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Residents of The Manor at Gardens on Tenth in Altona are fully enjoying recently updated and accessible suites.
    

It will be a first Saturday, May 3rd in Altona, with the community having its first town wide garage sale. It's being organized by Tina Schmidt, Richard Bage and Marty Falk, three well known collectible and antique enthusiasts in the community.

VEX Robotics World Championship 2025

The 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the REC Foundation, will be held May 6-14, 2025, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The annual event brings together the top VEX IQ Robotics Competition, VEX V5 Robotics Competition, and VEX U Robotics Competition teams from around the globe to celebrate their accomplishments and be crowned champions.

Garden Valley School Division (GVSD) has put together its latest five-year capital plan, laying out a familiar list of infrastructure priorities. 

Submitted annually alongside its operating budget, the capital plan gives the province a snapshot of long-term facility needs across the division. GVSD Secretary Treasurer Kevin Vovchuk said that list is put together in consultation with the division’s maintenance team. 

“My employment at Winkler Plumbing started unintentionally. I stopped by to pick up parts for a project I was working on and jokingly asked if they were hiring. Abe Kauenhofen (founder of WPH) asked me to come for an interview, and the rest is history.

Like everyone else, I started as a grunt. I was behind the shovel and did a lot of digging. It included a lot of the not so fun things that you do when you start new a new job, but I learned so much. I enjoyed the physicality of it, making things from scratch and meeting new people. And every job was different.”

Asher Cortez has loved the game of basketball since he was young and through hard work, dedication and passion, he was named to a special event, as well as being named to the AAA All Manitoba Team.

Thinking back to when his love of the game started, Cortez says it's because of someone very special. "Back in my country in the Philippines, I saw my dad playing basketball and I really liked it," the young star explains. "He saw me one time playing just for fun and he saw potential in me. As I grew up, he trained me, that's really how it all got started."

Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday.

In his concession speech early Tuesday morning, Poilievre indicated he would stay on as leader. The Conservative party did not respond when asked Wednesday whether he has officially decided to stay.

"My view is he's not going anywhere," said Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's former campaign manager and a former director of communications for former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Wally Daudrich, who was recently defeated in the race to lead Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives, says he remains a "loyal" member of the party and still plans on seeking the Tory nomination to run in a byelection.

The hotel owner and longtime party board member says he hopes to run uncontested in the Spruce Woods constituency.

"I've been vetted (by) the party. I have gone through all those hoops … and I believe I'm ready to run as a candidate," Daudrich said in an interview Wednesday. 

The Winnipeg Jets are back in control of their first-round playoff series after a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night at Canada Life Centre. The win gives Winnipeg a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 in St. Louis.

Kyle Connor led the charge for the Jets with a goal and two assists, helping to energize a raucous Whiteout crowd and secure a critical win on home ice.