July 7, 2023

Jessica Coulter

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Breakfast is served

Canada Day pancakes made by Kenton 4-H Club

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Kenton Kraftsmen 4-H Club served a delicious breakfast on Saturday, July 1, 2023, for the Kenton community at the Kenton Memorial Hall. This was the kick off for the Canada Day festivities in Kenton. Along with fluffy pancakes, there was cooked to perfec -

Can collections for canoes

ing in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in Winnipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food bank, my ears always perk up!”

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and Chimo Beach areas for contributions from the community.

When all was said and done, the scales at Riverdale Harvest noted a total of 434 pounds, “a fabulous amount,” says Heather.

“We are so pleased they decided to help those we serve. A lot of times kids don’t get enough credit but this group of students certainly deserves some praise.

All students stayed behind to help check expiry dates, sort and

put away in the proper place on the shelving units. They were fantastic! We are very, very pleased.”

Elementary school staff member/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Crouch initiated a similar campaign in her school. That threeweek effort simply encouraged students to leave product in the canoe; 87 pounds of food was collected from the younger group on Thursday, March 22.

She then brought the suggestion to Riverdale Harvest, which supported the idea and asked her to present the promo -

tion breakfast sausage, back bacon, and juicy sliced watermelon.

This group of wonderful kids were sporting their new 4-H t-shirts for the event. They were taking their job seriously. They helped the guests to their table by carrying their coffee or orange juice for them. They handed out napkins to anyone who might need one, or in some cases two. They collected

plates when they were empty and took out the trash when it was full.

The Kenton Kraftsmen 4-H Club would like to thank their sponsors who helps support the meal, Wheat City Seeds, Nutrien, Redfern Kenton, Valleyview Co-op, and Fusion Credit Union. They would also like to thank everyone who came out to enjoy the meal.

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Photo by Sheila Runions

Photo by Heather Gray

The canoe at Rivers Elementary School was adequately filled.

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Serving the Rivers, Rapid City, Forrest, Kenton and Oak River areas

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Back – Peyton Tolton, Haydn Tolton

Middle – Candace Tolton, Harmony Wilson, Carrie Hodgins, Harlie Blanchard, Eveline Wilson

Front – Emily Banville(visiting from Winnipeg), Kaiden Mctavish, Levi Tolton, Gloria Wilson

By Chad Carpenter

Two pails of strawberries…

Gotta have a meal!

Our slightly changing work and life patterns have taken us on many road trips this year.

We travel every week to Rivers to deliver papers and we have had several trips to follow our great grandsons’ very young sports careers.

All our trips have been day trips and that means eating on the road. If I don’t mention a particular food establishment in this column, it’s not meant as a slight, it just means we haven’t been there yet. Throughout the readership area of the Rivers Banner and the Neepawa Banner&Press, we have had some awesome breakfasts, lunches and dinners. If anyone has noticed my physical profile, you will realize that my wife is a pretty good cook and baker, so I know good food when I see it.

On some of our sports jaunts, we travel to Glenboro. The little Glenboro Drive-in serves up an excellent selection of food. It’s easy to find and has lots of parking, right off Hwy. 2. Great milkshakes too. On another sporting jaunt, we ate at the Summer Shack at Carberry. Very good food and ice cream there as well. Earlier this year, while out with friends on a road tour, we stopped for ice cream at the Lickety Splits Drive-in at Gladstone. It was too early to eat a meal but it’s never too early for ice cream. Judging by the traffic that is usually there, the meals are pretty good.

In Rivers, we make a stop every week at The Honeyhouse Restaurant and Bakery. It’s the place to go for the “coffee crowd” and they serve very good meals, a great cup of hot chocolate and my personal favourite is the Philly Steak and Cheese sandwich. The Honeyhouse is large by rural standards and has an excellent bakery and a small gift shop.

