City Council is hoping to borrow $6-Millon dollars for a new outdoor aquatic facility that would include 2-pools, a lazy river and waterslides. The only outdoor pool is the Kinsmen Centennial Pool in the east end; and it’s more than 50 years old; and has been plagued with problems and shutdowns. 3 possible sites are being considered ; opening in 2028. The city says the 6-million dollar loan will be repaid over 10 years. The first option was for Kinsmen Centennial Pool to be dismantled, with two new pools built in its place — one for leisure swimmers, the other with five lanes for lap swimming. Two waterslides would be added, along with a lazy river. Another option was the site of the long-abandoned Kiwanis pool at the Keystone Centre, where a lazy river, a waterslide, a leisure pool and a six-lane lap swimming pool would be built. The third option was for a smaller facility to be built in Kin Park, in the city’s southeast end. There would be a waterslide, a leisure pool and another pool with four lanes for swimmers.
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Assiniboine College is expanding it’s programs to C-F-B Shilo. The Brandon Sun says a memorandum of understanding will bring post-secondary education to military families and the CFB Shilo community. Programming could include specialized training in business, culinary arts and automotive technology; and what the community needs.
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Scrap the carbon taxes and cut the gas taxes to ease the pain of sky high pump prices. That from The Canadian Taxpayers Federation; saying at current gas prices, total taxes in some cities costs up to 65 cents per litre of gas. Federal and provincial governments also impose” fuel excise taxes”; ranging from 7.5 cents per litre to 19 cents per litre of gas. Ottawa also adds; an industrial carbon tax on oil and gas, steel and fertilizer.
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The RCMP arrested a man in Gilbert Plains Tuesday after receiving a firearms complaint. Police then advised a nearby school to go under lockdown around 11am. Offices in the area were also temporarily closed while police dealt with the situation, Police arrested a 46-year-old man around 12:35 p.m. The investigation continues.
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Manitoba Public health officials are bracing for the spread of the measles at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair-6-day event beginning March 30th. In Manitoba, about 84 per cent of measles infections since February 2025; involved people who “were not” immunized. 33-people; including 20 children younger than 10; have been hospitalized, and only one of them was vaccinated.
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With spring just 2 -days away; a new survey from “First Onsite” reveals that Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents are worried about extreme weather.
54-percent are concerned about severe winds and tornadoes; the highest rate in Canada; while concern about flooding and climate change sits below the national average.
The findings reflect decades of costly weather events across the Prairies.
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Manitoba is cracking down on predatory pricing, introducing Bill 49 to stop retailers from using personal data to charge some shoppers more. The amendment would ban “algorithm-driven price hikes online” or; in-store. The province says Bill 49 is meant to keep grocery and retail prices fair– for everyone.
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The Asessippi Ski Area & Resort has been named a finalist for a Manitoba Tourism Award. The nomination is for “Business of the Year at Large” at the upcoming provincial tourism awards. This marks the third consecutive year Asessippi has been nominated for the award, receiving the honour in both of the past two years.
