Dufferin Ag Society and local chamber of commerce join forces   
Posted 5 days ago
The Dufferin Agricultural Society and the Carman and Community Chamber of Commerce have joined forces. The chamber and DAS have formed a partnership for a pair of major annual community events, the Carman Country Fair and the Potato & Blossom Festival. [more]

Klein new senior group publisher    
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]

MP Hoeppner meets with area chamber reps   
Posted 5 days ago
Portage-Lisgar MP Candice Hoeppner met with area business leaders recently to learn more about how the commercial sector is faring across her riding. Hoeppner, in Morden on Feb. [more]

Significant flooding for Red River Valley   
Posted 5 days ago
Spring flooding along the Red River could be significant should there be average weather until the spring melt. [more]

RM wants generator for Stephenfield plant    
Posted 5 days ago
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin Council wants an electric generator installed at the Stephenfield Lake water plant. Since it's the major source of treated water for the RM, council expressed its concerns to the Pembina Valley Water Cooperative. [more]

Lights out in Starbuck   
Posted 5 days ago
A mechanical failure was responsible for a hydro outage in the Starbuck area on Feb. 25. A Manitoba Hydro spokesperson said the outage began about 10:30 a.m. and ended around 2 p.m. Jim Peters said about 100 customers were without hydro for the three-and-a-half-hours. [more]

More charges laid in B&E   
Posted 5 days ago
Two more people have been charged in the Feb. 17 break and enter of Carman Sports & Empower Fitness. Carman Area RCMP Staff Sgt. Joanne Prejet said Sabrina Ducharme and Mitchell Mikolajczyk both of Winnipeg, have been charged. [more]

CWB Farmer Forum   
Posted 5 days ago
Farmers in the Canadian Wheat Board's District 10 will have to opportunity to query their representative, Bill Toews. A Kane-area producer, Toews said the March 11 meeting at the Oak Bluff Hall is a chance for farmers to make recommendations regarding the CWB. [more]

Exciting end to a memorable games   
Posted 5 days ago
The Winter Olympics came to an exciting finish last Sunday with Team Canada winning gold with a thrilling overtime victory that rivaled other legendary wins by our finest hockey players such as Paul Henderson in 1972 and Mario Lemieux's heroics in 1988 with their goals. [more]

Canada has been steadily improving   
Posted 5 days ago
The first week of the Vancouver Winter Olympics began as a brutal one for Canada, with expected medals not turning into reality. However the first bright light shone with the gold won by Alexandre Bilodeau in the men's moguls. [more]

McCutcheon part of 2010 provincial senior men's curling championship rink    
Posted 5 days ago
Carman-area farmer and Rural Municipality of Dufferin reeve Shawn McCutcheon is once again a provincial curling champion. McCutcheon is in his second year of playing third for the Rob Ramage rink based out of the Baldur Curling Club. [more]

Cougar boys take Zone 4 basketball title     
Posted 5 days ago
The Carman Cougars varsity basketball team won the zone 4 banner on Tuesday night in Gretna. Carman won the first game on Feb. 25 of the best-of-three series 80-53. [more]

Cougars eliminated after double OT loss to Mavericks    
Posted 5 days ago
It took double overtime but the Carman Cougars Zone 4 hockey season officially came to an end last Saturday night in Morris. The Cougars forced a third game with a spirited 5-2 triumph in game two on home ice which set-up the winner-take-all match up on Feb. [more]

Cougar girls dominate to win basketball zone championship    
Posted 5 days ago
The Carman Cougar girls varsity basketball team won the Zone 4 title Tuesday night in Morris. Carman dominated from start to finish leading 50-24 at the half en route to a convincing 89-59 triumph to sweep their series 2-0. [more]

Carman to host pee wee championships   
Posted 5 days ago
Carman will host the 2010 Provincial Pee Wee Rural A Boys Hockey Championships next weekend from March 12-14. Busy Time It's been a hectic time for a tournament organizer Jacquie Metcalf who is helping co-ordinate the Atom A Provincial Hockey Tournament also in Carman March 5-7. [more]

Rivalry continues for PV Hawks   
Posted 5 days ago
The rivalry continues to grow between the Pembina Valley Hawks and Southwest Cougars. They met at the end of the season to decide first spot in the West Division of the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League and now will continue their battle in one of the league semi-final matchups. [more]

Consistency will be a key for Marlins at provincials   
Posted 5 days ago
The Miami Marlins boys curling team is looking to make the most of their opportunity when they compete at the Manitoba High School Provincial Boys Curling Championships March 4-6 in Morden/Winkler. [more]