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Manitoba tightens bear spray rules

Sellers will have heavier legal reporting requirements

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Hikers looking for protection against unfriendly wildlife are going to have some extra hoops to jump through in Manitoba. The province has announced tighter regulations around the sale of bear spray following an uptick in assaults involving the product. Under the new rules, vendors who sell bear repellent will be required to ask for photo
Star Wars and grain markets
Markets, News

Star Wars and grain markets

Expert’s Radar: Divergence from established patterns isn’t common, but it happens

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“This is the way.” If you’ve watched The Mandalorian, you’ve heard the phrase many times. I can’t speak to all the Star Wars lore, but it’s an enjoyable program perhaps best described as cowboys in outer space. The central Mandalorians of the show follow their own strict honour-bound creed, centred on the armour they wear
Moscow has made multiple demands for an extension of the Black Sea grain deal.
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West still has time to solve grain deal issues: Russian diplomat

Russia wants agricultural bank reconnected and machinery and parts restrictions lifted

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The West still has time to remove “obstacles” hindering the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal before a deadline on May 18, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said April 14. The Black Sea grain export deal was renewed for 60 days last month, but Russia has signalled it may not agree to extend it
Outages in the wake of Eastern Canada’s early April ice storm led to delays of the CFIA’s digital import declaration system.
News, Weather

Ice storm bottlenecks CFIA import system

Outages led to a temporary backlog of digital declaration paperwork awaiting processing

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency was among the victims of an ice storm that struck Eastern Canada in early April. On April 6, the national agency announced it was experiencing delays in processing import declarations. The CFIA’s systems were functional, users of the online portal were told, and Canadians were urged to continue submitting information
Fields near Altamont, Man., show their first signs of melting in the second week of April.
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Eastern Prairies get good marks on soil moisture

Manitoba has seen some of the coolest, wettest conditions of the Prairies so far

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Manitoba is sitting pretty for soil moisture as the growing season looms, according to one crops and weather specialist. Bruce Burnett, director of crops and weather for MarketsFarm, a division of Glacier FarmMedia, said things get drier as one looks further west in the Prairies, but Manitoba’s soil moisture is good — maybe even verging on too good. “Soil moisture
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Flood forecasters watching weather system’s impact on Manitoba basins

Manitoba flood update No. 4

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Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is monitoring a forecasted weather system that could bring significant snowfall to most central and western Manitoba basins. The weather system could bring 10 to 40 centimetres of snow, with east winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour in portions of western, southwestern and central Manitoba. Areas
“We need a lot of stuff.” – Wayne Rempel.
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Demand exists for more Manitoba veggies

Peak of the Market imports a significant amount of vegetables to cover supply gaps, director says

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Manitoba could be growing more vegetables, according to a director of Peak of the Market. “We need a lot of stuff,” said Wayne Rempel, speaking at the Manitoba Organic Alliance annual meeting on April 4. As well as his position with Peak of the Market, Rempel is president and CEO of Kroeker Farms. Peak of
“The federal government’s refusal to absorb these costs, which were essentially negotiated with municipal money but not with municipal input, is not acceptable.” – Taneen Rudyk.
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Municipalities cry foul on RCMP pay

Local governments hoped the federal government would help take the sting out of retroactive policing cost increases

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Municipalities are not happy with what they say are federal policies that pass unexpected policing costs to local governments. The issue tracks back to the last collective agreement between the federal government and the RCMP. Why it matters: Municipalities say they did not get enough input on the RCMP’s union deal. The agreement, which came
Geralyn Wichers.
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Co-operator reporter makes international honour list

Geralyn Wichers was named by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists

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A Manitoba Co-operator reporter is one of 10 ag writers to win the 2023 Young Leaders award, given out by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. Geralyn Wichers was chosen from a global list of nominees spanning the IFAJ’s 60 participating nations. The prestigious award is judged by an international jury and “recognizes the individuals’

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