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National galleries and museums across the country have seen a 15 per cent increase in attendance so far this summer, after the federal government introduced free or discounted admission through the new Canada Strong Pass.

The Canada Strong Pass, which took effect on June 20 and is available until Sept. 2, offers free national museum admission to children 17 and under, and a 50 per cent discount for those aged 18 to 24.

The pass also offers free admission to national parks and sites maintained by Parks Canada.

If you're looking for a way for hands-on interactive activity with your family, neighborhood BBQ, groups of friends or even organization team-building you might consider a Lending Kit with Prairie Mountain Health.

PMH offers Lender Kits through their Health Promotions, says program coordinator, Nikki Dean.  Geocaching is one of three different Lender Kits.  Physical Literacy Kits and a Nature Discovery Backpack Kits are also available for free.  

After spending the end of the season last year in Europe, Bradley Schoonbaert is heading back over the pond, signing with the Dundee Stars for the 2025-26 season.

"Going back to the UK, playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Dundee Stars," Schoonbaert says with a smile. "They're based in Scotland, so it's pretty exciting."

The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer respects international borders. 

Thomas Carrique, president of the Association of Chiefs of Police, said police would have been in a better place to "disrupt" transnational crime, if the federal government had listened to his group in 2001, when it last proposed legislative changes. 

Images from space and artificial intelligence can help detect areas prone to extreme wildfires, researchers suggest, after satellite photos showed dry parts of Manitoba ahead of its devastating wildfire season.

Scientists from the University of Ottawa and Université Laval in Quebec used data collected by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Drought Monitor to review areas hit by fast-moving blazes in late spring.

China announced a 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff on Canadian canola on Tuesday, following an anti-dumping investigation launched last year in response to Canada's tax on Chinese electric vehicles.

China's Ministry of Commerce published the details of the plan on Tuesday, claiming the "dumping" of Canadian canola into the Chinese market is hurting its domestic canola oil market.

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is inviting producers to take part in their Harvest Sample Program, letting them send in samples from their grain harvest to be graded. The no-cost grading helps farmers know exactly what they've got in their fields, letting them easily market their grain to sellers.

Kerri Pleskach, the program manager of analytical services at the CGC, explains how producers can take part.

Scott Young is Planetarium Astronomer at Manitoba Museum, and he says last night and early Tuesday morning was the peak time for the Perseids meteor shower. 

Young explains meteors are commonly referred to as shooting stars or falling stars. These streaks of light in the sky are caused by little pieces of dust, sand, or rock in outer space, which burn up in our atmosphere. 

The second season is underway at Altona's Gallery in the Park, with Winnipeg based painter Hollande Bezan's exhibition Return to the farm installed on the main floor of the Schwartz House.

The works honour her family’s agricultural roots which are anchored just north of Inglis. The paintings explore over a century of connection to the land, honouring the Bezan family and its enduring farming legacy through five generations.

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August 11th Report: 

Breach of the Peace