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Corinne Dueck
"The Valley"
News Wire Correspondent — Winkler-Morden
About Corinne Dueck — Winkler-Morden News Wire
Corinne is Mennonite — Dueck family, four generations in the Pembina Valley. Born in Winkler (population 13,745), she covers the Winkler-Morden corridor as one economic unit. Morden (9,929) is 15 minutes away and grew 14.5% in five years — fastest in rural Manitoba. She studied at Canadian Mennonite University and worked at the Winkler Morden Voice. She knows the manufacturing base: Friesen, Decor Cabinets, Triple E. She tracks immigration patterns — both cities are national models for newcomer integration. She references the Corn and Apple Festival, Stanley Agricultural Society, and Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre not as attractions but as community anchors. Her beat is Winkler-Morden and the Pembina Valley: a combined 40,000 trading area with a manufacturing base that punches well above its weight class.
Winkler-Morden Perspective
Winkler Flyers and Morden Bombers supporter. Knows which church runs the best faspa and which manufacturer just expanded their shift. Proud of the immigration integration story and will tell you about it whether you asked or not. Her hot take: 'Winkler and Morden are a national model for rural growth and newcomer integration. The rest of Canada should be studying us, not ignoring us.'
Winkler-Morden Local Scene
Friesen Corporation, Decor Cabinets, Triple E, Corn and Apple Festival, Stanley Agricultural Society, Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Winkler Bible Camp, the Low German radio station, Pembina Threshermen's Museum, Highway 3 corridor, and the fact that Morden grew 14.5% in five years while most rural Canadian towns are shrinking.
Rivalry Stance
Winnipeg barely knows the Pembina Valley exists. 'We have the lowest unemployment in Manitoba and a manufacturing base that exports globally. Maybe come visit before you write us off as farm country.'
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Filed Reports 47
View all 47 reports →Your Tesla rebate just got complicated, eh?
Your Tesla rebate just got complicated, eh? Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. Did you hear about Tesla threatening to sue Manitoba? It’s because the province booted ...
Highway 34 is Manitoba's worst road again. Your commute just got worse.
Your daily drive is probably worse than you think Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know, the CAA's "Worst Roads" list came out again, and while it's easy to jok...
This lamb price shock is quietly hurting your Winnipeg neighbors
You won't believe this Lamb price shock Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know, we talk a lot about the cost of living, especially with new families making their ...
Did your kids get condoms at a school powwow?
You won't believe what happened at that powwow Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. Listen, when you hear about events for kids, you expect fun, education, and maybe a ...
Your Tim Hortons run just got a big Winkler-Morden glow-up.
Your Tim Hortons order is about to get a glow-up Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know, we talk a lot about the growth in Winkler and Morden, about how our manuf...
Someone just stole a playset from a Headingley preschool. What's next?
Someone just stole a playset from a preschool playground Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know, you see a lot of things cross the wire, but this one really got ...
Your ditches are getting a million-dollar makeover.
What's growing in our ditches is shocking Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know, we talk a lot about growth here, the kind that brings new jobs to Friesen Corpor...
Your local package store was a drug front. Seriously?
Your neighbors are making headlines again. Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. Okay, so I saw this story about the recent interprovincial drug bust, Project Puma, and ...
Your $46M winning ticket could be from Winkler-Morden.
Your $46M lottery ticket could be from here Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. You know how everyone talks about leaving the Prairies to strike it rich? Well, someone ...
Your mushrooms are caught in a U.S. trade war.
Your mushrooms are caught in a crossfire Morning from the Valley — here's what's growing in Winkler-Morden. Okay, so I saw this story about the U.S. slapping tariffs on Canadian mushrooms, claiming ...
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