May 12, 2023

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Live pro wrestling in Rivers

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The Canadian Wrestling Elite brought The Hostile Takeover Tour to Rivers on Saturday May 6, at the Riverdale Community Centre. The event was held as a fundraiser for the Rivers Firefighter Association. There was a canteen of chips, chocolate and pop served by the Rivers High School Hockey Academy with all proceeds going to the academy. All proceeds from the bar went towards

Can collections for canoes

As reported in the March 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisciplinary Studies in Science class at Rivers Collegiate planned a project for Riverdale Harvest.

the Rivers Legion.

There were plenty of full seats for people ranging from ages 5 to 75. The crowd was electric. The fire fighters greeted everyone at the door as they came in to join the fun.

Pupils co-ordinated the entire month-long promotion, which culminated in a ceremonious presentation on March 20 to Riverdale Harvest president Heather Gray and Liliane.

and Chimo Beach areas for contributions from the community.

When all was said and done, the scales at Riverdale Harvest noted a total of 434 pounds, “a fabulous amount,” says Heather.

Marty Gold, the organizer of the event, was very busy. He did a fantastic job keeping the crowd pumped up for each match. The Ref, Cam, had his work cut out for him.

Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, students secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division with an intent to fill it with non-perishables. Although the campaign was fully organized by that class, the original idea came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.

“I heard the idea at a meeting in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day

Because the snow had melted so much, the canoe could not be portaged across the street to Zion Church (home of Riverdale Harvest). Rather, the teens carried bags, boxes and garbage

There were seven matches held in the ring, and sometimes not in the ring. The night started with ‘The Zombie

Princess’ Jimmy Jacobs vs ‘The Rebel’ Bobby Collins in a junior heavyweight division match. Jimmy won and had the full support of the crowd behind him.

noon of March 21, where the food was weighed and sorted. Although the project was a senior students brainstorm, the entire high school was encouraged to participate. The collegiate hosted a poor boy floor hockey tournament in which to play, athletes had to pay with food for the canoe. Some students also canvassed Rivers, Oak River

The second match was for a chance to face the CWE heavyweight champion and was between ‘The Headline’ Shaun Martens vs Sammy Peppers. Sammy Peppers was everyone’s favourite. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Shaun Martens who cheated by using the ropes for leverage to pin Peppers.

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“We are so pleased they decided to help those we serve. A lot of times kids don’t get enough credit but this group of students certainly deserves some praise.

All students stayed behind to help check expiry dates, sort and

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put away in the proper place on the shelving units. They were fantastic! We are very, very pleased.”

Elementary school staff member/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Crouch initiated a similar campaign in her school. That threeweek effort simply encouraged students to leave product in the canoe; 87 pounds of food was collected from the younger group on Thursday, March 22.

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Photo by Heather Gray

Back row L/R: Meghan Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, Thom Heijmans, Heather Gray, Liliane Dupuis. Front row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile Hubbard, Chassidy Payette, Morgan Ramsay, Bryce Summers, Quinn Hrabok.

By Chad Carpenter Tundra

Staying optimistic

Maintaining an optimistic outlook can be tough, especially if a person absorbs too much news. I think it’s important to be well informed and we should look at all the world around us, not just the bad news but the good news too. The sun came up this morning, if you are reading this, we can assume you got up this morning too. It’s spring and the crops will soon be seeded. The flowers are starting to sprout. The world is a pretty good place overall.

All that said, there’s lots to be concerned about but what do we do, what should our reaction be? The war in Ukraine is devastating, it is far away but the effects are felt in every community in the world. Grain prices are affected everywhere but the stupidity of the war, the brutality goes beyond reason or even comprehension. That the world stood by and let Putin invade Ukraine is atrocious. The first Russian tank that crossed the Ukrainian border should have been blown off the face of the earth and the rest of the world should have said, “Stop, no further!” But the world didn’t, just as countries didn’t stand up soon enough to Germany in 1914 or 1939.

