Steinbach

For more than 45 years, the Steinbach Arts Council has been at the heart of creativity and community in southeastern Manitoba, and on Friday, May 2, that legacy was celebrated in style. 

The Council’s 45th Anniversary Gala brought together supporters, artists, and community leaders at a sold-out event in Bentwood Hall, marking more than four decades of arts, culture, and connection in the region. 

Headway in Steinbach is asking the City for a funding increase as the organization continues to provide coordinated support for at-risk youth and justice-involved adults. 

During a presentation to city council, Coordinator Heidi Harder Falk highlighted the impact Headway’s programs are having in the region, particularly through initiatives like Re-START and START Families.

As the change in season reels in the heat, it's hooking anglers along with it.

"(It's) being out on the water, just the peace and quiet of it. I mean catching fish is great, it's fantastic. But at the end of the day it's, and I think it's for a lot of fishermen, the quietness of being on the water," says Trevor Fehr of Fehr's Sporting Goods in Steinbach.

He says while there's plenty of fish that can be caught through the year, the seasons for others still need to open.

Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals.

Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area's MP, will not be in the House of Commons when it opens later this month.

In a video posted on social media Monday afternoon, Poilievre says he has a lot to be thankful for after the election, including an expanded coalition of Conservative voters.

Manitoba's new Opposition leader apologized Monday for election campaign advertisements the Progressive Conservative party ran in the last election that promoted their decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims.

Obby Khan used his first legislature speech since winning the Tory leadership on April 26 to say sorry to the victims' families and to promise a new tone from his party.

 Alliance will remain a 'standalone' brand under Canterra ownership.

The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western Canada is selling that business to another Prairie seed firm.

Canterra Seeds announced May 1 it has acquired Alliance Seed for an undisclosed amount, and will continue to operate Alliance as “a standalone brand under Canterra Seeds’ umbrella, with key staff transitioning to maintain continuity and customer relationships.”

SASKATOON — Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst.

“Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.

Using crop insurance data, a “strong argument” can be made that growers planted 358,000 acres of green peas last year, well below Statistics Canada’s 463,000-acre estimate.

Stat believes the area has been over-reported since 2021.

Root rots are the number one disease issue for pulse crops, significantly impacting pea and lentil fields across the Prairies.  Studies show that the disease which thrives in warm, wet conditions can cause a yield loss of anywhere from 60 to 84 percent.

Last year, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture conducted a pulse disease survey, which focused on the root rot disease complex.

It may technically be spring, but it certainly feels like summer. The dead of summer.

Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says with Monday's daytime high reaching 31 degrees no records are being broken, but it's certainly unusual.

"Typically at this time of year, daytime highs are about 18 (degrees)," she says, adding night time temperatures are usually around plus four.

That's without a humidex, she says, given the percentage of humidity falls well below the temperature.

Steinbach RCMP stopped a vehicle travelling 97 kilometres per hour down Main Street over the weekend.

According to police, there were eight tickets issued over the weekend under the Highway Traffic Act. As mentioned, one of those was for a speeding vehicle travelling 97 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. The motorist was fined $665. Three of the other tickets were for unnecessary noise from vehicles.