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Virden Bus Depot Moves Back Downtown

Virden Bus Depot Moves Back Downtown

Virden’s Greyhound Bus depot has moved from the Trans-Canada Highway frontage road to the Custom Creations store. As of last weekend, the buses are picking up and dropping off passengers and freight in downtown Virden.
Big Daddy Tazz is Coming to Virden

Big Daddy Tazz is Coming to Virden

Why the in-demand comedian keeps returning
This adult picture book provides dumb answers to kids’ dumb questions

This adult picture book provides dumb answers to kids’ dumb questions

Another entry from the wild world of local crowdfunding campaigns… Written and illustrated by two locals with a pretty twisted sense of humour, Dumb Answers to Kids’ Questions provides some serious comic relief for parents and adults that are tired o
Scene around town: Virden snapshots

Scene around town: Virden snapshots

Little stories in pictures
Two groups benefit from the "Wooly Classic"

Two groups benefit from the "Wooly Classic"

Two non-profit groups have benefited from a fundraiser held in honour of Murray Wooldridge. The Wooly Classic poker tournament was in April at the Virden Legion. (Wooldridge’s nickname was Wooly).
The continuing adventures of Recumbent Ray

The continuing adventures of Recumbent Ray

Canines, coons and cramps torment Oak Lake cyclist
Goulter Breakfast Program fed by donations

Goulter Breakfast Program fed by donations

“How many of you use the breakfast program?” Principal Amy Schiltroth asked the children gathered in the Goulter School gym. And lots of hands went up.
Car show in Elkhorn delights visitors

Car show in Elkhorn delights visitors

It’s Sunday morning in Elkhorn, a hot, sunny day is in the forecast, and the organizing committee is getting things ready at the Manitoba Antique Auto Museum grounds.
Update on Virden’s drinking water

Update on Virden’s drinking water

Arsenic levels decline
Squamish woman aims to be the first female to canoe across America

Squamish woman aims to be the first female to canoe across America

A woman from Squamish is on the adventure of a lifetime canoeing across the U.S. from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. If she’s successful, adventure photographer Jillian A. Brown will be the first woman ever recorded to complete the route.
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