I think there are two kinds of wars, one of defence and one of aggression. I will admit that Russia may have some concerns with Ukraine but their complaints don’t justify invasion. The Russian losses have been horrendous and I predict Putin will not survive politically and perhaps not physically. Putin cannot, in any way, claim innocence on this issue. He’s driving the bus and he needs to be stopped. How many lives will be destroyed, how many buildings, how much land ruined remains to be seen but the war in Ukraine will end some day.

I will admit that country borders can be disputed, and have been for centuries, but the borders of most

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countries today are stable. For a country to invade another country is inexcusable.

When war breaks out, lives are lost, hunger and poverty follow closely behind. The United Nations and NATO were supposed to prevent wars. They have not been totally successful but it is largely because of a lack of commitment and courage on behalf of member nations.

We have a different kind of invasion in Canada. Let’s call a spade a spade here. China wants to control the whole world. It’s pretty obvious. Be it by manufacturing or by military force, China believes it’s the best system to run the world. I disagree. The evidence that China has been interfering in Canadian affairs is mounting. MPs are reporting being threatened. The Chinese government have “police” stations in Canada to keep track of immigrants and Canadians. Their huge network of students in Canada are sometimes being exploited unofficially and officially to nudge Canada towards the Chinese model. Both our prime minister and his brother have openly admired the Chinese regime.

I don’t. I love the Chinese people I know, but I have no patience with the Chinese government. We should not become any more dependent than we already are on China.

Some people would fear that without Chinese markets, our Ag industry

would suffer. That may be true but when China gets hungry, they will buy food wherever they can and Canada has always provided food to world markets. We have a different kind of invasion and that’s violence, be it guns, knives or machetes. This past week, four people were reportedly hacked with machetes outside the Apple store in Polo Park. Manitoba, like a lot of places has an idiot problem, plain and simple. Who in their right mind would do such things. That’s the catch, they aren’t in their right mind and the causes need to be addressed. Is it lack of respect, lack of discipline, alcohol, drugs or just plain stupidity? It doesn’t matter, as a society, there are issues that have to be addressed.

No one person can solve all the problems, but we must all work in our circles to influence wherever we can. So, don’t dwell on all the bad things, learn from them and then go out and do good things. Help a needy kid, offer some kind of help or help to others. Say no to bad behaviour when you have the chance.

Just as we should not allow a country to invade another country we should not allow evil to invade any part of our lives or communities.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner & Press staff.

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Rita Friesen

I was glad, very glad…

These words are a part of a clappy chorus created from the words of the first verse of Psalm 122, ‘I was glad when they said unto me, let us go to the house of the Lord.’ It was Sunday morning, and as is my custom, I was attending a worship service, this time in my home church. The signs of spring were already gladdening my heart and as we stepped into the building my heart was filled with so many emotions. The people had gathered, there was coffee and Smile cookies, and lovely heart warming conversations flowing as individuals sat on the welcoming padded chairs, or stood in groups, catching up, being present. One asked me how I was doing, and with a grin and a more than a bit of truth, I replied- with coffee in one hand, and chocolate chip cookie in the other, and surrounded by friends- could not be better! But the morning got better.

A part of the morning worship service included a baby baptism. And she was soooo cute- never objecting to the warm water touching her head, nor the warm oil used to mark her forehead with the sacred sign of the cross. She smiled at all of us as she was introduced to her faith family. And then, for me, the momentum swelled. It was the Sunday after the coronation of King Charles the Third. No secret here, I am a Royalist. I am not a Jets fan, nor Leaf fan, not even a Blue Jays fan, I am a fan of the royal family. Have been since early childhood, collected scrapbooks of clippings and mountains of magazines about the late queen and her family. We stood to sing ‘God Save the King’, followed by ‘O Canada’. Now my heart was full to overflowing! This land of ours is glorious. Yes, we have areas that need improvement- so do I! I never take for granted the fact that I awake to peace and quiet, no bombs exploding or fires raging… ‘God keep our land’…. And then, as we departed the church building the bells rang out. I love the sound of church bells. I love how they remind us to stop and listen, to stop and hear the melody, and for another moment, be raised above ourselves.

