Provincial News Archives

Manitoba Agriculture reminds farmers to follow best management and disease-prevention practices as they begin seeding their 2017 crops.

On April 28, 2017, at approximately 7:10am, Blue Hills RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Trans-Canada Highway.

Farmers are gearing up for another growing season and that means agricultural equipment will soon be moving along roadways to fields and sharing the roads and highways in rural areas.

The Manitoba government and Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association provided details of three partnered initiatives that will continue to make it easier for Manitobans to recycle beverage containers in their workplace and while at the cottage or campsite.

Manitoba Public Insurance is now accepting Canadian Forces driver licences and identification cards to help establish the identity of military personnel who relocate to Manitoba and apply for a Manitoba driver licence or identification card.

The Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork says Canada’s new on-farm pork quality and animal welfare assurance program matches and exceeds those being offered in other countries.

On April 23, 2017, at approximately 3:20pm, Thompson RCMP responded to the Norplex Pool in in Thompson, Manitoba, for a possible drowning.

On April 8th, 2017 Dana Oftedal, Marketing Manager at Red River Mutual, presented a cheque for $38,127 to Martin Johnson, Chairman of the Firefighters’ Burn Fund of Manitoba.

The Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada is calling for patience as winter cereal growers assess the viability of crops that were planted last fall.

The Emergency Management and Public Safety Division of Manitoba Infrastructure has announced Disaster Financial Assistance will be available for eligible municipalities, homeowners, farms and small business with impacts from flooding this spring.