Speaking of bakeries, the Gladstone Bakery and Eatery, in addition to great bread, buns and donuts,

Right in the Centre

Ken Waddell

The invitation to join a friend and go pick strawberries was irresistible. This year our little patch suffered from the winter so, while we will graze, there will not be enough fruit to stash away in the freezer. The field was within easy driving distance, the rows clear from weeds, the berries plentiful, and tasty. I had taken three pails along, thinking to perhaps fill them all. However, I had taken enough cash along for two pails! And so it was that within a very short period of time, I had two heaping pails of juicy red berries. And I felt little regret at heaping my pails! I did note, that as I walked them back to the car, and it wasn’t a long walk, that the pails were heavier than I remembered, actually feeling a slight strain by the time I popped the trunk. Then again, to be fair, it has been many years since I have gone to a U-pick farm.

serves up a good breakfast.

On a family visiting trip, we stopped at the Brierwood in Kenton. Really good food served in a nicely fixed up historical building.

Heading north out of Neepawa takes you to the Farmer’s Daughter restaurant located in the Kelwood Barn. It’s a great place to slow down, catch your breath, visit a bit and enjoy the beautiful view to the west of Riding Mountain. The food is very good and I especially like the Fish and Chips.

At home in Neepawa, we haven’t had a chance to try every restaurant this year but we have enjoyed meals at Lees Restaurant, the Bamboo, Brew’s Bros., Boston Pizza, Chicken Chef, Uncle Tom’s and the Neepawa Golf Course club house. The NGCC, with possibly the exception of the Farmer’s Daughter at Kelwood has the best view.

By reading the above words, you might assume that all we do is drive and eat. As I said, life and work changes. With great-grandchildren to watch in sports and with spending

more time on the road for work, we cover a lot of ground, mostly half-day trips. The restaurants and drive-ins we have mentioned are all good and deserve our patronage.

By the way, our work pattern has changed as we, and our staff, deliver our newspapers to most of our communities directly now. We do direct delivery wherever possible and we see a lot of country and a lot of miles in all kinds of weather.

I have been involved with small towns all my life. I was raised at Holland, Manitoba and, except for five years of my life, have always lived in or near a small town. The localized service that you get can’t be beat. So whether you are traveling for work or pleasure (to me work is pleasure), be sure to patronize the small town businesses. You stopping by means a lot to them. Times are good in many ways but times are also tough. Be sure to look after the people around you.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner & Press staff.

They looked lovely sitting on the counter. Experience has proved that it would be best if they were processed quite quickly. My grands love freezer jam (strawberry sugar!) as much as my children did. Back in the day, when there were five children at the table, the aim was to have at least fifty -two cup tubs of various jams in the freezer for the year. Mostly strawberry but some raspberry, and the rule was that not more than one container a week could be retrieved from the freezer. I know that sounds like a lot of sugar, but the household totalled seven with many guests, and toast and jam was often a meal end or bedtime snack. Faced with two pails, simply two pails of berries looked daunting! I got two batches of freezer jam processed and then slipped into freezing the rest, some in glass jars and some in bags. It took much more energy, and time, to prepare the fruit and get it into containers. It felt that the clean up was endless. Remembering that in the day, jam making was slipped in the day between three sound meals, chores, laundry, partnering and parenting! Now it is a days’ achievement…

Being half tech savy, I sent the grands a snap of the glistening red jam jars. Their response was encouraging, and rewarding. Made the hard work of picking and preparing worthwhile.

Too often I reflect how much work I got done in a day, or a week, along with all the other responsibilities I embraced. That is a discouraging path for me to wander down. I don’t always need to look in the mirror to be reminded that I am 77 and a half! It is more advantageous to remind myself of all that I am able to accomplish. In the month of June I treated the deck boards, repainted a living room wall that I inadvertently splashed with wood stain. (Always cover the lid of a paint or stain can before tapping it with a hammer!) I am keeping up the yard and garden, and the house is liveable. I’ll take those as wins.

“ Throughout the radership area of the Rivers Banner and Neepawa Banner & Press, we have had some awesome breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

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DreamS worth workiNg (aND prayiNg) for, part four

As a child, I was taught that one always showed respect for the privacy and property of others. I was taught that we should never borrow some thing belonging to someone else without their permission; and that we were always to return it promptly and in as good (or better) condition than it was when we borrowed it.

