Betty Sawatsky

The Manitoba government is expanding a program that allows commercial tourism outfitters the opportunity to create unique overnight accommodations on ice for anglers and eco-tourists, Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt announced last week.

As part of its ongoing commitment to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife, the Manitoba government has approved $473,000 for new projects this year through the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund (FWEF), Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt announced on Friday.

As part of its ongoing commitment to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife, the Manitoba government has approved $473,000 for new projects this year through the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund (FWEF), Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt announced today.

The Provincial government announced on Thursday morning an additional $880,000 will be used to enhance testing and staff capacity to further monitor and prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), an incurable and fatal disease that affects members of the deer family (cervids) including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou.

The Provincial government announced on Thursday morning an additional $880,000 will be used to enhance testing and staff capacity to further monitor and prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), an incurable and fatal disease that affects members of the deer family (cervids) including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou.

Cattle prices have remained strong, and by the looks of things that will continue through the summer and into the fall season.

After a couple of years of drought conditions across the prairies, low market prices, early spring blizzards, and the lack of hay, it's been a great turnaround for cattle producers with healthy cattle prices paving the way.

There are a couple of things for the strong market, says Rick Wright, Administrator for the Manitoba Livestock Marketing Association. 

From snowmelt to snowfall, Manitobans experience that ever-so-slight tickle of something slowly making its way up the back of the leg ... or the back of the neck – the dreaded wood tick! 

Here’s a fun fact: Ticks start to get active at temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius.  

The Town of Carberry joined the list of exhibitors at the Home & Leisure Show at the Keystone Centre in Brandon this past weekend.

EDO, Karra Burney, shared Carberry's new logo and branding slogan with the hundreds of people who stopped by their display booth.  

"Our new logo represents all the roads that come into town and Carberry is the center of it," explains Burney, "and it's kind of shaped like a 'C' for Carberry.  Our new slogan is 'Discover. Grow. Belong' which is kind of self-explanatory."

The Internationals Peace Garden has been reaching out to youth on both sides of the border to encourage young people to join their staff for the summer months.

CEO, Tim Chapman, says they've contacted schools, youth groups, and 4H clubs to share the wide variety of summer positions soon opening for students to apply.

"Manitoban [students] get out at the end of June and North Dakotans get out at the end of May and we're wanting to fill about 40 positions, on top of the few of us that work here year-round," explains Chapman.

The Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan partnered with 4H Manitoba at this year’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, to demonstrate how veterinarians assist in calving procedures. 

Matthew Pauls is a third-year science student at Brandon University.  He assisted in the week-long exhibit and series of demonstrations of how vets assist in calving using a simulated training aid of a mother cow and her calf waiting to be born.