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Today's Dauphin Kings game has been postponed as the Blizzard bus broke down and they have no way to get to Dauphin. 

The game will be rescheduled at a later date. 

Stay tuned for more details. 

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The Manitoba Pork sector saw a rallying year in 2024.

"We saw significant improvement in margins, and that was because both the price of hogs went up, the price of isoweans -the little pigs- went up, and the price of feed went down. It'd been at least 2 years that were very difficult. it was good to see that fiscal situation improve."

That's Cam Dahl, executive director of Manitoba Pork Producers, looking back on the overall good year. 

Dahl notes that the great prices were complimented by a much lower rate of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) than expected. He notes that improved communication and biosecurity were a key factor.

Dahl is feeling less confident about the year to come, as there is currently a wash of uncertainty in many instances.

"Manitoba exports 90% of the 8 million pigs we raise here every year, and the international markets are critically important to us. We're seeing threats of trade tariffs coming in from the US, escalation of trade tension and political tension with China, We're seeing uncertainty because of what's happening in Ukraine."

While the year is still young, it's starting on a rather tense note for international trade.

You can hear the full conversation with Cam Dahl next week on the Noon-hour Edition Of Agriview. 

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after multiple calls from several liberal party members across Canada, a liberal MP in Manitoba stepped up.

Winnipeg South Centre MP Ben Carr called for a leadership change in a letter to his constituents on Friday afternoon.

To date, Liberal MPs in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta have called for Justin Trudeau to resign as leader — with most coming forward after former finance minister Chrystia Freeland's surprise departure from cabinet last month.

In his letter, Carr thanked Trudeau "for his dedication to Canada, and all that he has done to move us forward," but also said he has heard from his constituents that they are struggling with the party's leadership.

Carr's full letter can be found here: 

An open letter to the constituents of Winnipeg South Centre regarding the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Posted by Ben Carr on Friday, January 3, 2025
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Manitoba Public Insurance is cutting some slack to drivers that has licences and registrations that were set to expire between mid-November and January.

Due to the postal strike, they say customers won't receive their annual statements for their driver's licence, vehicle registration and insurance "until mail service stabilizes."

Because of that, people whose licences, vehicle registration and insurance that was set to expire on or after Nov. 15 but before Feb. 1 will get extensions to February 28th.

The extension is intended to protect customers from the possibility of unknowingly driving with an expired licence or insurance.

However, MPI still encourages drivers to keep track of their renewal dates and plan to make their payments on time.

Those payments are due four months after the licence holder's birthday.

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Two people died in separate New Year's Eve accidents on Manitoba roadways. 

The first occurred around 8 am Tuesday morning when a 43-year-old man driving an SUV about 30 minutes south of Split Lake hit the ditch and rolled. 

He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, but his 18-year-old female passenger from Split Lake was pronounced dead at the scene.

Then around 7 pm that evening, a 32-year-old collided head-on with an SUV on Highway 1 near Deacons Corner.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, while an 18-year-old woman driving the SUV suffered minor injuries. 

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Residents of Roblin will have to wait a little longer to welcome in the New Year with their annual Frost and Fire Festival.

The event, which was set for tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at Currey Park, has been postponed due to extreme cold conditions forecasted for tomorrow.

A rescheduled date will be announced in the near future. 

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The R-M of Lakeshore has announced details of at Candidates forum for its by-election in Ward One.

The forum, which is sponsored by the Parkland Chamber of Commerce, will take place January 9th at 7 pm a t the Lawrence Community Centre in Rorketon.

A total of three candidates - Ernie Smandella, Rick Paradis, and Carey Guy - have submitted nomination papers to run for the lone vacancy on council from Ward One.

The by-election is set for January 15th. 

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The Ochre River Fire Department responded to 19 calls in 2024.

Five of which were a false alarm while four were motor vehicle collisions. They responded to three structure fires, three vehicle fires and three grass fires.

The Department also responded to one lift assist. 

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A Board Member from Prairie Mountain Health has stepped down after Provincial criticism of their budget.

David Moriaux, who is also the deputy mayor of Swan River, said the "straw that broke the camel's back" was a December 16 news conference in which the NDP government reported the projected deficit for the current fiscal year had increased by half a billion dollars, to a total of $1.3 billion.

In the fall, the health authority presented a budget for the upcoming 2025-26 fiscal year that showed a $40-million revenue shortfall, which was accepted by previous NDP and PC governments.

While PMH CEO Treena Slate suggests this overage was from "agency nursing and overtime costs," Health minister Asagwara suggests these costs are left from the wake of the previous government.

Minister Asagwara noted it will take time to undo this damage.

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Manitoba's Premier says work is underway to protect provincial elections in the advanced technical landscape of deepfake Artificial Intelligence video.

In an interview with the Canadian press, Premier Kinew stated, "We are bringing in legislation, probably in the first sitting of 2025, to address a lot of these issues."

The Provincial Elections Act already bans people from disseminating false information about candidates, impersonating election officials, and more, with Penalties including up to a $10,000 fine and a year in jail.

This decision mimics federal plans to ban impersonation and account for this new technology.

Kinew said he is committed to looking at the recommendations and is concerned about so-called "deepfake" images — pictures or videos manipulated to make it look like someone has said or done something they did not.

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A Police Chase in Portage led to a fiery end, charges, and luckily no fatalities.

At 2:15 p.m. on Christmas Eve, a vehicle in Portage failed to stop for police and sped off, with officers initially not chasing due to a danger to the public.

Police later located the vehicle traveling on Road 70 North, heading towards Provincial Road 240, where officers moved to immobilize the suspects.

The suspect vehicle stopped before hitting the spike belt and reversed into the police cruiser that was chasing it.

 The suspect then drove over the spike belt and turned south, where it drove head-on into another arriving police vehicle.

 Both vehicles caught fire after impact. Officers exited their vehicles and were able to safely remove the two female occupants who were subsequently placed under arrest.

A 30-year-old female, from Portage la Prairie, faces charges of Flight from Police and Resisting/Obstructing a Police Officer. She was released on an Undertaking to appear in court later.

Michelle Whitford, 32, of Portage la Prairie, was remanded into custody on charges including Assault of a Police Officer with a Weapon, Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Flight from Police and Resist Arrest.

No major injuries occurred, and the investigation continues.

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