Cory Knutt

A longtime member of the Morris Girl Guides recently returned home from a summer trip that she won't soon forget.

Sixteen-year-old Brianne Judson was part of a 12-day Girl Guides trip to Yukon. She left August 15th and returned home August 26th. The original trip was supposed to be to Amsterdam and Poland, however that was cancelled due to COVID. As a replacement, Brianne had a choice between Yukon and Nova Scotia and she chose Yukon.

Brianne talked about what she came away with from the trip.

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, has announced an initial list of designated regions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where Livestock Tax Deferral has been authorized for 2022 due to extreme weather conditions.

A Grade 11 student at Roseau Valley School in Dominion City will serve on the 2022-23 Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Student Advisory Council.

Brianne Judson explained why she got involved.

The Post Road Heritage Group is constructing a new building at Fort Dufferin near Emerson.

Chairperson Marlyn Empson gave an update on the new Officers' Mess Kitchen.

Seeds Canada celebrated its first anniversary at the organization's annual meeting held in Winnipeg last month.
 
“We’ve made considerable progress in our first year,” said Seeds Canada President Ellen Sparry. “Thanks for a successful event. Strengthening Canada’s supply chain is critical for our economy, our ability to feed ourselves and our ability to feed the world."

The Canadian beef industry is making progress on the 2020-24 National Beef Strategy.

The Strategy was designed to take advantage of the opportunities facing the industry while simultaneously addressing the challenges. The first two years of the strategy have been dominated by COVID restrictions, drought, and feed shortages.

CN Rail has released its Grain Plan for the 2022/23 crop year.

David Przednowek is assistant vice president for grain with CN Rail.

CN Rail has released its Grain Plan for the 2022/23 crop year.

David Przednowek is assistant vice president for grain with CN Rail.

Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre was in Manitoba this week trying to secure votes in the ongoing Conservative leadership race.

He spoke in front of a couple hundred people at the Morris Multiplex on Friday.

Overall, farmers seem to be pleased with how the crops are progressing.

David Hamblin is with Red River Seeds near Morris.

"All things considered, I think they look quite good. We had a real late start and some big challenges with flooding of course here. Considering the mess we put it into, I think things are looking reasonably well, albeit quite late," he said. 

Hamblin was asked if they've had a lot of rain this summer.