Steinbach

Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation brought the sights and sounds of Indigenous culture to students in Altona this week through a vibrant pow wow demonstration. Led by members of the community’s Sons of the Drum group, the event featured dancers in full regalia and showcased traditional styles of dance and song, offering students a meaningful glimpse into Anishinaabe culture. 

The Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach has welcomed a new face to its leadership team, with Jaysa Thiessen stepping into the role of Program Coordinator. 

Thiessen takes over the position previously held by Robert Goertzen, who earlier this year accepted the role of Executive Director at MHV. 

Steinbach welcomes more than 1,000 athletes from across the province as the 2025 Manitoba 55+ Summer Games kick off Monday, June 3. 

The three-day event will include competitions in pickleball, slow pitch, cribbage, track and field, and more. In total, there are over 1,300 registrations, with many participants competing in multiple events. Audrey Harder, Executive Director of the Pat Porter Active Living Centre, says the city is ready. 

Wildfires continue to rage across Manitoba, with 25 fires currently active and thousands displaced as officials respond to dangerous conditions across the province, according to the provincial government's latest fire bulletin Saturday evening.

The provincial state of emergency remains in effect, and authorities warn that human activity and hot, dry weather are fuelling extreme fire behaviour.

East Region

Piney Community Center organized the Piney ATV Mud Run this Saturday.  

The Mud Run was full of volunteers who donated their time to bring this event to the community.   

Racers and family members supported the Piney Community Center by participating in the run and enjoying BBQ, camping, cornhole tournaments, and more.   

More people in northern Manitoba are leaving their homes as wildfires continue to threaten communities.

The roughly 600 residents of Cranberry Portage have been placed under a mandatory evacuation order because fires have knocked out power to the community -- a situation expected to last for days.

An evacuation of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, which started earlier this week, is ongoing and officials are expecting five flights to leave for Winnipeg by the end of today.

Funeral For:  John Friesen 
Funeral Date: June 2, 2025 
After a rich life, John Friesen, of Winnipeg, passed away at the age of 94 on May 24th, 2025.
He was predeceased by his wife, Charlotte Perry, his parents, Isaac and Maria Friesen, and two sisters and two brothers. He is survived by his stepdaughter, Lianne Perry, five sisters, and four brothers.

There's no rain in the forecast for Flin Flon, Manitoba, over the next week as crews there fight a wildfire that's raging nearby.

Temperatures throughout the weekend are expected to range from the low to high 20s, before cooling off.

Thousands have evacuated the northwestern Manitoba city, including municipal government officials and health-care professionals.

Flin Flon mayor George Fontaine said on Friday that unless things changed, the fire was projected to take chunks out of the town.

Ottawa probably can't help overhaul how municipalities raise funds in the near future, because the federal government is now focused on major, nation-building projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday

"We're building on what has worked. We're learning lessons from what hasn't," Carney said at an event held by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

The group represents cities and towns that have lobbied Ottawa for years to give them more independent means of financing their operations.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says she doesn't blame First Nations leaders who are voicing frustration with governments promising to fast-track development in their territories in the name of national unity.

"I don't blame them. They're frustrated and they're being disrespected," National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Wednesday morning.

"If we're not at the table making these decisions right off the bat, this is what happens and it causes the Canadian government more problems later."