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The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country.

The association was among a number of health-care advocacy groups at the recent annual meeting of Canada's premiers.

While health care tends to take centre stage when the premiers meet, this year's gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney was dominated by discussion of U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war.

Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests.

"The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliation is being made or not has an important bearing on how they feel about the country," said Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the poll.

The survey of 1,580 respondents was conducted between June 20 and 22. A margin of error cannot be associated to the survey because online polls are not considered to be truly random samples.

Sunday is the final day of this year's Threshermen's Reunion at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin. While the event features everything from classic farm machinery to demonstrations to the stampede each night, there are many other activities on the schedule, and live music is one of them.

A paleontologist based at the University of Manitoba has confirmed a significant fossil discovery in the Interlake region that reshapes how scientists understand early fish evolution.

Melina Jobbins, a postdoctoral fellow with the university, says the discovery traces back to the 1990s, when researchers from the University of Manitoba and Manitoba Museum uncovered fragments of a mysterious fish near Lundar.

The first round wrapped up at the Portage Golf Club's Men's Open tournament.

Last year's champ, Kenny Keeler sits atop the leaderboard after shooting a solid first round.

This list rounds out the top 20 players from Day One and tee times for the second round.

Tails were wagging and hearts were full on Wednesday night at Kenny’s K9, where a unique fundraiser brought the community together, both the two- and four-legged kind. For just $20, dogs got pampered with nail trims and ear cleanings, and every cent went straight toward a cause close to many hearts: the future Greg Smith & Clair Lobreau Memorial Mini Stick Arena.

With a mix of community spirit and canine charm, the event raised $500, proving that even the simplest fundraisers can go a long way when neighbors come together.

Rick Henderson, who manages the Sheila and Rick Henderson Marina at Delta Beach, says a major winter dredging project was essential to keeping the channel open this year. The work involved multiple machines, including a D6 Cat, rock trucks, and excavators, to dig a trench about 250 feet long, 30 feet wide and 9 feet deep.

“We had to get it done right. If we hadn’t done it this year, you wouldn’t have been able to get a boat on the lake,” Henderson says.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called a byelection Friday that will test whether his NDP government’s popularity can spread to a longtime Progressive Conservative stronghold.

Voters in the Spruce Woods constituency will go to the polls Aug. 26 to choose a replacement for Grant Jackson, a Tory who resigned in March to run federally. Jackson garnered more than double the votes of his closest opponent in 2023, and the Tories normally get well above 60 per cent of the vote in the area.

The Manitoba government says it has settled a lawsuit with the family of a woman who died during the COVID-19 pandemic while in the process of being transferred out of province due to a shortage of hospital beds.

Matt Wiebe, minister of justice and the province's attorney general, confirmed a settlement was recently reached with the family of Krystal Mousseau more than two years after Mousseau's mother first sued the provincial government and health agencies. 

Every summer, the Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede celebrates agricultural innovation. This year, one of the world’s most iconic brands – John Deere – is in the spotlight. Visitors can explore a sweeping array of machinery, from horse‑drawn implements of the late 1800s to today’s X9 combine at the Enns Brothers John Deere Exposition.