Chris Sumner

ShareWord Global, previously known as The Gideons International in Canada, is seeing amazing success in its work to share the gospel in Cuba. It’s a relatively recent opportunity for the organization, having the chance to place scriptures in the country. 

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was in Brandon Tuesday afternoon, attending his first Ag Days as leader of the province. He was part of a funding announcement for the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program, and afterward spoke with reporters about a variety of issues.

The Federal Government's Carbon Tax was quick to come up, and Kinew stressed the N.D.P is doing all it can, provincially, to alleviate the burden.

In a decision released Monday, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) has announced it has ordered Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) to implement an overall five per cent decrease to insurance premiums for the 2024/25 insurance year, effective April 1, 2024. 

MPI had applied for no overall change in rates. The PUB's decision was partly because it expects the cost of claims to be lower in the coming years than MPI has forecast.

The idea of seeing accumulating snow before the end of October is already tough to swallow for most, especially considering the above-average temperatures throughout the last several weeks, but Environment Canada issuing a snowfall warning for much of Southern Manitoba is, perhaps, just a little much for this time of year.

10 to 20 cm is expected for portions of southern Manitoba on Wednesday, with additional accumulations expected in the Red River Valley and Southeastern Manitoba Thursday.

Elections Canada has released the estimated number of voters who cast a ballot during the four Advance Polling days held over the weekend.

According to the preliminary figures, 7,988 electors voted in the Portage-Lisgar by-election between Friday, June 9th, and Monday, June 12th.

The advance polls were open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.

It's official... the ballot is set for the upcoming Portage-Lisgar by-election. Elections Canada released the confirmed candidates list Wednesday. Five people will be vying for the M.P. role, with all of them different names compared to the last general election in September 2021.

The following are listed as displayed on Elections Canada's website:

It's been months in the making, but the Municipality of Rhineland has started moving into the renovated former North American Box plant building in Plum Coulee.

"The Plum Coulee and Rhineland maintenance shops have now moved into the location on Railway Avenue," explained Reeve Don Wiebe. "What this means is the vacant buildings are now for sale, and council decided to put them up for public tender. The police offices, which will also be moving soon, as soon as the fiberoptic cable connection is there."

You win some and you lose some, and a lost bet between Winkler Mayor Henry Siemens and Steinbach Mayor Earl Funk led to a rare sight in Winkler council chambers Tuesday night, a Steinbach Pistons jersey. 

Last week the Steinbach Pistons beat the Winkler Flyers in a thrilling seven-game quarter-final series.  

After five seasons of bringing green thumbs together, and seeing the number of plots available more than double, the Altona Community Gardens are looking forward to even more growth this year. Spokesperson Jack Heppner says the space has become a meeting and gathering place for long-time residents and newcomers alike.

There's no doubt about it, it was a windy Friday afternoon in parts of southern Manitoba. Just how windy was it? So windy it overturned a semi-trailer hauling a wind turbine blade!

According to eyewitnesses and information shared on the Altona/Rhineland Emergency Services (ARES) Facebook page, the incident occurred mid-afternoon Friday on Highway 14, about 7kms east of Rosenfeld.

According to the Manitoba Ag Weather network, a peak wind gust of 55 km/h from the south was recorded in the Altona area.