Candace Derksen & Chris Sumner

Some extra equipment has been brought in to help clear snow from drains and ditches this spring in the Municipality of Rhineland. 
    
Reeve Don Wiebe explained, the Municipality has rented a Crawler with a v-plow for the season. 

"After last year's series of critical Colorado Lows, we realized how important it is that municipal and provincial drains are opened in a timely fashion. This helps to mitigate overland flooding," he added. 

Anyone with concerns is asked to contact the municipal office.

A cross-country train trip later this year will take participants on the journey many of our ancestors made 100 years ago.
    
2023 marks the centennial of the start of the migration of Russian Mennonites to Canada. Beginning in 1923, 21,000 Mennonites from the former Soviet Union left a land decimated by violence, famine, and epidemic. 

A cross-country train trip later this year will take participants on the journey many of our ancestors made 100 years ago.
    
2023 marks the centennial of the start of the migration of Russian Mennonites to Canada. Beginning in 1923, 21,000 mennonites from the former Soviet Union left a land decimated by violence, famine, and epidemic. 

A cross-country train trip later this year will take participants on the journey many of our ancestors made 100 years ago.
    
2023 marks the centennial of the start of the migration of Russian Mennonites to Canada. Beginning in 1923, 21,000 Mennonites from the former Soviet Union left a land decimated by violence, famine, and epidemic. 

Water management and availability, Federal gun control legislation and the upcoming provincial election... all things Borderland MLA Josh Guenter will be thinking about in the coming weeks and months of 2023.

While looking back at 2022, he pointed to last year's flooding across the constituency, and other water management and availability concerns, as issues he will continue to work on in 2023.

Municipality of Rhineland Council has decided to hold a by-election to fill the empty seat on the LUD of Plum Coulee committee. After the October municipal election, two of the three positions were filled, with Justina Hamm and Kyle Wiebe taking on those roles.

Reeve Don Wiebe says, after the election, there has been interest in the vacant seat from a handful of individuals, so council felt, in fairness to all of them, giving the community the opportunity to choose was the best option.

There are a number of successes that have made it to Morris Mayor Scott Crick's 2022 highlight reel.

The first, noted the Mayor, was Council's ability to hold the line on reduced taxes. Something he says they've been able to do for the entire previous term. 

There are a number of successes that have made it to Morris Mayor Scott Crick's 2022 highlight reel.

The first, noted the Mayor, was Council's ability to hold the line on reduced taxes. Something he says they've been able to do for the entire previous term. 

There are a number of successes that have made it to Morris Mayor Scott Crick's 2022 highlight reel.

The first, noted the Mayor, was Council's ability to hold the line on reduced taxes. Something he says they've been able to do for the entire previous term. 

The Altona and Area Family Resource Centre (AAFRC) is one of the final recipients of an Xplore Rural Connections contest $1,000 prize.  

Earlier this month, via PembinaValleyOnline, you had the opportunity to nominate a non-profit doing amazing things. Selected organizations received $1,000 to continue that great work, including the most recent recipient the Altona and Area Family Resource Centre