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CN Rail submitted its 2025-26 Grain Plan to Transport Canada at the end of July.

CN's Assistant Vice-President of Grain, David Przednowek, says the grain plan is based on what CN knows from customers and other stakeholders about the volume of grain and processed grain products that it expects to move over the course of the 2025-26 crop year.

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August 18th Report 

 Breach of the Peace 

A northern Manitoba town that has been evacuated twice this summer due to out-of-control wildfires has been given the go-ahead to return home later this week. 

The mandatory evacuation order for the roughly 1,000 residents who live in Snow Lake, about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, is expected to lift Friday morning. 

The town says in a Facebook post that a welcome centre will be set up at the community's hall to provide resources and assistance for returning residents, including mental-health supports and a food bank. 

After a summer of rodeos, dinosaurs and door-knocking, Pierre Poilievre is now officially heading back to Ottawa as a Conservative member of Parliament for Alberta.

The Tory leader will represent the sprawling rural riding of Battle River—Crowfoot, in the province's eastern region, after winning a byelection on Monday. 

"Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life," Poilievre told a crowd at a victory party in Camrose, Alta., on Monday night. "In fact, I've had a hell of a lot of fun."

Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning.

The airline said it will gradually begin operations Tuesday.

The two sides met through the night with a federal mediator before reaching a tentative agreement that will be brought to members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

"Your right to vote on your wages was preserved," the union said in a post on its website announcement the end of the strike.

The sport of Ultra Running is gaining in popularity more each year in North America and often deemed as the ultimate challenge for those who just love to run!

Ultra Running is devoted to covering the sport of long-distance running any distance past the marathon of 42.16 km or 26.2 miles. The shortest standard distance that is considered an ultra-run is the 50-km distance, or 31.07 miles. Other standard distances are the 50-mile, 100-mile, 100 km, and a series of events that last for specified time periods such as 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour, 48 hour, and 6 days.

To help families and kids learn more about their environment and get active, Prairie Mountain Health offers several types of lender kits through its Health Promotion program. One of these is the geocaching kit, which is part of a trio that also includes physical literacy kits and the newly introduced nature discovery backpack kits.

The Cartwright Twins capped off an incredible season by claiming the Western Canadian Championship title.

Player/coach Drew Haight couldn't be prouder of the group, and says being a champion is pretty great. "It's a good feeling, for sure," he says with big smile. "Coming into the year with knowing we were going to Western's, it was a goal to be competitive there, so to end the year with a win like that, it's amazing."

Today, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the initial list of regions that will qualify for the Livestock Tax Deferral in 2025.

The Manitoba Wildfire Service advises there is a low fire danger in the majority of the province, with a moderate fire danger level in the central and eastern areas.

Kistiganwacheeng (Garden Hill Anisininew Nation) began returning home on Aug. 12 and Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (Nelson House) began returning home on Aug. 13.