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Farm Credit Canada's Transition Loan program has been enhanced.

Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says transferring the family farm or business can be stressful; the new changes will help address the financial barriers many people face.

The loan's new terms are designed to make it easier for both buyers and sellers by allowing disbursements to the seller over a 10 year period.

The loan is available for farms, agribusinesses, or food businesses going through changes in ownership, be it within or outside the family.

 Irrican owns multiple hydroelectric facilities and solar sites

A new battery storage facility is helping power two southern Alberta irrigation districts.

Irrican Power, a renewable energy producer, comprised of the St. Mary River Irrigation District and Raymond Irrigation District, has announced the commissioning of the Raymond Enhanced Battery and Renewables Project.

The eBAR facility is located at the Raymond Irrican Hydropower Plant near Raymond.

The move by Sask. would help producers with the cost of cleaning and disinfection after the disease is found on their farms

Saskatchewan may ask to trigger AgriRecovery for producers affected by bovine tuberculosis.

Provincial agriculture minister Daryl Harrison said last week he had heard from cattle organizations about the need for more help.

A founding shareholder questions why the board approved raises for executives while the terminal incurred $28 million in cumulative losses since 2016

North West Terminal Ltd. is being tight-lipped about what is happening with the idled grain company.

The firm held its annual general meeting on June 18, but chief executive officer Jason Skinner refused to divulge what was discussed at the AGM.

“We’ll just go no comment because we’re in negotiations on some things,” he said.

 Two brothers embroiled in an eight-year-long bitter legal battle over control of a generic crop input business have “buried the hatchet.”

Jim and Jason Mann have agreed to end litigation against one another and the businesses they run, which are Farmers of North America (FNA) and AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd.

“The news of the day is the Mann vs. Mann is ending and Jim and I are burying the hatchet,” said Jason.

It was a magical Sunday for the Eastman Wildcats club as they won gold after the finals game was postponed a while back and also won a game to improve to 31-0.

The Wildcats trailed by as many as four, but came back to top U15 AAA Central Energy on Sunday at Rotary Diamond, 7-5.

Eastman Wildcats U15 AAA got on the board in the first inning after Émilie Carrière singled, scoring one run.

A cyclist was transported to hospital following a crash Wednesday morning in La Broquerie.

Fire Chief J.C. Normandeau says his department received the call at 9:37 am. He explains that a male cyclist riding an e-bike was heading north down Main Street, when he was hit by a car turning onto Main Street from Gauthier Street.

"Obviously, the car operator did not see the cyclist coming by and then accidentally hit him," says Normandeau.

He says the cyclist was taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries.

The former head of Manitoba Hydro was paid just over $881,000 last year, despite being dismissed six weeks into the year.

Jay Grewal's earnings in previous years, where she had worked a full year, ranged from $500,000 to $546,000.

The amount last year, revealed in an annual Manitoba Hydro compensation report, suggests a large lump sum payment when Grewal was let go as president and chief executive officer.

RCMP say there were no injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Steinbach on Canada Day. 

It happened around 1:50 pm near Mennonite Heritage Village.

According to police, a motorist was driving north down Highway 12 and was turning left at the intersection, when it collided with a vehicle that was travelling east and crossing the intersection. Police say the driver of the eastbound vehicle did not see the northbound vehicle approaching.

No injuries were reported.

Canada Day ended with a bang Tuesday in Southern Manitoba, and not only from the fireworks. Late day thunderstorms, triggered by heat and humidity, also brought strong winds and hail to the region.

Eric Dykes is a Meteorologist with Environment Canada. He says the storms were not part of a major weather system but were the result of heat, humidity, and upper-atmospheric instability.