A new police detachment in Niverville will have four police officers on staff, expanding local police service in the rural Manitoba area
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Niverville welcomes new RCMP detachment
A new police detachment in Niverville will have four police officers on staff, expanding local police service in the rural Manitoba area
Guarding against misinformation: Do you believe in house hippos?
Children have been told for decades not to trust everything they see on a screen; adults today, farmers included, should remember that lesson in their newly online worlds
Children have been told for decades not to trust everything they see on a screen; adults today, farmers included, should remember that lesson in their newly online worlds.
Canada’s rural crime problem far from fixed
Farmers on the Prairies are worried about crime rates and safety, but an effective approach to meaningfully reduce rural crime remains out of reach so far
Farmers on the Prairies are worried about crime rates and safety, but an effective approach to meaningfully reduce rural crime remains out of reach so far.
AMM members vote for waterhemp prevention
Resolutions on funding and rural crime also passed during Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention
Local government councils tackled waterhemp, rural crime and funding issues during the Association of Manitoba Municipalities 2024 fall convention.
Beef farmers warm to livestock inspection
Mandatory livestock inspection has been contentious among Manitoba's beef producers for years, although Manitoba is the only western province without such a service
Mandatory livestock inspection has been contentious among Manitoba’s beef producers for years, although Manitoba is the only western province without such a service. When Manitoba Beef Producers brought it up again this fall, they say the reception was a little more open.
‘Nothing groundbreaking’ in throne speech
The throne speech, which opens the newest legislative session, included plans for healthcare and policing
Crime and health care took up good chunks of the provincial throne speech Nov.19; agriculture also got a few crumbs.
Lake Winnipeg, GATE lead agriculture notes in Manitoba throne speech
Manitoba opened a new session in the Legislature with the speech from the throne Nov. 19
Agriculture got only a few mentions, although general rural issues got more attention, during Manitoba’s Nov. 19 speech from the throne.
Protecting your property against rural crime
How far can you go to protect your farm against crime? Lawyer addresses landowner rights and rural crime during KAP district meeting
A recent bison hunt incident in northwestern Manitoba, in which several bison were killed without the rancher’s consent, sparked Keystone Agricultural Producers to invite lawyers to speak to farmers on crime and landowner rights.
How to manage a cyberattack
Saskatchewan cybersecurity expert Brennan Schmidt and Ali Dehghantanha of the University of Guelph offered the following tips to prevent a cybersecurity breach, handle an attack and mop up the fallout. To prevent a breach: Take a comprehensive inventory of all technology and identify the most important and potentially vulnerable pieces. Use unique, solid passwords, enable
Beef producers lobby for dedicated RCMP livestock investigator
Mandatory livestock inspection still in discussion, but methodology and cost are issues
The Manitoba Beef Producers are lobbying for an RCMP officer dedicated to livestock theft and fraud, similar to units already set up in Saskatchewan and Alberta. “It’s seen a lot of benefit,” said general manager Carson Callum, speaking at an Oct. 18 district meeting in Rosa. “If our government could provide some support for that sort of position
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