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COLUMN: Beyond the Shelter – Understanding domestic violence

Lisa Fast 3 minute read 2:26 PM CDT

Domestic violence is often misunderstood. When we hear the words “domestic violence,” many of us picture physical violence between partners. But domestic violence is much broader than that. It can take many forms, and often, the signs are not immediately visible.

At Agape House, our outreach department spends a lot of time in the community talking about what domestic violence can look like and helping people recognize behaviours that may otherwise be overlooked.

At its core, domestic violence is about power and control. It can include physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and financial abuse, as well as intimidation, threats, stalking, isolation, and controlling behaviours.

It might look like a partner constantly checking someone’s phone or location, deciding who they can spend time with, controlling their access to money, preventing them from working, repeatedly criticizing or humiliating them, or threatening to hurt them, their children, pets, or themselves.

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates with his line after Nicklas Backstrom (19) scored against the Winnipeg Jets' in Winnipeg, Saturday, December 5, 2015. (TREVOR HAGAN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)

AS I SEE IT COLUMN: The NHL must ban Alex Ovechkin

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AS I SEE IT COLUMN: The NHL must ban Alex Ovechkin

James Loewen 4 minute read 12:00 PM CDT

In 2022 when Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, some hockey commentators were calling for the NHL to ban Washington Capital’s star Alexander Ovechkin.

While other Russian players in the NHL sought to position themselves as being against the war, even in opaque, indirect ways, Ovechkin never did.

He is buddy-buddy with Russian president Vladmir Putin, possibly the only person on earth who is a worse human being than fake Christian and convicted felon Donald Trump. Ovechkin and Putin chum around and play charity hockey games together. (Go look online for clips of Putin playing hockey. When he has the puck the opposing defensemen part like Moses at the Red Sea and the goaltender lets Putin score in the way a parent lets a young child score. It’s beyond embarrassing, or at least it should be.)

In Russia’s recently completed elections, Ovechkin showed up in Putin’s campaign ads. The NHL’s leading scorer was actively promoting someone convincingly accused of being a war criminal.

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SUBMITTED BY DALE HILDEBRAND A behind the scenes look from the documentary Under the Lapacho Tree, a film about the first Mennonite settlers in Paraguay. The 100,00 settlers that migrated there had many trials and tribulations as they settled in the Chaco region, known as The Green Hell. About 10 percent of the settlers would die within the first 16 months of arriving.

Mennonite documentary looks at Paraguay migration, 10 percent died

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Mennonite documentary looks at Paraguay migration, 10 percent died

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 7 minute read 11:54 AM CDT

Following on the heels of the successful documentary Where The Cottonwoods Grow is Under The Lapacho Tree, director Dale Hildebrand’s latest attempt to tell the Mennonite story.

“The last film I did, Where The Cottonwoods Grow, was about the Mennonite migration of 1874 from Imperial Russia to the West. And so this story is the same group of people, but some of them migrated to Mexico and a few other places, and one of them, there’s a group that migrated to Paraguay in end of 1926, 1927…and they were some 2,700 kilometres upriver from Buenos Aires in the middle of nowhere,” said Hildebrand.

Under The Lapacho Tree explores the late 1927 migration of 1,778 Canadian Mennonites to Paraguay’s Chaco region, which is considered one of the most inhospitable places on earth and nicknamed The Green Hell, leading to the death of 10 percent of those that moved there within the first 16 months of arrival. Upon hearing what was going on in Paraguay, Mennonites from Canada, including from Altona and the East Reserve, stopped migrating there.

“The Chaco is known as Green Hell, because it’s green and there’s no water to be found. The water that they find is brackish, it’s salty, so they can’t survive on that. But the Indigenous people learned how to find water at a certain level, and there’s a stream of sweet (water), just above the salt water,” said Hildebrand.

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SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC THE CARILLON RM of Springfield residents look at the empty dinning room at Dugald Place Assisted Living after the ribbon cutting on Sept. 22, 2026.

Dugald Place holds ribbon cutting ceremony, gives first tour of green building

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Dugald Place holds ribbon cutting ceremony, gives first tour of green building

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 4 minute read 8:40 AM CDT

It’s been eight years of planning, fundraising, and looking at design plans, but the Dugald Place Assisted Living Facility and Springfield Co-op Community Pool are one step closer to opening officially to the public.

