Winnipeg Beach, Canada News

Forty years have passed since Larry Moore taught his first group of students the fine art of curling.

With more people aware Operation Red Nose is operating in our area, the Committee expected numbers of rides to increase year over year.

Although advanced age has its disadvantages, including difficulties with short-term memories, one bonus seems to be the ability to recall youthful adventures with clarity.

Heritage buildings at the Winnipeg Beach Ukrainian Homestead Museum have been saved from the wrecker's ball.

A group of local grain producers interested in purchasing a 60-km segment of the Winnipeg Beach Subdivision rail line is garnering support after two informational meetings were held in the Interlake this month.

Winnipeg Beach United Church screens a documentary about fair trade Fri., Dec. 4 at the Stitt St.

WINNIPEG BEACH a ' This Lake Winnipeg town kicks off the season with its annual Christmas tree lighting at the bandstand and an assortment of family-oriented activities this evening.

WINNIPEG BEACH a ' Mike Halabura says he doesn't much care after town council rescinded a May motion that would have cleared the way for a multi-lot housing subdivision on property he owns west of Strollway St.

A group of local grain producers are organizing meetings in two Interlake communities next month to look into purchasing and operating the 60-km segment of the Winnipeg Beach Subdivision rail line between Selkirk and Gimli.

The Manitoba government is set to introduce a new property tax deferral program for cottage owners in response to the next round of reassessments in 2010 that is expected to be another tax assault on cottagers.

VILLAGE OF DUNNOTTAR a ' Surrounded by two seas a ' one called Lake Winnipeg, the other the sprawling RM of St.

Mosher is a great believer in people s basic honesty, but don t get him going. If I had a nickel for every call I get from someone complaining about being 'ripped off' by a 'local' contractor a ' well, I might have enough money for an entrA©e at Casa Bianca.

Ian Ross continues the fundraising efforts for Camp Kan-Do with a raffle for a flat screen television donated by Lakeside Lions of Winnipeg Beach-Dunnottar. All the I's have been dotted and the T's crossed for a proposed camp for the physically disabled on a property near Rembrandt.

Alicia Hebert keeps her support nearby as she prepares for her H1N1 vaccination this week in Selkirk.

If there was something illegal found in a Winnipeg Beach cottage cordoned by police Oct.

EIGHT rural schools are reporting higher-than-usual levels of absence -- the highest number since Education Minister Peter Bjornson told school divisions two weeks ago to report daily on their websites.

The Interlake Regional Health Authority will begin to deliver H1N1 immunizations Oct.

Several Manitoba Conservative MPs might retool upcoming announcements after a warning from the prime minister they are not to use economic stimulus announcements for partisan gain.At least four Conservative Manitoba MPs were found Wednesday to be among those signing novelty cheques presented at government funding announcements, sometimes appearing ...

Interlake SpectatorJoe and Blanche Swirski of Gimli are celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary this Saturday.

The 17th Annual Ride Free Motorcycle Club s Chillifest raised $7,000 towards new playground equipment at Arborg s Middle School.