Another law (in our house at least) was that in the summer, you did not cut across people’s property to get from one place to another-not even if there was an old wagon trail that many others used for that purpose. And in the winter, you did not hunt wild game or go snowmobiling on someone else’s land without permission. The privacy and property rights of our neighbors were to be respected at all times.

Those who lived in the 1950s and 60s followed those rules quite well. The record of descendants not been so good. In communities throughout our world, respect for people, property and possessions has been on a steady decline. Vandalism, property crime and violence have increased. The values of our pioneers have been abandoned. We

have become a people committed to “looking out for number one-me;” as the old song says. We want to make names for ourselves; and we will do that even if it means resorting to immoral or illegal activities.

Evidence of this attitude is not hard to find. It is seen in small acts of vandalism-like tipping over large flower pots or garbage containers found on a town’s main street. It is seen in something as simple as the theft of a candy bar from a convenience store or the pilfering of a decoration from the exterior of a private residence.

It is seen in the spray painting of offensive graffiti on houses of worship and the desecration or destruction of public monuments or memorials. It is seen in acts of arson, major theft and violent acts that severely damage the emotional or physical well-being of another person. It is seen in the misuse and abuse of the vulnerable in our world-children, seniors, the poor, the handicapped and others.

It is most visibly seen in a callous disregard for human life; whether it is one person taking the life of another, or one country invading, conquering and subjugating people whose only fault is living in a different country, being part of a different racial or cultural group, following a different religion or worshipping a different God.

The actions listed above are committed by people who, for reasons known only to them, think they have the right to take what God has given to others and use it to further their own selfish goals, ambitions or desires.

When we adopt this “looking out for number one” attitude, we bring sorrow and pain on ourselves. By refusing to turn from this attitude, we

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help bring about the ultimate destruction of our society. As St. Paul reminds us, we always reap what we sow. Sow to the flesh, reap destruction. Sow to the Spirit, reap life.

We need to replace this attitude with the love that Jesus spoke of when he said: “Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; and love your neighbor as yourself.”

Can we see an infusion of this love in our society? I believe we can. Will it happen in my lifetime? I don’t know. But it is a dream worth working (and praying) for.

Sundays 10 a.m. Children’s Church during the message Bible Study – Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

GU10 Rivers Youth Soccer

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By Carina Blankenspoor

Sunday, June 25, both teams and the U10 boys team ventured out to Brandon for a full day tournament hosted by Westman Regional Soccer Association (WRSA) where they played teams from both Brandon and Minnedosa. The coaches are proud to say that

Rivers was represented by full teams at this tournament. All teams played there very best given the extremely hot temperatures.

On June 29, the last day of the season, the U10 girls teams got to play each other. An amazing game with lots of action kept their spectators sitting at the edge of one’s seats.

Rivers team 1 scored 7 times. Rivers team 2 scored 2 times.

Rivers team 1 finished their season undefeated! An amazing accomplishment!

They ended the season with a well-deserved ice cream at CJ’s Snack Shack.

The blue shirts definitely made a statement on the soccer fields this year.

Valleyview Golf Canada Day Tournament

Rivers team 1: Coaches: Erin Lambert and Lindsey Raupers. Players: Ryleigh Raupers, Jessalynn de Jong, Hadley Wood, Lexie Hunt, Tenley Baranyk, Hannah Perrin, Isla Castle, Eva Common, Andy Wotton, Teagan

Rivers team 2: Coaches: Stacy and Rhett Nevill and Marieke Deenen. Players: Andi Nevill, Casey Nevill, Emma Johnston, Aloma Therrien, Kaelyn Berg, Morgan Paradis, Maddison Alvarenga, Jessie Deenen, Jorja Manz

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

lton Collegiate had their hands full handing out so many awards and scholarships to so many deserving graduates this year. The school was gracious enough to provide this list to the Rivers Banner for everyone to read and see how great our high school seniors did this year.

