Westman

Some stubbornness at the gas pumps pushed the headline inflation rate a couple ticks higher to 1.9 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Gasoline prices rose 1.4 per cent month-over-month in August as higher refining margins offset lower crude costs, StatCan said.

The price of gas was still down 12.7 per cent annually in August – the end of the consumer carbon price has deflated costs for motorists since the spring – but the decline fell short of July’s 16.1 per cent drop, pushing the headline inflation rate higher.

With weather systems continuing into the week dropping heavy rainfall amounts across the western half of the province, harvest is being pushed back even further.

Applied Research Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Scott Chalmers, believes we're about halfway when looking at the province as a whole.

"It's one of our favorite events! A great big fundraiser that we have for local organizations," says Boundary Co-op Marketing Manager, Cheryl Rushing.  "The community really gets behind us and it's a great way for us to raise some money, just by people filling up their gas tanks!"

Province Updating Game Hunting Areas For 2025

Media Release - September 15, 2025

Based on information from the local community, Manitoba Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures has made an amendment to regulations under the Wildlife Act that will apply to the 2025 hunting season, establishing a buffer zone in game hunting areas (GHAs) 17, 17A and 17B.

Brandon RCMP respond to fatal motor vehicle collision

On Saturday, September 13, 2025, at approximately 8:50 pm, Brandon RCMP were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 1 and Provincial Road 250 in the RM of Whitehead.

Officers arrived and located a truck and an SUV both in the centre grassy median with heavy damage.

With the 2025/26 season quickly approaching, Deloraine Royals general manager Dustin Howden is looking forward to having the team back together, and representing the community on the ice.

"Always passionate about the local senior hockey team," Howden says with a big smile. "We've had lots of good players from the region, and from elsewhere that have played for us. We always enjoy playing hard, and doing the best for the community."

After talking up the prospect of cross-party collaboration in the House of Commons, Liberal and Conservative MPs wasted little time after Parliament resumed Monday before reverting to partisan attacks over housing and the cost of living.

The tone was set early Monday afternoon, when the first-ever question period exchange between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began cordially before turning belligerent.

Premier Scott Moe, back in Saskatchewan after a trip to China to try and resolve a trade dispute, said Monday he’s hopeful they can find a solution.

Moe told reporters he and Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary Kody Blois met last week with Chinese officials who oversee an agency responsible for imposing steep tariffs on Canadian canola products. 

They also met with Li Chenggang, the international trade negotiator with China's Ministry of Commerce, and other industry officials. 

Elections Canada is launching a probe into problems with special ballots in the last federal election.

"We really have to look at the controls in place to make sure that they are sufficient," and make improvements where possible, Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told reporters at a press conference on Parliament Hill on Monday.

Plans for the review were outlined on Monday in the agency's report on the 45th general election held on April 28. The report promises a "comprehensive review" that will examine training, control mechanisms and processes."

After talking up the prospect of cross-party collaboration in the House of Commons, Liberal and Conservative MPs wasted little time after Parliament resumed Monday before reverting to partisan attacks over housing and the cost of living.

The tone was set early Monday afternoon, when the first-ever question period exchange between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began cordially before turning belligerent.