Candace Derksen

Despite a delay caused by record snowfall during the Winter of 2022, the soap stock relocation effort at the Altona/Rhineland Landfill has finished ahead of schedule. Work started in 2021 and wrapped up before the March 2024 deadline. 

"All of the soap stock has been relocated," said Public Works Manager Clint Derksen. "We just have a little bit of tidying up on the site where it went to."

The 17,421,040 kgs of industrial waste was moved from two small cells, where it had been stored for decades, into an old cell within the landfill's clay keyway.

Anticipation is growing among students and staff at Plum Coulee School as a years-long effort to replace the playground finally starts to take shape. 
    
On Wednesday, May 3rd, volunteers will gather to erect the first phase of the new structure, worth $65,000.

"The kids are interested and eager," said Principal Mary Eberling Penner. "I'm sure once the big backhoe comes next week to level the land and the trailers come and start removing, and they start seeing things happening instead of just a snowbank [...], then the buzz starts to happen."

A driver was brought to hospital last night after their vehicle crashed into a building in Carman.
    
According to the Carman-Dufferin Fire Department's social media, fire fighters, paramedics and RCMP All responded to the call at 9:15 p.m. The building sustained extensive damages.
    
While on the scene, the department was alerted to a hydro pole on fire on Centre Avenue. Fire fighters put out the flames. 

Morden police officers were called to deal with a pair of incidents at the washroom facility at the City's park twice last week. 
    
The first call came Tuesday of a report of mischief that took place sometime over the weekend. 
    
The next day, officers were called to the park again regarding a group of youth damaging the washroom. 
    
Police are continuing their investigation.

Three Cs - Collaboration, Consultation and Constituency - form the basis of Zahid Zehri's bid to win the PC nomination for Morden-Winkler. The Winkler-based pharmacist and business owner is the latest to throw his hat into the ring.

After serving his community for nearly 20 years, Zehri explained, he wants to take that service to the next level. 

An effort to update the suites in The Manor at Gardens on Tenth in Altona is well underway. 
    
Board Chair, John Falk, says two apartments have already been made fully accessible, and renovations are happening in three others. 

He noted, the people who've moved into the completed suites, built in 1973, are really enjoying the updates.

Spring run-off continues to make its way east and, as a result, the Municipality of Rhineland is reporting additional road and low-level crossing closures.

Road Closures Updated as of April 16 2023 9:30 AM

1.Road 9N from west of PR 306 to Road 15W near the Blumengart Hutterite Colony

2.Road 15W south of Road 12N the bridge is closed

3.Road 12NW between Section 3-3-3W & 34-2-3W

4.Road 12W from PR 201 to Road 3N has been closed due to water going over the road.

5.Road 11W from PR 201 to Road 4N

The R.M of Morris is advising residents that low level crossings throughout the Municipality are starting to fill or be covered in water.

Officials are asking residents to avoid these areas at this time.

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is advising the public that recent warm temperatures have initiated spring thaw and surface run-off has begun in most southern and central Manitoba basins.

The centre is issuing an overland flood watch for eastern Manitoba including Winnipeg and areas east of Provincial Trunk Highway 75. The watch will be in effect until noon tomorrow.