PembinaValley

No dinner plans for this Saturday? How about a plate full of slow-roasted, wood smoked pulled pork with all the fixings, finished off with a night of good entertainment? 

That's what's in store for the second annual pig roast in support of South Central Cancer Resource (SCCR).

What started as a decade-long yearly tradition among family and friends turned into something much bigger last year after circumstances led Marlin Fehr to start thinking outside the box. 

Wildfire evacuees continued to make their way home in some Manitoba communities Tuesday, but there were hurdles.

Tataskweyak Cree Nation lifted its evacuation order Monday evening, then told the community's 2,400 residents Tuesday morning the return was being delayed due to problems with the water system.

"Water tests came back (with) high aluminum. The pipes and reservoir will need to be cleaned and samples taken after the cleaning," said a message posted on the chief and council's Facebook page.

The group that represents physicians across Manitoba is stepping up its campaign to restrict the use of sick notes.

Doctors Manitoba says physicians field requests for more than 600,000 sick notes every year from employees who take time off work, and that takes time away from treating patients.

The group is asking the Manitoba government to follow most other provinces and set limits on how employers can demand sick notes.

Four more measles exposure sites have been identified in Manitoba, and three of them are in the Pembina Valley.
    
They are:
    
The Manitou Motor Inn bar on June 9 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Anyone who was there at that time is asked to monitor symptoms until July 1.
 
VB’s Entertainment Center in Winkler on June 9 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Anyone at those spots at those times is asked to monitor symptoms until July 1.

Saskatchewan's Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) projects, and Strategic Field Program (SFP) benefit from Federal-Provincial Sustainable CAP funding.

Farmers benefit from the practical, short-term research projects conducted through the ADOPT, which they can then use on their own operation.

For the 2024-25 fiscal year, more than $1.4 million was invested in six SFP and 32 ADOPT projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister's Office said that sum includes $2 billion for weapons like drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles — funding that Canada will count toward its NATO defence spending target.

Canada is also lending Ukraine $2.3 billion to help the embattled country rebuild its infrastructure.

The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate

The Bloc Quebecois wasted no time returning a sometimes contentious topic to the parliamentary agenda, introducing a bill to protect supply management just days after the first session of the new government began.

On Sunday, Altona police were notified by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to be on the lookout for a vehicle that didn't stop as required at the port of entry in Gretna. 
    
Vehicle description and license plate information in hand, officers found the vehicle heading north on Highway 30 and pulled it over. 
    
After speaking with the driver, Police Chief Dan Defer says they learned he had made a wrong turn and accidentally entered the port area.

One moment, the young members of St. John’s-Ravenscourt School’s High Altitude Balloon Club were releasing their student-designed balloon in MacGregor. 

The next — after losing the signal for the balloon and then suddenly recovering it again — they were abandoning their bus on a muddy road in the countryside, rushing to retrieve it. 

The students weren’t the only ones who made an impressive journey.