All of my life I have been a part of a faith family. In my very early years it was the Kane Mennonite church, of which my grandfather was a co-founder. I have pages with stickers recording my attendance at Sunday School. A family move to Graysville, and I worshipped at either the Grayville or Carman Mennonite churches, interchangeable! Other moves and personal growth saw me in the Pentecostal Church, and in a community church. I skipped around a lot! I am thankful for the learning experience in each and every one of them. For the past twenty-five years the Neepawa United, now the Neepawa United Anglican Shared Ministries, has been my hearts home. On a Sunday morning, as is my custom, I attend a worship service. The chorus rings clear– I was glad, very glad...

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One of the things I appreciate about Biblical writers is their transparent honesty. They did not hesitate to point out the errors of those about whom they wrote. But neither did they shy away from complimenting them on the good qualities they displayed.

Last week’s column focused on the first of two qualities the ancient historian observed in the character of a man named Noah. He was described as “a just person;” which is another way of saying that he was committed to doing the right thing at all times, in all circumstances and no matter what the consequences of doing right might be.

Closely linked to being “a just person” is the second quality; being one who was “perfect in his generation.” Now, before you stop reading and think that “being perfect” is a standard that no one can attain, let me assure you that the perfection being spoken of here is not sinless perfection. Of all the people who have ever lived on this planet, only one was sinlessly perfect; and that was Jesus Christ himself. You and I will never

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reach that level of perfection. But we can achieve the same level as Noah did. Here’s how.

There are two components to the perfection attributed to Noah. To understand them easier, I need to speak of two common types of electric circuits-digital and analog.

The most common analog circuit would be the volume control on a stereo system or dimmer switch that controls incandescent lights in your home. An analog circuit has an infinite number of settings between “fully on” and “fully off.”

A digital circuit has only two settings-fully on and fully off. There are no midway points. Life’s digital components can be found in many places. For example: if someone asks you whether or not you filed your income tax returns, there are only two answers you can give-Yes or No. “Somewhat” is not an acceptable response. According to Canada Revenue Agency, you haven’t “filed” your taxes until you have either mailed the completed paper return or submitted the eFile version. Filing taxes is a digital concept. It’s either done or it isn’t.

Now-how does this apply to the “perfection” the Biblical writers attributed to Noah? It has the same two components. The analog component is knowledge-the knowledge of right and wrong as revealed in the Holy Scriptures. As each day passes, we grow in our knowledge of God, his word and his ways. Some lessons are learned by reading and reflecting on the Scriptures. Others are learned by making mistakes and looking to the Scriptures to learn how we can avoid making the same mistakes in the future. By the end of life, we should know more than we do now. Knowledge is

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an analog concept.

The digital component of perfection is obedience. And here there are only two options. You are either obedient or you aren’t. In God’s eyes, partial obedience is the same as being disobedient. Now-when we put the two concepts together, what can we say about Noah? Why did God call him a “perfect” person? Because Noah lived up to the level of what he knew. That is how God defines perfection; and that is what he expects of you, of me and of all who serve as leaders in any part of society.

When choosing our leaders, therefore, we need to look for those who learn from their mistakes and who, having learned life’s hard lessons, don’t repeat the same mistakes. They deserve our respect, our support and our prayers.

Forrest special projects

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Thanks to so many generous donations, Forrest Special Projects is ready to start phase one construction of the community park.

This phase includes finishing the toboggan hill, patio, rock wall, trees & shrubs, riprap support for slide, steps for slide, climbing wall, and the soil and seed surrounding those items.

Fundraising efforts continue and they will hopeful start phase 2, which includes the playground equipment, which should be completed by Fall 2023. The goal is to create a community park space that appeals to all ages.

