Steinbach

It's Feel Good Friday with the Steinbach Auto Dealers! Corny Rempel checked out Prairie Oils & Vinegars new location in Steinbach with a pocket full of blessings from the Steinbach Auto Dealers! Someone gets blessed just for introducing her friend to the store. 

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Agape House is taking a creative approach to promoting mental health by sharing simple facts and helpful resources. 

Lisa Fast, Outreach and Housing Counsellor at Agape House says the idea came after she received an email from the Healthy Living Team at Southern Health about the “Love My Community” challenge happening throughout May. 

Manitoba Opposition leader Obby Khan stripped a Progressive Conservative caucus member of his critic duties Thursday, as questions continued to swirl about the former government’s actions related to a proposed silica sand mine.

Jeff Wharton, one of three Tories found this week to have violated the province's conflict of interest law, is to remain in caucus but will no longer serve as critic for business, mining, trade and job creation.

"I have removed his critic role in light of this report that came out ... and we'll move forward from there," Khan said.

Canada's western premiers say they've agreed to identify, plan and develop new economic corridors to connect provincial resources to international markets.

A joint statement issued Thursday says doing so would boost Canada's market access in Asia and Europe while the country fights a trade war with the United States and China.

The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said late Thursday that members were being told to refuse any work beyond eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week. 

The University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has secured over $194 million in funding, to be delivered over the next five years. This renewed interprovincial funding commitment from Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan has been in place for over 60 years.

Through the agreement, WCVM provides essential veterinary medicine programming, research, and clinical services to meet the needs of each province. Saskatchewan and Manitoba each have 25 student seats, while British Columbia funds 40 seats.

**Updated at 9:30 p.m.**

As of 9:30 p.m., the Manitoba Hydro outage has been largely resolved. Only five customers are still without power. 

**Original story posted Thursday, 6:30**

Manitoba Hydro is dealing with an unplanned outage that is affecting the north end of Steinbach, stretching up to PR 311.

The power outage was reported shortly after 5:30 Thursday evening and it is affecting 621 Manitoba Hydro customers. 

The cause of the outage is not known at this time. 

It will be a busy spring weekend in the southeast, with 5 fun-filled events taking place across 3 different communities.  We will be at 3 of them so make sure to stop by! 

Woodridge Community Car Show on The Ridge - Saturday, May 24th   

Woodridge Community Club is hosting its 4th annual car show on the ridge. Celebrate the community on Saturday from 10 am - 4 pm at M.A Querel Community Park and Woodridge Community Club. 

At first glance, it looks like a simple child’s apron and a modest wall hanging. But in the curator's room at the Mennonite Heritage Village Museum (MHV) in Steinbach, these newly donated artifacts are telling a remarkable story of survival, war, migration, and resilience.

“So this was a donation that just came to MHV at the end of last month,” says Andrea Klassen, Senior Curator at the museum. “It’s our most recent one, and the history of it dates back to the Mennonite migration that came to Canada after World War II.”

Plant 2025 is well underway across the prairies and generally ahead of the seasonal averages.

Canada's Outlook for Principal Field Crops came out yesterday.

Some of the highlights for the 2025-26 growing season: