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The Brandon car club, known as the Road Rebels, hosted their annual fundraiser barbecue last Sunday. Despite less-than-ideal weather earlier in the week, the event was held under beautiful conditions—warm temperatures, sunshine, and a light breeze made for a perfect day.

As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada.

Briefing materials prepared for incoming Housing Minister Gregor Robertson this past May and released this week acknowledge that costly housing is hurting the economy and making it difficult for people to find places to live.

"Vulnerable populations and lower-income households are struggling to have their basic housing needs met due to a lack of suitable affordable housing," the documents say.

With the return to above average temperatures and sunshine this week, what has that meant for our veggie gardens and flower beds?

"At this time of the season, it is traditionally called our second season of gardening or our next season of gardening," shared Carla Hrycyna from St. Mary's Nursery and Garden Centre, Host of the Lawn and Garden Journal. "Maybe the vegetables finishing, and may still be doing a lot of harvesting. I'm still picking tomatoes off some plants."

Ottawa's chief data officer says he thinks the introduction of artificial intelligence to federal government operations will lead to "some" job cuts in the public service.

In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, Stephen Burt said he thinks the impacts are going to vary widely and will be job-specific, with different outcomes in different areas.

While he wouldn't identify the risk of job losses in specific areas of government, Burt said the goal will be to ensure employees receive opportunities to retrain and change jobs.

It's time for another Made in Manitoba, and tonight we're showcasing a veteran musician, composer and singer-songwriter, Robert Pastrick.

After a more than three-decade break from creating music and being in bands, building a successful flooring business in Winnipeg during that time, he picked it all back up again in 2018. Since then, he's released eleven albums.

Avian Influenza has been detected in three commercial poultry operations in Alberta. 

Earlier this week, the CFIA identifying one infected premise in Strathcona County and one in Beaver Country - both areas are located near Edmonton.
which is located near Edmonton. Another infected premise was confirmed on Wednesday in Minburn County.

Avian influenza - H5N1 - can affect wild bird and domestic bird populations. 

This Sunday is the "Discover Agriculture on the Farm" event at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre.

Visitors will have the chance to a number of activities, meet and visit with Manitoba farmers, see live animals like pigs, dairy cows, broilers, and laying hens, and explore prairie crops such as canola. 

The family-friendly event is free, runs from 10 til 2  on Sunday, September 14th and officially kicks off the 11th Annual Farm and Food Awareness Week (September 14-19)

This year's theme is Seize the Season: Appreciating Manitoba’s Harvest!

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) presented The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) for 2025 to Don and Geraldine Bettle of Passekeag Holdings Inc

The couple run a 70 head Angus-based cow herd on a land base next to the Kennebecasis River and show incredible respect for the land and the environment protecting the water, riparian areas, and wildlife habitat.

A Manitoba cabinet minister is apologizing for sharing a social media post about the killing of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine had shared another person's post that described Kirk as racist, sexist and transphobic, calling him a "white nationalist mouthpiece."

A Mountie seriously injured in a highway crash while responding to a mass stabbing on a Manitoba First Nation says she's doing well but the tragedy will stay with her forever.