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In June, the Falk Fehr Foundation hosted the 2024 Hockey Champions Charity Tournament in Winkler. The golf tournament, an annual occurrence, is quickly becoming a fundraising powerhouse in the area.  

The Falk Fehr Foundation presented donations from the golf tournament to its three chosen charities on August 16th. Eric Fehr, who gives his name to the foundation, called it “an exciting day for the community and an exciting day for us.”  

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in. Documents obtained through access-to-information indicate that the CBSA has proposed such an app as far back as 2021. 

A spokesperson confirmed that an app called ReportIn will be launched this fall.

Welcome to another Made in Manitoba, and an episode we hope will have you toe-tapping, and maybe even doing a jig, by the end of it. Tonight we're featuring The Red River Ramblers. Founded in 2019 by Douglas Richard Sinclair, the group performs Métis fiddle music rooted in a deep respect for the Métis fiddle tradition, but burning a new path for the genre. Douglas is a Métis Nation citizen, registered with the Manitoba Metis Federation. 

The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say.  

The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a "harbinger" of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist and epidemiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. 

The Public Health Agency of Sweden said Thursday it is the first case of clade I mpox to be diagnosed outside the African continent. 

A boil water advisory for the Town of Altona has been lifted. 

The order was issued late Tuesday afternoon after a potable water sample came back positive for coliform.

A subsequent sample was sent to the lab, and the results have since come back indicating the water system has met all conditions for the advisory to be lifted and that bacteriological testing results meet regulatory standards.

Regular water use may now resume. 

This weekend on the Canadian Country Showcase, we're spotlighting some incredible female talent!  Tenille Arts joins us to discuss her latest single, "Last Time Last",  featuring Maddie & Tae. We'll also welcome Madeline Merlo, who received exciting news about her Grand Ole Opry debut this week. We’ll catch up on her married life, summer touring, and more! And we'll revisit a #1 hit from Taylor Swift from this week in 2009.

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

Rosenort is celebrating its 150th anniversary this weekend alongside its annual Summer Festival. According to local historian Lorilee Scharfenberg, the twin villages of Rosenort and Rosenhoff  were settled by 31 families in 1874, comprising of 80 people. She has a direct, family connection to that group.

The Canadian Entrepreneurs' Incentive program is undergoing some changes, but agriculture groups say that's not enough to help out farmers.

That's meant to help out small business owners with a tax break, but that's been out of reach for many farmers.

Kyle Larkin, the Executive Director at the Grain Growers of Canada, says now that's been changed but it may not be enough.

Funeral For:  Edward “Ted” Pott 
Funeral Date: August 19, 2024 
Edward “Ted” Pott, 73, of Steinbach passed away Tuesday, August 13th at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, 1 daughter, 1 son, 1 sister, his stepmother Jean, 1 stepsister, and their families. He was predeceased by 1 sister. 
The funeral service for Edward “Ted” Pott will be held Monday, August 19th at 2pm at Greenridge United Church at Greenridge, Manitoba with burial at Greenridge Cemetery. 

With strike action looming on the horizon railways in Canada are likely to be stopped next week.

CN and CPKC are both set to lock out workers on the 22nd, the date that a possible strike was set for by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Vice president of grain for CN Rail David Przednowec says that the current labour situation is taking up a bulk of the current conversation in the industry.