Carillon Sports Second Shots: Oct. 1st edition

Featuring shots from Steinbach Regional junior varsity volleyball and football games Sept. 23, SRSS football against Crocus Plains Sept. 25 and Steinbach Pistons games Sept. 25/26.

Celebrating 100 years as national legion, 80 for local branch

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #190 in Steinbach hosted a barbecue lunch on Sept. 26, to help celebrate the national organization’s 100th anniversary.

The local branch had its beginnings 20 years later, forming in 1946.

Branch Secretary Lauren Bilbey said they began in a small building on McKenzie Ave. which did not even have running water.

The local legion was homeless for a while after that building closed before they moved to a location on Elmdale. That was sold a decade ago, though they leased it back for a number of years, before they moved to their current office at 90 Brandt. St.

1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: Clearspring Village mall is home-grown product

MAY 7, 1980—Clearspring Village Shopping Centre in Steinbach, which just opened its doors to the public, just 10 months after construction began, will certainly achieve the goal its two local developers set for themselves when they first sat down to plan the project. It will provide for the Southeast a marketplace large and attractive enough to ensure that a large part of the region’s shopping dollar stays at home.

Quite apart from the fact the building is the largest shopping mall in the province outside of Winnipeg, the concentration of large and small stores is a splendid example of a meticulously planned project, seemingly sparing no expense in providing rural shoppers with amenities usually associated with big-city living.

Thirty-four years earlier, a grocer with a young family sold almost everything the family owned in Saskatchewan, just to scrape together enough money for the down payment on a small grocery store on Main Street in Steinbach.

Jim Penner was six years old when his father bought Modern Grocery in 1946 and cannot help but be reminded of that when he talks about his latest business venture, a half-interest in a multi-million-dollar shopping complex with a supermarket, where the meat coolers could swallow up J.A. Penner’s first store, with room to spare.

COLUMN: On the Fence Line – Vaccination rules for competition: What MB horse owners need to know ahead of 2027

If you plan to take your horse to a competition in 2027, now is a good time to review your vaccination records. Equine Influenza and Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1 and EHV-4) can spread quickly when horses come together at barns, shows, trailers, and warm-up areas. Keeping vaccinations current is an important part of protecting your horse and the wider equine community.

Equestrian Canada (EC) requires horses attending EC-sanctioned competitions to meet vaccination requirements. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, scheduled for March 29 to April 3, 2027, is one Manitoba event for which it is important to plan to meet these requirements. Current EC rules require vaccination within six months plus a 21-day grace period before arrival, with no vaccination within seven days of arrival. These rules help protect horses and event biosecurity by ensuring regular vaccination schedules—not just last-minute compliance.

Before heading to a competition:

· Review your horse’s vaccination records well before the show.

Elizabeth Karpinchick runs against Raymond Maynard for mayor of St Pierre-Jolys

Agronomist Elizabeth Karpinchick has added her name to this election cycle as a candidate for mayor and she is running on a platform centred around community engagement and consultation along with responsible development.

“So, working with our current municipal government is really dysfunctional right now, and we need to really overhaul that system. Like, how do committees in town interact with their government? Because right now, it’s like talking to a wall…I really want to make it easier for people to participate in their community, because it’s a challenge working with the municipal government, and it shouldn’t be,” she said.

Karpinchick has sat on multiple committees since she moved to Manitoba in 2012. She has volunteered on the St Pierre Agricultural Society since 2016, sat on the Manitoba Organic Alliance as president for six years, she’s on the St Pierre Community Development Corporation (CDC), as president, and she is currently sitting on the board for the Institute of Agrologists as a member. Living her Canadian dream, she also drove the Zamboni for two years at the arena.

She currently has the top spot on the Frog Follies Committee, which she said has given the St Pierre CDC the role of interacting with council as its role is to work with municipal government.

Virden Oil Capitals looking strong so far in the MJHL

The Virden Oil Capitals certainly made a statement last weekend in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

The Caps defeated the Niverville Nighthawks in a re-match of the 2026 Turnbull Cup final, out-shooting the defending champions 45-16 in a 3-2 win, then travelled the next night and took down last season’s second-place finisher in the regular season Steinbach 7-5.

