Despite Heat, CNUF Gets More Patrons for 51st Festival Than Anticipated
Coming off the 50th anniversary, this year's CNUF was a bit less packed, but the president of the festival says numbers were a little higher than expected.
Kayla Gillis says she thinks they did fantastic.
"I know the grandstands were fairly full on Saturday night, which was really nice to see, and we had a huge crowd for the Kozak System. Even though the weather was extremely hot during the day, people were still out and enjoying the festival."
Sunday night's smaller stages were shut down early because of heavy rain and wind.
About 15 campers were put up in the DRCSS for the night because their tents had either flooded or blown away.
Gillis says one first aid person was injured slipping in the conditions.
CNUF is thanking Intermountain Leasing and Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School for their help in getting accommodations for patrons.
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Bar Patio and Vehicles in Onanole Damaged in Alleged Drunk Driving Incident
A Manitoba man faces charges after allegedly getting behind the wheel drunk and doing significant damage outside a bar in Onanole.
RCMP say the man left the bar after an altercation. Police say he then got into a vehicle and allegedly hit numerous parked cars in the lot, one of which was pushed into the bar's patio, which had several patrons on it at the time.
Police say no one was seriously hurt.
A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
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Parklanders Participate in Charitable Threshing Event
About 150 antique threshing machines in Manitoba have set a world record for the most threshers operating at once.
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin teamed up with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to set the record on Sunday as part of the Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
To make the record, the threshers had to run simultaneously for at least 15 minutes.
Plenty of Parklanders were taking part, some of which include Dauphin's Elgin Chute and Gord McPhee, Grandview's Doug Storey, and Ste Rose's Albert Thompson.
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Less Supply Shipments Heading to Churchill
Store shelves in Churchill might look sparse this week.
The town on the shore of Hudson Bay is beginning to feel the effects of a reduction in freight services, cutting its access to supplies ranging from fresh food to lumber.
The change comes from Omnitrax Canada, which cut freight services on its northern rail line in half last week, reducing shipments to one train per week from two.
Sunday marked the first scheduled shipment to be cancelled since the announcement.
