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1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: No bus to work for sewing factory staff
3 minute read 8:45 AM CDTAUGUST 3, 1956—The Monarch Wear Clothing factory, which had been in operation for eight years in St Pierre, moved lock, stock and sewing machines to Steinbach during the summer of 1956, thanks to the efforts of Steinbach automobile dealer and Chamber of Commerce president John D. Penner.
The Monarch Wear Clothing move to Steinbach was precipitated by owner Julius Berkowitz, who announced earlier in the year that his company had to look for a larger town for its operation, in order to provide the 100-150 staff needed for an efficient and economical production line.
As a result of a shortage of workers in the immediate St Pierre area, buses were being used to bring in additional help from adjoining towns, he explained.
The Steinbach Chamber of Commerce immediately began overtures to have the clothing manufacturer, building and all, moved to Steinbach rather than having the factory relocate to Winnipeg.
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1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: Steinbach car dealers earned “Automobile City” nickname
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Police save youth from Red River
1 minute read Yesterday at 5:15 PM CDTQuick thinking from the Manitoba First Nation Police Service (MFNPS) on Roseau River First Nation resulted in a water rescue of a youth in distress.
In a Monday press release the MFNPS said they received a call in the early morning hours of May 31 advising them a female youth in distress had left her residence and was believed to be at risk for entering the Red River.
Police spotted her floating down the river in what they describe as a “significant distance from shore”.
“Officers entered the water to reach the individual while another officer remained on the shoreline, maintaining communication with dispatch, monitoring the situation and coordinating updates,” they said.
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SPORTS FLASHBACK 1996: Irish dairymen hope hurling catches on
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1946 – 2026 Watching Steinbach Grow: Kreutzer family enjoys shift from horseshoes to Hondas
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COLUMN: Grey Matters – God is a sentimental God
4 minute read Yesterday at 8:41 AM CDT“Sentimentality is simply the heart’s way of remembering what the mind never wants to let go.” -Anonymous
Did you know that God is sentimental? In the church calendar we recently celebrated Pentecost Sunday which was a special Jewish day long before that. The original Pentecost festival was a celebration of the Torah (law of God) to Israel. “The law would shape them as a people with whom God would dwell. God’s presence with them would be evidenced in the tabernacle that traveled with them. On the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, God comes to indwell his people, the new temple, by the Holy Spirit” (Stanley W. Green). Pentecost for the Israelites is also about offering the first fruits of their barley harvest to God, which is comparable to the next Pentecost where God offers us the first fruits of the Spirit.
Surely God could have sent the Holy Spirit as soon as Jesus was resurrected and ascended, but He waited until the festival day of Pentecost. ‘Pentecost’ literally means ‘count 50 or fiftieth’. Numbers are important to God, especially the number 50, which is the special year of Jubilee in the Old Testament. Maybe God likes to build on our human understanding to make it more memorable for minds and hearts? Could it be that a sentimentality like this helps us remember the things we should never let go of? This type of holy sentimentality is not a weakness; it is the heart remembering what truly matters. In this context, to be sentimental is to honor the moments that shape us and the sacred events that fill our lives with meaning.
This Pentecost the church I work at had several people praying in their mother tongue at the same time! It gave us a sense of what it would have felt like during the Pentecost in Acts 2 when numerous Galilean believers were speaking in foreign languages after receiving the Holy Spirit. What seemed like tongues of fire appeared and rested above them as they met for prayer in Jerusalem and then in the streets Jews who had gathered from different nations for the Pentecost Festival heard them speaking in their own native language. They were amazed. The Holy Spirit made it clear that day that the Good News is for all nations! One old church tradition for Pentecost Sunday is to scatter red rose petals (which resemble tongues of fire) on the people as they enter the church that day. We should do more to commemorate Pentecost!
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COLUMN: Think Again – Cheaper junk food won’t help struggling families
4 minute read Saturday, Jun. 6, 2026After several marathon sittings in the Manitoba Legislature, the NDP passed its annual budget last week. According to Premier Wab Kinew, this budget will remove the PST from grocery bills.
However, most grocery products are already PST exempt. The exceptions are soft drinks, snack foods such as potato chips, and take-out meals. These items are generally not considered essential grocery items.
But since this NDP government apparently does consider these items essential, they will now be PST exempt. Initially, this exemption only applied to large grocery chains like Sobeys and not to small mom-and-pop shops.
This didn’t square well with the NDP’s anti-big business rhetoric, so it quickly amended the budget to include smaller stores as well. One thing it did not do was apply the PST exemption to restaurants. What this means is that takeout meals are tax exempt at large grocery chains but still taxed at full price in local restaurants.
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