Provincial News Archives

The provincial government continues to seek public input to inform Budget 2022 through public engagement sessions, adjusting the previous format to offer virtual public meetings and telephone town halls, in addition to online opportunities for feedback, to protect participants and remain in accordance with current public health orders.

Based on provincial data, public health officials are highlighting the following trends for the week ending Jan. 6: an average of 1,814.7 new cases per day; a total of 201 new hospitalizations, a 51.1 per cent increase from the previous week; a total of 20 new ICU cases, a 5.3 per cent increase from the previous week; and a total of 12,703 cases, a 6.9 per cent increase from the previous week.

The Manitoba government is currently accepting nominations for the first permanent board of directors for Shared Health, which will be officially formed this spring.

Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are examining the effect of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) on reproduction in an effort to identify strategies to keep sows from infecting their offspring.

Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP are reporting that a 30-year-old man from McCreary, Manitoba was recently located deceased a location on Provincial Road 582, near the community of Makinak.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) has concluded its investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in North River Heights on November 11, 2019.

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has released six recommendations to address key issues facing Manitoba’s agriculture industry as the Government of Manitoba develops Budget 2022. The budget recommendations address economic competitiveness, the environment, labour and public trust.

Health and Seniors Care Minister Audrey Gordon announced that all current COVID-19 prevention orders will be extended for three weeks while the province continues to gather data and monitor the impacts of the omicron variant.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 44.4 per cent provincially and 52.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 7, 2021, 5,813 new cases of the virus have been identified: 2,548 cases on Thursday, Jan. 6, and 3,265 cases today.

RCMP are now accepting applications to its Family Violence Initiative Fund (FVIF). The objective of the fund is to help communities respond to relationship and family violence and victim issues.