Westman

A spokesperson for Manitoba Agriculture says it remains to be seen what sort of damage was felt on fields from last week's hail.

Hail was reported in numerous locations across the province, and Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson says producers will typically leave those crops for five to seven days, just to see how they rebound, before assessing them for hail damage. 

On July 13th at 6:15 PM Brandon Police received a call of a male and female arguing from within a bush at the Discovery Centre.  The 37-year-old female was breaching No Contact conditions with the 40-year-old male. She was arrested, held in detention cells at Brandon Police Service (BPS) and [attended] court in the morning on July 14th, 2025.

A man charged with hijacking a light plane at Victoria International Airport and flying it to Vancouver had an "ideological motive to disrupt airspace" and seized control of the aircraft after threatening a flight instructor, RCMP said Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada said a charge of hijacking had been filed in Richmond, B.C., constituting a "terrorist activity" and a "terrorist offence" under two sections of the Criminal Code.

RCMP said Shaheer Cassim, 39, is set to appear in court next Tuesday.

Some Manitobans appear willing to pay higher electricity rates and shift their energy use to nighttime, an opinion poll commissioned by Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro suggests.

The findings come as the utility is asking the provincial regulator to approve rate increases in each of three next three years in order to replace aging infrastructure, avoid an increase in power outages and bring new generating power online.

Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employer's offers for a new collective agreement starting on Monday.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 and Aug. 1.

A simple majority vote will decide whether the proposal is accepted or rejected.

Canada Post is at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers after 19 months of talks.

The Manitoba Wildfire Service advises the province remains at a moderate to high fire danger level, with small pockets of reduced fire danger observed.

Wildfire smoke has posed a very high health risk to Southern Manitoba residents at various points this month.

That is according to the Air Quality Health Index or AQHI. According to the Manitoba Lung Association, the AQHI is based on the combined levels of three different air pollutants. Those three are ground-level ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and fine particulate matter. 

July 16 Report: 

Theft Under $5000 

On July 15th at 8:40AM Brandon Police Service (BPS) members attended a residence in the 200 block of 27th Street and arrested a 29-year-old female for a theft from a store in the 800 block of 18th Street that occurred on July 13th, 2025. The female was brought to BPS for processing and was later released on Undertaking with a court date of September 22nd, 2025. 

Multi-year naming rights include the Main Arena and Agricultural Centre

Media Release - July 16, 2025

Assiniboine Credit Union is proud to announce that Assiniboine Credit Union Place and Assiniboine Credit Union Agricultural Centre are the new names of two major components of Brandon’s historic Keystone Centre.

The naming rights were most recently held by Westoba Credit Union, which merged with Assiniboine Credit Union and Caisse Financial Group in January 2025.

Manitoba Government Training More Doctors in Westman, for Westman

Media Release - July 16, 2025

New Medical Seats Will Help Recruit Rural Physicians: Premier

The Manitoba government is adding 10 new doctor training seats in Brandon and renovating the Brodie Science Centre to put more students on a career path to medicine in the Westman region, Premier Wab Kinew, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara, and Advanced Education and Training Minister Renée Cable announced here today.