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For the 2025/26 insurance year, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) has ordered a 5.7 per cent increase to Basic insurance rates, which will represent an increase of $50.84 per year or $4.24 per month for the average passenger vehicle policy.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) has concluded its investigation into the deployment of a less-lethal firearm during an arrest incident that occurred in February of 2024.

The Manitoba government has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to curb the use of private for-profit nursing agencies in the health-care system as part of a multi-pronged approach to increase the number of public nurses working in health care and reduce mandatory overtime rates for those nurses.

Manitoba Environment and Climate Change is activating its Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Early Detection Rapid Response Plan after positive zebra mussel veliger (larvae) samples were found in the Assiniboine River at the Brandon Generating Station.

Thompson RCMP are reporting that two individuals were recently rescued after their snowmobile had fallen through the ice near the Miles Hart Bridge in Thompson, Manitoba.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) is investigating the death of an adult male following an officer-involved shooting in Winnipeg.

The City of Steinbach says that the 2025 residential garbage and recycling collection schedules are in the mail and residents should see their copies in the coming week.

Three Brandon men were recently arrested and charged after RCMP officers discovered drugs inside their vehicle during a traffic stop near Russell, Manitoba.

Two female suspects have recently been arrested and charged after a lengthy RCMP effort to stop their vehicle near Provincial Road 240, south of Portage la Prairie, MB.

Oakbank RCMP are reporting that a 32-year-old Winnipeg man has died as the result of a recent vehicle collision that occurred in the Rural Municipality of Springfield.