This week we are winding up the exploration of the first families of Steinbach. This series has looked at the 18 families that settled on the 20 Wirtschaft that comprised the original town of Steinbach along what is today Elmdale Street.
This past January, the Government of Canada announced its “Team Canada” missions to the U.S., to promote Canadian exports in advance of the upcoming renegotiation of the Canada – U.S. – Mexico Agreement (CUSMA, the former NAFTA).
In 1855, at the age of 15, Cornelius Fast was left with the responsibility of taking care of his widowed mother and younger siblings.
Last month a serial killer, convicted of killing four women in Winnipeg, was sentenced in a downtown courtroom.
Next week students in Manitoba will be heading back to classes at schools around the province. For parents, that means both a new routine as well as preparations to ensure their children are ready to begin a new year of learning.
Wirtschaft 18 was left unoccupied for the first year of settlement, as Gerhard Warkentin arrived much later than the other Steinbach settlers.
Heinrich R. Brandt had an interesting youth, beginning with his unique birth.
When the topic of abortion came up at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, truth got dismembered.
Jacob Barkman already had four children when his first wife Elisabeth Giesbrecht died in childbirth. Shortly after he married Katherina Thiessen, the widow of Peter Warkentin.
People often remark that they don’t hear politicians express agreement with each other even when it is an issue that they do agree upon.
