Ty Hildebrand

If you’ve ever looked up at the stars and felt a twinge of cosmic wonder, now is your time to lean in. The Perseids meteor shower is lighting up the night sky and Kenton Dyck from the Astro Club says it’s one of the most spectacular astronomical events of the year. Even better? You don’t need a telescope to see it.

“You just need the good old Mark 1 eyeball,” Dyck laughs. “No gear. No telescope. Just your eyes and a bit of time under the stars, it’s gorgeous every time.”

Hold onto your hats, the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition is back. Running July 18 to 20, Morris is once again hosting the only professional rodeo on Manitoba’s leg of the Canadian Tour circuit, and it’s shaping up to be a record-breaking weekend of thrills, community spirit, and cowboy grit.

Hold onto your hats, the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition is back. Running July 18 to 20, Morris is once again hosting the only professional rodeo on Manitoba’s leg of the Canadian Tour circuit, and it’s shaping up to be a record-breaking weekend of thrills, community spirit, and cowboy grit.

Over 50 vintage tractors rumbled across southern Manitoba this weekend as part of Eden Foundation’s 18th annual Tractor Trek — a community-driven fundraising event supporting mental health services in the region.

The event kicked off Saturday morning at the Eden Health Care Centre grounds in Winkler and wound through Morden, Chortitz, and Schanzenfeld.

A music producer from Altona is making national waves. Laura Smith better known by her artist name Daggerss has been selected as one of just seven women across Canada to take part in Music Publishers Canada’s 2025 Women in the Studio National Accelerator, a program designed to support mid-career women and gender-diverse producers.

Now in its seventh year, the accelerator offers professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities with some of the top minds in Canadian music.

One of the oldest and most beloved fairs in Western Canada is back and better than ever! The Carman Country Fair runs this weekend (July 10–12), kicking off summer in the Pembina Valley with a full weekend of agriculture, entertainment, and high-octane fun for all ages. “This is the 145th Carman Country Fair,” said Elaine Owen with the Dufferin Agricultural Society. “Very few fairs have been around that long, and even fewer keep reinventing themselves like this one.”

Ashley Funk didn’t wake up expecting to become a hero. But during a torrential downpour on her family’s homestead, that’s exactly what happened when she discovered a litter of newborn kittens trapped under a flooded coop, and dug them out with nothing but a stick, her bare hands, and a whole lot of grit.

A stormy start

The story began after a recent summer storm dumped buckets of rain on Funk’s rural property.

On August 8th, Ryall Park in Carman will transform into a cosmic celebration as the community gathers for Table for 300: A Charlie Redstar Dinner, a long-table dining experience commemorating one of Manitoba’s most intriguing mysteries—Charlie Redstar, the UFO that captivated the town in 1975.

This unique event, hosted by Boyne River Keepers and Carman Dufferin Communities in Bloom, aims to bring together locals and visitors alike in a celebration of local history, natural beauty, and community spirit.

After three years of painstaking restoration, the La Riviere CPR station is ready to welcome visitors to its new home in Manitou. The Pembina, Manitou Culture and Heritage Association will host a grand opening this Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with official ceremonies scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

Originally built in 1898 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the station served the La Riviere community for nearly 80 years before being moved to the Archibald Historical Museum for preservation. When the museum closed, local heritage advocates stepped in.

In the early 1960s, during the height of Cold War anxiety, Canada quietly installed over 2,000 Fallout Reporting Posts across the country to track nuclear fallout in the event of an atomic attack. Now, over 60 years later, the Miami Railway Station Museum has resurrected one of these long-forgotten bunkers—this time as a museum exhibit.