Valedictorian - Lachlan Kopytko

Elton Staff Decides:

Cando Spirit High School Scholarship - Marley Burdeniuk; Elton Collegiate Staff Scholarship - Lachlan Kopytko; Forrest Special Projects Award - Lachlan Kopytko; Heritage Co-op Award - Marley Burdeniuk; Mecca Productions Award - Kevin Zarrillo; Rapid City & Area Lions Club Citizenship Award - Katie Wright; McDonald’s Continuing Education Scholarship - Chelsea Hutchings; Rapid City Elementary School Staff Bursary - Lachlan Kopytko; R.M of Cornwallis Scholarship - Brooklyn Franklin; R.M of Elton Award - Kayla Campbell; Shilo & Region Service Club Scholarship - Chelsea Hutch-

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Rapid City Valleyview Golf Course held a Canada Day Open Tournament starting at 10am on July 1. It was a two-person best ball, 18-hole round. From 10am - 5:30pm there was a beer gardens and Section 6 Brewing Co. came out with their products and beer on tap.

Valleyview golf would like to thank everyone that came out for the Canada Day Open.

The winners of this year’s tournament was Corey & Pete Cronkrite, they shot +3 over 18 holes. Second - Bobby Cooper & Hugh Weitman. Third - Tyler Derkach & Jake Erlendson. Closest to the pin on hole #3 - Hugh Weitman. Longest drive on hole #7 - Corey Cronkrite. Longest putt on hole #9 - Corey Cronkrite.

A big thank you to Woodworth Dodge, Piston Ring Brandon, Auto Parts Central & KNG Golf for great prizes and giveaways.

New flags, done by Mary Phillips, looked amazing out there with the new pins!

After the announcement of tournament winners, at 6pm - until dusk, Section 6 Brewing Co. came in for beer sampling. Huge thank you to Section 6 Brewing that supplied beer on tap and speciality brews after day on the links. Quenched most of the golfer’s thirst!

Elton Collegiate Grad Community Awards 2023

Eings; Livingstone Trades Scholarship - Justin McKee; Livingstone Outdoor Horticulture Trades Scholarship - Mikaela Quennelle; Forrest United Church Volunteer Scholarship - Matthew Bornkessel; ECC Community Spirit Award x 1 - Brooklyn Franklin; 4H Award Lois Thompson-Hudon Memorial Scholarship - Justin McKee; Manitoba 4-H Council Scholarship - Justin McKee; South Parkland 4-H Award - Justin McKee; Dr. A.S. Khandelwal Scholarship - Lachlan Kopytko; Grad Memorial Awards: Bryce Waldon Memorial Award - Jessica Bayes; Craig Turner Memorial Scholarship - Justin McKee; C.W. Percy Crookshank Award - Lachlan Kopytko; Edna, Ray & Murray Chapman Memorial Scholarship - Kayla Campbell & Lachlan Kopytko; Elsie Taylor Memorial Scholarship - Mikaela Quennelle; Elton Grad Congeniality Award - Marley Burdeniuk; Guild Insurance Group Neil Andrews Memorial Scholarship - Matthew Bornkessel; Governor General’s Award - Lachlan Kopytko; RRSD Bronze Medallion for English Language Arts - Sheldon Maendel; RRTA Association Citizenship Award - Dylan Garbutt; Sharon Monaghan Memorial Scholarship provided by The Kiwanis Club of Brandon-Assiniboine & The Kiwanis Foundation of Canada - Olivia Grulke; Grad subject awards 2023:

Applied math 40S Rapid City Royal Canadian Legion

Ladies Auxiliary Award - Kyle Loewen; Biology 40S Brandon Kinsmen Club Award - Lachlan Kopytko; Chemistry 40S Farley Kempthorne - Lachlan Kopytko; ELA Comprehensive Focus 40S Kinsmen Club of Brandon - Madeline Johnson; ELA Literacy Focus 40S - Sheldon Maendel; Essential Math 40S Century Accounting - Brooklyn Franklin; Concert Band 40S THREE

WINNERS - Lachlan Kopytko, Kyle Loewen, Matthew Bornkessel; General Music 45S - Blake Manulak; Jazz Band 45S - Lachlan Kopytko; Foods and Nutrition 40GAlexandra Shoemaker; Highest average in Grade 12 - Kyle Loewen; Second Highest average in Grade 12 Brandon Kinsmen Club Award - Lachlan Kopytko; Highest average in math and two sciences FYI Doctors Senior Science Award - Kyle Loewen; Physics (40S and 30S Combined)