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Wheat City Wranglers Lacrosse team play at the Riverdale Recreation Centre

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Coaches Rob Wilson, Marty Zdan and his Wheat City Wranglers, grey, blue and green jerseys, Lacrosse teams played some home games on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at the Riverdale Recreation Centre. Both U13 and U15 teams played 2 games each. U15 are 13/14 year olds, U 13 are 11/12 year olds.

They were hosting Winnipeg South Sidewinders, black jerseys, and Carlyle Cougars, red and blue jerseys.

Games on this past Sunday were as follows:

U13

Game 1: 8-7 Win vs Carlyle Cougars

Game 2: 4-1 Loss vs Winnipeg South Sidewinders

U15

Game 1: 9-3 Loss vs Carlyle Cougars

Game 2: 7-4 Loss vs Winnipeg South Sidewinders

Baseball season is here

A home game was played in Hamiota, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, and Hamiota defeated Ste Rose by a score of 25-9.

An away game was played in Ste. Lazare, Sunday, May 7, 2023, and Birtle defeated Hamiota 7-5.

Another away game was played in Russell, Sunday, May 7, 2023. Hamiota defeated Russell 7-1.

Live pro wrestling in Rivers

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

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Ronnie Attitude took on EZ Ryder in the third match. EZ Ryder, a 30-year veteran, enjoyed using chairs and removing pads to cheat his way to a win, only it didn’t work. Ronnie Attitude turned it around and defeated EZ Ryder.

The last match before intermission was between ‘Canadian Strong Style’ Rob Stardom and ‘Boston Brusier’ Kevin O’Doyle. Rob had the crowd behind him and were feeding him beers throughout the match which led to his win over Kevin O’Doyle.

The crowd took their seats again to watch the CWE Heavyweight Championship match between ‘The Headline’ Shaun Mar tens and ‘Zombie Killer’ Mentallo. The match was interrupted by Kevin O’Doyle who attacked Mentallo.

This caused the match to be ended due to disqualification. The interruption also caused an all out brawl as all eight wrestlers came out to the ring causing the announcer Marty Gold to push an eight man tag team match between Jacobs, Peppers, Attitude and Mentallo vs Collins, Martens, Ryder and O’Doyle. Peppers got retribution with this match by pinning Martens to win for the good guys.

The final match was between Riea Von Slasher vs Tessa Blanchard. Tessa Blanchard is a former IMPACT! Wrestling World Champion. She is a fourth-generation wrestler. Her father was Tully Blanchard, a member of the four horsemen. Tessa was a high flying sight to be seen and a great way to end the night as she defeated Slasher.

The Rivers Firefighters Association would like to thank their sponsors, volunteers, and partners for making this fundraiser possible. And a big thank you to the community for all their support and generosity.

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Jase Wareham, Ben Roulette, Gavin Pomeroy are our three Rivers players on the Hamiota team, in the Prairie West High School Baseball League.

Local Mother’s Day restaurants

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Where can you take mom this Mother’s Day. A few of our local restaurants are here to help by offering you a few options.

If you happen to be in the Rapid City area, you should stop in and have Mother’s Day brunch at the Queen’s Hotel. There will be some great Mother’s Day specials.

Riverdale Golf Course Country Club would enjoy having you attend their Mother’s Day brunch. They will be serving eggs benedict, quiche, pancakes, scrambled eggs and more. Adults, ages 11 and up, cost $20. Kids, ages 6-10 are $13. Kids under five eat free with adult. They will be serving from 9am to 1pm. Lee’s Restaurant is trying something new. They will have no dine in from 3pm on. They will be setting up a ‘Buffet to Go’ from 3:30 to 8pm and/or telephone order to shorten everyone’s waiting time.

The Honey House Bakery will be closed on Mother’s Day, but Georgine will be doing special cakes and other baking. As well, Pat Vreeman will be at the Honey House on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13, with floral arrangements for sale.

