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Staying safe was the focus during the annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day in Altona on Friday.
    
About 150 grade 5 students from the area participated in the trade show style event, moving from booth to booth learning the many ways to stay safe this summer and in life. Topics ranged from drug, pet, lawn equipment and electricity safety, to name a few. 

After a thrilling tournament win, the Garden Valley Collegiate Zodiacs will once again represent Zone 4 at the upcoming provincials in Stonewall, and head coach Darren Crane says this group is primed to bring home a win.

On Sunday, May 25th, the Morden Park became a space for remembrance and awareness as the Pembina Valley REDress project set up their installation to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. 

For a little while, one question rang through Morden:  

Where is the replica clock tower? 

The Pembina Hills Arts Council, which is housed in the iconic full-sized version of the sought-after replica, posed the question after spotting the handiwork in old pictures taken at the Corn & Apple parade.  

Last week, Gateway Resources rolled up its sleeves and hit the streets supporting “Pay it Forward May”, for which the nonprofit organized a cleanup effort in both Winkler and Morden. 

Gateway CEO Kim Nelson says they have embraced the Pay it Forward campaign for years. This time around, they decided to focus on tidying up public spaces around the two cities. 

Staff at the SWAMP landfill say small fires sparked by discarded batteries are becoming a fairly routine, but preventable part of their workday.  

“[The] high kind of energy batteries from your garage door openers, your phones, any of these devices that kind of take a lot of power and can be rechargeable,” said Francis Fehr, General Manager at SWAMP, “These are items that can cause us grief over here or cause fires.” 

Gemma Perdomo is seven years old, calls Gretna home and absolutely loves nature. She is trying to become the 2025 Jr. Ranger! The Jr. Ranger Competition is a nationwide adventure for kids ages 4-12 who love the great outdoors. One young explorer will earn $20,000, appear in a Ranger Rick Jr. magazine and learn from wildlife expert Jeff Corwin—who’s also hosting the competition!

A former Manitoba cabinet minister says he thought he was following the rules when he tried to push the approval of a silica sand mine after his party was defeated in an election.

Jeff Wharton has spoken to the media for the first time since the province's ethics commissioner issued a damning report last week into the actions of some members of the former Progressive Conservative government after losing the October 2023 election.

King Charles arrived in Canada Tuesday afternoon for a short visit that will include reading the speech from the throne in Parliament.

The highly symbolic visit is happening as Canada copes with U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to upend global trade with tariffs and his repeated calls for Canada's annexation.

The Canadian Armed Forces plane carrying the King and Queen Camilla landed in Ottawa shortly after 1 p.m. 

Canola oil would be one of the main beneficiaries of proposed changes to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit making their way through U.S. Congress, says an analyst.

The feedstock is not eligible for the credit under the current rules because of its unfavourable carbon intensity (CI) score.

However, under new rules contained in the budget bill that recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives, canola’s carbon intensity score drops to 38.5 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule from 54.9.