Most of Main Street was transformed into a pedestrian mall Saturday as the local chamber of commerce hosted its much-anticipated Street Fair and Summer Sidewalk Sale.

The event featured plenty of attractions including craft vendors and artisans, a farmers’ market, food vendors, plenty of activities for the kiddies, live music featuring just a small sampling of the community’s wealth of talented performers, and plenty of bargains courtesy of Main Street merchants.

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The dedicated members of the Roblin Agricultural Society are more than a little excited to be hosting the fair and rodeo after a two-year break.

And while all the volunteers definitely benefitted from some time off, society president Ellen Arnott says they’re always looking for more.

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More and more stories are coming out about peoples’ potentially dangerous experiences with ER closures in rural and northern communities.

Many people are thinking that there’s no other choice than to accept emergency room closures in rural communities as the new normal.

Most think that way, until they experience an emergent situation that requires immediate medical care.

This was the case for Mandi Addis’ 11-year-old daughter Briar.

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The Manitoba government is investing more than $5.2 million in two programs that will help address the overall staffing shortages in the province’s health-care sector as well as increase the representation of Indigenous people in this field.

The programs were announced Thursday in Portage la Prairie by economic development, investment and trade minister Cliff Cullen and health minister Audrey Gordon.

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Finding a career that is linked directly to something a person loves doing, will always result in success.

For the recently retired Dr. Marianne Hunter, her love of animals and being on the farm was the natural draw to her working in this field.

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A large gathering of farmers are expected to be out standing in the field tomorrow (July 27) as the Parkland Crop Diversification Foundation (PCDF) hosts its annual Field Day.

The day begins at 10:30 a.m. at the PCDF site south of town and this year’s presentations cover a wide spectrum of agriculture topics to suit producers’ needs in the area.

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Archaeologists from Brandon University (BU) and the Manitoba Archaeological Society (MAS) are continuing their multi-year investigation of how Indigenous people lived in southwestern Manitoba before the arrival of Europeans.
In 2018, Eric Olson found scapula hoes (made from bison shoulder blades) along a creek bank in the Pierson WMA south of Melita.

The Red River cart is a historic and symbolic representation of the Métis people’s journey, trials and tribulations.
Former Roblinite, Armand Jerome, became intrigued with his culture and wanted to preserve the essence of the Red River cart, and what it means to the Métis. Jerome grew up not knowing a lot about his ancestry, but has dedicated a lot of years to learning more about it and Red River carts in general.

Prairie Mountain RCMP have been quite busy over the last month. In the month of June, RCMP responded to 117 calls in the Roblin area alone. That does not include the calls in the Russell and Rossburn areas that were responded to also.
For June, RCMP responded to 229 calls for service in the Prairie Mountain area.