language and a medical event.

It was an emotional day as family and friends of Eli Jashyn were among the crowd that celebrated the grand opening of the multi-sport court in Morris last week. 
    
Incorporated into the new facility is a bench in memory of Eli, who passed away from cancer in 2022 at the age of 15. He would have graduated high school with his peers this past week.

Crops seem to be in good shape at this point in the growing season, at least that's the case at Froese Enterprise in Reinfeld. 
    
Randy Froese says recent shots of rain have been very helpful in advancing the crop. 

"Corn is a little bit ahead of what it normally would be, which is nice. The canola is just starting to bloom (and) we're getting to the point where we'll be putting our fungicide applications on shortly. Dry beans are coming along very, very nicely, as well as soybeans."

As well, Froese says what rain we've had, has been timely.

A driver was taken off the road after an encounter with Altona police officers last week Friday.
    
According to authorities, officers spotted the motorist, who was known to be unlicensed, driving with a young child in the vehicle. Eventually, it was determined the driver had also consumed liquor before getting behind the wheel.
    
Police say the driver failed a roadside test and was issued an immediate roadside suspension, and their vehicle was towed. 

In part one of a two part conversation with former MJHL coach Harry Mahesh, who is now an assistant coach with the AHL champions Abbotsford Canucks of the AHL, he talks about his time in the MJHL as a player and coach, re-discovering his love of the game and more.

Being called a champion is still taking some getting used to, according to Mahesh. "I mean, it really hasn't fully sunk in yet," he says from his home in British Columbia. "It's got a nice ring to it, though."

"You run 4.1667 miles or 6.7 kilometres every hour. Then, with the time remaining, you sit down, rest, eat up, and then do it all again at the top of the next hour. It's a last-man-standing type of event. The world record has gone over 100 hours, so 4 1/2 days and 450 miles.” 

This is how Lee Siemens described the Backyard Ultra, a race created by Gary Cantrell, also known as Lazarus Lake.