Betty Sawatzky

Conservation Officers across the province are looking forward to being connected to a central dispatch service that will allow them to respond to the POACHERS TIPS line call ins in real time, beginning in July.  

The announcement was made at the newly re-opened Conservation Office in Brandon this past Wednesday.

A new 24-7 centralized dispatch service for Manitoba conservation officers will enhance officer safety in the field and strengthen environmental enforcement across the province, Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt and Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced in Brandon this week.

The government of Manitoba has signed an agreement with the City of Brandon to facilitate a centralized dispatch centre to further support Conservation Officers across the province.

From snowmelt to snowfall, Manitobans experience that ever-so-slight tickle of something slowly making its way up the back of the leg ... or the back of the neck – the dreaded wood tick!  

Here’s a fun fact: Ticks start to get active at temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius. 

From snow-melt to snow-fall, Manitobans experience that ever-so-slight tickle of something slowly making its way up the back of the leg .. or the back of the neck – the dreaded wood tick!  

Here’s a fun fact: Ticks start to get active at temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius. 

Manitoba's NDP Leader has announced his party's plan for rural health care. Wab Kinew shared his thoughts about the many changes in health care, especially in the rural areas of the province. 

Speaking to an audience of municipal leaders and rural families today in Virden, Manitoba NDP Leader, Wab Kinew, announced his party’s plan to fix rural health care. Kinew was joined at the podium by NDP candidates, Wayne Chacun, a paramedic from Virden, and Mike Sudak, a veteran and councilor from Carberry.  

Kinew shared his thoughts about the many changes in health care, especially in the rural areas of the province. 

Before ol' man winter decided to return to the Westman Region, the snow was almost completely gone. But the recent series of weather systems that hit southwest Manitoba has added more snow to the landscape, and more pressure on farmers itching to see the black stuff in their fields, not the white stuff.

Let's just say we're all wishing those Colorado Lows would just stay on their side of the border!

Minto area farmer, Jake Ayre of J&C Farms, is still fairly positive that seeding won't be as late as last year, as long as the snow systems stay 'over there!'

This past weekend the Man-Sask Livestock Auctioneering Championships were held in Killarney, with local auction mart Allan Munroe playing host to 13 fellow contenders, their families and fans!

Auctioneers from across the two provinces, as far away as Saskatoon and Moose Jaw, took turns auctioning off just over 1200 head of cattle throughout the day, with the final 5 contenders calling in the final sales in the late afternoon.

The Internationals Peace Garden has been reaching out to youth on both sides of the border to encourage young people to join their staff for the summer months.

CEO, Tim Chapman, says they've contacted schools, youth groups and 4H clubs to share the wide variety of summer positions soon opening for students to apply.

"Manitoban [students] get out at the end of June and North Dakotans get out at the end of May and we're wanting to fill about 40 positions, on top of the few of us that work here year-round," explains Chapman.