PembinaValley

Funeral For:  Yadwiga Nadia Dyck 
Funeral Date: June 23, 2025 
Yadwiga Nadia Dyck, 92, of Steinbach passed away Thursday, June 12th at Rest Haven Care Home. She is survived by 3 daughters, 1 son, 8 grandchildren, 3 sisters, 2 brothers, 3 sisters-in-law, 4 brothers-in-law, and their families.  
The funeral service for Yadwiga Nadia Dyck will be held Monday, June 23rd at 11am at Birchwood Funeral Chapel with burial at Grunthal Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at the chapel prior to the service. 
Donations may be made to MCC Ukrainian Crisis Response. 

Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison today announced $3.4 million over four years to support the development of two new facilities at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) which includes the Omics Resource Centre at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and Beef Reprotech facilities at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE).

A Statistics Canada reports says Canadians are spending less time with friends than ever, with the decline sharpest among the working-age demographic.

The data released Tuesday show that in 2022, only 19.3 per cent of Canadians saw friends on an average day, down from 47.9 per cent in 1986.

The questions to those in the survey asks if they were with a friend or family member in person, separate from communicating using technology such as phone, email, or social media.

Established in 1999, the Altona and Area Archive (officially incorporated as the Altona & District Heritage Research Centre) houses thousands of documents from the community's past from births and obituaries to school registers, personal collections and more than 500 catalogued photographs. The Archive is open to the public Mondays from 1 to 3pm, and is located in Golden West Plaza.

Board Chair Dave Harms has found it only takes a little bit for those who access the archive to go even deeper into its collection.

A Sergeant with Pembina Valley RCMP says a pair of high-speed incidents on two of the area's busiest highways this past weekend were unacceptable.

The first happened shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday when officers on patrol spotted a vehicle heading north on Highway 3 near Jordan Corner at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was clocked doing 192 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. 

Another season of Altona Bisons' baseball is under way in the Border Baseball League and coach Ralph Hamm says there's a lot of positives early and more good things to come. 

For Norma Zacharias, a student who has been studying English at Regional Connections for the past three years, being in the classroom setting is something that she didn’t anticipate for herself.  

“I always thought it was already too late for me,” she says. “I didn’t see this as a possibility.” 

Today, despite her expectations, not only has Zacharias found herself in the classroom, but she is thriving there.  

Winkler’s streets will be full of energy and excitement Wednesday, June 18, as the annual Winkler Grad Parade takes over the city starting at 7:30 p.m. The event begins at Winkler Park and will feature students from both Northlands Parkway Collegiate (NPC) and Garden Valley Collegiate (GVC) dressed in their grad best and riding in decorated floats, classic cars, and decked-out trucks.

The parade is a community tradition that gives residents a chance to celebrate the graduating class and show them they’re supported as they move into the next chapter of life.

The Winkler Flyers have found their next leader—and he’s one of their own.

Nineteen-year-old Kam Thomas, a hometown forward entering his second season with the Flyers, has been named captain for the 2025–26 season. It’s a moment that holds deep personal meaning—not just for Kam, but for his entire family. His father, Chris Thomas, wore the very same “C” during the 1996–97 season as captain of the Flyers. Now, nearly three decades later, the Thomas legacy comes full circle.

Manitoba's government has signed an agreement to support an area of Ukraine in its reconstruction efforts, including in the areas of agriculture and utilizing the expertise of Manitoba Hydro.

Premier Wab Kinew made the announcement in Calgary following the G7 leaders' summit in nearby Kananaskis. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been scheduled to meet with Kinew but left early to go home.

Zelenskyy told the G7 that overnight Russian attacks killed 15 people and injured more than 150 in Ukraine and he called for support from allies.