Robyn Wiebe

According to the Orange Shirt Day website,

Today many are gathering in their communities as an act of reconciliation to recognize the harms of the past done to Indigenous people through residential schools, the sixties scoop and presently the many murdered and missing indigenous women, to hear the truth of survivors and to move forward in a path of reconciliation.  

Today (September 30th) is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Morden's Christina Cearns is a sexual abuse survivor. 

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For Altona area farmers, Henry and Christy Abrams, it's personal. Last year, one of their three daughters, 10-year-old Rowen, wasn't feeling well and they took her to see a doctor where they ran blood tests to see what was causing her back pain and sore throat. 

Abrams said they took some blood to run tests and got the news they never expected. 

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For Altona area farmers, Henry and Christy Abrams, it's personal. Last year, one of their three daughters, ten-year-old Rowen, wasn't feeling well and they took her to see a doctor where they ran blood tests to see what was causing her back pain and sore throat. 

Abrams said they took some blood to run tests and got the news they never expected. 

It was one last email check before bedtime for Morden's Yevgeniya Tatarenko when she saw what she first thought was spam.  The email was from Prime Minister Trudeau inviting her to Toronto to an exclusive event attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 

Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) held its caucus meeting last week in Brandon where, leading up to the provincial election, Manitoba's Municipalities have four critical asks, according to the AMM website: Funding fairness & predictability, investing in core infrastructure, investing in people and finally, public safety.  

Morden Mayor Brandon Burley Shared some of the other issues discussed around the table. 

A girl with a dream. Kaitlyn Marie Reimer was diagnosed with childhood cancer at age 13. She passed away a few short years later at the age of 15. In that time, she started a charity to give back to her community, called Katie Cares. Part of her dream to support the work of the organization was to hold a fashion show for moms and daughters to have a fun night together, like her and her mom, Ruth Reimer.  

In October of 2012, at Emmanuel Church in Winkler 210 people gathered on a blustery night for the first Katie Cares Fashion Show. 

A crowd gathered in Confederation Park Sunday afternoon, following a colour guard march from Morden's Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11 to the park for a very special occasion. 

Second Vice President and Treasurer Jason Evert explained the significance of the day. 

Morden's Marilyn Skubovius and Pat Gibson are no strangers to thinking ahead in the area of healthcare in the region. Both visionaries were heavily involved in the work of building the regional hospital, Boundary Trails Health Centre, now undergoing a $100 million expansion project. With work on the expanded healthcare facility well underway, a new vision has been cast to help sustain staffing in the region. 

Committee Member Pat Gibson explained. 

The City of Morden has made an announcement on social media announcing the resignation Councilor Florian Lassnig, one year into his first term.

Lassnig said his dad was here visiting from Austria, a little while ago, and it became apparent he would benefit from family support closer to home.

"That brings a lot of feelings, and a lot of big decisions for us as a family, of course, who are fairly integrated in our community here, but on the other hand, I'm the only family he has. This is what we decided to do as a family, to support my dad in Austria."