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Manitoba's weekly crop report shows 60% of the winter wheat and 72 per cent of the fall rye has been harvested along with 3 per cent of the spring wheat and oats, 

The federal government is intervening in a countrywide work stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways, but railworkers are pushing back against Ottawa's move to get them back on the job.

In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers in the early hours of Thursday.

Here are the latest developments on the rail stoppage (all times are ET):

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According to Winkler Police Chief Ryan Hunt emergency crews responded to a report of an accident at 9 this morning. Police and fire crews attended the accident at the intersection of Highway #14 and 15th street.  

Get ready for a weekend filled with incredible music on The Canadian Country Showcase! We’ll be featuring Lawrence Maxwell from Prince Edward Island with his latest single, “What You See in Me,” and Savannah Jade, formerly of Five Roses, making her solo debut with the sassy new track, “He’s the One.” Plus, we’ll take a look back at this week in 2023 with a #1 hit from Jelly Roll.

Tune in to the Canadian Country Showcase on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM.

The former Chairperson of Morden-Winkler Habitat for Humanity is now helping the province's dozen-or-so chapters fulfill their missions. Christina Falk was hired as Habitat for Humanity Manitoba's Manager of Chapter Support this past spring.

"She and her husband, Duane, kind of resurrected that chapter about six or seven years ago in Winkler. And when we posted this job, she made the decision to leave her fulltime job and come work fulltime for Habitat. We are just thrilled to have her," said Jamie Hall, CEO of the Manitoba organization.

The ongoing rail conflict between members of the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), CPKC, and CN Rail has had another development as the union is planning a strike.

This morning the TCRC issued a 72-hour strike notice which detailed that they would be withdrawing work for 6500 members from CN Rail beginning on Monday.

The union previously issued strike notices for CPKC, which will have workers remain off the job pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Funeral For:  Jacob Wiens 
Funeral Date: August 26, 2024 
Jacob Wiens, 86, of Steinbach formerly of Grunthal and the Pansy area, passed away Wednesday, August 21st at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Nettie, 3 daughters, 6 sons, 1 sister, 1 brother and their families.He was predeceased by his first wife Justina, his second wife Anna, 1 daughter, 4 sons, 1 granddaughter and 1 great-grandson. 
The funeral service for Jacob Wiens will be held Monday, August 26th at 2pm at New Bothwell Sommerfeld Church with burial at the church cemetery. 

An early morning round of showers and thunderstorms had PembinaValleyOnline Rainwatchers checking their gauges before noon Thursday.

“An area of showers and thunderstorms that pushed out of central North Dakota then moved northeasterly across Southern Manitoba, and brought another round of accumulating rainfall to the region,” explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. “Most of the precipitation fell between 4am and 10am Thursday, with it out of the region before noon.”

Funeral For: Corrine Sawatzky nee Driedger 
Funeral Date: August 27, 2024 
Corrine Sawatzky nee Driedger, 60, of Altona passed away Wednesday, August 21st at Boundary Trails Health Centre. She is survived by her husband Cliff, 2 daughters, 2 sons, her parents Bill and Dora Driedger, 1 sister, 2 brothers, and their families. She was predeceased by 2 grandchildren.  

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says it has taken down picket lines at Canadian National Railway Co. and its workers will begin returning to work on Friday.

However, the union says the work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. remains ongoing pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Following months of increasingly fraught contract talks, Canada's two biggest railways both locked out workers after failing to reach deals with the union by a Thursday deadline.