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Funeral For:  John Funk 
Funeral Date: April 5, 2025 
John Funk, 81, of Grunthal passed away Tuesday, April 1st at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Anne, 1 daughter, 2 sons, and their families.  
A memorial service for John Funk will be held Saturday, April 5th at 4pm at Birchwood Funeral Chapel with private family burial at Grunthal Cemetery. 
Arrangements by Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach.
 

We are back with more Country Thunder tickets to give away!

Tyler Hubbard, Nate Smith, and Madeline Merlo are playing alongside headliner Riley Green on July 10 at the Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg and we want YOU to be there.

Listen to the Country 88 morning show with Ty Hildebrand to find out how you can win the Big Ticket!

It'll be $15.9 million in spending for the Municipality of Rhineland in 2025/26.
    
According to Reeve Don Wiebe, any increases are due to growing operating costs and the Municipality's first installment in a 10-year funding commitment to the Pembina Valley Water Co-op.

"Our operating costs are up over five per cent," he explained. 

The best of the best has once again been singled out and selected for the Altona & District Chamber of Commerce annual awards.

The Business Excellence Award for companies with eleven (11) employees or more is proudly awarded to Bunge. 

Steph and Ryan Suderman are the parents of three children. Of course, a house full of the vitality of young lives always stays busy, but for the Sudermans, who live in Winkler, life is especially eventful.  

Their oldest child, Hayden, is a beam of sunshine who turns nine this summer. She enjoys cuddles from her family and school like a typical child of her age, but one thing that stands out about her is how much she has had to fight through her childhood. 

Spring is in the air, and what better way to welcome the season than with a captivating live performance? Every Piece of Me, a locally written and directed "dramedy," is set to take the stage at the Kenmor Theatre. This heartfelt and humorous production, penned by Darien Dawley, explores the complexities of family secrets, identity, and the passage of time—all wrapped up in an engaging and emotional story.

One of the most common places for a house fire to start is in the kitchen, according to Winkler Fire Chief Richard Paetzald, and he says it is often a thing that can be prevented, with the right amount of preparation and know-how.  

“It doesn’t matter where you go—up north, down south, here, cooking is something that’s common to everybody."  

For Ashley Braun, getting a jump on civic involvement early in life runs in the family.  

The Pembina Valley native recently travelled to Ottawa for the Forum for Young Canadians, a program that encourages youths to learn about Canada and how it functions.  

A spokesperson for Canadian Foodgrains Bank says they are very grateful for a recent funding announcement by our federal government. The Canadian government is providing a $4 million grant for Canadian Foodgrains Bank to address the growing hunger crisis in Sudan. 

According to Canadian Foodgrains Bank, nearly 25 million people in Sudan are facing acute hunger since the outbreak of civil war in April 2023. That makes up more than half the population. As many as 640,000 people are already experiencing famine-like conditions in five identified areas.

Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are set to hear a verdict today in the joint trial over their roles in the mass protest against pandemic health measures that rolled into Ottawa more than three years ago.

Lich and Barber were both charged with mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law in relation to their roles in the 2022 protest that drew thousands of demonstrators to Ottawa for three weeks.

Their trial wrapped up in September after hearing 45 days of evidence and legal arguments.