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The facilitator of the Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project is encouraging participation among all western Canadian pork producers.

The low voter turnout in the Canadian Wheat Board director elections demonstrates that bona fide farmers have rejected the election process, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.

On December 13, 2010, at about 10:30am, Island Lake RCMP were advised that two trappers had left from St. Theresa Point by snowmobile on Sunday around noon and had not returned as scheduled.

Operating a scam used to be like casting a net – con-artists mailed lots of letters or made lots of phone calls hoping to catch a few “fish”.

The Manager of PigTrace Canada says the faster information can be reported on the movement of swine the more effective a new national swine traceability system will be.

Two Thompson residents have been charged in connection with a drug seizure earlier this month in Thompson.

From December 3 to 12, 2010, the RCMP Holiday Check Stop Program has resulted in numerous charges.

At the Steinbach City Council meeting last Tuesday, City Council resolved not to proceed with the original expansion plan of the Jake Epp Library, which had been approved by the Manitoba Municipal Board earlier as a $2.85 million project.

Around 10:30pm, on December 10, 2010, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP detachment were called to Dorothy Street after a young man had been seen rummaging through a vehicle.

Western Canadian farmers have chosen their representatives to help chart the direction and future of the CWB.