Westman

As one Habitat home is officially complete with the owners receiving the keys to their new home during the key ceremony, so the next building project begins!

This summer there are three Habitat for Humanity projects in the works in the Westman Region: Killarney, Neepawa and Portage where committee members are actively seeking families and finalizing their build plans and blueprints.

With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today following weekend campaign stops on the East Coast, where he announced plans to impose national rent control and to get every Canadian access to a family doctor in the next five years.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wrapping up a campaign sweep on the West Coast today before flying to Edmonton for a rally.

Cereals Canada has released a series of sustainability reports for Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats to demonstrate how the cereals value chain is meeting the challenge of sustainable cereal production.

“Canada is a global leader in the production of high-quality, nutritious, and sustainable cereal grains,” said Mark Walker, vice-president of markets and trade. “These reports confirm that Canadian farmers grow some of the most sustainable crops in the world.”

Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, as backlash to an American president who appears bent on upending the global order gains momentum.

Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House over the past week, the echo from Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians' ears.

The sounds of spring are here: birds chirping, ice cracking and sump hoses gurgling to life. For houses with padmount transformers in their yards, it’s very important to safely direct those sump hoses away from our equipment so they don’t cause outages.

Media Release - Manitoba Hydro

Our crews have seen several padmount transformers (the green electrical boxes you sometimes see in yards) with large puddles around them this year. If a puddle gets deep enough, standing water can corrode equipment, requiring costly repairs and causing power outages.

Students at Killarney's Christian School are taking to the stage later this month to bring new life to a favorite swashbuckling adventure comedy filmed in 1987, The Princess Bride.

Drama teacher, Dan Friesen, says their rendition is titled, The Princess Cried, showcasing the strife between two communities, set in the days of yore, and all the fun that comes with that!

Theft Under $5000

On March 17, 2025, a homeowner in the 600 block of Percy Street reported that items were stolen from their truck.  The incident was captured on security footage, and the suspect, a 39-year-old male, was identified.  On April 4, 2025, the suspect was arrested and later released to appear in court on April 7, 2025, on a charge of Theft Under $5000.

Breach of the Peace

The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.

The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.

Police say they've charged a 31-year-old Ottawa man with several offences following an incident that placed an area of Parliament Hill under lockdown on Saturday.

Ottawa police said in a media statement Sunday that a man entered East Block in downtown Ottawa at 2:40 p.m. Saturday and started issuing threats to those inside.

Security officials isolated the man in a security screening area while police evacuated the building, which mostly houses offices for senators and their staff.

Police said the man surrendered peacefully after hours of negotiations.

This week Westman saw fun family time at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, and important announcements made.  We also saw a great fundraising opportunity for the Boissevain playground, as well as an upcoming info day on zebra mussels in Killarney!  

Blustery weather didn't keep the smiles away at the Royal Winter Fair!

From the Royal Farmyard to the Royal Courtyard to the main arena and everything in between there were plenty of smiles to go around!