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Sewer capacity to increase in Steinbach
2 minute read Yesterday at 5:51 PM CSTA project that could cost up to $6.6 million was approved by Steinbach council on Tuesday.
A bylaw to approve the borrowing of funds to install just over three kilometres of new force main along Park Road West from the lift station to the lagoon as well as a lift station upgrade was approved unanimously by council.
City manager Troy Warkentin told council the project would increase the sewer system capacity in the area and add redundancy to the city’s sewer system.
The total project cost is estimated at $6.56 million of which as much as $2.75 million will come from borrowing.
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COLUMN: Don’t Mind the Mess – The champion of the deck
4 minute read Yesterday at 2:57 PM CSTIt was minus 30, with a windchill that made it feel closer to minus 40 – frigid but not unusual for January in Canada.
I was about as bundled up as I could be, with only my eyes showing, as I shoveled through the three-foot-high snow drift on my deck. Let me point out, this was not normal winter behavior for a summer lover like me, who would far rather have been inside, snuggled under a quilt, sipping wine, and losing myself in some sappy romance on Netflix.
My fingers were freezing, my head was sweating, and I really didn’t want to be out there.
But it was an act of love for the furry creature who watched me from the warm side of the living room window. That was Mozart, who drove me berserk for 15 years. The terror of the neighborhood who silenced the birds as he sauntered by, made squirrels flee to the treetops, and sharpened his claws on every new piece of furniture I owned.
Carillon Sports 2nd Shots: Feb. 6th edition
1 minute read Preview Yesterday at 12:00 PM CSTCOLUMN: Think Again – Serial killers belong in jail for life
4 minute read Yesterday at 11:21 AM CSTAnyone convicted of first-degree murder in Canada receives an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. At least that’s how it used to be.
Last week, the B.C. Supreme Court struck down that section of the Criminal Code. The reason? It’s unconstitutional for everyone who commits first-degree murder to receive the same sentence regardless of how many people they kill.
In other words, the court ruled that it’s unfair for someone who kills one person to have the same parole ineligibility period as someone who kills four people. On that point, I agree with the court. While both acts are horrendous, it is objectively worse to kill four people than it is to kill one person.
However, the court went astray when it struck down the minimum 25-year period of parole ineligibility. There’s a reason why first-degree murder is considered the most horrific crime—it’s the only category of murder that involves premeditation. Someone who plans to murder another person and then carries it out deserves a very long prison sentence indeed.
COLUMN: Carillon Flashback October 22, 2015 – Falk wins but Harper loses as Trudeau sweeps to power
3 minute read Preview Yesterday at 8:02 AM CSTSoutheast Event Centre to form legacy team
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025Providence ready to welcome the rest of Canada
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025Bilingual municipalities share concerns with minister
5 minute read Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025The Association of Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities hosted the minister for municipal and northern affairs on Jan. 30 where they shared issues that are important to them and their constituents, ranging from public safety to personal care homes to Manitoba Hydro.
Justin Johnson, CEO of AMBM, said the Southeast is growing at an unprecedented rate and with that growth comes opportunities and challenges surrounding wastewater, housing, availability of essential services in health care, and transportation to name a few.
“Our objective is to ensure that the province is well aware of our members’ issues and challenges. And if the AMBM is able to bring together both the municipal and provincial representatives together to discuss and tackle the issues and challenges ahead of us, that’s a win for us,” he said.
There are 15 members in the AMBM, which was formally created in 1989.
PowerSchool to provide identity protection, credit monitoring services
2 minute read Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025It’s been a little more than a month since the PowerSchool system was hacked by a third party and the matter is still under investigation, but PowerSchool is offering identity protection and credit monitoring services to those who have been affected.
PowerSchool has hired Experian, a data and analytics company, to offer two years of free identity protection services for all students and teachers who had their information stolen. PowerSchool has also hired TransUnion to give two years of free credit monitoring services for all who have reached the age of majority.
“Based on our own investigation to date of the information stored in our Student Information System (SIS), we can advise that no parent/guardian, staff, or student Social Insurance Number, banking, or credit card information has been identified as stored in our SIS,” read a statement from Hanover School Division superintendent Joe Thiessen.
“We await additional details from PowerSchool about the findings of its investigations, the information involved in this incident, and the timing of the notices it will send. We will provide you with a further update on this when available.”
COLUMN: View from the Legislature – U.S. tariffs increase prices, hurt relations
4 minute read Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025Maybe it has happened before, but it is not something I remember seeing. Watching on television Saturday night as Canadian hockey fans booed the playing of the United States national anthem was both surreal and sad. The relationship between Canada and the United States has not been without its challenges over the past 150 years, but it has always remained one of the most cooperative and enduring nation to nation friendships in the world.
But this weekend, for most Canadians, what they felt was a mixture of frustration, confusion, and judging by the hockey game in Ottawa, anger. All this in response to the official announcement by President Donald Trump that a 25 percent tariff would be applied to almost all Canadian exports to the U.S. For most Canadians and many Americans, the tariffs don’t make much sense. The White House itself confirmed on the weekend that they would almost certainly increase the price Americans pay for food, cars and gas, just to name a few.
