sentences:  The settlement was incorporated as a village on 31 December 1948, but was amalgamated into the Municipality of Brenda – Waskada on 1 January 2015, as part of a requirement of the Manitoba government's Municipal Amalgamations Act.In recent times, an oil boom in the Waskada area, which lies within the Lower Amaranth oil deposit, occurred in 2011, contributing to the local economy.An aviation accident occurred in the area in the winter of 2013, when the pilot of a Cessna 210 single-engined aircraft crash-landed outside a private airstrip, in whiteout conditions.