Westman

The Construction Association of Rural Manitoba (CARM) and Assiniboine College’s School of Trades are once again joining forces today, to host the 3rd Annual Trades Summit.

Media Release - Assiniboine College

Held at the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology on the college’s North Hill campus, the event welcomes approximately 350 high school students from nearly twenty schools across Manitoba.

Throughout the day, students take in in an employer tradeshow and participate in hands-on "try-a-trade" sessions.

Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau.

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who will preside over the event, announced late Wednesday the swearing-in ceremony for Carney and his new cabinet will take place at 11 a.m. ET in the Rideau Hall ballroom. 

Carney, who was selected as Liberal leader Sunday in a landslide vote, has promised a "seamless" and "quick" transition.

Today's Report:

Arrest Warrants

In the last 24 hours Police arrested five individuals on the strength of their Warrants of Arrest. Three were held in detention cells at Brandon Police Service (BPS) for court in the morning on March 12th, 2025, while two were released via Appearance Notice with court dates.

IPDA (Intoxicated Persons Detention Act)

Your award winners from Wednesday's performances:

Grade 1 Piano Solo Trophy winner - Sophia Raes

Senior Popular Piano Solo Scholarship winner- Owen Raes

Intermediate Piano Duet Scholarship winner- Daniel Griffith & Sadie Guenther

Intermediate Piano Trio Scholarship winner- Daniel Griffith, Lily Groening, and Sadie Guenther

Open Piano Duet Scholarship winner - Owen and Evan Raes

A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 7 to March 10, suggests that more than half of workers in Ontario were concerned about job security, the highest in the country, while just under one in four in Atlantic Canada said they were worried.

A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec today, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is taking place in the Charlevoix region, just as Canada seeks support against damaging American tariffs.

The leaders are set to discuss the functioning of the G7 today, as well as geopolitical challenges ranging from Haiti to Sudan.

Ukraine is expected to loom large over the meetings, with Kyiv saying it would be willing to accept a ceasefire if Russia agrees to certain conditions.

Westman Youth for Christ is calling out to all artists across the province to join them at their 3rd Annual Art Exhibition and Sale coming up in mid-May.

The annual show is held each spring at the Firehall Event Venue in downtown Brandon, to raise funds for the Westman YFC Journeys Arts Program.

"Money raised will go towards our Creative Journey programming"

The numbers are in for Samaritans Purse's Operation Christmas Child Campaign that takes place every November.

Globally, last year a total of 11,927,439 shoe boxes were collected and distributed to war-torn and poverty-stricken countries around the world. That means close to 12 million children and youth received a shoe box filled with school supplies, hygiene supplies, clothing and simple footwear, toys and special additions that make each box truly unique.

The recent decision by the US administration to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican agri-food imports has raised concerns across North America.

Michael Harvey, Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), says the tariffs will negatively affect consumers and businesses in all three countries. 

The proceeds from the upcoming Assiniboine College Foundation Legacy Gala Dinner on March 20 will fund several $2,500 financial awards for students entering the new Mechatronics Engineering Technology (Robotics and Automation) this fall. Applications for these awards are now open HERE!