Author Archives: Rob Mahon
VIDEO: Rob Mahon chats with Wheat Kings' first rounder Cruz Jim
The newest first-round pick of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Cruz Jim, sits down with Voice of the Wheat Kings Rob Mahon. Jim talk about being welcomed to the team by previous first-rounders, a record-sett...
May 16, 2025 Image courtesy Brandon Wheat Kings
Safe Boating Awareness Week begins tomorrow
With spring weather now firmly entrenched and more boaters going out onto lakes and rivers, Safe Boating Awareness Week will begin tomorrow, May 17, across Canada. According to a release from the Life...
May 16, 2025 Image - File Photo
Province to provide Assiniboine college with $60 million in funding, financing
Assiniboine College's new Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is getting a major financial shot in the arm from the provincial government. In a release this afternoon, the province a...
May 15, 2025 Image - File Photo - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew - Q Country/Star FM News
Dauphin RCMP arrest Brandon man for "serious assault"
A 36-year-old man from Brandon faces numerous charges, including aggravated assault and assaulting a police officer after an arrest by Dauphin RCMP on May 11. According to RCMP, they got a call at abo...
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Manitoban sniper Mistelbacher enters final season with lofty goals
Luke Mistelbacher set the bar high for himself in 2024-25. He's going to have to put a lot of work in to clear that bar in 2025-26 his final season of junior hockey, and he knows it. Luckily, he's not...
May 15, 2025 Luke Mistelbacher, seen here taking a shootout attempt for Swift Current, is one of two big pickups for the Brandon Wheat Kings on draft day. (Photo by Scramble Studio)
RMs of Elton, Oakview to lift burning ban
With a couple of days in a row of rain, and more precipitation in the forecast for WestMan into the long weekend, the RMs of Elton and Oakview have some much needed good news on the fire danger front....
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Province expands measles vaccine eligibility
The provincial government announced in a release today they were making more people eligible for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines. This is due to the increasing number of cases of measles in...
May 14, 2025 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
RCMP: two dead in Lac du Bonnet fires
A man and a woman have died after becoming trapped due to the wildfires raging in southeastern Manitoba, RCMP announced today. At a press conference near the community of Lac du Bonnet, RCMP announced...
May 14, 2025 Many of the fire restrictions in Manitoba are now being lifted. (Image courtesy RCMP)
Overland flood watch issued for Southwestern Manitoba
While other parts of the province are actively hoping for more rain to keep wildfires in check, WestMan could see altogether too much of it heading into the long weekend. The provincial government ann...
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Manitoba and Ontario sign sweeping trade agreement
The Manitoba and Ontario governments have signed a new agreement to break down interprovincial trade barriers. The new agreement will boost the flow of goods, services, investment and workers in both ...
May 14, 2025 Image - Photo 144084107 © Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com
