Steinbach

A new chapter begins for the Steinbach Legion as they prepare to open their doors on Brandt Street this fall. 

Accessibility for all 

Bill Richards, President of the Steinbach Legion, says he is excited about this new location. 

“It’s quite accessible and high visibility for us, so we’re very excited about moving. We’re happy about being there,” says Richards.  

The Manitoba government is expanding its electronic monitoring program, which tracks offenders released on bail. Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced on Thursday an additional investment of $1.2 million.

The Hanover Kickers remain unbeaten at home, extending their winning streak to 6 games and with the win, they also slide into first place in the division with an incredible goals for of 32 goals and only 9 goals against, with the next closet team at 24 goals for.

Yesterday's game was a tight affair with United Punjab opening the scoring at the 3rd minute mark of the game.

Despite the score, Hanover held the majority share of possession throughout the half, but struggled to connect meaningful plays.

Funeral For:  John Klassen 
Funeral Date: July 26, 2025 
John Klassen, 63, of Winkler passed away Wednesday, July 9th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. He is survived by 3 daughters, 1 son, 1 granddaughter, 3 sisters, 3 brothers, his stepmother, and their families. He was predeceased by his parents and 1 brother in infancy. 
The celebration of life for John Klassen will be held Saturday, July 26th at 2pm at Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church, Hochfeld with private family burial prior to the service at Gnadenthal Cemetery. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (25-35) suffered their 15th one-run loss of the season Wednesday evening, falling 3-2 to the Sioux Falls Canaries (35-25) at Sioux Falls Stadium. It was Winnipeg’s sixth consecutive defeat.
 
Boxscore
 
Sioux Falls took an early lead in the bottom of the second inning when Trevor Achenbach launched a two-run homer to left field, scoring Jordan Barth to make it 2-0.

Manitoba's ethics commissioner has ruled Mike Moroz, the minister of innovation and new technology, did not break the province's conflict of interest law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives had accused Moroz of being in a conflict by answering questions about a 9-1-1 service outage while owning shares in Telus.

The Tories also accused Moroz of using inside information that criticized the phone company for the outage and selling company stock.

The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, in partnership with the National Hockey League, has announced its full 82-game schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 regular season.

The Jets begin the season at home, welcoming the Dallas Stars to Canada Life Centre on Thursday, Oct. 9, in a rematch of their second-round series from the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They will then face the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, Oct. 11, before hitting the road to play the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Monday, Oct. 13.

The U13 AAA provincials start today in Friedensfeld, and the coach of the U13 Eastman Wildcats, Jason Plett, says the group is poised to do something special.

Hosting the provincials is a real point of pride for Plett and the team. "It means a lot," he says proudly. "It's lots of fun for the girls to play in front of family and friends, when it's close to home, you get a few more of those coming out, especially on summer holidays. We start today, we're expecting nice weather and we're hoping to have lots of fans out."

Steinbach has hired a local security company for a five-month pilot project aimed at deterring crime and supplementing RCMP patrols during overnight hours.

A spokesperson for Manitoba Agriculture says it remains to be seen what sort of damage was felt on fields from last week's hail.

Hail was reported in numerous locations across the province, and Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson says producers will typically leave those crops for five to seven days, just to see how they rebound, before assessing them for hail damage.