Springfield Heritage Housing Inc. (SHHI) invited residents and dignitaries to a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday where the public got a glimpse of the facility’s first floor.

“Today isn’t just about opening a new building. It’s about opening a new chapter in how we support seniors, strengthen community health, and plan for the future,” said SHHI chair Lesley Thomson.

Although the $29 million building is still under construction, 35 of the 54 units have already been leased with the expectation that the remaining units will be rented out by January 2027. One bedroom apartments are being leased for $3,500 a month, while the two bedroom units are about $4,000. Rent includes all amenities.

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CASSIDY DANKOCHIK THE CARILLON Marianne Curtis, an organizer for Walk with Jesus leads participants in Steinbach on Sept. 19.

First Walk with Jesus takes place in Steinbach

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First Walk with Jesus takes place in Steinbach

Greg Vandermeulen 3 minute read Yesterday at 2:53 PM CDT

Steinbach’s first Walk with Jesus event took place Sept. 19, with organizers saying they were pleased with the result.

“We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out, walked with us, prayed with us, shared testimonies, served, donated, volunteered and helped make this day possible,” organizers said in a Facebook post following the event. “We came together with one purpose; to lift up the name of Jesus and declare together Jesus is Lord.”

The event was intended to bring people together for an afternoon of worship, prayer, testimonies and fellowship at K.R. Barkman Park.

A walk through Steinbach was one of the activities of the event that also included invocations by Provencher MP Ted Falk and Steinbach Mayor Earl Funk.

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Monarchs goaltender Piet Mierau claims in vain to the referee that a Niverville goal was knocked in with a high stick. (Cassidy Dankochik The Carillon)

MJHL NOTES: Winnipeg Monarchs bringing in brand new staff

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MJHL NOTES: Winnipeg Monarchs bringing in brand new staff

Cassidy Dankochik 3 minute read Yesterday at 12:00 PM CDT

The Winnipeg Monarchs are hoping this is the year they take the leap into competitiveness.

The team, which joined the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 2020 under the nickname of “Freeze,” rebranded last season. Across their five full seasons in the league, they’ve never finished better than 12th in the league standings, with last year’s 11 wins a new franchise-best mark.

The Monarchs, which play out of the Hockey for All Centre in Winnipeg, have a brand new staff this season, with Riley Dudar taking over as head coach and general manager. Zach Franko, who led the program behind the bench in 2025/2026, is now with Swift Current in the Western Hockey League as an assistant coach.

“It was a crazy off-season, but I’m having a lot of fun so far doing it,” Dudar said after their season-opener against Niverville..

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COLUMN: Grey Matters – Ordinary time

Gary Dyck 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:46 AM CDT

“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life… And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.” - William Martin (The Parent’s Tao Te Ching)

When we think of the Church year, we naturally gravitate toward the great seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. These are the dramatic moments of anticipation, celebration, sacrifice, and resurrection. Yet the largest portion of the liturgical year is neither festive nor dramatic. It is known as Ordinary Time, and it may be the most overlooked gift in the Church calendar.

Our modern culture has conditioned us to think of the term “ordinary” as dull and something to be avoided. In our house, my parents did not tolerate the phrase ‘I’m bored’. There was always something to do. However, Ordinary Time is important. What would our world be if it wasn’t for the everyday faithfulness of God, His creation and the helpers around us?

Unlike Advent and Lent, which prepare us for specific celebrations, Ordinary Time focuses on the ongoing life of faith. It is a season not of dramatic spiritual highs but of patient growth. Nature offers a helpful comparison. A gardener may delight in the excitement of planting season and marvel at the beauty of harvest. However, most of the year is spent tending, watering, weeding, and waiting. Growth happens quietly. The most significant changes occur gradually beneath the surface. As William Martin says above, our children and grandchildren don’t need the pressure of being extraordinary, but a mentoring of being faithful with the ordinary.

