Community

A cinematographer from Steinbach has been working on an incredible project that can be viewed this weekend. 

Cullen Klassen is the Director of Photography for the six-part documentary series called ‘Missionary: Obeying the Great Commission’. 

As the holiday season draws near, the City of Winkler is preparing to bring festive cheer to the community with its annual tree lighting ceremony at Bethel Heritage Park. Lucas Dyck, the Community Events Coordinator for Winkler, shared his excitement about this year’s event, which is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday (November 15). 

Major road closures are expected on Saturday November 16 for the annual Manitoba Hydro Santa Claus Parade. 

The parade kicks off at 5 p.m. westbound on Portage Avenue at Main Street and will travel down Portage Avenue to Memorial Boulevard, then will take Memorial Boulevard to end at Broadway.

Starting at 11 a.m., full road closures will be installed on the following routes: 

You can get into the Christmas spirit a little bit more this year in the town of Assiniboia. 

From November 16 to December 15, the Rotary Club of Assiniboia is holding the "Santa's Missing" escape room at 114 2nd Ave East. Groups of two to six people, for ages 12 and up at the cost of $20 per person. 

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the 30th annual Parade of Lights on November 28, a cherished community tradition set to bring holiday cheer in a fun and community-oriented way.

"It's not new to our community, being around for 30 years," said Monica Osborne, Executive Director of the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce. "We're excited to have the next parade on November 28, 2024." 

Are you ready to show off your perfect pet? 

We're teaming up with our friends at Pet Valu to show off your furry, scaly, feathery, barking, meowing, swimming, jumping, and crawling pets! 

Each month we'll draw 5 pets for a showdown! The pet with the most votes will win a $50 gift card from our friends at Pet Valu plus the title of perfect pet! 

It was a winning Wednesday yesterday for Patsy and Jennifer our latest Ticket Takeoff winners. 

Patsy was our lucky winner of tickets to see children's entertainer Blippi and his "Join the band tour" coming to Co-op Place on November 17th and Jennifer won tickets to see Barka by Girovago coming to the Esplanade on November 20th. 

Along with tickets to the shows both Patsy and Jennifer also received a one-night stay at the Medicine Hat Lodge. 

It was a busy morning on Country 94.1 yesterday as Chris Martens gave two lucky qualifiers the chance to win some cold hard cash. 

First up was Dustin who chose to gamble his $94 on one of our bulls and that proved to be profitable for him as he won himself a fantastic prize from one of our sponsors CMX and walked away with a fantastic set of grilling gloves and seasoning kit including bbq sauce and rubs. 

The Morden Youth for Christ (YFC) is excited to invite the community to its annual Charcuterie Banquet this Friday at the Christian Life Center. This unique fundraising event combines delicious food, community connection, and an opportunity to learn about the impactful programs Morden YFC offers for local youth. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., with the event beginning at 7 p.m.