Provincial News Archives

Beausejour RCMP are reporting that a 16-year-old male youth male youth has recently died in connection to an incident that occurred in the parking lot of a local business.

The province has announced that nine family physicians have started or will soon be starting practice in communities across the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority (RHA).

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services suggests, despite recent exceptional global demand for pork, COVID-19 continues to create uncertainty and market volatility.

The Manitoba government will once again offer free entry to provincial parks to mark the Labour Day long weekend. Park vehicle permits are not required in provincial parks from Friday, Sept. 3 to Monday, Sept. 6. Regular camping fees still apply.

New Manitoba public health orders have made mask use mandatory at indoor public places and set out the circumstances where proof of vaccination will be required, which will enable businesses, services and events to be held without capacity limits or public health restrictions as of Sept. 3.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.4 per cent provincially and 1.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on September 2, 2021, 127 new cases of the virus have been identified since Monday: 34 cases on Tuesday, Aug. 31; 57 cases on Wednesday, Sept. 1 and 36 cases today. Fifteen cases have been removed due to data correction bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 58,793.

With an average of approximately 800 collisions reported on public roadways over the four-day September long weekend, Manitoba Public Insurance is urging drivers to avoid high-risk driving behaviours, like distracted driving, as they hit the road this weekend.

Interim Premier Kelvin Goertzen has appointed Families Minister Rochelle Squires to serve as deputy premier, along with other additional changes to several cabinet roles and responsibilities.

Eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine includes anyone born on or before Dec. 31, 2009.  The date of someone’s second appointment must be at least 28 days after the first. A total of 1,906,312 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.

The Manitoba and federal governments continue to support producers and have launched two programs under the AgriRecovery framework for livestock producers to help with the extraordinary costs incurred for feed and transportation.