Thanks to $30,000 in new provincial funding, GoManitoba is offering Manitobans a better online platform when it comes to creating their carpool and rideshare connections.

This year, for the first time, Truth and Reconciliation Day (TRD) on September 30 will be observed as a statutory holiday in Manitoba. In honour of the day, a number of local organizations are preparing events, and they encourage all Manitobans to participate in order to reflect upon and learn from the legacy of residential schools in Canada’s history.

On August 27, a 1970s model pickup truck was located by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) at the bottom of Lake of the Prairies in the RM of Riding Mountain-West. The URT was sent in as a response to a tip that was received seven days prior by the Russell RCMP detachment.

If you’ve ever attended the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair, or virtually any other southern Manitoba festival, you’ll be familiar with Wonder Shows, a travelling carnival company. Thanks to a recent move from the federal government, however, its owner says 2024 may have been the last hurrah for operations like his.

On Saturday, September 7, the annual Truck Ride for Special Olympics fundraiser will kick off at the TC Energy Centre in Île-des-Chênes.

In the past decade, voices for environmental change have been decrying mankind’s addiction to fossil fuel use, citing its impact on greenhouse gas emissions. In response, governments have been introducing new zero-emission target strategies.