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Steinbach product Noah Stott is sure to be a focal point of the Winkler Flyers this season. (Cassidy Dankochik The Carillon)

MJHL NOTES: Youthful Flyers expect to improve across the season

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MJHL NOTES: Youthful Flyers expect to improve across the season

Cassidy Dankochik 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:00 AM CDT

The Winkler Flyers are hoping to improve after an unusual down season by their standards in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

The Flyers finished fourth in the East Division, their worst finish since the COVID-19 pandemic, and were swept in the first round of the playoffs by Niverville.

Head coach and general manager Matt Melo is in his third season with the Flyers and anticipates his team growing throughout the year.

“We’re a young group, I think we’re a strong group, but certainly there’s lots to clean up,” Melo said following a pair of defeats to Steinbach over the weekend to open their season.

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SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC THE CARILLON ARCHIVES Hanover School Division superintendent and CEO Joe Thiessen has implemented a new learning plan for teachers that will reinforce teaching practices that teachers are already doing. Students can expect teaching consistency through each successive grade and classroom.

Hanover School Division implements new learning plan for teachers, union supports it

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Hanover School Division implements new learning plan for teachers, union supports it

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 3 minute read Yesterday at 8:04 AM CDT

The Hanover School Division has implemented a new learning plan for its teachers, which will guide how they teach but not stifle creativity, according to senior administration.

“We’re very excited about rolling this out,” said superintendent and CEO Joe Thiessen. “We got input from principals, (the) senior admin team worked on this, we talked with some other senior admin leaders in other divisions as well just to bounce ideas around, and this is where we landed. We felt this was a really good place for us to take forward what we have been doing and move it forward in a grounded research practice.”

The new learning plan has been a year in the making. It is based around Barak Rosenshine’s 10 Principals of Instruction, which is already being taught in university education classes. Rosenshine’s principles direct teachers to review old material prior to teaching something new and then making sure the student understands what they are learning before moving on to the next topic or idea. Thiessen said the new plan is not meant to stifle creativity in the classroom and teachers are allowed to teach their subjects as they wish.

“It’s an extension of what we have been doing (already). We have done deeper learning in our division for a number of years. This takes some of the core competencies of that and extends that forward,” said Thiessen.

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On Sept. 9 this year the world once more had the opportunity to observe the “International Day to Protect Education from Attack”, an observation that has occurred annually since its enactment in 2020. Those of us who were born in Canada, and received our formal education in Canadian schools can scarcely wrap our minds on the reality that such an enactment is necessary. Sadly we are informed that attacks on education have risen sharply in the world over the past two years. When my fellow classmates and I began our education at the Rosengard School in 1946 we may have been a little nervous. After all, we were beginning an entirely new chapter in our lives. While it is true that our own home was a very short walk from the school grounds, down the gravel ridge, I was nevertheless embarking on a completely new era, within a school classroom. And that in a new language! I now had to be ready to face the day in what for me was a new environment. Gone were the days when I could spend my time playing with my doll and pretend to be drinking from little porcelain cups. I had play time with my younger brothers. And if they grew tired of my idea of play and entertainment, I could simply move into a more private corner of the house, and play on my own until it was time to eat our noonday meal. In the meantime my sister Anne, and my brothers Henry and Jake had arrived from school and we were all gathered at our kitchen table to eat, which in our household was the main meal of the day. All of that changed for me when I began Grade 1 in late summer, 1946. On that first day of school in Grade 1, now many decades ago, six of us —four girls and two boys — were introduced to the rigorous structure of a school day, specifically, the Rosengard School. Our teacher, Mr. Jakob Penner, had eight grades to teach, in addition to a Grade 9 student who was taking her course work by correspondence. Needless to say, I was surrounded by a great deal of unaccustomed activity on my first day of school, among more than 40 students in the one-room schoolhouse. Prior to the actual teaching pursuant to the curriculum prescribed by the Manitoba Department of Education, each school day began with certain formalities. To the best of my recollection, we began the day by standing next to our desks to sing “O Canada” followed by all of us reciting “The Lord’s Prayer”. Not only did Mr. Penner instruct eight different grades, he also taught all of the subjects in those eight grades. It stands to reason that the instruction on each of those days had to be highly organized, leaving little room for individual needs and learning styles. Mr. Penner knew from past experience that keeping grade one kids, who were accustomed to a more or less leisurely lifestyle in their respective home environments, in line with proper educational expectations, would need to exercise all the ingenuity he could muster. Perhaps his daughter Erika, who had already done a practicum with some of us kids several months earlier, to complete her program of studies, came to the rescue. In my mind’s eye, I can imagine Mr. Penner, having already anticipated a somewhat challenging Monday morning, was anxious and less than altogether cordial that Sunday afternoon. Perhaps his daughter, aspiring teacher that she was, offered to draw “stick figures” on the blackboard where eager beginning students could learn eye-hand coordination, as we were instructed to copy those figures from the blackboard on Monday morning. That day has opened countless opportunities for me in my educational, professional and social pursuits, and still continues to broaden my horizon today. When I think of the world in which we live, where it is increasingly necessary to protect the right to an education, I am deeply humbled and profoundly grateful for that long ago first day of Grade 1 at the Rosengard School so many decades ago.

