Shannon Dueck

The community of Rosenort has come together to help build a new home for a family it does not even know. Or at least, did not know until the start of construction.

Michelle Pereira is Chief Operating Officer for Habitat for Humanity. She says this all started when K-Tec, which is based in Rosenort decided that Habitat would be one of their charities of choice. K-Tec ended up manufacturing an earthmoving scraper and then auctioned it off for $205,000. Pereira says that money was then used to buy all of the materials to build this house. 

That familiar summer noise of buzzing mosquitoes seems to have made a return to southern Manitoba. Yes, the mosquitoes are back, and a Manitoba entomologist says quite likely they will be worse this year than in recent summers.

John Gavloski says the mosquito population is heavily dictated by how much standing water is around. And, with all of the rain this spring, there is a lot of water that has pooled. 

If your weekend plans include heading to a provincial park, there is no need to buy a park pass.

The Manitoba government has announced free provincial park access as well as free family fishing this weekend.

Environment, Climate and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton is encouraging Manitobans to venture outside and enjoy a provincial park this weekend.

As gas prices continue to soar, CAA is trying to help Manitobans get the biggest bang for their buck out of every tank of fuel.

As gas prices continue to soar, CAA is trying to help Manitobans get the biggest bang for their buck out of every tank of fuel.

Manitoba Parks has announced more delays at some campgrounds in our province. The delayed openings are the result of flooding.

Manitoba Parks has announced more delays at some campgrounds in our province. The delayed openings are the result of flooding.

After five consecutive months of cooler than normal weather, it appears that trend is about to finally change. David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada, says southern Manitoba is in store for a summer that is hotter than normal. 

After five consecutive months of cooler than normal weather, it appears that trend is about to finally change. David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada, says southern Manitoba is in store for a summer that is hotter than normal. 

The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba continues to drop.

The province is reporting 537 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus from May 15 to 21, which is down from 728 the previous week. The number of tests performed also dropped to 704 last week compared to 766 one week earlier.

Manitoba's test positivity rate is now 15.4 per cent, a decrease from 18.5 per cent in the previous week.