News - Manitoba

Amendments to the Public Health Act and the existing provincial Tanning Regulation aimed at prohibiting the use of ultraviolet tanning equipment by children and increasing user safety come into effect January 1, 2016.

Youth are leading the way forward and reducing the effects of climate change by planting trees in the expanded Trees for Tomorrow initiative.

Manitoba saw the nation’s second-strongest population growth of any province over the last year, according to population and third-quarter 2015 migration estimates released by Statistics Canada.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation has issued a thin ice advisory for rivers and lakes in southern Manitoba.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises that snow removal crews are out plowing and sanding to keep provincial roads safe.

The province is seeking input to help create a new cultural and creative industries strategy to position the province’s creative community as a driving force for economic and social development.

Multiculturalism and Literacy Minister Flor Marcelino congratulated 40 new Canadians starting new lives in Manitoba at a citizenship ceremony held today at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Premier Greg Selinger and members of the legislative assembly would like to invite Manitobans to the annual Legislative Building open house, taking place between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, December 12, 2015.

Permits to cut Christmas trees at designated sites in eastern Manitoba are now available online at the Manitoba Forestry Association’s website.

A comprehensive plan to fight climate change and protect the environment, while creating green jobs and building a sustainable economy was recently released by Premier Greg Selinger.