Brockie Donovan Senior Science Award - Kyle Loewen; Physics 40S Farley Kempthorne - Kyle Loewen; Pre-calc math 40S Rapid City Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Award - Lachlan Kopytko and Kyle Loewen; Law 40S Imperial Photo - Kyle Loewen; Varsity female athlete of the year Source for Sports – Kayla Campbell; Varsity male athlete of the year Source for Sports – Marley Burdeniuk; Congratulations grads!

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Rylan Westwood and Lincoln Kolesar enjoying the golf tournament

Left to right - Rob Marshall, Randy Brown, Bobby Cooper and Hugh Weitman lining up their putts.

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger

Need a change of base? Watch Oak Rivers Dodgers Baseball Club

Dodgers winning streak continues! The Oak River Dodgers played the Wawanesa Brewers in Oak River on Monday, July 3 at 6pm. The score was 7 - 4 for the Dodgers. The seven runs were scored by Riley Shamray – one, Ty Paddock – two, Riley Lamb – one, Chase Anderson – one, Dawson Lelond – one, and Kaden Rozdeba – one.

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The Dodgers played again against the Virden Oilers in Oak River on Tuesday, July 4 at 7pm. The Dodgers defeated the OIlers with a score of 7 - 2. Riley Shamray – one, Ty Paddock – one, Duncan Paddock – two, Kaden Rozdeba – one, Chad Kilimnik – one, and Landon Cochrane – one made the runs across home plate for the Dodgers.

Their next game is Friday, July 7, at 7pm when they take on the Elkhorn Expos in Oak River. See you there!

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Rivers Comets scored double digit runs on Monday, July 3. Unfortunately, they gave up even more in a loss to the Virden Oilers. Layton Veitch went 3 for 4 including a triple, reaching up 6 RBIs. Luke Hrycak only allowed 1 earned run in 2 innings of work and added a pair of hits. Final score was 17 – 12 in favour of the Oilers. Sheila Runions won the 50/50.

Their next game is Friday, July 7, at 7pm when they take on the Wawanesa Brewers in Wawanesa. See you there!

Pipe Band 50th anniversary

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By Mayvis MacLellan

Former members of the Rivers & District Pipe Band are anxiously awaiting this Saturday to reconnect and rekindle old friendships at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Band’s trip to Scotland in 1973.

The citizens of Rivers and neighbouring areas were very instrumental in supporting the band in its fundraising endeavors towards the considerable cost of travel to and throughout Scotland. Bake sales, concerts, an auction sale with the Kiwanis Club and a walk-a-thon, were some of the activities the communities championed. Several local organizations also made donations to the cause. The boys and girls in the Pipe Band were very much aware of the backing that got them to Scotland and were determined to make their hometowns proud. Prior to departing for the bonny isle, the Rivers & District Pipe Band performed at the Rivers Arena in appreciation of those who so generously helped the band reach its $21,000 goal.

The itinerary for Scotland covered many highlights of the country. The Pipe Band performed in several places, including with the Glasgow Police Pipers. The young pipers, drummers and dancers were overwhelmed in stature by the big burly police officers, but as Glasgow’s Pipe Major replied when Don Mitchell, the Pipe Major of the Rivers band, went over to thank him for allowing us to play with them, “We just hope you learned something from us because we certainly learned something from you!”

Attending en masse at the Edinburgh Tattoo, our group, donned in matching red blazers and grey pants, was recognized, and asked to stand as the huge crowd cheered for the young band from Canada. Such a proud moment that was!

Whether a former member, a supporter, or someone who just enjoys a friendly social gathering, please feel welcome to join in the festivities at Redfern Hall from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 8. The display of documents, photos, and memorabilia, along with the accounts and anecdotes of good times, is sure to please.

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Owen Wareham at the plate, Gerald Kuculym on deck

Duncan Paddock on the plate for a big hit.

