Provincial News Archives

Thompson RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing man from Pukatawagan, 43-year-old Scott Andrew Nicholas.

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released the 2020 Fall Conditions Report that indicates soil moisture levels before freeze-up are normal to below normal in most Manitoba basins.

While the COVID pandemic disrupted much of normal goings-on in our province, fraudsters didn’t miss a beat in their efforts to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance and its customers. This year’s Top 5 Fraud list highlights bogus claims, the effective use of forensic tools and astute MPI staff.

Immunization clinics are underway at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on the Bannatyne campus Dec. 29 to 31. All available appointments have been booked, and approximately 2,477 immunizations have been given since the vaccine arrived in Manitoba earlier this month.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.4 per cent provincially and 12.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 29, 2020, 133 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,385.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says, despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, public outreach will remain a top priority during 2021.

The last immunization clinic was held on Dec. 23, leaving the total number of immunizations given since the vaccine arrived in Manitoba earlier this month as 2,177.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.6 per cent provincially and 12.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 28, 2020, 107 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 24,252.

A 15-year-old male teen is facing numerous charges, including impaired driving, after trying to escape from Selkirk RCMP in a golf cart.

There were no immunization clinics held December 24 to 26, leaving a total of 2,177 immunizations that have been given since vaccine arrived in Manitoba earlier this month. One adverse event following immunization has been reported in Manitoba to date.