is home to two radio stations, both of which are owned and operated by Altona-based Golden West Broadcasting. COUNTRY 88, a country music station, was established in 1980 on the AM dial at 1530 kHz, then moved to 1570 kHz in 1987, and since 2013, broadcasts on the FM dial at 88.9 MHz. CJEL-FM, an adult contemporary music station branded as The Eagle 93.5, launched in 2000. Newspapers The Winkler-Morden Voice is published weekly and distributed by mail to households in both Winkler and Morden and many surrounding smaller communities. A former paper, The Winkler Times newspaper ceased publication in 2020. Sports The Winkler Flyers compete in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and play their home games at the Winkler Arena. Perhaps the best known alumnus of the team is Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Ed Belfour. There is also a minor league hockey in Winkler. The two local high schools have multiple sports teams under the names Zodiacs and Nighthawks. Winkler also has two men's soccer teams called the Winkler Storm, and the Riots. The women's soccer team is called the Hurricanes. Winkler was selected as host city for the 2008 edition of CBC Sports' day-long Hockey Day in Canada, which took place on February 9, 2008. Notable people Di Brandt, poet and literary critic Arnold Brown, politician Benjamin De Fehr, soldier executed during World War I Karen Doell, softball player Howard Dyck, conductor and broadcaster Larry Dyck, hockey player Peter Dyck, politician David Elias, writer Justin Falk, NHL player for the Buffalo Sabres Eric Fehr, NHL player for the Washington Capitals Byron Froese, NHL player for the Tampa Bay Lightning Jacob Froese, politician Peter J. Hooge, politician Ray Neufeld, former NHL player for the Hartford Whalers Jordan Peters, curler Dustin Penner, former NHL player Anaheim Ducks John Sawatsky, award-winning author and journalist George Sawatzky, physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Cornelius Wiebe, physician and politician Valentine Winkler, town founder See also Walhalla–Winkler Border Crossing References Sources City of Winkler (2003). https://web.archive.org/web/20050112163540/http://www.cityofwinkler.ca/demographics.html. Retrieved October 6, 2019. Province of Manitoba (2000). Community Profile: City of Winkler. Retrieved October 6, 2019. Statistics Canada (2004). 2001 Community Profile - Winkler. Retrieved August 11, 2005. Statistics Canada (2016). 2016 Community Profile - Winkler Retrieved January 1, 2022. Winkler Chamber of Commerce (2004). http://www.winklerchamber.com/. Retrieved August 11, 2005. External links 1874 establishments in Manitoba Cities in Manitoba German-Russian diaspora in Canada Historic