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The Manitoba government has established a Provincial Curriculum Advisory Panel to help form a new provincial curriculum framework as part of the Better Education Starts Today (BEST) strategy.

Beginning next week, COVID-19 immunizations will be available to young people at school-based clinics. These clinics will be offered during school hours and in some cases, clinics will continue to operate outside school hours as a pop-up clinic for all members of the community.

A St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP vehicle recently collided with a pickup truck at a location on Highway 59. The officers were responding to a high priority call at the time of the incident.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.2 per cent provincially and 1.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30 a.m. today, 276 new cases of the virus have been identified since Thursday: 105 cases on Friday, Sept. 10; 72 cases on Saturday, Sept. 11; 58 cases on Sunday Sept. 12; and 41 cases today.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) has terminated its investigation into an allegation of serious injuries sustained by a male during an arrest by the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS).

The Swine Health Information Center is advising the pork sector to be thinking biosecurity as we transition from summer to fall. As part of its September e-newsletter, the Swine Health Information Center has released its monthly Domestic and Global Swine Disease Surveillance Reports.

Manitoba RCMP are reporting that an 18-year-old Peguis First Nation man has been arrested and charged in connection to a number of recent swatting incidents in the United States.

The Manitoba government has prosecuted a Winnipeg-based employer for violations of The Workplace Safety and Health Act and its associated regulations that resulted in serious injury.

Manitoba Health and Seniors Care has approved the acceptance of new admissions to Maples Long Term Care Home. New admissions were available as of Sept. 7, 2021.

Steinbach RCMP are reporting that a suspect has been arrested and is facing numerous charges in connection to an investigation involving the theft of a motorcycle.