Devout Mennonite and local tulip farmer Aldert Alderliesten decided he would commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism by setting the Guinness World Record for most successive baptisms. “The previous record ...

Area resident Dave Friesen, 22, is of the opinion that there’s absolutely “nothing to do” in his small 20,000-person city of Steinbach and vows to stay huddled up in his mom’s basement playing Call of ...

The tiny hamlet of Greenland, Manitoba was on high alert this week after a troop of US soldiers came marching through town. “They’re preparing for the Trump inauguration I guess,” said Mr. Toews. “I ...

Bad weather this weekend led to a massive pileup of knipsers in the Blumenort church basement multi-purpose room. “First there were just one or two knipsers in the 15-point zone, but it didn’t take ...

It was absolute mayhem in the Third Mennonite Church basement in Winkler this week after the trusty old Dymo label maker finally kicked the bucket. “Slowly but surely the labels had been falling off ...

Several years ago, the small Mennonite town is Taber drew headlines across the globe for banning swearing. Haven’t heard from them lately? Well, that’s because local teens hanging out in parking lots ...

There’s no question that Donald Trump loves a good nickname. There was Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe, Rocketman Kim Jung Il and Gavin Newscum to name just a few. While Trudeau was christened “Governor ...

With a guaranteed loss in the upcoming federal election, the Liberal Party of Canada is stuck with just one leadership candidate – retired dairy farmer Dwayne Kehler of Schazenfeld, Manitoba. “I’m not ...

The new state-of-the-art Southeast Event Centre in downtown Steinbach just unveiled a new slogan that represents the passion and potential of the community – Fuelled by Formavorscht. “More farmer ...

A travelling miracle worker who claims to be able to heal back aches and migranes with just the power of his touch and a little faith, is offering “the fine folks of Calgary the chance to seed their ...

Area woman Lauren Kehler, 31, went to the service desk at the local hardware store with a question about caulking and was still unacknowledged a full 2 weeks later. “I guess I’ll stick around a week ...

Thousands of Mennonites across Canada were excited to hear that Parliament is going to be “perogied” until March. The new “perogied” status means that Members of Parliament will basically do nothing ...