Candace Derksen

The Manitoba government is providing over $221,000 in grants to 38 rural and northern communities to support festivals that promote understanding, awareness and appreciation of their heritage, culture and identity, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Obby Khan announced Thursday.

A number of the recipients are located here in the Central Plains, Interlake, Pembina and Red River valleys. They are:

- Manitoba Agricultural Museum Inc., Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede, July 27 to 30 ($8,317.61);

The Mayor of Morris is pleased to see work to flood-proof Highway 75 south of town appears to be in the final stages. Crews were unable to finish the job last year, leaving a portion of the dike extension on the northbound lanes.

"It's been great to see," said Scott Crick. "The Province of Manitoba, they gave us a commitment last fall to get the diking done as quickly as possible this year. Great to see the progress they've made. It actually looks like they're getting surprisingly close to being complete."

Highways in western Manitoba, including Provincial Trunk Highways (PTH) 2, 3, 10 and 23, will undergo major improvements over the summer months to support traffic needs in the region, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Doyle Piwniuk announced here today.

The Manitoba government released its initial water strategy action plan yesterday—a focused guide to specific actions to ensure sustainability of the province’s valuable water resources for current and future generations of Manitobans, according to Environment and Climate Minister Kevin Klein and Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson.

Morden Police officers responded to two motor vehicle collisions within two hours of each other last Wednesday.

The first happened shortly before 4pm at the intersection of 1st street and Thornhill. According to police, an SUV collided with another SUV. One of the vehicle was towed from the scene. The two occupants involved were assessed by paramedics.

Manitoba beekeepers will be eligible for $7.5 million in support from the federal and provincial governments to rebuild their colonies following extraordinary losses incurred over the winter of 2021-22, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced on Tuesday.

For Kelly Saunders, Associate Political Science Professor at Brandon University, the results of Monday's federal by-election in Portage-Lisgar weren't much of a surprise. 

Saunders said she fully anticipated the Conservatives would hold on to the seat, left empty by former MP, Candice Bergen. She also expected the People's Party of Canada would take some votes away from the Conservatives. 

The Vita Food Bank will benefit from the Manitoba Government's donation all of the external visitation shelters that were installed at personal care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nicolas Geddert, the Green Party of Canada candidate in the upcoming Portage-Lisgar federal by-election, says he is looking forward to getting to know some of people in the riding who are passionate about politics and about their environment. 

Geddert, who is from Winnipeg, has spent the majority of his political volunteer efforts with the Green Party of Manitoba. 

A man from Headingley will face Mischief charges in court later this summer, following a recent standoff with RCMP in Elm Creek.
    
Around 5:30 Friday afternoon, officers with the Pembina Valley detachment responded to a complaint of an unwanted person inside a property on Main Street. At the scene, the landlord explained the suspect had barricaded himself in the upstairs bedroom and was believed to be intoxicated, and possibly armed.