The Tempo Place Emporium Mother’s Day Special will be ½ rack of baby back ribs, potato salad, pasta salad, garlic toast and to finish it off with a sinful turtle dessert. This meal will be served from 4 – 7:30pm. You can make a reservation, or pre-order take-out or delivery.

Mother’s Day Flowers

A very special day falls on the second Sunday of May. This day is a celebration that honours the mother of the family as well as honouring maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. The history of this day dates back centuries to the spring celebrations in ancient Greece in honour of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.

There are advantages to having Mother’s Day in

May – especially if the lady in question is a gardener.

In spring, there are endless choices of colourful plants to purchase. If you are looking for annuals as a special gift, then by all means buy them anywhere. For herbaceous or woody perennials, it is better to make a careful choice on where you shop.

Let’s use roses as an example. Due to advances in breeding and selection we have a lot of shrub roses that come in many colours and sizes that have a long season of bloom, a variety of scents and the ability to survive our winters on the prairies with no extra effort on behalf of the gardener. On the other hand, the tender tea roses are not able to reliably survive our winters even with great effort on protecting them from our severe winter temperatures.

Floral shops are always busy for this special day as who doesn’t love to get flowers. Cut flowers obviously have a short shelf life but so do many of the potted plants that we love to give as gifts. However, as long as you get them in good condition they are lovely to enjoy for even a short period of time.

Pollination

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Our focus for the past number of columns has been on growing food and most recently growing fruit. In order to understand the complexities of growing fruit we need to understand a bit more about the birds and the bees or more scientifically – pollination.

It is sometimes hard to believe that there is more to the beauty and scent of a flower than our own personal enjoyment. However, the primary purpose of a flower is to seduce insects to pay a visit and in that process pollinate the flower so it is possible to continue life and allow the flower to produce seeds.

This process of pollination that occurs with the visit of a bee or other insect is the actual transfer of pollen grains from the stamen (male part of the flower) to the stigma (female part of the flower). If this results in a successful fertilization, then the wonder of life continues. The previously undeveloped seeds that are present in the ovary of the flower will start the development into viable seeds. Again using apple trees as an example, this development of viable seeds also

begins the development of the apple itself.

Some plants will also be pollinated by things other than bees. For example, most of the trees we commonly use for our urban forests rely on the wind for that wondrous transfer of pollen. Interestingly enough, these trees do not have very showy flowers as the wind is not enticed by beauty and scent like an insect would be.

Some flowers are what we call “perfect” and contain both male and female parts. But, there are flowers that contain only one sexual part so are distinctly either male or female. Those containing only pistils are considered female while those containing only stamens are considered male.

Some plants will have both male and female flowers on the same plant. This is termed a monoecious plant and a good example of this would be the pumpkin. A plant that has only male or female flowers is termed dioecious. At this point you may be wondering why it matters who is monoecious and

who is dioecious – but it actually is quite important. Take the poplar tree as a great example of why this does indeed matter. It is usually in June when the female cottonwoods (a type of poplar) produce a veritable blizzard of fluff (which actually contains the seed) – a large problem when enjoying the outdoor patio, especially if allergic! A simple way to solve this problem is to grow only he male clones which of course do not produce seed and voila – no fluff.

Just to add one more complexity, some plants require cross-pollination (like apples) while others are able to be self-pollinated. In order for an apple (blueberry, hazelnut and most plums) to be produced they require the pollen of a genetically different but closely related plant for fertilization to occur. Hence, the directive you have likely heard often that says that you need two different apple trees to get fruit!

The circle of life is complex regardless of the species involved.

Another cool option is summer flowering bulbs. These are bulbs that will not survive our winters but can be planted in spring and will flower this summer. Some of my favourites are oriental lilies, acidanthera and of course the canna and calla lilies. If you wish to get more seasons of bloom, then you can lift them in the fall and store them at the appropriate temperature over the winter in a root cellar, cold room or refrigerator.

