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A 25 year old Altona man has been remanded into custody after an early morning stabbing in Altona.

Altona police responded to an apartment complex in the northeast corner of town around 3 a.m. after receiving multiple calls regarding a disturbance.

Upon entering the apartment, a 49 year old male with multiple stab wounds was found. The 25 year old suspect fled the scene before police arrived, but was later arrested without incident, several blocks away. Both the victim and accused are known to each other.

A 66 year old man from Roseisle has died as the result of a two vehicle collision just west of the village.

Pembina Valley RCMP received the call around 11:25 a.m. Monday regarding the collision on Provincial Road 245, about two kilometers west of Roseisle in the R.M. of Dufferin.

The investigation determined a westbound SUV, driven by the 66-year-old male, attempted to turn south onto a gravel road (Road 40W) when it was struck by an eastbound pickup truck, driven by a 67-year-old male from Notre Dame.

With the first widespread rainfall event of the Spring season in the forecast for Thursday afternoon and Friday, municipal officials and area residents will be keeping a very close eye on on how much precipitation comes over the next two days.

Morden Fire and Rescue is at the scene of a fire at a residence on the west end of the community this morning.

A witness reported to PembinaValleyOnline News that smoke could be seen coming from the structure.

Crews are expected to be on the scene for much of the morning.

No other information is available at this time.

PembinaValleyOnline.com will continue to follow the story for updates.

Water flowing from the Pembina Escarpment is expected to start hitting drains in the RM of Stanley as soon as today. 

The face of the escarpment is melting quickly with the longer days and warming temperatures.

A 32-year-old woman from Winkler will be charged with assault and assault causing bodily harm following an incident at a local grocery on Saturday afternoon, according to Winkler Police Service.

In a news release issued Sunday afternoon, the department explained officers and paramedics were called to the scene after the woman, reportedly in an agitated state, aggressively approached a 20-year-old female employee who was helping an 81-year-old man who was shopping at the store. Police say the victims and the suspect were not known to each other.

Winkler Police Service is looking to the public for help identifying the people in these pictures. 

The individuals are persons of interest, and may be able to provide police with information regarding a break and enter to a local church where extensive interior damage was caused between April 3rd and April 4th.

The images are being released for identification purposes only. The subjects may or may not be responsible for the crime indicated.

Wednesday's Spring Snowstorm dropped a lot of snow in the region, leaving a lot of cleaning up to do.  

How much snow did you get? Send us your pictures.

Show us your clean up efforts to prepare for the Easter weekend!

Is your neighbour or neighbour kid shovelling your driveway? Are you putting on your snow gear and heading out, ONE MORE TIME?  Did someone help you today?

We want to tell your stories and celebrate others helping others.

The sounds of front end loaders, skid steers, dump trucks and other heavy equipment can be heard this morning throughout the region as Southern Manitoba digs out from what appears to have been the most significant snowfall of the Winter and Spring season form some areas.

We're looking outside our windows this morning, and a lot of snow is staring back at us. It's looking like a total of 20 to 25cms of snow will fall in the western Red River Valley and Southeastern Manitoba.

We want to see what you're seeing! How much snow did you get? What do the drifts look like in your area?

Submit your winter storm photos by clicking here.

The below submitted video was what it was like driving around Altona early Wednesday morning.