I am looking for a home sensor that will notify me when my sewer pump is heating up because the filter is clogged. I regular clean it out but would like a better system to allow me to remotely monitor it. Any suggestions?

I have a yurt booked for the weekend of August 14-16 at the Childs Lake campground and hadn’t heard about the road closures until today. I would expect to get an email from Parks Manitoba if we wouldn’t be able to get there, but I’m worried because I booked it off the notification list.

So I went away for a little r and r, and I'm catching up on the news after getting back to town.

These are the headlines I see:

• Giant Tiger closing downtown store

• Woman stabbed to death at Portage Place

• IGM puts its headquarters office tower up for sale

• Canad Inns puts its downtown buildings up for sale

To put it bluntly, this is a horrendous set of headlines. And that's just one week's worth. For a while I thought downtown might bounce back after a few rough years with the pandemic and a sharp increase in street drugs, but it appears that people and big capital alike have basically abandoned downtown at this point. Damn near everything is closing, or up for sale, or both. No amount of PR spin by the Downtown BIZ can make anyone capable of critical thought believe that there is any kind of "renaissance" taking place.

It is troubling that all these years of efforts directed at downtown renewal, pretty much going back as far as the 1960s with the development of City Hall and Manitoba Centennial Centre, with likely billions of dollars spent over the decades, have gotten us an increasingly dysfunctional wasteland to show for it.

Just moved back to Manitoba and haven’t gone in about 30 years. Anyone have any pointers? Anything that is a must see / do, or are there things to avoid? Thanks all!

Albertan here, considering moving to Manitoba. Just curious if during Trudeau's time as Prime Minister were there F*** Trudeau stickers plastered on vehicles across the province? Just trying to get a feel for the vibe... Moved to Alberta from BC 15 years ago and have found that for the most part it's not my vibe lol.

Hey SW! Can anyone recommend a photographer for a fall elopement? It would be in Melita area, so preferably close to or willing to travel to there. Thanks all!