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As Ann Randall of Brandon was approaching her 91st birthday recently, she had a special wish. She wanted to go for a motorcycle ride, not on the back of a motorcycle, but in a motorcycle side car.

The Kirkella Visitor Information Centre seems to have fallen on hard times. Ever since it opened several years ago, the Manitoba tourist station has been a favorite stop with me for two reasons.

The real estate market continues to be steady in the community of Virden according to Century 21 agent Leeanna Russell. Last week there were 49 residential properties in Virden on the Multiple Listing Service in various price ranges.

We have all been told eating fresh and eating local is good for us and our surrounding communities, but how much of us actually do it? It might be because you had no idea, or because it is too inconvenient for you to go that extra step to find places

The regular meeting of the Council of the Rural Municipality of Sifton was held in the council chambers in Oak Lake at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 14.

You hear stories of veterans that are living out on the street, not getting help, homeless; but you almost never hear the stories of the vets suffering in silence.

Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, and Drew Caldwell, Minister of Municipal Government, were joined Thursday, July 2 by Mayor Jeff McConnell at the wastewater treatment plant to announce the funding of up to $8 million for the se

A new Emergency Coordinator has been appointed to head the Westman Emergency Group which consists of the RM of Sifton, RM of Wallace-Woodworth, and the Town of Virden.

The quiet Saturday afternoon of July 4 in the village of Elkhorn turned rather violent when a powerful hail storm passed through the southeast side of the village.

When John and Pat Hipwell opened their firearms business north of Virden twenty six years ago, it was a small operation out of a back bedroom.