Getting back into the swing of things in the fall can have its challenges. Learning how to plan and prepare healthy meals that are fast and easy can help end mealtime chaos. Here are four tips to get dinner on the table faster, without having to spend hours in the kitchen.

The Winnipeg Jets will have more spaces available during the team’s training camp in September, as seven players will be participating in the World Cup of Hockey that runs during the same time. The players aren’t the only ones who will be absent from camp, with head coach Paul Maurice joining the coaching staff for Team Europe.

For the past eight years, the Niverville Recreation Commission has hosted the annual Recreation & Wellness Showcase to highlight all the recreation and sport opportunities in Niverville—and to get people talking with local health professionals and getting to know their neighbours. This year’s showcase will take place on September 8 at the Heritage Centre from 5:00–8:00 p.m.

As summer gets the best of us with weekends at the beach, summer camps, and lazy vacations, we tend to push physical activity to the side. Well, I’ll have you know I’ve been staying on-task, playing outdoor soccer once a week and attending a weekly bootcamp. And of course I take my daily walks with the dogs. I manage to get everything squeezed in during weekday evenings, but I know not all of us have that option.

Île-des-Chênes’ Optimist Park hosted a Blue Jays baseball camp July 20–21. Children aged nine to 16 from all over Manitoba, including one all the way from Thompson, came to meet four alumni Blue Jay players and gain some valuable skills.

Alex Grenier, a volunteer for Seine River Minor Baseball, applied for the camp to be held in Île-des-Chênes in November 2015. Every year, the camp is awarded to a different community in Manitoba. Last year, the Blue Jays camp was held in Brandon, and in previous years the camp has been held at Shaw Park in Winnipeg.

With summer in full swing, July has been a bit quieter on the fundraising front, but there’s still a lot going on behind the scenes.