Provincial News

With the cold winter months in our rear-view mirror and summer straight ahead, Manitobans are hitting the road with adventure on the mind, but speed can stop you in your tracks. It just takes seconds to have adventure turn into tragedy.

Public health officials with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care are advising Canada is now experiencing the largest measles outbreak since measles was declared as eliminated in 1998.

The Pas RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing male from Cormorant, Manitoba, 45-year-old Norman Brightnos.

The Public Utilities Board approved the application of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. to increase the Gas Commodity rate from $0.0667/m3 to $0.0961/m3 and approved a Commodity Cost Balancing Deferral rate rider of $0.0098/m3 (owing to Centra), effective May 1, 2025.

Public health officials with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care are notifying the public of two new confirmed cases of measles in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region with recent international travel to Mexico.

The Manitoba government is providing the Assiniboine Park Conservancy a $1.2 million grant to support the zoo’s Journey to Churchill exhibit, which offers Manitobans and visitors alike the unique opportunity to learn about polar bear conservation.

Amid a simmering global trade war, a former Manitoba Liberal leader is calling on Canadian agriculture to put a greater emphasis on supplying more of Canada’s food needs, adding more value to Canadian agricultural products within Canada and diversifying Canada’s export markets.

The Manitoba government has sent out invitations to Lake Winnipeg commercial fishers encouraging them to attend the province’s first-ever fishers summit, a gathering that will unite north- and south-basin fishers and address the long-term viability and success of the province’s freshwater fishery.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) is investigating an incident where Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) officers discharged their firearms at a stolen vehicle.

The Manitoba government is investing up to $7.6 million in the Urban/Hometown Green Team program, which creates summer employment opportunities for young Manitobans.