Manitobans will have the opportunity to attend pre-budget public consultations across the province to share their vision for the upcoming budget in community meetings and online.
The Manitoba government is investing more than $73,000 in the second phase of the Local Sustainable Food Pilot Project, which helps institutions identify ways to increase the amount of locally grown food purchased while working with farmers to meet these demands.
Manitoba RCMP members continued their focus on high risk driving behaviours during the “Operation Impact” Enforcement Campaign that occurred on the weekend of October 10-13, 2014.
Getting immunized against the flu will be easier for Manitobans this year with access to more health-care professionals able to administer the flu vaccines and additional locations including pharmacies, new ACCESS centres and QuickCare clinics.
The film and television industry in Manitoba is thriving and a new Manitoba government investment is expected to further strengthen the industry for those currently working in it and those looking to get into it.
Together with parents, teachers and education leaders, Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum unveiled Closing the Achievement Gap: Success for Every Student, an action plan focused on improving academic achievement for all Manitoba students.
In the first three years of Manitoba’s smaller classes initiative, the province, in partnership with school divisions, has now hired over 100 new teachers this year, bringing the total of teachers hired for to 315.
A cereal crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development reports, with the harvest ranging anywhere from 30 percent complete to complete, crop quality is well below average while yields are slightly above average.
The Manitoba government will launch several new initiatives to help women access job opportunities in non-traditional skilled trades.
Administered by Manitoba Public Insurance, a low-interest financing program towards the purchase of winter tires is now available.
