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.'
Local Coverage
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.
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