Steinbach

A local band, a local business, and a local organization are joining forces to make a difference in the community. 

Steve Neufeld of the band Crossfire says giving back is part of their mission. 

Council for the Rural Municipality of Hanover has listened to residents of New Bothwell and has turned down a rezoning request.

Senior federal officials have been looking quietly for ways to bring together Canadians who don't see eye to eye on the economy, immigration and social issues.

With a general election looming, officials prepared to meet last November to brainstorm solutions to the problem of social fragmentation, according to an internal presentation drafted by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to brief Canada's premiers today following his seemingly successful first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Carney and Trump spent about two hours together at the White House, including about half an hour in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, and a private luncheon.

Both leaders were accompanied by senior members of their cabinets and their chiefs of staff.

Manitoba's new Opposition leader says his party wants changes and clarity on a bill by the NDP government that would add gender expression to the province's human rights code.

The bill, now making its way through the legislature, would include protections for people to be called by their preferred pronouns.

Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan said Tuesday he has heard concerns by some members of the public who fear people could face a complaint for addressing someone by the wrong gender.

The Conservative caucus has tapped former leader Andrew Scheer to lead the party in the House of Commons when Parliament resumes on May 26 — a role that's needed because Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in last week's election.

"I'll be taking over the parliamentary leadership duties of the caucus until Mr. Poilievre rejoins us in the House," Scheer told reporters after emerging from an all-day caucus meeting on Parliament Hill Tuesday.

Public health officials with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care are alerting the public of several new measles exposure sites in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. Those sites include:

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met Tuesday in Washington for their first face-to-face discussion of U.S.-Canada relations and Trump's ongoing trade war.

Here are some highlights from the meeting, which Carney described as both "wide-ranging" and "constructive."

Carney says Canadians will 'never' put a price tag on sovereignty

After months of listening to Trump talk about annexing Canada, Carney told the president in the Oval Office that Canada will "never" be for sale.

There will be some changes to traffic flow along Highway 12 in Steinbach, beginning Wednesday of this week. This is to accommodate the work being done at the Highway 12 and Loewen Boulevard intersection.

The City of Steinbach has indicated that the service road along Highway 12, as well as Loewen Boulevard from Highway 12 to the west side of the Penner International driveway, and a portion of eastbound Millwork Drive approaching the service road/ Highway 12, will all be closed. 

A man from Winnipeg is dead following a suspected drowning at the Pinawa Dam.

On Sunday at 8 pm, Lac du Bonnet RCMP received a report of a possible drowning at the Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park. A male had been seen slipping off the rocks and into the water.

Officers attended and immediately determined that the 20-year-old male from Winnipeg, was at the top of the small waterfall at the dam, when he slipped on the wet rocks, falling into the water.

A search of the area and shoreline Sunday evening by police and fire personnel was unsuccessful.