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Volume 135 Issue 49 Friday, February 16, 2018 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

Three Killed
In Highway
Bantam Girls Host Showcase
Wreck
A Valentine’s
collision resulted
Day

in the loss of three lives.

The multiple-vehi-
cle head-on collision
occurred shortly after
5 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 14th, approxi-
mately 5 km south of
Minnedosa on High-
way #10. It occured on
the first curve heading
south from the High-
way #16 intersection.
The highway was
immediately closed
and traffic detoured
while emergency re-
sponders attended the
fatal wreck. The high-
way remained closed
for most of the evening
as the investigation and
clean-up continued.
No further details
are known at press time
but road conditions Photos by Hillary Miller
from the warm term- The Yellowhead Chiefs AAA Female Bantams hosted a Showcase
peratures and fresh, in Minnedosa and Hamiota last weekend.
blowing snow are be-
lived to have been a fac- By HILLARY MILLER regions. This year, the Yel- man Selects, the Pembina
tor in this tragedy. lowhead Minor Hockey Valley Hawks, the Interlake

F rom February 9th to

11th the AAA Bantam
Female Showcase was held
Region applied to Hockey
Manitoba for the show-
case, and was awarded the
Lightning, the Northeast
Predators and the St. Vital
Victorias.
day, the Chiefs suffered a
3-1 loss to Central Plains.
The Bantams had a
Ken Morrice, President of
Minnedosa Minor Hockey,
and Cal Harrison, Hockey
The Tribune in the region, with a num- tournament. Minnedosa The Chiefs played four great time with organizers Manitoba Female Council
office will be ber of games at Minnedo- hosted teams all weekend games during the recent receiving multiple posi- Chair. Each of these pro-
sa Arena. There were ten long, and Hamiota hosted showcase. They won their tive comments about the vided support at both rinks
closed Monday, teams entered in the show- some teams on Saturday. first game against St. Vital weekend. It was made over the weekend.
February 19th, case, eight of which were The teams that played 3-1 on Friday. Two games possible through the hard The next tournament
rural teams and two were in the showcase were the were played Saturday with work and dedication of that will be attended by the
in honour of from Winnipeg. Yellowhead Chiefs, the the Chiefs defeating Nor- many people. A few who rural AAA Female Bantam
LOUIS RIEL Every year, two show- Central Plains Capitals, the man 4-3 in the first game were noted by one of the teams will be the provin-
cases are held in Winnipeg Westman South Wildcats, and losing 6-4 to North- weekend organizers were cials, which will be hosted
DAY. and the third is awarded the Parkland Rangers, the west in the second. During Dan Johnson, Director of by the Eastman Region in
to one of the nine rural Norman Wild, the East- their final game on Sun- the Yellowhead Region, Garson, MB in March.