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Dauphin RCMP investigating found skeletal remains

With the end of the crop year coming up on July 31st, we are starting to see a seasonal slowdownof grain movement.

CN's Assistant Vice President of Grain, David Przednowek says even with the seasonal decline, they have still registered just over half a million tonnes of grain movement per week over the past couple of weeks.

"We are seeing the demand for CN supply hopper cars for grain movement decline. You know, in the past couple of weeks we've seen orders for CN supply equipment in that 3334 car per week range. "

Two people are dead after two single-engine planes crashed in mid-air south of Steinbach, Man.

Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air pilot training school, says the two were students and were practising takeoffs and landings in small Cessna planes this morning.

He says the two appear to have tried to land at the same time and collided a few hundred metres away from the small runway.

He says the planes are equipped with radios, but it appears the two pilots didn't see each other.

Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist has promoted winter cereals for decades and remains hopeful about the crop’s future

Winter wheat was a big deal on the Prairies from about 2006 to 2014.

Total acreage ranged from 800,000 to 1.3 million, with the lion’s share of the crop seeded in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist who has promoted winter cereals for decades, described that period as the “second wave” of winter wheat on the Prairies.

Bruce Burnett, Director of Weather and Markets with Glacier Farm Media says that's mainly driven by various factors affecting the broader oilseed market.

Steinbach RCMP respond to plane crash

Media Release - July 8, 2025

On July 8, 2025, at 8:45 am, Steinbach RCMP were notified of a two-plane mid-air collision in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

RCMP, fire department and Emergency medical services attended and located the wreckage of two small, single-engine aircraft, south of Steinbach.

The two pilots were pronounced deceased on scene.  There were no passengers aboard.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was notified.

The scene is currently under investigation.

Rainfall across the prairies and even provincially has been quite variable this year.

Some areas have seen some pretty wicked storms bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says storm activity across the prairies in the last two weeks of June resulted in farmers filing well over 2000 hail claims.

According to the report mid-June thunderstorms dropped pea- to toonie-sized hail across Western Canada.  

Golf Manitoba is hosting the Junior boys and girls championships at Quarry Oaks and Director of Communications and Development Brian Munz is thrilled with how things are going with day two under way Tuesday and the final round set for Wednesday.

RCMP make significant drug seizure in Virden

Media Release - July 8, 2025

The Manitoba Integrated Law Enforcement Team (MILET) has arrested and charged 2 individuals with Possession for the purpose of trafficking drugs during a traffic stop near Virden. They were in possession of a quantity of drugs believed to be cocaine and methamphetamine. 

In April 2025, MILET began a drug investigation involving individuals from Souris, Manitoba.

World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25

There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.

“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.