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The second annual Beef and Forage Conference took place this week in Portage la Prairie, with the first having been in Brandon. Shawn Cabak, a livestock and forage specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, is one of the organizers. He says they had a great lineup of speakers from across the Prairies, as well as some American speakers.

Funeral For:  Jakob Jake Kroeker 
Funeral Date: November 9, 2024 
Jakob Jake Kroeker, 89, of Winnipeg passed away Sunday, November 3rd at St. Boniface Hospital. He is survived by his wife Margaret, 3 daughters, 1 son, 5 sisters, 2 brothers, and their families. 
The funeral service for Jakob Jake Kroeker will be held Saturday, November 9th at 2pm at First Mennonite Church, 922 Notre Dame Avenue, with burial at Brookside Cemetery. 

Funeral For:  Henry Rempel 
Funeral Date: November 11, 2025 
Henry Rempel, 91, of Killarney formerly of Niverville, passed away Tuesday, November 5th at St. Pierre Hospital. He is survived by 2 sons and their families. He was predeceased by his first wife Maryanne, second wife Elma, and all of his siblings. 
The funeral service for Henry Rempel will be held Monday, November 11th at 2pm at Niverville Community Fellowship Church with burial at Hespeler Cemetery, Niverville.  
Viewing will be at the church prior to the service. 

Virden will face the West Division leading Northern Manitoba Blizzard and the reigning Turnbull Cup champion Winkler Flyers this weekend. Head coach Tyson Ramsey will join Clayton Dreger on the Oil Capitals Report which airs Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. on CJRB Radio 1220.

The Southwest Cougars saw their eight-game win streak come to an end Wednesday night in Souris. Alex Campbell scored twice and Piet Mierau made 39 saves as the Parkland Rangers shaded Southwest 4-3. Connor Hoemsen, Spencer Cullen and Eric Berger did the goal scoring for the Cougars. Campbell's second of the night on the power play at 12:36 of the second period snapped a 3-3 tie and stood up as the game winner. Southwest goaltender Micky Gross stopped 32 shots. 
 

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation.

They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts'ailes Grand Chief William Charlie.

“Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years," he said of the springs he called Qwólts, meaning boiling medicine water.

November is Financial Literacy Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about essential money-management skills across Canada. Through programs like "Each One, Teach One" (EOTO), local financial experts are helping individuals and families gain the knowledge they need to manage their finances confidently. These workshops, offered throughout Manitoba, provide free, practical guidance on budgeting, saving, and financial planning, and are accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds.

The scope of the emergency department (ED) expansion originally planned with the Boundary Trails Health Centre (BTHC) expansion has essentially doubled. That from Kyle MacNair, Southern Health-Santé Sud's Implementation Lead for Clinical Programming.

"What's kind of shifted over time is really realizing this is kind of a singular opportunity to get that expansion as large as possible," explained MacNair who noted, initially, the plan was to renovate the about 3,000 square feet currently dedicated to the existing health records department which is being moved out of that space.

The Chief Executive Officer for Cereals Canada says a significant funding announcement will enable them to continue supporting markets around the world.

Dean Dias says they have received $7.3 million in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. He notes this substantial investment includes $6.6 million over three years from the AgriMarketing Program and $674,000 over five years from the AgriScience Program.