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This past weekend was another opportunity to celebrate some great people from the game of baseball as the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed in some new inductees and Dan Giesbrecht, Chair Manitoba Baseball Hall, couldn't be prouder. 

"It's an organization that was founded in 1997," explains Giesbrecht. "The goal was to celebrate the outstanding contributions to the culture and the history of baseball in Manitoba."

Whether it's a day-trip or for a longer stay, Buffalo Point Resort will leave their guests both speechless while also having them unable to stop talking about all the amazing amenities found in this one, majestic location.

A Kleefeld resident got an unexpected glimpse into the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta. 

Holly Rempel was in Calgary for a marketing conference related to her job. She was aware the G7 Summit was happening but didn’t expect it to impact the city the way it did. 

The Rural Municipality of Hanover has started to tackle its street and sidewalk improvements for 2025.
    
The municipality has approximately $814,000 worth of these projects in its communities, many of which are being funded with the help of Local Urban Districts.

It’s been a year full of milestones, changes, and memories for the graduating class of 2025 at Shevchenko School in Vita, and as they get ready to walk across the stage, there’s a strong sense of pride in the air.

With 27 students graduating, one of the school's larger classes in recent years, Principal Penny Hovorka-Alcock says this year’s group has left a strong impression. 

An organization that monitors the effect of information flows on human rights says the new federal border security bill appears to "roll out a welcome mat" for expanded data-sharing agreements with the United States and other countries.

Researchers with The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto say they want the federal government to reveal more about the information-sharing implications of the bill due to a possible risk to human rights.

Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has two days of meetings scheduled with world leaders, with discussion topics likely to include trade, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.

Here are some highlights from the first day of the summit. 

The countdown to a U.S.-Canada trade deal is on

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to have a deal on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S. by mid-July.

Rain and cooler temperatures brought relief to fire-ravaged Manitoba and Saskatchewan Monday, allowing fire bans to be reduced and more evacuees to go home.

The weather helped fire crews get an upper hand in parts of northern Manitoba to clear the way for some of the 21,000 or more evacuees to start returning home.

David Monias, chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, reposted video of heavy rainfall on social media along with video of small planes leaving Winnipeg with evacuees who were forced out almost three weeks earlier.

Officials in Manitoba say crews are making good progress on a number of wildfires in our province. 

According to Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS), the fire at Ingolf is being held. It was first detected on May 15th, and its cause remains under investigation. To date, it has burned 5,410 hectares.

The fire at Bird River was first detected on May 12th. It was caused naturally and continues to burn out of control. It has burned 218,709 hectares. 

Some areas of the prairies have received some rain over the past few days, but the weeks of hot, dry weather have had an impact on crops, hay, and pastureland. 

With the dry conditions across so much of the Prairies, there's been an increased concern about grasshopper infestations.

Dr. Meghan Vankosky, a research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, says grasshoppers could be shaping up to be an important story again this year.