Opasquia Times News
Tuesday, 27 February 2024 11:44
Delays in service at post office having negative impacts
Canada Post is still struggling to provide consistent service to residents in the tri-community area. A letter of complaint was sent to Canada Post by a long-term resident of the area, who is beyond frustrated at the delays and lack of service.In a letter written to the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP…
Tuesday, 27 February 2024 11:46
The Pas Handi-Van looks to raise funds for new vehicle
The Pas Handi-Van is preparing for their annual radio pledgee show to help raise money for their operations this year. Along with raising operating funds, they are looking at raising money to purchase a new handi-van unit.“We have our radio pledge show coming up on March 7 and 8,” said…
Tuesday, 20 February 2024 14:12
A year of overdue recognition for Louis Riel
This year Louis Riel Day is going to be given more recognition in terms of celebrating. This past November, Premier Wab Kinew set in motion a law to right a 153-year-old wrong and declared Louis Riel as Manitoba’s first premier through the Louis Riel Act. The Louis Riel Act will…
Tuesday, 20 February 2024 14:11
Town hears presentation from Opasquia Ag Society
The Town of the Pas held their council meeting on February 12, in council chambers. Val Berscheid, President of the Opasquia Agricultural Society did a presentation on the organization’s activities and goals for the future of their event. Their mission is to provide agricultural events for the community.In 2012, the…
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:25
MB U18 AAA league considers restructuring
There’s some unsettling talk about the possibility of Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League restructuring and eliminating some teams that they feel aren’t meeting the competitive standard of the league. A competition committee was formed to determine the viability of league and made some recommendations for improvements.“The hockey community is large,…
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:23
RCMP ICE investigations regarding youth on social media
We’ve somehow made it normal to allow kids to use smart devices and have access to social media, and now it’s catching up to us. The Manitoba RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has seen a drastic increase in the number of investigations involving youth and social media. The apps…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:40
Hiring process begins for Town’s CSO program
The Town of The Pas, like many rural and northern Manitoba communities, is struggling with having adequate numbers of police officers stationed in the community. The cost of policing is rising, as is the cost of everything else, but there are just not enough police officers on hand to deal…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:42
Skippy L ownership under question by Town
The state of the Skippy L rests in the hands of who officially owns it, which has now come into question. With the derelict state of the designated heritage site being beyond repair, the Town of The Pas and Heritage Society must first find the owner before the de-designation process…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:18
Town Council hear requests during Citizen’s Period
The Town of The Pas held a regular scheduled council meeting on January 22 in council chambers. The meeting started off with four presentations during Citizen’s Period.The first presentation was by Val Miron, the Office Manager for The Pas Handi-Van. Miron did a presentation as part of a request for…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:21
TPAHD currently facing financial hardships
At last week’s Town of The Pas council meeting, members from The Pas Association for Human Development (TPAHD) Board of Directors made a presentation during Citizen’s Period. In that presentation, TPAHD was looking for the town for forgiveness of their property taxes for the next three years, to help them…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:27
Draft provincial recycling plan now out
Municipalities all across Manitoba are looking for more cost-effective ways of doing things, while maintaining a certain standard level of service. Recycling costs have been a topic of discussion for all Manitoba municipalities, as to find out how to recoup the costs of operating recycling services in each community, which…
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:40
Trappers’ Festival dog races cancelled
This winter has been one for the books, when it came to warmer than average temperatures in December and very little snow. Winter may be catching up, but the lack of snow on the ground in tri-community has put a major Trappers’ Festival event on the backburner for this year.…
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:43
The Pas RCMP respond to serious stabbing incident
On January 19, 2024, at approximately 3:50 pm, The Pas RCMP responded to a serious stabbing incident in the 300 block of Edwards Avenue. Two people were severely injured. No further reports of violence have been received. However, one or more suspects remain at large. The RCMP is asking residents…
Tuesday, 16 January 2024 15:37
Town of The Pas to clean up Lido Theatre building
The Town of The Pas held a special budget meeting and a regular council meeting on January 8, in council chambers. During the citizens period, a representative from The Pas and Area Animal Shelter presented a financial request to council to help with the operations of the shelter. The organization…
Tuesday, 16 January 2024 15:40
Q-Doc breaking barriers in providing medical services
Physician and nurse shortages, as well as closed ERs, are issues that aren’t going to be solved any time soon, especially for rural and northern Manitoba communities, but there is another option. The online service Q-Doc has had a successful year in providing patients with virtual appointments with physicians and…