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Residents of Kleefeld will see taxes go up this year on the Local Urban District (LUD) portion of their tax bill.

The LUD committee has decided to lower the mill rate for this year from 5 to 4.166 mills. However, committee Chair Dawn Oude Voshaar explains that because reassessment was up 20 per cent this year, taxes are actually going up.

"For the average homeowner, it means $74 approximately extra a year," she says. "Hopefully that's reasonable. I think it's reasonable."

The LUD will be levying $467,537 this year.

It's Feel Good Friday! Corny Rempel headed into EG Penner Building Centre with a pocket full of blessings from the Steinbach Auto Dealers to help people with their home renos.

If you want to watch more Feel Good Friday videos, click here. 

The Town of Niverville is getting closer to officially opening its very own RCMP detachment. 

While the building isn’t open to the public just yet, officers are already working out of the new location. 

Staff Sergeant Ron Poirier says they are ironing out the details and working on behind-the-scenes operations. 

We are now just three days away from election day in Canada. Canadians will head to the polls on April 28th.

In Provencher, the five candidates whose names will appear on the ballot are:

Manitoba's energy regulator has approved higher natural gas prices.

The Public Utilities Board says rates for a typical residential customer will rise 12.4 per cent, or about $73 a year, starting May 1.

The board says the increase is due to several market factors, including reduced natural gas storage levels in North America following a colder winter.

Higher demand for liquefied natural gas was also cited.

Gas rates are reviewed regularly and the next review is slated for August. 

The Winnipeg Jets suffered a lopsided 7-2 defeat in St. Louis on Thursday night, as the Blues rode early pressure and a playoff hat trick from Pavel Buchnevich to claw back into the series.

The loss trims Winnipeg’s series lead to 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Sunday.

Buchnevich shines, Blues dominate from the start

Heading into the game, the Jets were well aware of the challenge ahead. Mark Scheifele had said earlier in the week that playing in St. Louis’ building would be a difficult test, and he was proven right in emphatic fashion.

Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax — where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life's essentials — before heading to Saskatoon.

In Coquitlam, B.C., Liberal Leader Mark Carney spoke about bringing Canadians together to build up the country to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war.

The second-ever Soap for Hope was nothing short of incredible.

Mounds of donations, ranging from dish soap to body wash, were brought to Pharmasave in Steinbach by generous community members.

The dozens of bins, packed tightly with hygiene product, all going directly to Steinbach Community Outreach (SCO). At final count, 62 plastic bins and cardboard boxes of donations were collected.

Construction at on Loewen Boulevard and Brandt Street is starting back up next week.

The City of Steinbach says the project will officially resume on April 28, noting all traffic on Brandt Street will be redirected to use the southbound lanes south of Loewen Boulevard.

RCMP have provided more details from Thursday morning's two crashes on the west edge of Steinbach.

The first one happened around 9 am at the intersection of Highway 52 and Industrial Road. According to police, a pickup truck was stopped at the red light when it was rear-ended by another pickup truck. Both occupants were transported to hospital with minor injuries.