COLUMN: Tales from the Gravel Ridge – The privilege of a free education in a safe environment

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COLUMN: Tales from the Gravel Ridge – The privilege of a free education in a safe environment

Maria Falk Lodge 4 minute read Friday, Sep. 25, 2026

On Sept. 9 this year the world once more had the opportunity to observe the “International Day to Protect Education from Attack”, an observation that has occurred annually since its enactment in 2020.

Those of us who were born in Canada, and received our formal education in Canadian schools can scarcely wrap our minds on the reality that such an enactment is necessary. Sadly we are informed that attacks on education have risen sharply in the world over the past two years.

When my fellow classmates and I began our education at the Rosengard School in 1946 we may have been a little nervous. After all, we were beginning an entirely new chapter in our lives. While it is true that our own home was a very short walk from the school grounds, down the gravel ridge, I was nevertheless embarking on a completely new era, within a school classroom. And that in a new language!

I now had to be ready to face the day in what for me was a new environment. Gone were the days when I could spend my time playing with my doll and pretend to be drinking from little porcelain cups. I had play time with my younger brothers. And if they grew tired of my idea of play and entertainment, I could simply move into a more private corner of the house, and play on my own until it was time to eat our noonday meal.

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The Providence Pilots women's team is doing a lot of celebrating this season, as they have a perfect 4-0-0 record with wins of 11-0 and 7-0. (Cassidy Dankochik The Carillon)

Providence women ranked in nation-wide top 10

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Providence women ranked in nation-wide top 10

Cassidy Dankochik 2 minute read Friday, Sep. 25, 2026

The Providence Pilots women’s soccer team continued their winning ways with a bang, improving to 4-0-0 on the season with a pair of strong victories at home Sept. 19/20.

The Pilots opened the weekend with a demolition of the Assiniboine Cougars 11-0, before defeating St Boniface 2-0 the next day. Six different Providence players scored in the 11-0 win.

The women’s team were ranked 10th in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association rankings released Sept. 22.

On the men’s side, the Pilots found the win column for the first time this season, beating Assiboine 6-0 thanks to a two-goal performance from Ronnie Gibson.

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CARILLON ARCHIVES A semi-trailer pulls into the Penner Tom-Boy huge parking lot to deliver another car-load of groceries to stock the shelves of the Penner family’s new store on Main Street in 1960.

1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: Huge crowd attends Tom-Boy opening

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1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: Huge crowd attends Tom-Boy opening

Wes Keating 3 minute read Friday, Sep. 25, 2026

FEBRUARY 5, 1960 - Traffic almost came to a halt along Steinbach’s Main Street, as hundreds of cars proceeded to the official opening of Steinbach’s new Tom-Boy store. In spite of the wet snow, hundreds of people stood out in front of the new super-market to await opening ceremonies at 10 a.m., Thursday.

Proprietor Jac A. Penner welcomed the guests and well-wishers who, made this venture possible. He introduced Roy O’Neil, manager of Western Grocers, and Jack Rempe[, who had acted in an advisory capacity in building the new store.

“Steinbach has become known as the Automobile City,” said Jack Rempel in his remarks. “Cars with Steinbach labels can be seen in every part of the province. Steinbach transport trucks reach out to every part of the North American continent. Millwork from Steinbach is sold all over western Canada. The opening of Jac Penner’s new store will help to provide still another service in Steinbach.”

