Wind farm will still happen - MB Hydro says   
Posted 5 days ago
The company that will be building the St. Joseph Wind Farm is not the same one that started the process, and the planned project is now a completely new vision, but Manitoba Hydro will not seek more requests for proposals. [more]

Division seeks a status quo budget    
Posted 5 days ago
The Red River Valley School Division is facing some tough decisions with the 2010 budget. The division has to decide to raise taxes or take funding from the provincial government in the form of the tax incentive grant (TIG). [more]

Flood issues remain on Montcalm agenda   
Posted 5 days ago
As the flood waters of 1997 receded government programming kicked in with the goal of flood proofing the Red River Valley. The province spent $130 million to flood proof 80 to 90 per cent of rural properties to the 1997 flood level. [more]

Time to rewind turbine commitment   
Posted 5 days ago
News that wind turbines were coming to Southern Manitoba was greeted with delight by many. Farmers and municipal politicians embraced what they envisioned as a new revenue stream producing clean power. [more]

Real inspiration on display at Winter Olympics    
Posted 5 days ago
As a poet/writer, inspiration is something I'm always on the look-out for, and can be found in a variety of ways. I myself look towards things such as classical music, drives in the country, or as simple as looking at a painting or photograph. [more]

NDP slammed for lack of flood preparedness   
Posted 5 days ago
Making Winnipeg a major north south trade corridor through the CentrePort Canada concept, won't work very well if Hwy. 75 is under water, and Morris MLA Mavis Taillieu is asking why the NDP government has not addressed this problem. [more]

New senior group publisher selected    
Posted 5 days ago
Sun Media has appointed current Winnipeg Sun publisher/CEO Kevin Klein to the role of senior group publisher of Manitoba. [more]

Catchment area expanded   
Posted 5 days ago
Border Land School Division passed a motion to assign the areas around St. Joseph and Letellier to the Altona catchment area. BLSD superintendent Tim Mendel says this area was never assigned to any specific catchment area since the division was amalgamated from the former Rhineland School Division. [more]

Maroons come from behind to tie series    
Posted 5 days ago
The Altona Maroons tied the best of seven semi-final series against the Morden Redskins with a 7-6 win in Altona on March 2. In what proved to be one of the most exciting games of the year, things didn't look good for the Maroons early on. [more]

Morris battles GVC in Zone IV final    
Posted 5 days ago
The Morris Mavericks lost game one of the Zone IV league final 4-2 against the GVC Zodiacs on March 2. A slow first period saw the Zodiacs take the 2-0 lead. In the second Ethan Comeault and Tristan Keck scored to tie the game, but in the third the Zodiacs regained their lead. [more]

Aces lose final - future of team in doubt    
Posted 5 days ago
The Pembina Tigers and W.C. Miller Aces girls hockey teams have battled hard against each other all season, but in the end, it only took one goal to give the Pembina Tigers the Zone IV championship. [more]

Miller music students shine at provincial festival   
Posted 5 days ago
Two groups of students from W.C. Miller scored big at a music competition on Feb. 23 and 25. Miller Concert Band and Grade 9 Band students took part in the Optimist Clubs of Winnipeg Band Festival and instructor Dwayne Schott says he's proud of how well they performed. [more]

Footcare can lead to better health   
Posted 5 days ago
According to an article in the New York Times, the average person walks the equivalent of three times around the earth in a lifetime. All that walking is enormous wear and tear on the 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 tendons, ligaments and muscles that make up the foot. [more]

Buhler Hall will be alive with the Sound of Music    
Posted 5 days ago
One of the world's most beloved musicals is coming to Gretna next week as MCI students and staff present The Sound of Music. [more]

Old fashioned festival fun    
Posted 5 days ago
Rosenfeld residents enjoyed another successful Winter Carnival on Feb. 27. Committee member Carol Schroeder says they had a great turnout for the pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. "We had lots of people turn out for that," she says. [more]