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The Active and Safe Routes to School program at Green Action Centre has recognized the Hanover School Division as an Active School Champion for 2012.

As you prepare to spend time with family and friends this holiday long weekend, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds you to familiarize yourself with these time-saving tips before crossing the border.

Steinbach Traffic Services reports that Highway 12 from Highway 31 to Highway 1, Highways 206 and 311 (Landmark and Blumenort) are reported as being snow covered with low visibility.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has several tips to help make your border crossing smoother this long weekend.

With Canada Day celebrations around the corner, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is expecting higher traffic volumes throughout the weekend.

Headingley Traffic Services advise that they have responded to numerous calls today due to the winter driving conditions. RCMP advise blowing snow has caused reduced visibility and extremely slippery road conditions.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises the winter road network is now open, allowing large trucks and other vehicles to get needed goods to 23 remote communities.

Manitoba Conservation advises travel restrictions and the ban on campfires are now ended in eastern Manitoba, including all parks in the Whiteshell region, and Grand Beach and Birds Hill provincial parks, due to accumulated rainfall, forecast precipitation, the time of year and higher evening humidity.

Due to the continued drying of the forests in eastern Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation is now implementing travel restrictions in eastern Manitoba.

Manitoba will be one of the first provinces to begin using standardized terms to describe winter-driving conditions, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton announced.