Rev. Henry Rempel dedicated the building to the community.

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Submitted by the Hanover School Division Hanover School Division is expanding its administrative building with a 12,200 sq.-ft. two-storey addition. Completion of the addition is planned for fall 2027.

Hanover School Division to expand administrative building

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Hanover School Division to expand administrative building

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 2 minute read Friday, Sep. 25, 2026

The Hanover School Division administrative office is getting a $4.7 million facelift that will house about 50 additional staff.

“It’s exciting. I mean, we know that our division continues to grow, and we have emerging needs for more office space with the expansion that the board has approved,” said superintendent Joe Thiessen to the board of trustees during the last board meeting.

“We’ve been in this current space for approximately 18 years, if I got that right, and with the continued growth we need the office space.”

The 12,200 square-foot two-storey addition will centrally house about 50 additional staff, such as clinicians, student services, support staff, senior administrators, and learning coaches. As student services will be housed at the new addition, it will leave its current space next to Stonybrook Middle School. The office space at the school will be used for classrooms.

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Submitted by Springfield-Ritchot MLA Ron Schuler Springfield-Ritchot MLA Ron Schuler holds a clock in support of the provincial government moving permanently to Daylight Saving Time, or Central Daylight Time.

Adoption to permanent Daylight Saving Time 28 years in the making

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Adoption to permanent Daylight Saving Time 28 years in the making

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 5 minute read Thursday, Sep. 24, 2026

Come November, Manitobans will stay on Daylight Saving Time as they will no longer have to set their clocks back one hour due to the province’s decision to abandon seasonal time changes, which one MLA said is a long time coming.

“I’ve been at the legislature for 28 years, and we have talked about it and studied it and debated it and discussed it for 28 years, and Manitobans every year say, why are we doing this?” said Springfield-Ritchot MLA Ron Schuler, who has been advocating for the change since the last election.

“Do I view this as a personal win? I would say this is more of the public has really pushed for this, and they’ve been patient, and they’ve pushed hard for this, and it is, I think, the public’s win,” said Schuler.

Schuler brought the matter of not changing the clock in March and November after being lobbied by constituent Neil Van Ryssel, a dairy farmer in Oakbank.

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SVJETLANA MLINAREVIC THE CARILLON Piper Heather Purvis led the RCMP honour guard of Sgt. Joanne Ryll (left) and Const. Denis Redikop and survivors during the first walk at the start of Southeast Cancer Support Services’ Walk For Hope fundraiser at A.D. Penner Park on Sept. 19. The walk was a way for survivors and their families to show strength and support for each other and support of the organization that provides many services, including transportation to medical appointments for cancer patients.

Walk For Hope raises more than $58,000 for Southeast Cancer Support Services

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Walk For Hope raises more than $58,000 for Southeast Cancer Support Services

Svjetlana Mlinarevic 6 minute read Thursday, Sep. 24, 2026

The second annual Walk For Hope has surpassed last year’s total of $45,000.

Southeast Cancer Support Services (SCSS) executive director Cindi Rempel Patrick said that despite the rain this year, more people came out to this year’s fundraiser compared to 2025.

“There’s over 200 walkers and there’s 100 volunteers and then there’s all their families and friends, so there’s hundreds. And we’re thrilled because it’s raining less than it did last year. And even last year when it poured, people still came out,” she said.

Walk For Hope raised more than $58,000 this year with all money going towards transportation costs associated with driving cancer patients to doctor’s appointments. SCSS serves 88 communities in the Southeast and currently has 105 clients that receive transportation. About 150 survivors walked this year.

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OPINION: What do we elect a school trustee to do?

Laura Reimer 5 minute read Thursday, Sep. 24, 2026

On Oct. 28, Manitobans will once again elect the people who serve on our local school boards. School trustee races rarely attract the attention given to other elections. Yet school boards are among our most immediate forms of representative democracy.

Before asking who should be a school trustee, perhaps we should ask a more basic question:

What, exactly, are we electing a school trustee to do?

Trustees are elected to govern a school division. They are not elected to run it.

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