Westman

Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald recently spent Friday and Saturday touring Saskatchewan.

During his visit, he had an opportunity to talk with producers and stakeholders about key agricultural issues and concerns and the potential opportunities that exist within the industry today and in the future.

The Gary SouthShore RailCats (9-24) avoided a series sweep at the hands of the Winnipeg Goldeyes (15-18) Sunday afternoon with a 9-1 victory at U.S. Steel Yard.
 
The RailCats got on the board in the bottom of the third inning when first baseman Joe Suozzi drew a bases-loaded walk that forced in LG Castillo. One pitch later, right fielder Jake Guenther – claimed off waivers from the Goldeyes one week ago – hit a grand slam to right field to make the score 5-0.
 

An entire community smiles when they see the grad signs on front lawns, the grad parade making its way through our communities on graduation day, and the residents, families and staff members that cheer these young adults on their day of celebration!

Graduates of the 2024-25 school year are counting down the days to convocation day, when they make that final walk across the stage to receive their Grade 12 diploma.

Manitoba Agriculture is ramping up for their annual Field Day through the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) in Melita scheduled for Thursday, July 17th.

Applied Research Specialist, Scott Chalmers, says they're looking forward to sharing their test plot studies on a variety of crops and varieties.

"We're bringing back our touring buses for people to ride in comfort as we travel from field to field," he explains. "But we're looking forward to having a great day at this year's Field Day once again."

Morden’s Access Event Centre was packed Saturday night for the 2025 Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. In total there were nine individuals, one family, one in the builders category, three teams and three honourary life members inducted Saturday night. 

As Prime Minister Mark Carney gets ready to host U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders at the G7 summit in Alberta, analysts say Canada's most important goal will be to keep the G7 from falling apart — even if that means not issuing a joint statement.

"Keeping this informal international organization together will, I think, be a mark of success," said Sen. Peter Boehm, a former diplomat who played a central role in Canada’s participation in the G7 for decades.

Over the weekend, longtime broadcaster Clayton Dreger was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dreger retired in January of this year and he says it's been everything he thought it would be. "Awesome," he says with that well known smile. "That's the word I've told everybody who's asked, it really is. When 7:30 p.m. rolled around and you knew that it was time to go to bed because the alarm goes off at 2:00 a.m. No, it's just so amazing to stay up till 11:30 and wake up at 6:50, plan your day, do whatever, yeah, it's been pretty special."

The historic ties and long-standing working relationship between the United Kingdom and Canada are not just reflections of the past, but are very much needed "in the here and now," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. 

Starmer said the two Commonwealth members think and work alike, having collaborated for years on issues of security, defence, trade and the economy.

Starmer met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Sunday before the two leaders headed for the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta.

Former Foodgrains rep for Manitoba, Gordon Janzen, has been tapping into his adventure spirit challenging himself to tackle those things on his bucket list.

'Hello to the Manitoba Foodgrains community. It feels like a while since I finished my work at Foodgrains Bank in March, and it is good to see Dale connecting so well with communities across the region.

Manitoba and northern Ontario rep (all the way to Thunder Bay) for Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Dale Friesen, has been making the rounds, touring across his region to meet and greet partner Foodgrains communities and learn more about their projects.

Friesen stepped into the role upon the retirement of former rep, Gordon Janzen.  He says the first 5 months of this new position has been great in getting to know the folks behind the projects.