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As the boating season gets underway, new data reveals that Manitoba continues to have one of the highest boating fatality rates in Canada. According to the Lifesaving Society of Manitoba, the vast majority of boating deaths could be prevented by taking one simple precaution — wearing a life jacket.

Spring's arrival in Manitoba signals a busy time for Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre (WHRC), as a surge of orphaned, sick, and injured wild babies require urgent care. Executive Director Zoe Nakata explains, “At Wildlife Haven, we are there to rescue sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. And spring is such a busy season… we get over 800 babies in, like the very short spring season that we have… it takes so many resources. So we figured why not throw a baby shower?”

The southeast is well into tick season, which has veterinarians calling for pet-owners to take prevention measures.

Dr. Amritpal Baath, a vet with Clearspring Animal Hospital, says the season starts as soon as temperatures are above freezing. 

Based on what he's seen at the animal hospital already, he says the outlook for the season is tick-heavy.

Residents living south of PR 313 in Lac du Bonnet can now return home as of 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, according to Lac du Bonnet Emergency Management. The area affected includes those residing between Urban Road and Belluk Road. 

Wildfires in Piney, Lac du Bonnet, Bird River, and

The Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet is continuing its response to the out-of-control wildfire that has prompted evacuation orders for more than 1,000 households.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had a brief audience with Pope Leo XIV Sunday afternoon at the Vatican following the pontiff's inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square.

Carney was seated in the second row with his wife Diana for the mass, in a section amongst other world leaders and heads of state.

The prime minister, who is a devout Catholic, was one of the few world leaders to kneel during the blessing of the Eucharist, and was spotted at two instances taking a picture of the Pope on his phone to mark the occasion — before the mass started and after it had concluded. 

As the first Indigenous person ever to lead the federal department responsible for delivering services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Mandy Gull-Masty knows she has a daunting task ahead.

But the newly-appointed Indigenous services minister also knows what it's like to sit at both sides of the table — as a cabinet minister now and, until recently, as the grand chief of the political body representing 20,000 Cree people in northern Quebec.

The Eastman Raiders Football Club is fundraising to bring floodlights to their field. 

Vice President Naomi Murray explains that the club's season mainly runs during the fall months, when daylight quickly fades. 

For the first time, an Anola-based beagle rescue has facilitated the release of two beagles from a Canadian laboratory.

Their names are Janet and Erica, named after the founder and executive director of the Eric S. Margolis Foundation, which the Beagle Alliance says helped it begin its mission in Canada.

"These two sweet beagles can now go on to live the lives they deserve in safety, love and freedom," says Lori Cohen, executive director of the Beagle Alliance.