Author Archives: Rob Mahon
Murray looks back on too-short season, ahead to brighter future
In junior hockey, almost everyone ends their season on a losing note. Only one team out of 22 gets to send a championship banner to the rafters when a season ends. But that doesn't mean the season is ...
Apr 14, 2025
First Provincial fire bulletin released
As the weather gradually warms up and snow melts away, the provincial government has released their first fire bulletin of a new season. The bulletin is a reminder to all Manitobans that provincial bu...
Apr 11, 2025
Province to introduce Universal Early Reading screening tools
The provincial government has a new plan to assess children's reading skills and possibly identify children who may be "at risk of future reading difficulties" starting this fall. Education and Early ...
Apr 11, 2025
RCMP make arrests, issue warrant following string of armed break-ins
On Sunday, April 6, from about 3:30 AM to 8:30 AM, Portage La Prairie RCMP responded to a series of reported thefts in the RM of North Norfolk. In these thefts, suspects (who appeared to be armed with...
Apr 11, 2025
Fun-loving Flamand proved vital on, off ice for the Wheat Kings
When the Wheat Kings acquired Nolan Flamand from the Kelowna Rockets on January 10 of 2023, neither he nor the team knew exactly how good they were about to have it. Both would be more than happy with...
Apr 11, 2025
More money coming from province for primary care at Melita Medical Clinic
The Melita Medical Clinic is getting an infusion of cash from the provincial government. In a release today, the province announced the clinic, which serves Melita, the Rural Municipality of Two Borde...
Apr 10, 2025
Move to Brandon helped Shipley reach all-star status
There were 75 defensemen selected in the 2019 WHL Prospects Draft, 38 of them ahead of Luke Shipley. By the time his WHL career was finished, however, Shipley had one over on all of them. This past se...
Apr 10, 2025
Provincial government to bring Advanced Care Paramedics to rural Manitoba
In an effort to get better emergency care to rural and northern areas of Manitoba, the provincial government announced today they were introducing advanced care paramedics to those areas. In a release...
Apr 09, 2025
Veteran Nguyen hit new heights, found new path with Wheat Kings
Moving from the Portland Metropolitan Area, with its population of about 2.5 million people, to Brandon, Manitoba with its population of just over 51,000, you could forgive Marcus Nguyen for needing a...
Apr 09, 2025
Bright future, fond memories: Bjarnason leaves strong legacy on and off ice as a Wheat King
A young Carson Bjarnason was blessed with either foresight, or powers of manifestation. As a child growing up in Carberry, just 50 kilometers from Brandon, the future Wheat Kings star would attend gam...
Apr 08, 2025
