Steinbach

Funeral For:  Trudy Friesen nee Peters 
Funeral Date: April 16, 2025 
Trudy Friesen nee Peters, 85, of Winkler passed away Monday, April 14th at Salem Home. She is survived by 1 son. She was predeceased by her husband Reverend David Friesen.  
A memorial service for Trudy Friesen nee Peters will be held Wednesday, April 16th at 2pm at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church with burial prior to the service at Blumenort Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Tuesday, April 15th from 1 to 7pm. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler.  

Celebrating its fifth year, the Burt Block Party is returning this summer bringing the festival atmosphere to downtown Winnipeg once again. 

The concerts will take place directly outside the Burton Cummings Theatre, welcoming up to 4,000 fans each night and Country 107 and MIX 96 want to send you!

Manitoba Pork celebrated its 60th anniversary during its annual meeting and industry banquet Thursday in Winnipeg. Producers, processors and various stakeholders gathered at the Fairmont for the day full of meetings which was capped by an evening gala. There are currently 188 registered producers in the province, representing 608 farms and 22,000 full-time equivalent jobs. 

Steinbach and area residents are invited to sweeten up their Easter weekend by joining the Great Easter Egg Hunt at the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV). 

Derek Williamson, the owner of Steinbach's A&W and an event sponsor, says the event offers a break between the hustle and bustle of festive meals. 

Nearly six months after a sod-turning ceremony in Lorette, the Mayor of Tache expects construction will soon begin on the new Tache Community Centre.

It was October 29th when dignitaries broke ground on the $29.5 million project. Once complete, the new Tache Community Centre will include a new arena and skating rink, community library, seniors centre, multipurpose area, and canteen. It will go up immediately east of the existing community complex in Lorette.

You took the test, and those two famous "thin but there" pink lines light up the display screen. 

Excitement, fear, and a storm of other emotions wash over you in an instant.

Now what? The Manitoba government recommends early prenatal care.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under legislature rules to hold back five bills for further debate beyond the summer break.

One bill would forbid liquor licences in urban convenience stores and gas stations — a move the Tories say will affect small businesses and customer choice in the few locations where such licences have been issued.

The province is introducing new early reading screening tools to ensure no student is left behind. 

The Manitoba government announced last week that the new tools will allow teachers to identify students at risk of future reading difficulties.