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More than a dozen people have fallen victim to a scam over the past six days that has resulted in significant losses.

In effort to discourage speeding, Manitoba RCMP released details of a July 15 incident.

On that Friday night at 9:15 pm, an RCMP officer was driving east on Highway 23 and observed a vehicle travelling westbound going 185km/hr. The officer pulled onto the shoulder to turn around, and the vehicle sped past the police vehicle, going 211 km/hr.

A quick-moving storm rolled through the southeast in the early hours of Tuesday. It brought with it close to an inch of rain in most places.

Environment Canada is forecasting a small chance of more rain this week and then a hot and sunny August Long Weekend.

Here are the rain amounts since midnight as measured by Manitoba Agriculture Weather:

Steinbach 21.1 mm

Gardenton - 27.8 mm

Marchand 21.1 mm

Richer 19.4 mm

Rosa 36.2 mm

St. Adolphe 22.5 mm

St. Pierre 19.3 mm

Canada's annual inflation rate spiked to 8.1 per cent in June according to new data from Statistics Canada (Stats Can). It's the largest yearly change in 39 years.

The climbing inflation rate came largely from gas prices, which were up over 50 per cent when compared to a year ago, Stats Can says in its report on Wednesday, July 20. Excluding the cost of gasoline, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the country was up by 6.5 per cent.

As predicted, the second wave of storms thundered through the southeast Tuesday afternoon.

As of 6 PM, Manitoba Agricultural Weather is reporting the following rain amounts for July 19, 2022

Steinbach - 65.1 mm
St. Pierre - 59.3 mm
Zhoda - 83 mm
Richer - 37.1 mm
Marchand - 100.2 mm
Gardenton - 56.8 mm

Teulon, in the Interlake, has seen the most rain in Manitoba so far today at 114.3 mm or 4.5 inches.

A large storm system brought rain, lightning and thunder to the southeast Tuesday.

The forecast calls for more rain throughout the day as another system will follow the one that arrived in the early morning hours.

Kayla Bilous is a meteorologist with Environment Canada and says the main system will push eastward into Ontario today, but another system is hot on its heels.

Corny Rempel took Feel Good Fridays to the splash park at EA Friesen Park in Steinbach. This week, two lucky families will be enjoying some free food thanks to the generosity and community spirit of the Steinbach Auto Dealers.

Watch the video to see what happens when one mom pays it forward to another. 

AD Penner Park in Steinbach was a colourful sight on Friday evening as people came out for the first ever IRAL Colour Fest. 

IRAL stands for International Reggae Afro Latin. 

The festival was put on by Nevillle Hamilton, a local musician, and one of the owners of Di Reggae Grill. 

He says this event was a great way to bring people together with music and fun activities. 

For all cellular users on the Rogers network, the only calls out that can be made are for emergencies. 

The issue seems to span across a few Canadian provinces as customers start the day. The issue started in the middle of the night.

According to a website that tracks outages, it says that 'Rogers is having issues since 02:20 AM EST.'

Rogers tweeted just before 8 AM that they were aware of the issues.

One person was taken to hospital following a collision near Oakwood Golf Course. 

Emergency crews responded to the single vehicle crash at around 6:45 pm on Dawson Road. 

The Richer Fire Department reports the driver of the motorcycle was taken to hospital by ambulance. 

Further details are not available.