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Mud and fallen motorcycles are seen following a Sept. 24, 2022, crash near Steinbach.

Mud slick sparks lawsuit against Manitoba dairy

MPI suing eastern Manitoba farm following motorcycle crash

By Don Norman May 3, 2024

Keystone Agricultural Producers says it’s closely following a lawsuit filed against a Steinbach-area dairy farm. The lawsuit centres around a local highway mudslick believed to have caused a deadly motorcycle accident in 2022. The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, which filed the suit, says it was left behind by the farmer or farm staff. MPI has

A recent KAP meeting saw farmers chide officials for 'awful' implementation of Class 1 licence plan.

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Frustrated KAP members say Class 1 truck licence transition flawed

Some have waited months in vain for a semi licence road test because commercial truckers get most of the openings

By Allan Dawson August 15, 2019

[UPDATED: Aug. 19, 2019] Good luck if you’re a farmer trying to get a Class 1 semi licence before harvest. And it might not be much easier between now and next harvest either. That’s because starting Sept. 1 everyone has to take Mandatory Entry Level Training (MELT), a 121.5-hour course designed to provide new semi

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Drivers need warning: KAP

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Impatient drivers on Manitoba highways are giving members of Keystone Agricultural Producers the willies. After several close calls, members of Manitoba’s main general farm group have called on Manitoba Public Insurance and the provincial Highways Department to do more to warn drivers of the risks of travelling too close and too fast past slow-moving farm

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Auto Insurer Reviews Animal Collisions

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 3, 2011

Owners of animals that are involved in collisions with vehicles on public roadways may face not only the loss of the animal, but also a lawsuit. Brian Smiley, spokesman for Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, said the key word in all issues of liability is negligence. “Let’s be clear. There has to be some form of

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AMM Lends Support For Ecological Goods And Services Program

By Lorraine Stevenson December 9, 2010

Manitoba municipalities have put their support solidly behind an ecological goods and services program that would pay farmers to protect natural lands. At their November convention leaders backed a resolution in support of seeing what’s known as the ecological goods and services program, rolled out by KAP back in 1999, implemented province-wide. The resolution came

Opinion

Stop the free rides across farmland

June 4, 2009

The problem with off road vehicles running rampant in our province is not a recent revelation. Agricultural producers have been victims of this escalating abuse for more than 20 years and have repeatedly lobbied local and federal governments for preventive measures. We are among hundreds of farmers who face economic and environmental losses every year

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Mud slick sparks lawsuit against Manitoba dairy

Frustrated KAP members say Class 1 truck licence transition flawed

Drivers need warning: KAP

Auto Insurer Reviews Animal Collisions

AMM Lends Support For Ecological Goods And Services Program

Stop the free rides across farmland

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