PembinaValley

For the first time this playoffs, the Winkler Flyers lost at the Icon Arena and trail in a series for the first time, down 1-0 after a 4-2 loss to the Northern Manitoba Blizzard on Saturday night.

It was a tough start for the Flyers as they found themselves down 1-0 just over six minutes into the hockey game.

Things would get worse as Nik Gudmundson was assessed a 5-minute major for kneeing and a game-misconduct, leaving the Flyers with just 11 forwards for the remained of the game, on top of having to kill off a major penalty.

Teya Friesen, a young mother and resident of Winkler, is in her second battle with Lyme disease—a condition that was left undiagnosed for over a decade. After receiving treatment in the United States, Friesen is speaking out to raise awareness and funds to support her ongoing recovery.

Manitoba Agriculture farm management specialist Ben Hamm calls low enrollment in the federal AgriStability program a “missed opportunity” for livestock and crop producers. The income-based risk management tool, he argues, offers broader protection at lower costs than alternatives—yet only 20 per cent of eligible producers use it.

“I looked up and, oh my goodness, the sky was full of vultures and hawks and eagles. I came home and told my wife what was happening in the Pembina Valley, and the rest is history.” 

This is Al Schritt’s recollection of the spring day in March of 1986 when, during lunch with his students, his observant nature helped discover a significant revelation about the Pembina Valley that hadn’t been recorded yet. 

Tucked away in the heart of Darlingford is a museum that’s quietly preserving some of the most fascinating stories from southern Manitoba’s past. Patrick Thiessen, curator of the Darlingford Pembina Heritage Museum, has spent the last few years uncovering remarkable pieces of local history.

The Darlingford Pembina Heritage Museum is set to host its second annual local history dinner and conversation this Saturday at the Darlingford Community Hall. Thiessen is excited to share the region’s rich history while also raising funds to preserve it.

It's time for another Made in Manitoba, and tonight it's a return guest, a duo in fact, and one we haven't heard from for quite some time. The last time we featured them, they were known as Reg and Andreas, and the two were based in Denmark. Well, this time around, as we showcase music from their latest album "Be the Light", the  two still call Denmark home, but are now known on stage as Paradyme Duo.

Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump in November. 

Katrina Philopoulos, physician recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, talks that have so far resulted in one person being hired and a second who is expected to move to the province next year.

New safety features have been installed in an effort to increase visibility at the intersection of PR201 and PTH306. 
    
Motorists are now warned of the upcoming intersection by red flashing lights that have been mounted atop the stop signs at the east and west sides of the crossing. This, according to Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI), is just one of the new safety measures planned following a review of the intersection shortly after a fatal two-vehicle collision in November that claimed the life of a mom and her young daughter.
    

Southern Manitoba could be experiencing double digit temperatures by the middle of next week. 

That is according to Scott Kehler, a meteorologist with Weatherlogics. He notes for the last while we have been stuck in a weather pattern that has had frequent high-pressure systems coming down from the Arctic, blasting us with shots of cold air.

"We warm up a little bit but then just as that warmup is starting to really feel like spring, another Arctic air mass comes down and hits us," explains Kehler. 

The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The agency said the unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February.

The hit came amid increased uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs that have threatened economic growth.

The job losses reversed some of the gains made at the end of last year and into January.