Candace Derksen

An Altona man needs our help in his quest to help fight kids' cancer.
    
Stu Irvine, more commonly known as Eco Stu, is putting pedal to pavement this month and is participating in the Great Cycle Challenge.

According to the web site, the Great Cycle Challenge has become one of the biggest cycling events across Canada. People of all ages, abilities and from every province across the country set themselves a personal riding goal and challenge themselves to pedal throughout August to fight kids’ cancer.

Combines are starting roll, taking off this year's crops for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Regional representative, Dale Friesen, says the earliest combine that he's aware of headed out about two weeks in the Interlake. As for areas south of Winnipeg, Friesen says volunteers have been going steady for about a week or two.

"I think some of it has just been the timing of the rain as opposed to when. I think some of them also got their crops in nice and early this year," explained Friesen. 

As for how the crops looks, Friesen says it's a mixed bag across Manitoba.

From military drills to Music City stages, Canadian country artist Robert Ross is proving that the path from soldier to singer is paved with passion, stories, and good old-fashioned country music.

Ross, a former sergeant in the Canadian Army, is currently on a cross-country tour performing at legions across Canada — and he's bringing his show to the Carman Legion on Sunday, August 24th at 7:00 PM.

The semi driver charged in last November's fatal crash at highways 201 and 306 south of Plum Coulee has been taken into custody.
    
RCMP say 25-year-old Navjeet Singh was arrested by Peel Regional Police and CBSA agents at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday shortly before 9 a.m., after arriving back in Canada on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. 
    
Police had been unable to locate Singh since his release from hospital after the crash and was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest for the last nine months. 
    

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and the folks at YFC Morden want to help get your Saturday off to a good start before heading out for a full day activities at the Morden Corn & Apple Festival.

RCMP are investigating a series of break and enters that happened in Morris.
    
Around 8 a.m. on August 11th, police were notified that at earlier in the morning, around 1:30 a.m., three people entered a building on Charles Street West and stole about $2,000 worth of merchandise. 
    
Then at 4 a.m., a woman was seen stealing from a shed. Police say nothing of value was taken from the shed but note the building will need to be fixed.
    
It's unknown if the two incidents are related. 

No one was physically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night east of Carman.
    
According to Carman Dufferin Fire Department, a tractor pulling a baler was heading down the side of Highway 3 when a westbound SUV collided with the back end of the baler, causing it to flip onto its side before stopping on the highway.
    
The department stressed on social media that farm equipment being moved along roadways during the night should be outfitted with proper lighting and warning devices.

The Rhineland and Area Foodbank needs our help once again but this time, it isn't for food or financial contributions.

Just over three years after relocating to a building on 4th Street SE., Ang Stoesz says they have six months to find a new home.

It's been 10 years since the Gardens on Tenth four-storey residence, The Gardens, opened its doors and, since then, it has grown into a vibrant cornerstone of senior living in Altona.

Taking shape

In 1999, David Wiebe became the organization's Board Chair, a time when the vision for an independent seniors living facility started to take shape. 

Refurbishment efforts at Carman's Ryall Park have been given a boost, thanks to a decked out night of costumes, lights, decorations and - aliens?! 
    
The second annual 'Table for 300: A Charlie Redstar Dinner', hosted by Boyne River Keepers and Carman Dufferin Communities in Bloom last week Friday, was a huge hit. Ninety per cent of the available tables sold out within the first week that tickets were available, noted spokesperson, Tracy Enns.