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This week marks Mental Health Week across Canada, and in the Pembina Valley, the Eden Foundation is encouraging people to have real conversations about mental health and to seek help when they need it. 

The Winnipeg Jets came up short in Game 1 of their second-round series against the Dallas Stars, falling 3–2 at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday night.

Despite a late-game surge and pulling Connor Hellebuyck for the extra attacker, the Jets couldn’t find the tying goal and now trail the best-of-seven series 1–0.

The Morris Robotics team registered some of its best scores of the season, and it happened during Day 1 of the VEX World Championships, presented by the REC Foundation, in Dallas, Texas.

Round 2 of the NHL Playoffs has begun, and with it, the PV Cup competition intensifies! Sixteen local businesses were paired with the NHL playoff teams, and now, only eight remain in the hunt for the PV Cup. The winning business will not only hoist our Stanley Cup replica for a year but also receive 150 FREE radio commercials, while the runner-up earns 100 free commercials.

It's been many years in the making for Altona's Maxine Penner (Maxine Jade on-stage) when it comes to her debut album, titled "A Collection of Affection" it features many songs that started as poetry, which she later added music to, some songs that have been waiting to see the stage for years and some that are recent creations with the help of some musical friends.

The number of measles cases in Manitoba has jumped to 20, and health officials say some of the recent cases had no contact with previous ones.

Dr. Davinder Singh, a medical officer of health for the Southern health region, says that's concerning because it's unclear where those people became infected.

Most of the cases have been in the Southern health region and Singh says it is connected to the area's low vaccination rate.

Strong nitrogen fertilizer demand is butting up against tight supplies in some regions of the world, says an analyst.

India is the world’s top importer of the product.

Indian urea demand surged to 38.8 million tonnes in 2024-25, an eight per cent increase over the previous year, according to Argus Media.

That was due in part to tight supplies of diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer during the winter (rabi) crop season.

The Canadian Football League announced on Wednesday that it has suspended Zach Collaros of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers one regular-season game for failing to respond to requests for drug testing by officials from the Canadian Centre fo Ethics in Sports (CEES).

Following the league annoucement, the Blue Bombers released this statement:

Manitoba Environment and Climate Change is encouraging residents to test their well water or cistern to detect coliforms and E. coli in their water supply.

The ideal time to conduct these tests is in the spring, especially after a flood or heavy rainstorm.

Changes in the colour, clarity, odor, or taste of well or cistern water are also indicators that testing should be done. The Private Well Testing Subsidy Program, in collaboration with Duracan Laboratory in Winnipeg, offers these tests at a subsidized cost for private well and cistern owners once per year.

It was Altona vs. Altona as two of the Angels U13 softball teams took to the club's new diamond for the first time Tuesday night. 

The first pitch was thrown on the community's newest softball diamond last night, just over a year after the Angels softball club cast a vision for improved facilities. Over the fall and spring, volunteers worked tirelessly to relocate a diamond to the northwest corner of Ecole West Park School's property and convert it into a full clay facility in time for the 2025 season.