Clint and Angie Masse of A Maze in Corn say it’s official, they’ve got the Guinness World Record certificate to prove it. Upon completion, the maze near St. Adolphe measured 2,789.11 square meters, beating the previous recordholders in Thunder Bay by more than 1,000 square meters.

Joey Villanueva, a singer from Niverville, has taken one of the top prizes in this year’s Pinoy Pop Star, a singing competition that features the best of the best in Manitoba’s Filipino community. The grand finals took place in front of a sold-out crowd at the McPhillips Street Casino in Winnipeg.

Almost three years after releasing his debut album, local country musician Brady Kenneth is back in the spotlight, dropping his new single at the beginning of February, and getting ready to release an EP in the spring.

Sherry Peters, a local author with years of experience and a couple of award nominations to her name, has taken to using her own challenges to help other writers overcome their own blocks. This has been the inspiration for her one-on-one writers coaching business.

First-time author Sabrina Falk is excited to announce the debut of her new adult fiction novel, Not Far from the Peach Tree. The story follows the life of 22-year-old Abigail Hartley, a young woman with not much going for her. When tragedy strikes the Hartley household, Abigail sets out, alongside her younger sister, to uncover the answers to years of family secrets that have just begun to surface.

Singer Joey Villanueva of Niverville has booked his ticket to the Pinoy Pop Star finals, to be held on March 2 at the McPhillips Street Casino in Winnipeg, with a strong performance this weekend at the event’s semi-finals. Pinoy Pop Star is an amateur singing competition for Filipino Manitobans held once every couple of years. The current season is the competition’s fourth outing.