Hope you have a lovely spring that is full of colour!

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Riverdale harvest food bank AGM

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Riverdale Harvest Foodbank held their annual general meeting on April 24, 2023, at the Community Church. We are a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to collect and distribute food to persons in need of stretching their food budget. We serve the Municipality of Riverdale which includes Rivers, Bradwardine, Wheatland and the Municipality of Oakview which includes Oak River, Cardale, Rapid City and Basswood. We distribute hampers on

Thursday mornings from 9:30-11:30 from the back of the Zion Church in Rivers and by appointment twice a month from the Community Church in Rapid City. Food donations are collected weekly at the Super Thrifty in Rivers, the Co-op grocery store in Rivers and various churches. Donations can be mailed to Box 69 Rivers, MB R0K 1X0, e-transferred to riverdaleharvestfoodbank@gmail. com or dropped off at the foodbank on Thursday mornings. Receipts are issued for all monetary donations at the end of the year if we have your

address. Our charity number is 858884307RR0001. Emergency hampers can be arranged with Jacquie at 204-730-6883 or Rapid City hampers from Laura at 204-573-1072. Our executive consists of Chair: Tammy Dyck, Vice-Chair: Jacquie Schmidt, Secretary: Megan Lelonde and Treasurer: Marilyn Halliday. Our board members are Laura Neely-Carter, Yvonne Crouch, Tanis Neilsen and Caroline Wells. More than ever help is needed, and our communities continue to impress us with your generosity. Thank-you so much.

Rivers Banner of the public areas like the highway entrances to town, the street to the lake, possibly the school yards or downtown area. The purpose of the morning is to generate some community spirit and do some basic cleanup. Garbage bags will be provided and a truck will pick up the bags at different locations. Please bring gloves, good walking shoes and a smile! Snacks will be available at the church when the groups return

Rivers Community Church plans community garbage clean up

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Rivers Community Church, located at 447 Edward Street is planning a garbage clean up for some public areas in the town for Sunday, May 21 starting at 10:30 am. Anyone who is interested in helping join this cleanup effort is welcome to join in the action. Depending on how many people show up, we will divide into groups and go along some

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River/Daly Fire Department fighting leaks and grass fires

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May 3, 2023, at 12:41pm, RDFD was requested for mutual aid, to assist Rapid City Fire, at a grass fire, located in the RM of Elton. The fire was brought under control in good time, thanks to both parties working as a team.

May 5, 2023, at 3:46pm, RDFD was dispatched for an anhydrous ammonia cart leaking, located in Riverdale Municipality. Members were able to control the product release, using 2 hose lines, on a fog pattern and were able to shut the valve off, mitigating the leak. Thankfully there were no injuries, and some of the product was saved.

Thank you to the members for their response to both calls.

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The Plywood Challenge

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The Rivers Collegiate grades 9 and 10 woodworking class are working on a big project called The Plywood Challenge. Students are working in pairs or on their own to create amazing projects out of one sheet of 4’x8’ plywood. The theme this year is Kids and Critters. Students are given free rein over what they build to fit the theme with a few limitations on added materials.

The classes are held every-other-day from 1:15 to 2:15pm. The shop is very busy. The students are making doghouses, puzzles and more.

The creations will be raffled off on June 6, 2023, at this year’s band concert.

Rivers Collegiate Grad Fundraiser

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Submitted Rivers Banner

On behalf of all Manitobans, I am pleased to mark this historic occasion by offering congratulations to His Royal Highness, King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation.

Manitobans are proud to watch the King take on his new role, with full confidence that he will exemplify the determination, dedication and purpose that were the trademarks of his mother, Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. In the seven decades following the last coronation, Manitoba hosted King Charles III on multiple occasions as the Prince of Wales including visits in 1970, 1979, 1996 and 2014.

As people around the world celebrate the coronation, Manitobans wish the new King and Queen great happiness and success in their roles as they continue to inspire and lead.

Long live the King.

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