Kenton Dyck

**Updated at 9:30 p.m.** As of 9:30 p.m., the Manitoba Hydro outage has been largely resolved. Only five customers are still without power. **Oiriginal story posted Thursday, 6:30** Manitoba Hydro is dealing with an unplanned outage that is affecting the north end of Steinbach, stretching up to PR 311. The power outage was reported shortly after 5:30 Thursday evening and it is affecting 621 Manitoba Hydro customers. The cause of the outage is not known at this time. According to Manitoba Hydro, they expect to restore power by around 9:00 p.m.

RCMP have provided details regarding a serious collision near Richer Tuesday afternoon. Police say a dump truck turned onto Highway 1 westbound. It then merged into traffic when it was struck from behind by a pickup truck. The 39-year-old male driver of the pickup, from Elma, suffered what is believed to be minor injuries. However, his 13-year-old son was seriously injured and transported to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance in serious but stable condition. According to a spokesperson from STARS, the boy was flown to the Health Sciences Centre Children's Hospital in Winnipeg. The driver of the dump truck was not injured. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1648064325258]) s.addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().refresh([s], {changeCorrelator: false}); } }); RCMP say the collision was reported at

*Updated at 8:40 p.m.* Fire Chief Paul Wiebe says the intersection was reopened to traffic at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. *Original story posted at 8:00 p.m.* The intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 59 has been closed all evening this Thursday as a result of a serious two-vehicle collision. Hanover Fire Chief Paul Wiebe says his crews were called to the crash at about 5:15 p.m. He notes there were three occupants in one of the vehicles and one occupant in the other. Wiebe says all four of the individuals were transported to hospital by ground ambulance with significant injuries. An RCMP traffic analyst is investigating the collision and Wiebe says traffic is being rerouted to give them room to work. As of 8:00 p.m., the intersection remains closed. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1648064325258]) s.addServic

*Updated at 8:40 p.m.* Fire Chief Paul Wiebe says the intersection was reopened to traffic at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. *Original story posted at 8:00 p.m.* The intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 59 has been closed all evening this Thursday as a result of a serious two-vehicle collision. Hanover Fire Chief Paul Wiebe says his crews were called to the crash at about 5:15 p.m. He notes there were three occupants in one of the vehicles and one occupant in the other. Wiebe says all four of the individuals were transported to hospital by ground ambulance with significant injuries. An RCMP traffic analyst is investigating the collision and Wiebe says traffic is being rerouted to give them room to work. As of 8:00 p.m., the intersection remains closed. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1648064325258]) s.addServic

The Hanover School Division is implementing a number of new programs following a noticeable increase in mental health issues since COVID. That’s according to Rod Kehler, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services. He says training current staff is an important step in handling these challenges. “We've got the two-day PD workshop that's primarily for many of our administrators, our school clinicians, our learning support teachers, our school guidance counsellors and that is the ASIST training which stands for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.” Kehler says the goal of ASIST is to ensure staff feel confident and are able to support students who are struggling. He adds, “we also have a three-hour PD that helps individuals in spotting the warning signs for suicide and then helping those persons. That's called Safe Talk and that will be for many of our more peripheral staff. Our hope is to extend that out to educational assistance, even classroom teachers, school bus drivers, maintenance,

The Hanover School Division is implementing a number of new programs following a noticeable increase in mental health issues since COVID. That’s according to Rod Kehler, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services. He says training current staff is an important step in handling these challenges. “We've got the two-day PD workshop that's primarily for many of our administrators, our school clinicians, our learning support teachers, our school guidance counsellors and that is the ASIST training which stands for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.” Kehler says the goal of ASIST is to ensure staff feel confident and are able to support students who are struggling. He adds, “we also have a three-hour PD that helps individuals in spotting the warning signs for suicide and then helping those persons. That's called Safe Talk and that will be for many of our more peripheral staff. Our hope is to extend that out to educational assistance, even classroom teachers, school bus drivers, maintenance,

The Steinbach Arts Council is helping to support and promote local artists with their annual Christmas Art Sale. Executive Director David Klassen says these local works of art make great gifts as they are very unique and personal. “We have a huge network of local artists that we work with on a regular basis here at the center, many of them are part of our buy or lease program, their artwork is out in the community, but a lot of people don't really know that they can purchase this artwork as well. We have a hall gallery that is full of artwork by locals, that is ready to be purchased and gifted to somebody that you really care about this year.” If you are interested, Klassen says you can visit the SAC website and take a look at the online catalog, but seeing it in person is certainly recommended. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname])

The dramatic shift in weather this week has local tire shops booked up, swapping vehicles over to winter tires. Chris Dyck from Kal Tire in Steinbach says they are as busy as they can possibly be right now. He notes generally speaking, it is a good idea to get winter tires on when the temperature is consistently below 7 degrees. “With that shift in the weather, that gets everyone up and going. We were enjoying such nice weather that no one was thinking about winter tire season, so everyone's all hands on deck now. We've had our little scare of winter weather as a start, so we are now well into keeping everyone safe on the road by getting their winters on.” Unfortunately, Dyck says this has resulted in fairly long lead times. “We have a couple options, so if you call in, we'll give you the best opportunities to get in as quickly as we can, but we are booking out a way in advance right now for getting your changeovers done.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googlet

The dramatic shift in weather this week has local tire shops booked up, swapping vehicles over to winter tires. Chris Dyck from Kal Tire in Steinbach says they are as busy as they can possibly be right now. He notes generally speaking, it is a good idea to get winter tires on when the temperature is consistently below 7 degrees. “With that shift in the weather, that gets everyone up and going. We were enjoying such nice weather that no one was thinking about winter tire season, so everyone's all hands on deck now. We've had our little scare of winter weather as a start, so we are now well into keeping everyone safe on the road by getting their winters on.” Unfortunately, Dyck says this has resulted in fairly long lead times. “We have a couple options, so if you call in, we'll give you the best opportunities to get in as quickly as we can, but we are booking out a way in advance right now for getting your changeovers done.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googlet

People are already taking action to ensure the hospital grounds are as festive as ever, this December. Linda Peters is Executive Director with the Bethesda Foundation. She says that generous community members are already calling in to sponsor trees for this year’s Gifts of Light fundraising campaign. “It warms my heart to know people are thinking about the Bethesda Foundation, thinking about supporting healthcare in our community, and are thinking about honouring loved ones by sponsoring a tree.” Every year, the Bethesda Foundation hosts its Gifts of Light campaign. Funds raised go to purchase much-needed healthcare equipment for the Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach, and to enhance various healthcare services such as mental health supports or primary care supports. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('pos

People are already taking action to ensure the hospital grounds are as festive as ever, this December. Linda Peters is Executive Director with the Bethesda Foundation. She says that generous community members are already calling in to sponsor trees for this year’s Gifts of Light fundraising campaign. “It warms my heart to know people are thinking about the Bethesda Foundation, thinking about supporting healthcare in our community, and are thinking about honouring loved ones by sponsoring a tree.” Every year, the Bethesda Foundation hosts its Gifts of Light campaign. Funds raised go to purchase much-needed healthcare equipment for the Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach, and to enhance various healthcare services such as mental health supports or primary care supports. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/stol-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1648064325258-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('pos