Provincial News Archives

The Manitoba government is extending the state of emergency in efforts to continue to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and variants. The extension went into effect Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 4pm and will stay in place for a period of 30 days.

Recent rains have allowed the Manitoba Wildfire Service to remove the last of the fire and travel restrictions that had been in place in Area 4. This is the large area north of the Wanipigow River, east of Lake Winnipeg to the Ontario border, including Atikaki Provincial Park, and north to Poplar River.

The Manitoba government will require all provincial employees who work with vulnerable populations to be fully immunized for COVID-19 by Oct. 31, or undergo regular testing. In addition, the province will put indoor mask requirements in place across Manitoba in the coming days, including in schools.

All Manitoba super sites are open and offering walk-in and appointment-based vaccinations, with adjusted clinic hours. Eligible individuals can book their appointments at these sites online, or by calling (toll-free) 1-844-626-8222. A total of 1,879,534 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.

The 10 youth winners of the province’s Vax to Win lottery have been drawn and their decision to be immunized has resulted in each of them winning a $25,000 scholarship.

Red River North RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing female teen from the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul, 15-year-old Alexa Young.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 2.3 per cent provincially and 1.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on August 23, 2021, 153 new cases of the virus have been identified since Thursday of last week. Eight cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 58,283.

Amendments to the Pension Benefits Act (PBA) through bill 8 and accompanying regulations will modernize the legislation and create a framework that protects individuals in times of financial hardship and provides greater and easier access to locked-in funds.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is investigating circumstances surrounding a serious injury sustained by an adult female during her arrest by the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS).

The signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between with the governments of Canada and Manitoba was recently announced with a goal of advancing collaborative work to protect Lake Winnipeg.