President Trump initially indicated he was concerned about fentanyl (a deadly drug we should all be concerned about) crossing the Canadian border into the United States. The fact is that less than one percent of fentanyl in the U.S. comes over the Canadian border. Regardless, over the weekend the president stated nothing could be done to stop the tariffs and then later he restated that if Canada were to join the United States the tariffs would end. By Monday he was suggesting there needed to be more access for American banks and agriculture into Canada. For Canadians, and probably Americans, it was all a bit confusing.
Regardless, what is clear is that any tariffs would increase prices in the U.S. even as they are designed to make Canadian products less competitive. In Canada, both Prime Minister Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre supported retaliatory tariffs had the U.S. tariffs come into effect Tuesday. These were to be applied to targeted U.S. products coming into Canada as a means of applying pressure on the American government to reconsider the tariffs. And perhaps that had some effect.
RM of Hanover increases library rebate, cancels grant to library
2 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 10, 2025COLUMN: Viewpoint – The benefits and richness of diversity
4 minute read Monday, Feb. 10, 2025Last month I attended a performance of the musical Waitress at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. It was a wonderfully entertaining show and starred talented Canadian actress Stephanie Sy. Born in Winnipeg to Asian parents Stephanie has had a long and successful career in film and television. During a post-performance interview Stephanie was asked what pivotal experience as a child had made her think an acting career was a future possibility for her. She said it was attending a musical at Winnipeg’s Rainbow Stage and seeing a Filipino woman in a starring role. “That’s when I knew I could do that too!”
Diversity is so important because it provides kids with inspirational role models. During the decade I was on staff at the University of Winnipeg as a mentor for students in the Faculty of Education I noticed the cohort of young people I worked with become increasingly diverse. More Indigenous, Asian, Black, and 2SLGBTQI+ students were working towards becoming teachers. Some were receiving additional support with their university program. I observed the benefits of this assistance. It helped aspiring teachers overcome barriers that might have stood in the way of them becoming successful educators. The schools in inner city Winnipeg where my mentees did their practical training had incredibly diverse student populations. I could see how the kids benefitted from having teachers who they could identify with, who understood their culture, who made them think that regardless of their racial, religious and ethnic background or their sexual orientation they too could become teachers.
When I worked as a guide at the Winnipeg Art Gallery I was often surprised to see the current cultural, ethnic and racial diversity of the Steinbach school groups who came for tours. Thinking back to my years at the Kornelson, Woodlawn, Southwood and Central schools and the Steinbach Collegiate virtually all the children in my classes were relatively homogenous culturally, racially and religiously. The same thing is true of many of the groups of students I taught during the nearly 30 years I was employed by the Hanover School Division. Now classrooms in the Southeast are much more diverse in all kinds of ways. It just makes sense their cadre of teachers become more diverse too.
Only a few decades ago kids who identified as 2SLGBTQI+ had no visible role models of varying sexual orientations to look up to, people who had successful careers, committed relationships or meaningful social networks. How fortunate Manitoba young people are to see someone like Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara play an important role in our provincial government. Asagwara was a successful university athlete and qualified psychiatric nurse before becoming involved in politics. There are more than 140,000 businesses in Canada owned or led by 2SLGBTQI+ people and they generate some 200 billion dollars in economic impact. What an inspiration for 2SLGBTQI+ teens hoping to excel in business. As more major religious dominations ordain 2SLGBTQI+ clergy, young people of varying sexual orientations who aspire to a career in the church are being affirmed.
U18 shootout victories help MJHL to showcase win
2 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 10, 2025New curbside waste collection fees approved
1 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 10, 2025Original Nighthawk announces college commitment
1 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 10, 2025LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The pain of general tariffs
2 minute read Monday, Feb. 10, 2025We are entering into a new era of trade war. The American empire is in decline without a doubt and the world knows it. Part of the strong denial is a bully attitude, trying to throw your weight around by hurting your friendly neighbours in an attempt extract financial gain to help the rich buddies {the one percent} to fill their pockets as the general public sinks into deeper poverty.
America cannot bully its way back to the top to be the big brother of the world. The sooner we can grasp that reality the better chance we have to find our footing in a changed world. No matter how often and how loud the Americans call upon (God to bless America) it will not change the course of the decline. A bunch of other historical empires have proven this to be true.
We only have to look at G7 nations and their populations and compare it to the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), nations and their partners who keep growing at a high speed. Very unlikely that America could ever bring them to their knees. Plundering Canada and Mexico is not going to help either. It is very foolish to alienate friends and partners when you are already on a losing streak. You are not just losing your good neighbours but a big portion of the good American people who understand what it means to love your neighbour in a broader sense. All that we can do, is to encourage Americans to face that reality of decline and brace themselves for a future America that will have to deal with a corrupted capitalist system where the rich get richer and the middle class slowly disappears, and the poor get poorer. I am certain the super rich billionaires do not want the general public to know any thing about the French Revolution. To prevent that from happening, the system will have to be revised to bring more equality into the mix.
We as Canadians are not totally helpless either. We will feel the pain that comes along with this battle.
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