Virden had to travel the day after their game, while Steinbach was able to recover and prepare at home, but that didn’t stop the Oil Caps offense from exploding for six non-empty net goals.

Head coach and general manager Tyson Ramsey has some key players returning to the roster, and was sure to shout out forward Tyson Draper and defenseman Lincoln Black-Greaves for setting the tone in practice for their new players.

COLUMN: Village News – This month at MHV: October moments you won’t want to miss

Even though the last vestiges of summer have left us, and autumn colours and cooler weather are inviting us to prepare for winter, Mennonite Heritage Village continues to offer activities and programs for everyone. Here are a few highlights.

Volunteer appreciation – Oct. 1

If you have volunteered at MHV this past year, we’d like to honour you at our annual volunteer appreciation event on Oct.1 at 7 p.m. This will be a great evening full of laughter and refreshments as MHV staff give a big thank you to the volunteers who make our programming happen.

Exhibit Explorers: Craft & Story Hour – Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Piney Forest Tours informative, enjoyable, and free for all to attend

The RM of Piney’s Forest Tours have been going on for three years now and the tradition is becoming more popular.

Every year, Bob Austman holds three Forest Tours focusing on the ecology, economy, and social aspects of a forest. Every free tour has a different theme and the tour in September focused on peat moss in the boreal forest and the milling of trees for lumber.

“(The tour) went very well,” said Austman. “The weather cooperated. It was nice to see some youngsters in the group learning more about the forest and peat moss and the diversity of the group was excellent at all ages there and I think people asked some very good questions.”

Austman is a forest educator who works part-time for Tree Canada as a quality control inspector for its provincial planting projects. He retired after 15 years of working for the Manitoba Model Forest (which consists of about 1.05 million hectares of boreal forest) as the education coordinator and forest research assistant.

Neepawa evaluating young core to start MJHL season

Just two weeks into the regular season, the battle in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s West Division is already heating up.

Every team had at least one win and one regulation loss and at least three points in the standings after two weekends worth of action.

That includes the Neepawa Titans, which have played in a pair of overtime games to start the season, dropping games to Portage and Steinbach.

Head coach Ken Pearson noted the Titans are a young squad this year, and will need to develop over the course of the season, like many other teams in the MJHL this year.

New reporter joins team

Steinbach has a new reporter at The Carillon newsroom. Adi Kapoor holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Mumbai University, India, and a postgraduate certificate in journalism from Humber College, Toronto. After completing his studies, Kapoor joined CBC as a news reporter in Yellowknife, NWT.

Kapoor is trained as a multiplatform reporter, but he values print journalism most. According to him, print journalism is crucial because it is detailed, permanent and tells a story in a comprehensive manner. Kapoor speaks four languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi and French, which allows him to develop deeper connections with diverse communities.

Kapoor has already embedded himself in the community and is aware of some issues that people in southeast Manitoba are actively talking about on social media. Kapoor plans to do his best to report on relevant issues so that people feel heard and have a reliable source of information to verify facts.

Reporting has always been Kapoor’s dream job. He believes journalism is crucial to every community because it ensures a well-informed populace. Kapoor follows a reporting style based on the principles of accuracy and being unbiased.

SPORTS FLASHBACK AUG 1983: Angels repeat as SouthEast champs

My vacation was scheduled to officially come to an end August 9. That was including an extra day, because I picked a couple of weeks where there would be a holiday, just so I could get an extra day.

The Friday afternoon before I was slated to be back at work, I ‘snuck’ into the office to check if someone else was sitting at my desk or if the sign had been removed from the doorway. Either one of those would have been a tip-off that a longer vacation was in store.

That was about the time when editor Peter Dyck asked if I was planning on taking in the doubleheader at Friedensfeld Park, Sunday. Before I could stop myself, I blurted that I hadn’t missed a Hanover Fastball final in 13 years.

Great! Peter said. Seeing as how you’re there anyway, why don’t you take a couple of pictures? A trophy presentation of the winners and maybe a team picture ought to do it.