Despite the best plans of mice and men, Highway #10 will not be completed in 2017. Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is finishing up what it can for the winter and planning to get right back at it next spring.
A recent accident south of Boissevain demonstrates why locals are worried about plans to pull ambulance service from the community.
When you listen to Blair Goethals talk about farming, you can hear passion in his voice. That passion spans four generations of Goethals farmers in Deloraine, Manitoba. Blair’s grandfather started the farm and his father and uncle took it over in the late 50’s.
Local RCMP are calling for everyone to take serious safety precautions on #10 Highway due to the combination of road construction and the school location.
Although they might fly a bit under the radar, the United Commercial Travellers in Boissevain have been active in making the community a better place for 20 years.
It has been a long time since the outside of Boissevain School has seen some work. It should look a little more refreshed in 2018.
Canada’s 150th birthday was a special one for Boissevain beautification, with an extra appropriate award for the founder of the efforts.
Don Vitko is happy because his plants are happy.
With a new school year upon them, Boissevain School staff and students are continuing to develop the combination of academics and character building they are known for.
If keeping the EMS services in the community is a battle that must be fought, the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton has assembled a pretty impressive arsenal of facts, with enough ammunition to keep going until the end of hostilities.
Marijuana, just bringing that word into a conversation can get many varied reactions. Marijuana has been legal since 2001 for medical purposes. Is Canada going to be ready for recreational marijuana on the legislated date of July 1, 2018?
Those who have travelled the path to the last breath of a family member or dear friend, will strongly acknowledge that all Canadians should have access to the best care that we can offer in their journey of living and dying.
The financial services giant Assante might be new to Boissevain, but the face representing it will be familiar to the community.
Areas like the Turtle Mountain Provincial Park are important to the region, its visitors and its outdoor enthusiasts, and a group is in the process of forming to try to protect and improve them.
It might be 60 years since the area saw its greatest rainfall, but for those around Whitewater Lake, 2017 has its similarities.
The 2017 beautification season has reached its apex with the arrival of the Communities in Bloom judges.
Something old is becoming something new, as an old landmark on South Railway Street is going through changes, and another one on Broadway will be disappearing altogether.
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The area’s premier celebration of Canada’s birthday was able to take advantage of good weather to wish the nation a happy 150th.
Sixty years is a long time for any club and it is definitely so for the Boissevain Lions. But the memories and accomplishments are also long and the club is still going strong.
Julie Watt may not have planned to tell her grandfather’s fascinating story, but ‘Please Bring Your Guitar’ brought the memories of Russ Gurr back for anyone who remembered local music from many years ago, and brought a taste of history to those who would only know it from stories.
In true 4-H Rally Day fashion of it either pouring rain or being hotter than the blazes, this year’s Rally was scorching with temperatures above 32°C.