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Monday, 07 March 2022 13:32
Binscarth’s Haliuk signs with ACC Cougars
If you’re searching for a picture of Madison Haliuk, it’s probably safe to say that what you’ll find will have something to do with hockey. That’s because, hockey has been a huge part of Madison’s life for just about as far back as she can remember. She first donned hockey…
Monday, 07 March 2022 14:17
Around a million dollars still needed for Expanding Community Cancer Care
Last week, the members of the Expanding Community Cancer Care (ECCC) program met for a celebratory meeting. There was much to celebrate as this was the first meeting the group has had since the receiving word that the building of an expansion to the Community Cancer unit here in Russell…
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 09:33
Grand Opening Held For Binscarth Toboggan Slide
A dream became reality with the grand opening of the Binscarth Tobaggan Slide. The Binscarth and Friends committee worked for more than a year - during a pandemic- to raise an astounding $27,190.00 for the Binscarth slide. It was time to celebrate at Binscarth Vision 20/20’s first annual Family Winter…
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 09:31
Tweet Chasing Baseball Dream
By Derek Holtom Some youth have a pool or a playground structure in their backyard for entertainment when the snow’s off the ground. For the Tweet family, it was a batting cage. “When we moved to Russell, my Auntie bought us a batting cage,” says Dawson Tweet, a former area…
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 09:30
100 Years With Mae Glasman
By Terrie Welwood If you’re been a local anytime over the last 100 years, you may well have run into Mae Glasman. Last Friday, Mae turned 100 years old. She was born on her parent’s farm in the RM of Silver Creek on February 25, 1922. She remembers being told…
Thursday, 23 December 2021 10:29
Trojans win provincials
The Major Pratt Trojan Girls Volleyball team emerged victorious bringing home gold from the MHSAA AA provincials in Warren Manitoba. Back row left to right: April Dalman (grade 12), Mia Cadotte (grade 11), Kylee Peake (grade 11), Cali Lovas (grade 11), Halana McCulloch (grade 11), Taylor Cheyne (grade 10), Coach…
Thursday, 12 August 2021 15:40
Keyk.co - an edible art at its finest
Call it God given. Call it fate. Whatever you choose, Jerry Pestano’s story and the birth of Keyk.co shows how, sometimes, with a lot of hard work, the pieces of the puzzle just seem to fall into place and turn into exactly how life is supposed to be. Over the…
Thursday, 12 August 2021 15:26
Fingas honours wife
In the fifteen years since his wife Joyce passed, Arthur Fingas, who just turned 93 last week, has kept her love of red flowers alive. Joyce was a long time teacher who was known for her kind words and compliments to everyone she met. The saying “Rot ist die liebe”…