PembinaValley

R.M. of Morris Reeve Scott Siemens joined CFAM Radio 950 Morning Show Host Chris Sumner via phone for Reeve on the Radio. Today's conversation included updates on two of the major development projects underway in Rosenort.

"Our industrial park in Rosenort, phase two is progressing fairly well is what we were told the other day, and I think we are to the phase already of marking out the lots," explained the Reeve. "So, that will be ready for sale very shortly."

As for the second phase of Prairie Hearth, that is also progressing well.

While the Morden Corn & Apple Festival offers new experiences and foods to fairgoers every year, attendees (both local residents and visitors alike) also tend to have their favourite traditions on one of the busiest weekends in the Pembina Valley. Youth For Christ (YFC) is striving to make itself a part of the annual traditions that the community looks forward to — with pancakes.  

Morden's Lorissa Hartry grew up in the small city, was an avid curler at the Morden Curling Club, and never really wanted to leave her hometown, but at the age of 18, she moved to Winnipeg to go to the University of Winnipeg. After three years, she moved to the University of Manitoba so she could take more courses focused on animals, where she obtained her bachelor's in science with a Major in Biology.   

Reading is alive and well among Winkler’s children, and interest in the Bookland Explorers program at Winkler Library is proof. After a season of a record-breaking number of participants, the young readers took a break from the books to celebrate the end of the library’s summer programming on August 19th.  

Isaiah Armstrong and Mikaela Warkentin, summer programmers, have organized every step of the summer reading program at the Winkler Branch of the South Central Regional Library (SCRL).  

For weeks now, the agriculture sector has been calling for action to avoid a potential rail strike urging the Federal Government to take action to stop the strike.

On Wednesday, with just hours left before the strike deadline for over 9000 CN and CPKC workers they gathered once again to voice their concerns.

Terry Youzwa, a farmer from Nipawin and chair of Pulse Canada says we're staring down a rail stoppage of historic proportions.

 the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says the roughly 9000 CN and CPKC workers involved could walk out as of 12:01 am Thursday.

The Executive Director of the Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA) Wade Sobkowich says a national rail strike involving both railways will have a major impact, as there is no Plan B.

According to the WGEA we move roughly 50 million tonnes of grain per day by rail in Canada.

Sobkowich says the railways on Tuesday started preparing for a work stoppage situation with both railways embargoing all Canadian-origin products.

As the clock ticks down on the strike deadline there's an overwhelming call for the Canadian government to intervene and prevent a national rail strike.

For months now Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian National and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have been at the bargaining table but to no avail.

On Sunday, the union announced that unless the parties reached a last-minute agreement, workers would be off the job as of 12:01 a.m. eastern time Thursday.

Manitoba's Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding an interaction between an adult male and an on-duty Winkler Police Service officer.

According to a news release issued by the IIU Wednesday, on August 21st Winkler Police Service notified the IIU of a complaint received July 14th.

The complaint was made by a man who reported an on-duty officer made threatening comments toward him while at a restaurant in Winkler around 4 a.m. on July 14th.

A key highlight during the Canadian Beef Industry Conference is the naming of the 2024 national winners for The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA).

TESA recognizes producers who go above and beyond standard industry conservation practices and set positive examples for their peers and the general public. 

Among the finalists for the national title is the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP).

One person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash north of Altona Wednesday afternoon.

Manitoba RCMP confirm emergency personnel, including officers from Carman and Manitou, responded to the crash on Highway 30, near the intersection with PR 201 around 1:20 p.m.

According to Greg Zimmerman, Chief of Altona/Rhineland Emergency Services, STARS Air Ambulance was called in to transport the patient to hospital in Winnipeg.

Two additional people sustained minor injuries, according to Zimmerman.