Provincial News Archives

Manitoba’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released its second 2022 spring flood outlook. The risk of major flooding on the Red River and tributaries remains high with flood preparation activities underway.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.3 per cent provincially. As of 9:30am on March 17, 2022, 247 new cases of the virus have been identified. It is estimated that actual case numbers are eight to 10 times higher than reported due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant and lack of PCR testing done by the province.

Steinbach MLA and Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen recently announced that the Manitoba government has introduced annual legislation to reduce regulatory requirements imposed on businesses, industry and local governments.

As the province lifts public health restrictions, health-care staff are being returned to their regular duties to support planned increases to surgical activity that will bring capacity back to pre-pandemic levels.

While provincial health orders are lifting mandatory mask usage as of March 15, Manitoba Public Insurance will become mask-friendly – encouraging its customers to wear a mask when attending a service or claim centre, however, they will no longer be mandatory.

Moose Lake RCMP are currently investigating the death of an 18-year-old Moose Lake man as a homicide. The incident recently occurred at a local residence in the community.

More than two years after the start of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the province will be lifting its remaining public health orders and restrictions effective March 15. The announcement comes despite the continued widespread transmission of omicron, a struggling healthcare system and an unprecedented backlog of surgeries.

Canada’s farmland values climbed in spite of impacts from pandemic supply chain disruptions and adverse weather that affected parts of the country, as Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Farmland Values Report showed an 8.3-per-cent national average increase in 2021.

The Manitoba government is introducing new legislation that would amend the Social Services Appeal Board Act to provide a more efficient and flexible process on how the board hears and decides cases filed with it.

Steinbach MLA and Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government has introduced proposed legislation to amend the Beneficiary Designation Act (Retirement, Saving and Other Plans) to allow authorized substitute decision-makers to maintain the original beneficiary designation when the plan is changed, converted or moved to a new financial institution.