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Bike jam after dark
1 minute read 2:17 PM CDTThe first Bike Jam of the year is nocturnal.
Normally on the third Sunday of the month, this one will be held Saturday, May 24 starting at 8:30 p.m. in E.A. Friesen Park.
The change in date means cyclists of all ages can continue with their long weekend plans. The nighttime ride is meant to avoid potential hot daytime temperatures and discover low-traffic routes with a group.
The After-Dark Bike Jam is for cyclists of all levels wishing to ride under stars and city lights. There is no admission.
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SPORTS FLASHBACK 2000: Steinbach racer is Manitoba’s best
4 minute read Preview 1:49 PM CDTAdditional enforcement cracks down on Main Street racing
2 minute read 11:51 AM CDTSteinbach council gave approval to a plan that would see the Ste Anne Police Department patrol Main Street as part of a crackdown on racing.
Ste Anne had already participated with Steinbach RCMP for traffic enforcement in the community.
However, the new plan, which has the consensus of council, will see them come out alone.
“They’re willing to do some additional enforcement that they would do more independently, and they would do it through funding provided by Manitoba Public Insurance,” Coun. Michael Zwaagstra said.
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5 minute read Preview 8:33 AM CDTTaché taxes up as community centre cost climbs to $30.2 million
5 minute read Preview Yesterday at 8:38 PM CDTPiney will not raise mill rate for 2025
2 minute read Yesterday at 5:08 PM CDTThe RM of Piney will not see much of a change for taxes as it released its financial plan this week with the mill rate remaining the same at 12.09 mills.
“We try to keep our mill rate stable in this area and this budget reflects that and the budget is higher than last year due to increased assessment…pressures on inflation and increased costs we were able to keep the mill rate the same,” said Reeve Wayne Anderson.
This means that a home assessed at $300,000 can expect to pay $3,627 a year in property taxes at the current mill rate.
The operating budget for 2025 is $3.76 million with funds coming from tax revenue ($1.9 million) largely from property taxes and other revenue ($1.8 million).
COLUMN: View from the Legislature – Manitoba can play part in unity
3 minute read Yesterday at 2:15 PM CDTThis past Monday was Manitoba Day. The celebration of our province’s 155th birthday may have gone by unnoticed by many but there was cake to be had to mark the occasion a couple days early at the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) Museum. The MHV has been marking Manitoba Day for many years with traditional cake and the raising of the Manitoba flag. It is also a special time for those gathered to share what makes Manitoba special to them.
The stories, whether from residents who have lived in our province their whole lives or just recently come to Manitoba, paint a vast picture of what makes our province special. Many have only ever lived in Manitoba while others came to the province to reunite with family or for employment opportunities. Each had something special to say about the province, from the friendly people to the natural beauty of the province’s lakes and forests.
One of the things that makes Manitoba unique is that it is, literally, right in the middle of Canada. While it went unnoticed for a long time, several years ago a giant sign was erected on the Trans-Canada Highway showing the geographical center of Canada. Since then, it is almost always being visited by travellers eager to take a picture in front of the “Center of Canada” sign. For Manitobans, this means that we have close connections to both the eastern part of Canada and the western part. Many Manitobans spend their summer weekends in Ontario near Kenora enjoying their lakes. While others might find themselves dipping into Saskatchewan along our western border.
While Canada has a long, and at times painful, history with Quebec separation desires, increasingly there is talk about separation by Alberta. While these still seem to represent a minority of voices, they do express the frustration that many have with the state of affairs in Canada today. National unity must always be the top priority of any federal government, and it should be expected that it will be for new Prime Minister Mark Carney as well.
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4 minute read Preview Yesterday at 1:47 PM CDTLETTER TO THE EDITOR: Focus on dangerous driving
3 minute read Yesterday at 11:49 AM CDTThe Steinbach city council is recruiting the Ste Anne police to help ticket drivers as part of an MPI initiative. Deputy Mayor Michael Zwaagstra dismissed detractors by saying “If you don’t like the fact you’re getting pulled over by a Ste. Anne officer while you’re racing down Main Street, I don’t care because you shouldn’t be racing down Main Street. So, if your car gets impounded, I don’t really care which officer it is that’s impounding your car. Tough luck.”
Zwaagstra oversimplifies the issue. Police enforcement of traffic laws is somewhat sporadic. This is because the Highway Traffic Act, like many laws, tends to be onerous and unjust (offenses listed go well beyond street racing), and strict enforcement causes needless problems for drivers. The problems get worse when Buford T. Justice invites his out-of-town cousins to pile on and prowl Steinbach. The solution here is simple. Firstly, Ste. Anne police belong in Ste. Anne, and the Steinbach RCMP should focus their purportedly limited resources on street racers instead of minor HTA violations.
The reality is that Steinbach city council is using street racing as a convenient excuse for mass ticketing, or revenue generation. Just ask Mayor Earl Funk. “This time [MPI says] anything that’s ticketable is fair game, and I like that.”
So, everything from street racing to utterly harmless behaviors like not wearing a seatbelt or motorcycle helmet, and “improperly transporting cannabis,” whatever that means, are under the microscope. Even if one doesn’t even break the law, police are allowed to pull over any driver at any time, ostensibly to check their licence and registration, which is essentially arbitrary. Furthermore, police can run even sober drivers through a breathalyzer test under threat of arrest. These two particular and unacceptable laws put all drivers in the crosshairs.
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2 minute read Preview Yesterday at 10:00 AM CDTSteinbach to go it alone on sewage planning
3 minute read Preview Yesterday at 8:30 AM CDTProvince honours trades people from the Southeast
2 minute read Friday, May. 16, 2025The province honoured 36 journeypersons from around the province recently, including seven from the Southeast.
During the 33rd annual Apprenticeship Highest Achievement Awards ceremony, Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Minister Jamie Moses said the dedication and excellence these journeypersons have demonstrated in their respective trades represents the best of Manitoba.
“We’re building our province and creating more good jobs and opportunities for Manitobans to pursue careers in the trades,” he noted.
The awards celebrated the highest achieving graduates in their respective trades and two awards were given for the highest score through the trades qualification stream. The event showcased the strength and overall success of the apprenticeship and certification system, noted the minister.
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1 minute read Preview Friday, May. 16, 2025Notre-Dame-de-Lorette seeks descendants of 19th century settlers
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4 minute read Preview Friday, May. 16, 2025St Pierre gives library rebates and lowers taxes for higher value homes
3 minute read Friday, May. 16, 2025Residents who already paid for their portion of the new library space in St Pierre are getting a refund.
It was also announced at the St-Pierre-Jolys financial plan hearing May 8 that those who were expecting to pay their library share over 10 years will instead be paying it over five years.
“Our project is complete so we know what our costs are; our costs are less,” explained CAO Tina Bubenzer during the hearing.
Those who prepaid $480 upfront will get about $219 back from the village.
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