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Manitoba Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler announced that the Manitoba government is taking steps to replace Lindsay X-Lite Approach Guardrail systems currently in place on provincial roadways.

Steinbach RCMP, along with St. Pierre-Jolys and Oakbank members, are currently investigating numerous robberies that have recently occurred at various locations in southeast Manitoba.

Manitoba is making rapid tests available to students in kindergarten to Grade 6 at First Nations schools as a first step in providing kits for students across the province.

Steinbach RCMP are currently investigating the theft of a Dodge pickup. The truck was recently stolen off of a driveway located near Imperial Crescent in Steinbach.

Due to the increased threat of the omicron variant of concern, rising COVID-19 cases and a growing strain on the health-care system, Manitoba is taking additional steps to help curb the spread of the virus in the fourth wave of the pandemic.

Red River North RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing male youth from the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul, 15-year-old Ethan Chastelaine.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.5 per cent provincially and 5.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 17, 2021, 457 new cases of the virus have been identified since Wednesday: 218 cases on Thursday, Dec. 16; and 239 cases today.

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released the 2021 Fall Conditions Report that indicates soil moisture levels at the time of freeze-up are below normal in most Manitoba basins.

Steinbach RCMP are currently investigating the recent theft of a dump trailer. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime between December 15 at 6:30pm and December 16 at 9am.

The Manitoba government is investing $19.5 million to add 259 nurse training seats starting this year at five post-secondary institutions across the province as part of its multi-year plan to add close to 400 seats.