Chris Sumner

It's been ten years since Dr. John Neufeld joined Back to the Bible Canada as the organization’s Bible teacher. This coming Saturday night, in celebration of the anniversary, the ministry will be hosting a special celebratory event at Winkler EMMC.

Neufeld says he now "sees God" in the opportunity to join the group ten years ago, but at the time it felt accidental. When the call came, he was teaching at a Bible college in Germany while taking a break after 35 years of pastoral ministry.

The R.M. of Morris is advising Rosenort residents to stay away from a portion of Pleasant Valley Road between the dike and River Road South now that a portion of the road has collapsed into the river. 

The impacted section of Road 30 NE was first closed on Friday, and the river has continued to wash out the ground underneath the low level crossing. According to a social media post by the Municipality, the section of road is completely impassable and taking an alternative route is required.

There were no injuries reported after a collision Wednesday afternoon involving two semis at the corner of southbound Highway 75 and Provincial Road 243, just north of the U.S. border crossing, in the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin.

According to RCMP, officers from the Emerson detachment arrived at the scene around 4:30pm.

Calling the Red River Valley his home for his entire life, and currently living in St. Pierre Jolys, author Philippe Sabourin has released his new book "Prairie Roots and Wings: Memoirs of Growing in the Red River Valley", published by FriesenPress. The book is not only about growing up in Southern Manitoba, but also a call to action to make our planet more sustainable and beautiful for our survival.  

At approximately 3:15pm Monday afternoon Niverville and St. Pierre Jolys RCMP officers responded to a school bus that had rolled on Highway 75 near Ste. Agathe.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on the northbound lanes side of Highway 75 on the south end of Ste. Agathe. In addition to RCMP, other emergency responders were also on scene.

Manitoba Health has announced two new confirmed cases of measles in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region with recent international travel to Mexico.

In a news release issued Wednesday evening, it was also announced the individuals both attended Southwood School in Schanzenfeld in the Garden Valley School Division during the infectious period.

The U.S. based Mighty Oaks Foundation brought its faith-based leadership programming to Canada for the first time over the weekend, with men's focused events in Altona and Gretna. Retired Marine Commander Jeremy Stalnecker and Retired Navy SEAL Senior Chief Luis Rivera led the sessions for the non-profit dedicated to helping veterans, first responders and spouses recover from PTSD.

The expectation is we should all see immediate relief at the pumps today as the consumer carbon price is officially set to zero.

Liberal leader Mark Carney, shortly after winning the party's leadership race, signed an order in council making the removal official April 1st. The carbon price came with a quarterly rebate to offset the cost of inflation; the final rebate will come in April.

Manitobans are seeing immediate relief at the pumps today as the consumer carbon price is officially set to zero.

Liberal leader Mark Carney, shortly after winning the party's leadership race, signed an order in council making the removal official April 1st. The carbon price came with a quarterly rebate to offset the cost of inflation; the final rebate will come in April.

UPDATE:

RCMP have charged a 33-year-old man from Long Plain First Nation in connection with a serious assault that occurred Friday night outside a home in Somerset.

Pembina Valley RCMP officers responded to the incident and found a 40-year-old man, from Portage la Prairie, with life-threatening injuries. He was transported to the hospital via STARS Air Ambulance, and as of yesterday, he remained there.