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Farm Credit Canada's Transition Loan program has been enhanced.

Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says transferring the family farm or business can be stressful; the new changes will help address the financial barriers many people face.

The loan's new terms are designed to make it easier for both buyers and sellers by allowing disbursements to the seller over a 10 year period.

The loan is available for farms, agribusinesses, or food businesses going through changes in ownership, be it within or outside the family.

 Irrican owns multiple hydroelectric facilities and solar sites

A new battery storage facility is helping power two southern Alberta irrigation districts.

Irrican Power, a renewable energy producer, comprised of the St. Mary River Irrigation District and Raymond Irrigation District, has announced the commissioning of the Raymond Enhanced Battery and Renewables Project.

The eBAR facility is located at the Raymond Irrican Hydropower Plant near Raymond.

The move by Sask. would help producers with the cost of cleaning and disinfection after the disease is found on their farms

Saskatchewan may ask to trigger AgriRecovery for producers affected by bovine tuberculosis.

Provincial agriculture minister Daryl Harrison said last week he had heard from cattle organizations about the need for more help.

A founding shareholder questions why the board approved raises for executives while the terminal incurred $28 million in cumulative losses since 2016

North West Terminal Ltd. is being tight-lipped about what is happening with the idled grain company.

The firm held its annual general meeting on June 18, but chief executive officer Jason Skinner refused to divulge what was discussed at the AGM.

“We’ll just go no comment because we’re in negotiations on some things,” he said.

 Two brothers embroiled in an eight-year-long bitter legal battle over control of a generic crop input business have “buried the hatchet.”

Jim and Jason Mann have agreed to end litigation against one another and the businesses they run, which are Farmers of North America (FNA) and AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd.

“The news of the day is the Mann vs. Mann is ending and Jim and I are burying the hatchet,” said Jason.

Highway 3 east of Carman has re-opened to traffic after a crash this morning.
    
According to Pembina Valley RCMP, a westbound van veered into the eastbound lane. It missed a first oncoming pickup truck but crashed into a second pickup truck, near Road 21 West.

In a social media post, Carman-Dufferin Fire Department says the truck flipped onto its roof and slid into the north ditch of the highway.
    
One person from each vehicle was brought to hospital by paramedics, with undetermined injuries.
    
Investigation is ongoing.

It was a Canada Day to remember as the community came together in a vibrant display of cultures at this year’s Culture Fest, hosted in conjunction with July 1st celebrations near the Meridian Exhibition Centre at Parkland Stage in Winkler. 

The afternoon event was spearheaded in part by Regional Connections, whose settlement workers and staff were on site showcasing their cultures alongside dozens of other booths, activities, and stage performances. 

Young people across southern Manitoba have access to a free support program this summer through the Manitoba Youth Job Centre (MYJC) operating in Morden, Winkler, Carman, and Portage la Prairie. 

Youth Engagement Leader Anna Nikkel serves youth aged 13 to 29 with job-related tools and services from resume preparation to interview coaching. 

The former head of Manitoba Hydro was paid just over $881,000 last year, despite being dismissed six weeks into the year.

Jay Grewal's earnings in previous years, where she had worked a full year, ranged from $500,000 to $546,000.

The amount last year, revealed in an annual Manitoba Hydro compensation report, suggests a large lump sum payment when Grewal was let go as president and chief executive officer.

It may have been a once in a lifetime opportunity for the hundreds of people who watched the fireworks at the end of the night at Morden's Canada Day Beach Blast and Altona's Canada Day celebration. As a line of thunderstorms rolled through the region, their arrival lined up perfectly with the timing of the fireworks going off in both communities.

Daisy Ann Kauenhofen captured the below video of the display in Morden, as bolts and sheets of lightning cascaded in the background.