Steinbach

If you see smoke rising from Niverville, it may not be due to an emergency.

On May 27 at 8 a.m., the local fire department will be overseeing two controlled burns. 

Cyrus Reimer, communications director with the town, says one will be on old farmyard land along Krahn Road South, and another on land in the Niverville Business Park.

King Charles arrived in Canada Tuesday afternoon for a short visit that will include reading the speech from the throne in Parliament.

The highly symbolic visit is happening as Canada copes with U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to upend global trade with tariffs and his repeated calls for Canada's annexation.

The Canadian Armed Forces plane carrying the King and Queen Camilla landed in Ottawa shortly after 1 p.m. 

Canola oil would be one of the main beneficiaries of proposed changes to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit making their way through U.S. Congress, says an analyst.

The feedstock is not eligible for the credit under the current rules because of its unfavourable carbon intensity (CI) score.

However, under new rules contained in the budget bill that recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives, canola’s carbon intensity score drops to 38.5 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule from 54.9.

RCMP stopped a motorist travelling nearly double the speed limit down Steinbach Main Street over the weekend.

According to police, the individual was clocked at 92 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a 50 km/h zone on Friday at 11:25 pm. The individual received a ticket for $599. 

After a rocky start, the U13 AA Grey Sultans played their best ball of the season and came out with two very impressive victories, including in the B-Side final sending the team home with medals.

"We entered the Wayne Tucker Memorial tournament out in Buhler Park," Assistant Coach Jason Sharpe explains. "We went in without a lot of expectations, we knew it would be our first game play as a team. We played two games on Saturday and lost both, but they were really close. Game one was 6-4 and game two was 12-11. That actually seeded us 8th out of the 11 teams."

One of Steinbach’s well-trodden trails is up for a facelift, and a group of locals is calling on the community to help make it happen.

Ellery Burton is co-organizing a GoFundMe to rebuild some of the pedestrian bridges on Blind Creek Trail, which he says were washed out last fall due to flooding.

Quebec Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on Monday — after an unusually dramatic race that saw the only Conservative contenders drop out of the running at the last minute.

Conservative MPs Chris d'Entremont and John Nater both put their names forward but withdrew on the House floor before the election began Monday morning.

The Liberals currently have 169 seats in the minority Parliament, leaving them three seats shy of the 172 required for a majority.

Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the NDP will not be granted official party status because the law says a party needs at least 12 seats to be recognized.

The NDP was reduced to just seven seats in last month's election.

Interim NDP Leader Don Davies has told The Canadian Press he spoke with the Prime Minister's Office about obtaining official party status for the NDP in the House of Commons.

Davies pointed to several past instances of provincial legislatures granting party status to an opposition party.

Funeral For:  Nettie Neufeld 
Funeral Date: May 28, 2025 
Nettie Neufeld, 99, of Winnipeg passed away Wednesday, May 21st at Bethania Personal Care Home. She is survived by 4 children, 13 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband George. 
The funeral service for Nettie Neufeld will be held Wednesday, May 28th at 11am at Springfield Heights Mennonite Church, 570 Sharron Bay. 
Viewing will be at the church one hour prior to the service. 
Arrangements by Friends Funeral Service, Winnipeg.  

MPs are returning to Ottawa for the opening of the 45th session of Parliament, and among them is Alberta Foothills MP John Barlow, the Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food. Barlow is gearing up for what he describes as a challenging time for both the country and the agriculture sector, particularly due to ongoing trade and tariff issues.