Candace Derksen

The Bank of Canada continues to try to wrangle rising inflation and, last week, raised its key interest rate once again.
    
Canada's year-over-year inflation rate did fall back from 8.1 per cent in June down to 7.6 per cent in July, however further increases to interest rates are expected this year. 
    
We asked Larry Davey, President and CEO of Access Credit Union, if the strategy is working.

After 27 years in municipal politics - 12 as Reeve for the Municipality of Morris - Ralph Groening will not be letting his name stand for re-election next month. 

"This has been a really difficult decision for me and my partner. There was lots of discussion, but there does come a time in a person's life, and this has been a minor career for me, and the decision that we've made is that I will choose to step aside and give the opportunity to lead the R.M. of Morris to someone else," explained Groening.

"It's the right decision at the right time." That from Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen who announced Tuesday that after 14 years, she would not be seeking to re-claim her seat in the next federal election.

"It's the right decision at the right time." That from Portage-Lisgar MP Candice Bergen who announced Tuesday that after 14 years, she would not be seeking to re-claim her seat in the next federal election.

A burst in student enrolment is playing out as expected in the Western School Division (WSD).
    
At the start of last week, growth was registered at 8 per cent over the 2021/22 school year, and Superintendent Stephen Ross says he wouldn't be shocked if that inched closer to 10 per cent in the next little while, once again slating Western as one of the fastest growing school divisions in Manitoba.

An effort is underway to reduce barriers to communication on playgrounds within Border Land School Division (BLSD).  

Through its Accessibility Fund, the Manitoba government is providing $6,500 to help cover the cost of creating and installing Communication Boards in 12 playgrounds within 8 communities in the division. BLSD will offset the $8,900 cost with in-kind resources.  

Classrooms have been refreshed and teachers are back at it this week, preparing the spaces for another school year.  

Custodial staff in the Border Land School Division were busy this summer refreshing those classrooms with new flooring and a fresh coat of paint.  

The intellectual disabilities community has lost one of its greatest advocates. 
    
Richard Neufeld, who retired this spring as general manager for Blue Sky Opportunities in Altona after a 20 year career, passed away last Friday at the age of 63. 
    

A new tax assistance grant program will provide some financial stability for those constructing multi-family rental complexes primarily in downtown Altona, according to Mayor Al Friesen.
    
The incentive, passed by Council earlier this month, will ensure municipal taxes on these projects, as well as under-utilized properties converted to rental units, will remain the same for three years.

Work has begun on the Municipality of Rhineland's $4.8 million dollar Priority Grains Roads initiative.

The gravel has been stripped and reconstruction of a road has begun at the Rhineland Ag Park, north of Altona, and traffic is being diverted.