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VIEW OUR 3D VIDEOS AT Watch for our Newsletter/Market Update in this weeks Tribune Stonewall Teulon THURSDAY, VOLUME 11 OCTOBER 8, 2020 EDITION 40 SERVING STONEWALL, BALMORAL, TEULON,Tribune GUNTON, NARCISSE, INWOOD, LAKE FRANCIS, WOODLANDS, MARQUETTE, WARREN, ARGYLE, GROSSE ISLE, ROSSER, STONY MOUNTAIN, ST. LAURENT & KOMARNO Cutest pumpkin Connect to coverage built on co-operative values As part of a co-op, we always put our clients first. Talk to your local Co-operators Advisor for expert advice on all your insurance and investment needs. You can contact us by: Phone: 204/467-8927 Fax: 204/467-5326 Email: [email protected] Home Life Investments Group Business Farm Travel Not all products available in all provinces. Life and Health insurance products are off ered by Co-operators Life Insurance Company. The Co-operators® is a registered trademark of The Co-operators Group Limited. Trademark TRIBUNE PHOTO BY SYDNEY LOCKHART used with permission. All investment products are administered by Co-operators Life Insurance Company. Six-month-old Louise Olsen picked out her pumpkin last weekend at Ronald’s Pumpkin Patch. > everything you need to know in your locally owned and operated community newspaper TEULON GIMLI’S “ASPEN LAKE STUNNING – RURAL PARK” - $197,500 FRANCIS - INTERLAKE LIVING AT RESORT LIVING IN $269,900 LOG HOME IT’S FINEST LUXURIOUS 3 BR Perfect $1,249,500 $265,000 1176 sf CONDO just Property Over 5000 – 1716 sqft minutes from the for Horse sf 9BR/4 3 BR Lake! Everything you Lovers! Baths 1.5 bath need is just a walk – 68 AC w/Yr on 79 Ac…High End fi nishes throughout 100x259’ lot away! Rnd 2BR Bng – an absolute MUST SEE!! TEULON– BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED! 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The Ronald family moved in 2014 when they took over the property that was formerly known as Perry’s Pump- kin Patch. “We thought we would keep it go- ing. It started as something the kids would do to learn the value of work- ing,” said Ronald. The pumpkin patch is run by their family, including their kids that are 19, TRIBUNE PHOTOS BY SYDNEY LOCKHART 16, 14 and six years old. Gourds of all shapes and sizes are Katrick Ronald, left, and her mom Brenda Ronald sell pumpkins annually “When I was a child, my parents also available for purcahse. from their yard south of Stonewall at Ronald’s Pumpkin Patch. always had gardens, and when I got a yard I started because I had the chance to do what my mom taught me different varieties of pumpkins. Ron- so that they don’t have to cover them Ronald said while most of their cus- to do,” said Ronald. ald said the white pumpkins are al- up in the evenings. tomers come from Stonewall, they Every year since taking over the ways a favourite among her custom- All the pumpkins were sorted by have people drive out from Winnipeg, pumpkin patch, Ronald has experi- ers. type and labelled so that customers Selkirk and Gimli to buy their pump- mented with a few new varieties. “I’m a bit surprised that they’ve know what type of pumpkin they are kins. “We had lived overseas for many gone really quickly. It might be par- buying. “Ironically we’re not into Halloween years and when we moved back, we tially due to the pandemic because it’s “We’ve never been out of pumpkins much, but we usually try to decorate wanted more space for our kids. We something fun and normal,” she said. this quick. I will plant more next year,” with them [pumpkins],” she said. wanted space for our kids to be out- Usually they sell the pumpkins on said Ronald. “I’ll plant blue pumpkins Ronald’s Pumpkin Patch is located at side and the pumpkins came along their lawn and cover them up for the and more white pumpkins too.” 4130E Road 75N and can be contacted with it,” she said. cold frosty nights of October. This year To pick the hundreds of pumpkins, it at 204-461-4068. This year they grew about a dozen they decided to arrange their pump- takes the family many hours, usually kins inside three old empty grain bins spread out over days. Manitoba calls on federal government to remove block on rapid test for COVID-19 Submitted by Manitoba government When Manitoba offi cials contacted Abbott to cial needs are being disregarded, the minister said. The Manitoba government is calling on the place an order for the new ID NOW rapid test, Earlier this year, an order of two million N95 masks Government of Canada to reverse its ban on they were informed the Government of Canada placed by the Government of Manitoba was blocked by the direct sale to provinces of a new rapid test is blocking the sale of this test directly to pro- the U.S. government and redirected to Ottawa. Because of for COVID-19, Central Services Minister Reg vincial governments. these federal seizures, Manitoba has only received a frac- Helwer announced Monday. “This is a completely unacceptable action by tion of the quantities to which we were entitled, Helwer “Our government is committed to increasing the federal government,” added Helwer. noted. access to COVID-19 testing for Manitobans,” “Although the federal government has se- “The federal government has also cancelled funding for said Helwer. “We were pleased to learn that cured its own supply, it has indicated that it will a program to help improve fi bre-optic access in northern Health Canada had approved the Abbott ID decide how that supply will be allocated. Pro- Manitoba,” said Helwer. “The cancellation of this $55-mil- NOW rapid test for use. Access to testing is top vincial governments are the front-line provid- lion federal commitment reinforces the importance of our of mind for Manitobans, which is why our gov- ers of health care in this country and are best government’s work to engage the thousands of kilometres ernment attempted to place an order for these able to determine their own needs.” of fi bre-optic cable owned by Manitoba Hydro. This pan- new tests within 24 hours of Health Canada’s The federal government’s actions are the lat- demic has reinforced the need for access to reliable inter- announcement.” est in a series of clear examples where provin- net, which is why the Province of Manitoba is stepping up to connect rural and northern communities using a pub- licly owned asset that has sat idle for far too long.” Providing You With Warmth & Comfort all Season Premier Brian Pallister has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to express Manitoba’s disappointment in Count on Commercial Comfort for reliable and the federal government blocking Manitoba’s access to an professional service, installation and repair. important tool to increase COVID-19 testing capacity. The • Furnace inspections REFRIGERATION HEATING & COOLING premier is asking the prime minister to relieve immedi- ately Abbott of any prohibitions on the sale of the ID NOW • New installation and duct work rapid test to Manitoba, which will enable the provincial • HRV’s • Geothermal government to make immediate arrangements for the pur- • Hydronic heating Residential & Commercial chase of suffi cient testing machines and kits to meet the Manitoba Hydro fi nancing available 204-461-HEAT (4328) needs of Manitobans. The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, October 8, 2020 3 Birds fl ock to Oak Hammock Marsh Correction that is the most magical time,” Bour- tre include a Thanksgiving birdseed More events coming geois said. sale from Oct. 10 to 12, a migration “It’s huge groups of geese. It’s so astronomy night on Oct. 15, birding up throughout the loud too with the rustling of the hour focused on cowbird parasitism feathers and the honking in the air all on Oct. 18, a Spooky Marsh Critters month of October around you. It’s pretty amazing.” event on Oct. 23, and a Halloween fun Other upcoming events at Oak and pumpkin carving workshop on Staff Hammock Marsh Interpretive Cen- Oct. 25. While many snow birds can only dream of their usual warm-weather vacations this year, fl ocks of Canada geese are now ready to escape the in- evitable cold temperatures. Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre hosted Fall Family Fun Days last weekend with extended hours to allow for optimal viewing. “Traditionally, the last week of Sep- tember and the fi rst week of October In last week’s edition of the is peak migration time,” said Jacques Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Bourgeois of Oak Hammock Marsh.