Provincial News Archives

A 15-year-old male youth has been arrested in connection to an assault that occurred at the Prairie Mountain High School, located on 3rd Street in Somerset, Manitoba.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.6 per cent provincially and four per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 24, 2021, 45 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, six cases have been removed due to data corrections. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 39 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,590.

A total of 155 warnings and 27 tickets were issued for the week of Feb. 15 to 21 including 21 $1,296 tickets to individuals for various offences, five $298 tickets to individuals for failure to wear a mask in indoor public places; and one $5,150 ticket to an individual for violation of the Federal Quarantine Act.

Blue Hills RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of 31-year-old Anna Marquart who has been missing since July of 2020.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is five per cent provincially and 4.3 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 23, 2021, 76 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, eight cases have been removed due to data corrections. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 68 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,551.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.4 per cent provincially and 4.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 22, 2021, 97 new cases of the virus have been identified. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,483.

The first unit at the Keeyask Generating Station went into commercial service this past week, adding another source of clean, renewable electricity to Manitoba Hydro’s energy supply.

The province has announced that it will begin its annual ice cutting this week on the Red River to reduce the potential for ice-jam flooding.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 per cent provincially and 4.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on February 21, 2021, 58 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,386.

Portage la Prairie RCMP are currently investigating a recent pharmacy break and enter which resulted in a variety of narcotics being stolen.