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Manitoba star defender Ashton Bell was the first player selected in the PWHL's expansion draft and the Deloraine product will now join a stacked Vancouver team that's looking to make an instant impact on the league. 

The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees.

The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number of people employed dropped just slightly from 257,138 to 257,034.

The number of public servants employed by the federal government fell from 367,772 to 357,965 over the last year.

Canada's fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government's recently tabled border bill.

Kevin Brosseau, the federal point person on fentanyl, welcomes provisions in the Strong Borders Act to increase inspection powers, give police easier access to information, crack down on money laundering and improve control of chemicals used to make the drug.

Burgers and hot dogs for a good cause were on the menu for lunch last Friday, thanks to the Child and Family Services Foundation’s annual Chance 2 Camp fundraiser. For Community Support Coordinator Sara Martens, this cause is dear: “...growing up, camp was always very important to me.” Martens shared. “That’s just where I connected with the peers of my age...and just learned a lot.”  

Red River College Polytechnic honored graduates from its Winkler campus last Thursday, June 12th with a convocation held at the P.W. Enns Centennial Concert Hall.  

Regional Connections' (RC) Language Program held an end-of-year celebration at Central Station on Thursday morning, taking time to recognize student accomplishments.   

A celebration on many levels

RC Language Program Director Rhoda Keck said some students have just landed in Canada and came into the program not knowing any English, all the way up to those who are ready to enter college and university. 

The most common association that people tend to have when they think of their local library is books.  

Novels, series, graphic novels and comics; many of these stories that have been put to print have seen translations hit the big screen at some point or another. What if there were a club in which the entire focus was to read a book, and then watch the film that was inspired by that story?  

After a successful return last year, the Children’s Camps International (CCI) Ball Tournament is gearing up once again — and organizers are looking to expand. Steve Wiebe, who helps coordinate the event, says they’re hoping to double the number of teams that participated in 2024.

The future of Altona Minor Softball looks brighter than ever with a passionate team of individuals who are working hard to improve diamonds and grow the sport!

Altona Angels Softball

The Altona Angels Softball Club has been operating since 1986. In the last 5 years, participation has increased almost 30%, putting additional pressure on the existing shared-use facilities at École West Park School, École Parkside School and W.C. Miller Collegiate

Made in Manitoba's weekly spotlight continues tonight with a return visit from Aysanabee, who is giving us an early listen to his brand new album that's only coming out June 20th. It's called "Edge of the Earth", and was a different musical journey and creative experience for the two-time Juno award winner.

His first album "Watin" focused on sharing the stories of his late grandfather, his second was "Here and Now" and he describes it as a break-up album.