Alec Woolston

The province's Consumer Protection and Government Services branch announced yesterday that the 2024 rent guideline will be at three per cent in 2024. The increase will be effective on January 1st, 2024. The guideline does not apply to: Rental units going for $1,615 or more a month. Various soc...

Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for lots of communities in southwest Manitoba including the Parkland. The weather agency says current weather conditions could cause severe thunderstorms to develop, which could produce tornadoes. More from Environment Canada: Tornado Watch in effect ...

The Manitoba government announced a couple of changes are coming to the way that hunters can submit samples for testing of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). For the 2023-24 hunting season, hunters will have the option to extract and submit the testable tissue samples themselves instead of having to se...

Manitoba's political parties continue to fill out their candidate lists and get geared up for the coming provincial election slated for tuesday, October 3rd. The incumbent Progressive Conservatives have 48 of candidates listed while the NDP have 40 and the Manitoba Liberal Party have 20. There are ...

The past 8 days brought significant rains to lots of fields in Manitoba and the northwest region saw a good portion of it. Inglis saw the most at 54mm total. Dauphin had the second-highest total at 48.5mm. Ethelbert, Roblin, and Ruthenia all got at least 40mm. So far this growing season, San Clara ...

The ROGerKimLee Festival will take place this weekend from Friday to Sunday. The festival honours a few friends of festival director Derrick McCandless, who all passed away during the COVID pandemic. They are Roger Young, Tim Russell, and Lee Oreniuk. A trio of Manitobans who were very much involve...

The Harvest Sun Music Fest and Mountain Market take place on Saturday and Sunday and it is a great showcase of Manitoba musicians, creators, and growers. As usual, the festival will feature lots of different musicians and bands, all from Manitoba. The music is just one part of the festival, which s...

Amelia Rempel, a Métis student from Portage La Prairie who has been living in Dauphin for the past year, will head back to the University of the Arts London (UAL) in the United Kingdom in September. The university is the top arts school in the world for undergraduates. After her first y...

The initial list of regions in Western Canada designated for the 2023 livestock tax deferral has been released by the federal government. There are 19 rural municipalities in Manitoba on the list along with 98 in Saskatchewan, 56 in Alberta, and 62 in British Columbia. So far, none of the locations...

The RM of Lakeshore is in the process of closing Cameron Trail and west Oako Beach Drive due to flooding.