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The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is ready to welcome the public to their Brandon Airport location on Tuesday, April 1st, and they've got a few surprises for this year. 

Funeral For:  Abe J. Driedger 
Funeral Date: April 2, 2025 
Abe J. Driedger, 87, of Altona formerly of Rudnerweide, passed away Tuesday, March 25th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Sarah (nee Friesen), their children Glenn (Marge) Driedger, and Jean (Ken) Friesen, as well as 5 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. He was predeceased by his parents, 5 sisters, and 7 brothers.
The funeral service for Abe J. Driedger will be held Wednesday, April 2nd at 11am at Altona EMMC with burial at Rudnerweide Cemetery. 

Affordability measures dominated the promises on the federal election trail on Saturday, with the NDP focused on capping the price of some food items and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offering more tax writeoffs to some trades workers.

The first week of the federal election drew to a close with both Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh paying a visit to the national capital.

Can you imagine the weight of 18 tonnes of truck and 20 tonnes of excavator? 

To put this immense amount into perspective, the combined weight of the machinery is equivalent to about 22 cars. Picturing this number, however, was likely far from Sean Rickards' mind as he found himself crushed between the two pieces of equipment. 

“I was broken within a millimetre of my life,” he said afterwards.  

Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be campaigning in Nepean today, the Ottawa riding where he is seeking election.

Carney, who has not yet served as an MP, is expected to meet with volunteers in the riding at 10 a.m.

Carney has faced questions about his decision to run in Nepean, which became vacant only after the Liberal party ousted MP Chandra Arya as its candidate three days before the election was called.

Manitoba's own Stanley County Cut-Ups are coming to Melita next weekend to share their high-energy blue grass music with the southwest corner of the province.

The group is made up of five members, all from Manitoba, each playing different instruments.

Jeremy Hamm plays mandolin (and is also a luthier who builds guitars, mandolins, and other instruments), TJ Blair writes music and play guitar, paramedic by day and performer by night Jeremy Penner is on the fiddle, singer-songwriter Jess Reimer is on bass, and Tim Osmond is on the banjo. 

Spring break has begun, and the traditional nasty spring weather of snow and freezing rain has stayed true for 2025!  It's tradition, the week of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair and Spring Break means a combination of ridiculous weather where Old Man Winter just doesn't want to let go!

However, staff and students in our Manitoba schools are enjoying their well-deserved break from books and classrooms for about 10 days.

Welcome back to Made in Manitoba, and the final weekend of our month-long series showcasing Manitoba artists and performers nominated for 2025 Juno awards. Those awards are being handed out in Vancouver, with the big event Sunday night. We wrap up our special series with a return visit from Morden born Loreena McKennitt.

The Killarney Shamrocks are champions of the Tiger Hills Hockey League.

After falling in game three, the Shamrocks responded with a game four win on the road to capture the league title three games to one.

"It feels pretty good," Killarney goalie Brian Archibald said with smile when asked what it was like waking up Friday morning as a champion.

The Manitoba government is encouraging campers and nature enthusiasts to mark their calendars, as provincial park campground reservations will open over five days from April 7 to 11, Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes announced today.