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Most of Manitoba remains at a low fire danger, with the exception of the northwest area, which is at a high fire danger. 

The Rural Municipality (RM) of Ste. Anne has knocked its burn ban down to level one—effectively lifting restrictions. 

It says the reduction began at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, meaning fires adhering to normal bylaw restrictions are permitted.

However, officials warn that east of Highway 302—which includes parts of the RM—remains at level two fire restrictions. This means only only fires in approved firepits are allowed between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Automobile insurance rates could be rising next year in Manitoba.

Manitoba Public Insurance (MP) has filed its General Rate Application with the Public Utilities Board (PUB). It is requesting approval for a 2.07 per cent increase to the overall rates for basic insurance. If approved, this would take effect for the 2026/27 insurance year, which begins on April 1st. 

According to MPI, this would result in an annual increase of $21 for the average private passenger vehicle policy next year, which is approximately $1.75 per month.

McDonalds Steinbach dropped by the radio station Wednesday afternoon with some new menu items from around the globe!

It's called McDonalds Menu Heist, and what they are doing is bringing international McDonalds recipes right to us.  

Ryan Boyko with McDonalds Steinbach says, “Specifically, we’ve got Italy, we got Germany, Belgium, Austria, the UK, Japan, just to name a few. So yeah, it's very, very cool to have all those around.” 

Buses carrying residents from the northern city of Flin Flon were being loaded up Wednesday morning, preparing to bring them back after a menacing wildfire forced thousands to flee weeks earlier.

"Welcome home to everyone," Deputy Mayor Alison Dallas-Funk said in a Facebook video Wednesday morning.

"Can't wait to have you back in community."

Buses began leaving Winnipeg and Brandon before 10 a.m., a schedule posted online showed. Residents staying elsewhere could expect to leave for Flin Flon later Wednesday, while some travelled back on their own. 

A well-known cave-like tunnel that attracts boaters to eastern Manitoba has reopened thanks to some ingenuity involving a backhoe, a grappling bucket and a crew removing fallen rock from a tight, gorge-like opening.

The tunnel between Caddy Lake and South Cross Lake, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway and west of the Ontario boundary, is the first of two cave-like tunnels along a popular water route for people in canoes, kayaks and small motorboats.

There was a single-vehicle collision involving a semi Wednesday morning near Dufresne. 

Steinbach RCMP were called to the scene at 3:12 am. It happened along the Trans Canada Highway near Dufresne. 

Police say initial reports indicate a semi, travelling west, left the road and hit the ditch.

According to RCMP, both occupants appear to be uninjured. 

A teenager who had been reported missing from the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry has been located.

St. Pierre RCMP announced Tuesday that the female, who cannot be named because she is a minor, was last seen Saturday morning.

Police now say the 17-year-old has been safely located. 

RCMP thank the public for assistance. 

The Manitoba government is moving closer to changing a highway intersection where a bus crash killed 17 people, but there is controversy over the plan.

The province is holding an open house tonight in Carberry, west of Winnipeg, not far from where a minibus carrying 24 seniors tried to cross the Trans-Canada Highway and was struck by a semi-trailer in 2023.

The province has discussed three options: widening the median, turning the intersection into a roundabout, or banning left turns onto the highway, which would force people to turn right before making a U-turn.

May inflation figures showed marginal improvements in some of the Bank of Canada's closely watched price figures — a step in the right direction, some economists say, but likely not enough to convince the central bank to cut interest rates.

The annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent last month as cooling shelter costs helped tame price pressures, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.