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The Emergency Services Conference will be taking place at the Keystone Centre in Brandon the first week of September, providing fire chiefs, firefighters, paramedics, first responders and EMS managers from across the province specialized training, speaker presentations and the time and space to connect with their fellow EMS members.

Harvest is just a couple of weeks away and the daily rains are becoming concerning for some grain farmers in the Westman Region. Just when we think we've got a hot, sunny day a passing showers dampens the ground once again.

WADO's Applied Research Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Scott Chalmers, say out their way in Melita they've received about 5 inches of rain over the past 10 days.  He says in most areas rain gauges are seeing 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain.  Around the Deloraine-Waskada area a bit more. 

Thousands are out of their homes, and many more are on alert to evacuate as wildfires continue to rage across Atlantic Canada.

Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have expanded an evacuation alert along the Bay De Verde Peninsula as the Kingston wildfire burns nearby.

The community of Job's Cove in Newfoundland is affected by the expanded evacuation alert for the wildfire, which is considered out-of-control and is now more than 90 square kilometres in size.

The Kingston fire is the largest in the province and has forced more than 3,000 people from their homes.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal government to scrap the policy he's dubbed the "Carney tax."

Poilievre led the charge as the Conservatives relentlessly attacked the consumer carbon price over the last two years, with the Liberals admitting the Tory tactics swayed public opinion and forced them to end the so-called carbon tax earlier this year. 

Say this about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as they hit the halfway mark of their 2025 Canadian Football League season:

They have certainly developed a flair for the dramatic — and, yes, sometimes unnecessarily — so much so that the final moments of their games could bring a stone-cold corpse to life again.

The Blue Bombers improved to 5-4 with another all-over-the-map 30-27 victory over the Ottawa RedBlacks in front of another capacity Princess Auto Stadium crowd of 32,343 that certainly felt much more difficult than it needed to be by the night’s end.

The City of Brandon is seeking applicants for the 2026 Residential Rain Garden Program, this in partnership with Central Assiniboine Watershed District.

They are seeking up to 25 single dwelling residential properties to install a rain garden in their yard in the summer of 2026. A rain garden is a green landscape feature that captures stormwater runoff from lawns, rooftops, and driveways.

The City of Brandon has inducted Ruby MacDonald into the Brandon Municipal Aviation Wall of Fame at a ceremony held at Brandon Municipal Airport.

The Wall of Fame, established in June 2023, recognizes individuals who have significantly contributed to Brandon’s aviation history.

There's a growing push for Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal government to step up and help support Western Canadian producers that are being impacted by the increased tariffs on canola.

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CFB Shilo to Change Base Access

August 15, 2024 – Canadian Forces Base Shilo - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

Media Release - August 14, 2025

CFB Shilo will be changing its security posture. As of September 15, 2025 the North Gate will be closed from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and all day on weekends and holidays. The South Gate will be staffed 24/7. Identification checks will be required for everyone entering the base. This will bring CFB Shilo’s security posture in line with other CAF locations.