METTMANN, Germany (AP) — Michael Froehlich celebrated his 50th birthday in 2000 by buying 50 vintage cars, all manufactured the year he was born. After removing the oil and pollutants, Froehlich parked them in a private forest near his home in western Germany to create a classic car graveyard.
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METTMANN, Germany (AP) — Michael Froehlich celebrated his 50th birthday in 2000 by buying 50 vintage cars, all manufactured the year he was born. After removing the oil and pollutants, Froehlich parked them in a private forest near his home in western Germany to create a classic car graveyard.
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METTMANN, Germany (AP) — Michael Froehlich celebrated his 50th birthday in 2000 by buying 50 vintage cars, all manufactured the year he was born. After removing the oil and pollutants, Froehlich parked them in a private forest near his home in western Germany to create a classic car graveyard.
The collection includes a Jaguar XK120, a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and a Porsche 356, and would be worth millions if the cars were restored. Instead, they remain parked and covered in fall’s crisp leaves, winter’s heavy snow and 25 years of rust.
And so man and machine continue to age together.
Car collector Michael Froehlich poses for a portrait from a vintage Jaguar XK120 car at his private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Cars from 1950 rust within a forest at a private car sculpture park in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)An FSO Warszawa car from Poland is parked with other vintage cars at a private car sculpture park inside a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage Cadillac is covered by autumn leaves inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Vintage vehicles sit inside a private car sculpture park inside a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage Ford car sits at a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage car is on display at a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage Rolls Royce car sits in a private car sculpture park inside a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Car collector Michael Froehlich poses for a portrait from a vintage Jaguar XK120 car at his private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Vintage cars are covered by fall leaves inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage Buick car is parked inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Dolls of Queen Elizabeth II and her son Charles sit inside a vintage Rolls Royce car at a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage Citroen car is partially consumed by the forest inside a private car sculpture park in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A painting decorates an Australian Holden vintage car sitting in a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage EMW car is partially buried in autumn leaves inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A Porsche 356 vintage car sits at a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A vintage car is partially consumed by the forest inside a private car sculpture park in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Vintage cars sit in a forest at a private car sculpture park in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Mushrooms grow around vintage cars at a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
BRANDON — The Manitoba Labour Board has ordered the Western Star All Suites Hotel to pay nearly $138,000 in unpaid wages and administrative fees after it dismissed the appeals involving three foreign workers employed by the company.
In a decision dated Aug. 25, the board ordered 6692452 Manitoba Ltd. (doing business as Western Star All Suites Hotel), 1638185 Alberta Ltd. and company director P.X. to pay a total of $137,915.79 to the Employment Standards Branch for wages owed to foreign workers S.J., J.B. and G.R.
The decision was edited to protect the personal information of the employees, who worked at a hotel, reportedly in Melita, at different times and also lived there during their employment.
The board stated the employees were owed wages after hearing evidence about long working hours, irregular payments, inadequate employment records and working conditions.
MOON ALERT: After 7 a.m. today there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Gemini.
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You’re impulsive, and you are also highly creative. You might have an original idea that surprises everyone. Don’t hesitate to share what you think even if it sounds a bit touchy-feely or too “out there.” Meanwhile, keep hard at work busting your buns.
Stony Mountain Institution officers intercepted $1.8 million worth of drugs and other banned items Sunday in one of the largest reported seizures in recent years at Manitoba’s only federal prison.
Jake Suelzle, president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers’ prairie region, said employees spotted a drone while it delivered packages containing contraband.
“What marks this one a little bit unique is the (Correctional Service of Canada) just invested a significant amount of money into a drone detector, and this drone detector sure showed its worth when it didn’t detect at all,” he said Tuesday. “No alarm was raised when this package was dropped.”
In a news release that offered limited details, the correctional service said the items, including THC concentrate, were found in packages thanks to the “vigilance” of employees.
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Hundreds of Dynacare lab employees are expected to hit the picket line Tuesday, hours before a labour board hearing to determine whether they are essential workers.
