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The wet weather played a bit of havoc with setup for this year’s Manitou Beach Chainsaw Carving Festival, but it didn’t dampen the competitive or creative spirits of the carvers. It also didn’t hamper visitors from attending and bidding on the quick carves. 

The Canada Summer Games are off and running in St. John’s, NL with the first day of competition wrapped up on Sunday.  

The Men’s Baseball contingent for Team Saskatchewan has a strong local component featuring three players and one coach from the East Central Red Sox Camp. Jarret Rude and Cade Britz of Muenster, along with Pryor Dyck of Watrous and pitching coach Chad Hofmann of Muenster are all in the mix for Team Saskatchewan. 

Bolt Brain Buster:

Dua Lipa’s song Dance the Night is from which movie?

Text your answers to the Humboldt Sobeys Talk and Text line 306-682-0107

Tune in to the morning show or check back tomorrow for the answer!

Answer: Barbie 

With harvest just getting underway across the Prairies, farmers are being reminded to think about safety when working with grain. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is urging farmers to prioritize safety around grain handling with the launch of its fifth annual Be Grain Safe Week.

Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take place at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport, all at 1 p.m. ET. 

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle

Manitoba’s livestock producers have one less place to sell their animals.

Heartland Livestock Services announced July 25 that they are closing their Brandon location.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

With 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and 19 per cent disapproving, the prime minister maintains a positive net approval. That figure is a couple percentage points lower than in Abacus's previous poll.

The provincial government announced that change to workers’ compensation came effect on Aug. 1 including expanded cancer coverage for wildland firefighter. 

Amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013, includes presumptive cancer coverage for wildland firefighters in the province. 

It’s a reflex we all have, and it's a difficult one to fight — but experts say swatting at wasps can actually make things worse.

According to Dr. James Tansey, an entomologist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, wasps don’t just sting in the moment — their defensive attack also involves chemical communications with others of their species nearby.

The union representing front-line RCMP members wants the force to ease requirements for foreign applicants to help attract experienced police officers from agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The RCMP currently requires that applicants be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants with permanent resident status must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for three of the last five years.