Steinbach

Local restaurant owners have claimed the top title at Canada’s largest barbecue competition. 

The competition 

Rob and Brigette Turner, owners of Bigg Smoak BBQ, were named Grand Champions at the first-ever Blue Bombers Pitmaster Showdown on Canada Day. 

Days Inn, a Canadian-owned hotel chain with a location in Steinbach, is making waves with a recent viral video. 

After performing at a friend’s daycare as Elsa, Cass Wieler, hotel general manager, put the costume to another use.  

A Days Inn with Elsa  

“I figured why not come and make some (social media) content at the hotel? Everything is content,” says Wieler.  

A brilliant flash of white, thunderous crack, and a shattered tree. It's the closest one Steinbach woman ever wants to get to lightning.

On Monday night, Laurel Plett on Bush Farm Road and owner of Dogs on the Run, a local dog daycare, found herself in the heart of a summer storm. That's not exactly where she wanted to be.

"I am actually seriously afraid of lightning," she says.

When the rain began pouring, Plett says she darted outside to close a door. Five minutes later, back at her desk with 15 snoozing pups, nature delivered quite the show.

Steinbach RCMP are on the scene of an aircraft collision near Steinbach.

Hanover Fire Department says fire crews were dispatched to the incident, which involved two small aircraft, at 8:46 a.m.

Manitoba RCMP confirm two planes collided, and that officers are at the scene.

More details to come.

Golf Manitoba is hosting the Junior boys and girls championships at Quarry Oaks and Director of Communications and Development Brian Munz is thrilled with how things are going with day two under way Tuesday and the final round set for Wednesday.

Monday was another soggy day in parts of Southern Manitoba. 

Thunderstorms rolled through the southeast, dropping trace amounts of rain in some areas, while Gardenton received 21 millimetres (mm) or just under one inch.

Manitoba Agriculture has provided the following rain totals:

World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25

There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.

“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.

Funeral For:  Ruth Enns nee Giesbrecht 
Funeral Date: July 10, 2025 
Ruth Enns nee Giesbrecht, 98, of Saskatoon formerly of Altona, passed away Wednesday, July 2nd at Warman Special Care Home. She is survived by 5 daughters, 3 sons, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband John. 
The celebration of life for Ruth Enns nee Giesbrecht will be held Thursday, July 10th at 2:30pm at Neubergthal Commons Barn with burial prior to the service at 1:30pm at Weidenfeld Cemetery. 
Donations may be made to MCC. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Altona.  

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia as the Carney government shapes its diplomatic and trade approach to the Indo-Pacific region.

Anand will meet with her Japanese counterpart in Tokyo this week as the two finalize an agreement on sharing defence information and boosting trade.

On Thursday and Friday, Anand will take part in a meeting with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in Malaysia.

It was a magical run for the U11 Southman Saints lacrosse team and the group managed to go through the season undefeated and capped it all off with a championship. 

"It was super fun," coach Sebastian North says with a smile. "It was a really fun season and the kids went undefeated during the regular season, so it was fun and nice to finish it all off with a championship win."