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On farms and ranches all over the prairies fall work is in full swing in preparation for the winter months ahead, and the Manitoba Ag Days Board and committee members are in full swing making plans for the 48th annual Ag Days taking place at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, January 21-23, 2025.

Chef Andrew George, a Hereditary Wing Chief of the Wet’suwet’en Bear Clan and the first Indigenous Red Seal chef in B.C., shared his expertise with Culinary Arts students at Assiniboine’s North Hill campus as part of Truth and Reconciliation Week.

Media Release - October 2, 2024

From Thursday, August 1, 2024 to Friday, November 15, 2024 crop residue burning is NOT AUTHORIZED, except by permit, in the municipalities of Rosser, Headingley, St. François Xavier, Cartier, Macdonald, Ritchot, Taché, Springfield, East St. Paul and West St. Paul.

For Wednesday, October 2, 2024 through Thursday, October 3, 2024 crop residue burning is AUTHORIZED from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM in all municipalities in the WESTLAKE/INTERLAKE ZONE and the SOUTHWEST and the NORTHWEST ZONES.

Theft Under $5000

On October 1st at 1:02PM a call was received from a business in the 900 block of Victoria Avenue. It was reported a 21-year-old female had stolen merchandise from the store. The female was apprehended in the parking lot and had stolen approximately $500 in merchandise. The goods were returned, and she was released on an Appearance Notice with a court date of December 9th, 2024.

Breach of Probation X2

The Brandon Wheat Kings saw their season opening three-game winning streak come to an end Saturday in Saskatoon. Brandon head coach and general manager Marty Murray will join Clayton Dreger on the Wheat Kings Report which airs Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. on CJRB Radio 1220.

As war spread in the Middle East on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly "unequivocally" condemned Iran's move to fire dozens of missiles into Israel and called for no further escalation in the war from all sides.

Joly also begged Canadians in Lebanon to leave immediately as Israel began what it is calling a limited ground operation against Hezbollah targets in the southern part of that country.

Funeral For: Cornelius Hiebert 
Funeral Date: October 3, 2024 
Cornelius Hiebert, 91, of Rosenort passed away Saturday, September 28th at Morris Hospital. He was survived by his wife Lorine; 3 daughters, 3 sons, 2 sisters-in-law, and their families. He was predeceased by 3 infant great-grandchildren. 
The funeral service for Cornelius Hiebert will be held Thursday, October 3rd at 10:30am at Rosenort Church of God in Christ, Mennonite with burial at the church cemetery. 

The Brandon Wheat Kings are 10th in the Canadian Hockey League Top-10 Rankings. The Wheat Kings are 3-1 to start the 2024-25 Western Hockey League season. The Brampton Steelheads (OHL) are ranked number one followed by the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL), London Knights (OHL) and Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL). 

Cereals Canada recently released their 2024 Canadian Wheat Crop Progress and Harvest Assessment Update.

Harvest operations are still underway in many areas of the Prairies.

Stats Canada surveyed farmers in June with estimates showing Canadian farmers planted over 8.2 million hectares of non durum wheat this year, a 3% decrease from last year, while durum acreage showed a 5 per cent increase to nearly 2.6 million acres.

Non-durum wheat is grown across the country in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in southern Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum located at the Brandon Airport always has their sites on restoration projects for their vintage aircraft that dates back to the Second World War.