Rivers Pipe band members in Scotland

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Recovered Stolen RV

Rivers, Manitoba: On July 1, 2023, Rivers Police Service (RPS) received a report of a possible stolen camper trailer located at a residence in the Town of Rivers. The investigation that followed revealed the trailer was stolen from a storage facility in Neepawa on June 23, 2023.

Members of RPS attended the residence and located a male and female in the trailer. Both were subsequently arrested for Possession of Property Obtained by Crime. Further investigation determined that the Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) were either damaged or completely removed.

A 41-year-old male and a 28-year-old female from Brandon MB, were released with an Appearance Notice to attend Court at a later date.

RPS would like to thank the members of the public that aided the police in the recovery of the stolen trailer.

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Canada Day fun!

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A question from the Kenton Car Rally on Canada Day. Can you unscramble the letters of this Canadian Prime Minister?

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Hopefully everyone got a chance to enjoy some of the wonderful community events going on Canada Day.

If you chose to be in Rapid City, you could have joined Family Fun at the Museum. There were hot dogs, lemonade, kid’s games, face painting, contests, disc golf, corn hole, artifact display and 50/50 raffle. Everyone had a great time! To finish the day, the Lions Club hosted a very good roast beef supper at the Pavilion.

If you chose to be in Kenton, there was a full day of events to enjoy too. The day started with a 4-H pancake breakfast.

After breakfast, the Kenton Lions Club held their annual car rally. If you had a chance to join the car rally you were in for a treat. 38 questions about the community with four checkpoints along the way. Over 130 rally cards were sold. The journey to find all the answers to the questions took a couple hours. Once at the checkpoints rally runners were met with Lions Club members. Here you picked a playing card from the deck and added it to your poker hand that was started when you bought your rally card. Checkpoints included Ryerson Cairn, Salt Lake, Kenton Dam and Legion Beer Gardens. It was a lot of fun and a great chance to see the countryside. Hot dogs were served at the Kenton Dam.

The Woodworth Millennium Museum in Kenton opened its doors for everyone to stop by and have a view.

To finish the day, Harding Ag Society held their annual pit BBQ. The day before the Harding Ag Society started a pit with beef and pork roasts cooking. The roasts were pulled from the ground, and they were delicious. The meal was served with potatoes, and multiple salads in the Kenton Memorial Hall. Once you finished your meal it was time to head to the Legion for the bands. This became a little tricky with the thunderstorms rolling in and the band had to switch from outside to inside and back outside to finish the night.

Helping Manitoba make ends meet

Statement from finance minister Cliff Cullen

Starting July 1, the average two-income family will have an extra $150 a month to help make ends meet, thanks to tax changes introduced in Budget 2023. Budget 2023 changed the Basic Personal Amount to $15,000 from $10,855. Now that the budget is law, the change is being implemented July 1, The government is prorating the basic personal amount for the remaining six months of the 2023 tax year. This means that starting the first pay period in July, Manitoba workers will take home up to $75 more per month on their paycheques. For two-income families, that could mean up to $1,800 more to spend on things that matter most.

Compared to the forecast Basic Personal Amount and thresholds based on indexing, taxpayers will save up to an additional $1,399 in 2024 with these threshold improvements. These increases will provide even greater savings to Manitobans going forward. As indexing continues in future years, the Basic Personal Amount and income tax bracket thresholds will increase by a greater amount each year than they would have without these large increases in Budget 2023.

Manitobans have faced unprecedented challenges over the last three years, challenges that required unprecedented government action. Our government remains focused on maintaining a strong, sustainable fiscal foundation that will provide better services to all Manitobans. This includes investing in front-line services and lowering taxes to make life more affordable for Manitobans and more competitive for Manitoba businesses. These efforts were also recognized earlier this month by the Fraser Institute, which named Manitoba as the number one province for Tax Freedom Day—the day of the year when the average individual has earned enough money to pay their taxes. This year, Manitoba reached that day on June 6, ahead of every other province.

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Fireworks in Rapid City on July 1, for Canada Day

In our area, you do not need to go far to have a great time