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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
We've got a few more details on Wednesday afternoon's crash west of Plum Coulee.
According to information from Pembina Valley RCMP, officers were alerted to the situation by a cellphone crash notification.
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Two-vehicle crash closes Highway 14, west of Plum Coulee
The initial on-scene investigation determined a vehicle heading east was stopped on Highway 14, waiting to turn north onto Road 15W.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
Four people were brought to hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 14, west of Plum Coulee, Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews, including the Plum Coulee Fire Department, were called to the scene, at Road 15W, around 5:50 p.m. STARS Air Ambulance was also called in, landing on the highway.
According to Plum Coulee Fire Chief Tony Fehr, one of the vehicles was occupied by a single person and the other, three people.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
The Community Orchard in Altona will continue to take shape this spring.
A-CAN, the grassroots group behind the effort, planted a shelter belt and built some berms at the site, located just north of the Community Garden, last year.
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1 week ago | 
portageonline.com | Candace Derksen
Authorities have identified two persons of interest in connection to last month's fire at Grace St. John's Anglican Lutheran Church in Carman. It didn't take long for Pembina Valley RCMP to declare the devastating early-morning March 13th blaze as suspicious and appealed to the public for any video surveillance footage that could help in the investigation.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
The results are in, and about half (46%) of the people who responded to the Town of Altona's Big Easel Restoration survey believe the towering steel structure should remain a landmark in the community. 36% went on to say that the big easel should continue to display some kind of hand-painted artwork. Finally, 40% of respondents feel that whatever is displayed should continue to be an image of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
Authorities have identified two persons of interest in connection to last month's fire at Grace St. John's Anglican Lutheran Church in Carman. It didn't take long for Pembina Valley RCMP to declare the devastating early-morning March 13th blaze as suspicious, and appealed to the public for any video surveillance footage that could help in the investigation.
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Carman Dufferin Fire Dept.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
One driver is being charged after a two-vehicle crash east of Winkler on Highway 14 Monday morning.
According to Pembina Valley RCMP, a vehicle turning west onto the highway from Reinfeld Street in Reinfeld collided with a vehicle heading east on the highway. Both drivers were taken to hospital in stable condition.
The driver of the vehicle that turned is being charged under the Highway Traffic Act for proceeding when unsafe to do so.
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1 week ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Candace Derksen
If you've got a pad mount transformer in your yard, Manitoba Hydro wants you to keep one thing in mind this spring.
As sump pumps start gurgling to life, homeowners are being reminded to direct those hoses away from the green electrical boxes sometimes found in yards.
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1 week ago | 
discoverwestman.com | Candace Derksen
11 people have been charged in months-long Joint Force Operation (JFO) police have dubbed Project Terminus.
The Morden and Winkler police services investigation began in December, and on January 24th the project team charged two people after seizing meth, a replica firearm and a large amount of Canadian currency following a traffic stop.
Another stop two days later resulted in one person being charged with possession of a controlled substance.
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1 week ago | 
pembinavalleyonline.com | Candace Derksen
It's something Altona Police Chief Dan Defer says his department deals with every election.
On Thursday, the office received a report of two election signs being damaged, rather, noted Defer, they were driven over.
"There are those individuals out there that tend to go out and either remove or destroy election signs," he explained.
