Wednesday May 22, 2013




  • Arcola Pre-K enjoying new building

    The sounds of laughter and fun can be heard emanating throughout the new Arcola Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) building. The new addition to the Arcola School has been an amazing expansion of an already great program.
    The new facility, which is larger than

  • Local News

    Pink Day in Carlyle

    Pink Day in Carlyle

    At the age of 15, Rahtaeh Parsons, went to a party. Teenagers were there to have fun; but, for Parsons this was a night that changed her life.
    While at the party she was allegedly raped by a group of boys who also took a photograph of the act. Allegedly

  • Youth group at Gordon F. Kells High School sends serious message to students

    By Coriandré Lawrence
    Katie Matthewson was grief stricken and overwhelmed with self-loathing. The scene was one that she never imagined; one of her closest friends lying on the ground dead and the other was being pulled out of the wreckage, screaming

Top Headlines

Weekly RCMP report

Between May 3 and 9 the Carlyle detachment of the RCMP responded to 70 incidents. There were...

Arcola Daycare and Lampman Minor Sports receive grants from Monsanto Fund

The Arcola Daycare and Lampman Minor Sports have each received $2,500 through the Canada’s Farmers...

Kisbey community members look to raise funds for new playground

A group of community members in Kisbey are working together to raise funds in order to purchase new ...

Gordon F. Kells High School Cougar Corner

The GFK Track and Field Team is practicing 2 days a week after school. On May 22 is the Sub-...

Plans to beautify Carlyle is underway but not without its challenges

The Carlyle Beautification Committee met on Tuesday at town hall where they discussed several plans ...

Baby signs clinic to be held May 25

Infants and toddlers may have difficulties communicating their desires because they have yet to...

Duffy expense controversy sent back to closed-door Senate committee

Float-plane crash off B.C. coast claims the life of one: coroners service

Baird takes the heat, Harper sheds little light on Senate spending scandal

Canadian killed in Iraqi violence, Foreign Affairs minister expresses concern

Family members want RCMP to do more for officers with post-traumatic stress

Federal Court dismisses union challenge against B.C. foreign workers

U.S. live cattle jump with new beef price record

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday closed higher after wholesale beef...

U.S. corn falls after record planting pace

U.S. corn futures dropped 1.5 per cent, to their lowest since early April, on Tuesday as investors...

CropChatter: Should I be cancelling my soybean seed?

If you're a soybean grower in Manitoba, before you considering cancelling your soybean seed for...


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Fill ‘er up . . . please!

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The generous cookie thief and the potter

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