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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result.

The intelligence agency says in its latest annual report it received over 538,000 screening requests from immigration and border officials in 2024. The agency began to see a significant increase in requests in 2023, when it received over 493,200 requests. Before that, CSIS received roughly 300,000 security screening requests annually over the previous five years.

On Tuesday, Marcia Friesen and Paulette Connery from Portage Golf Club captured the Ladies Net Division Four Ball title at the River Oaks Invitational tournament hosted by Golf Manitoba.

The two-person team event in Winnipeg invites clubs across Manitoba to send duos to compete in a four-ball format, where each player plays their own ball and the best score on each hole counts toward the team’s score.

As the popularity of e-scooters continues to rise, so too does the number of injuries. 

That is according to Diana Craiovan, Program Lead for Hospital Data Advancement and Engagement with Canadian Institute for Health Information. The Institute recently released a report on the leading causes of injury-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits in Canada. Craiovan says the report shows a 32 per cent increase in e-scooter injuries from 2022/23 to 2023/24. 

Five years after suffering a life-altering stroke at just 27 years old, Sara Le Lievre is hoping and preparing to rappel down the 19-storey Manitoba Hydro building in downtown Winnipeg, all to mark her milestone of recovery and raise awareness about strokes in young people.

Nearly three weeks ago, a carefree summer day at Delta Beach quickly turned into a life-or-death situation, but thanks to fast-acting bystanders who knew Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), a young boy's life was saved. For long-time emergency responder and CPR instructor Dennis Morgan, the incident is a textbook example of why life-saving skills should be taught to everyone.

“Knowing CPR can make the difference between life and death,” says Morgan, a certified Heart & Stroke instructor with more than 20 years of teaching experience.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew accused a group of Republicans of throwing a "timber tantrum" and playing "political games" after they called out Canada over wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states.

"These are attention-seekers who can't come up with a good idea on health care or on making life more affordable," Kinew told The Canadian Press. "So they're playing games with something that's very serious."

With harvest approaching, farmers will want to start thinking about pre-harvest intervals (PHI) before applying any pesticides and or fungicides to the crop.

The PHI refers to the minimum number of days between a pesticide application and swathing or straight combining of a crop and reflects the time required for pesticides to break down after being applied.

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association are looking for producer input to help shape the organization's future.

Since 1982, the organization has been farmer-funded and farmer-focused.

Over the years, MCGA has evolved to meet the changing needs of the industry and farmers.

Farmers are being asked to share their thoughts as the organization looks to the future.

When producers log onto the survey, there is a video to watch with an update on programming and the financial realities they are facing.

The survey closes August 11th.

Research finds agriculture waste could be transformed into biogas and fertilizer using bacteria-based techonology

Canadian farms could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating renewable energy by converting agricultural waste into biogas, a McGill University doctoral student says.

Anjaly Paul said anaerobic digestion could transform livestock manure and crop residues that would otherwise decompose in landfills into valuable resources.

A Saskatoon-based company has begun field trials of a replacement for granular peat inoculant.

Peat has been used for decades to inoculate crops such as peas and lentils and is a biological that provides consistent benefits, said Dave Greenshields, who founded Insight Plant Health in 2020.

However, customers are looking for a replacement, he told people attending a recent Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre field day.