Provincial News Archives

Manitoba Public Insurance has requested a rate decrease of 0.6 per cent in an amendment to its 2020-21 General Rate Application filed Oct. 4 with the Public Utilities Board. If approved, 610,000 Manitoba vehicles will have lower Basic auto insurance premiums.

The focus of this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign is ensuring everyone has a fire safety plan and practices their escape.

A newly developed Foot and Mouth Disease assay can distinguish between the antibodies caused by immunization and those caused by actual disease.

RCMP report that a man and woman from the RM of West St. Paul were recently arrested in connection to a drug-related investigation.

Manitoba RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of Allan Schnittker of Winnipeg. Schnittker is wanted in connection to a recent home invasion that occurred at a residence in the RM of Reynolds.

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre indicates the forecast rain over the weekend will result in between 15 and 20 millimetres of precipitation over the central, eastern and southern parts of the province including the United States portion of the Red River basin.

The Manitoba government has launched a new approach to drainage under The Water Rights Act that will streamline the approval process for producers and landowners, while protecting Manitoba’s wetlands by implementing the commitment to ‘no-net-loss’ of wetland benefits.  

A Senior Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says probiotic alternatives to antibiotics offer the potential to improve the competitiveness of the Canadian swine sector while benefiting the public domestically and globally.

The Manitoba government has made unprecedented progress reducing the province’s deficit to move towards balancing the budget and has invested $407 million in its rainy day fund to ensure money is there when Manitobans need it most.

Manitobans can now use an online service to apply for foundational identity and vital status documents from the Manitoba government’s Vital Statistics Agency, such as birth, marriage and death certificates.