Provincial News Archives

Manitoba Sustainable Development advises the winter nutrient application ban has been extended until Nov. 15 as soil temperatures have not yet reached the freezing point. This means nutrients can be applied until midnight Nov. 14.

On November 6, 2016, at approximately 3:30pm, Morris and Emerson RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 59, just north of Provincial Road 201.

Island Lake RCMP are currently investigating a fire that destroyed the Garden Hill Band Office earlier this week.

The Human Resources and Training Coordinator with Manitoba Pork says an Employee Manual, developed for the province’s pork industry, offers new workers a resource they can use to help orient them to their new jobs.

Members of Keystone Agricultural Producers adopted a policy on carbon pricing at their recent fall advisory council meeting, in response to the recent federal announcement that a carbon price must be in place in all provinces by the end of 2018.

As part of the national conversation on enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan, Manitoba’s provincial government is launching public consultations to hear ideas and suggestions from Manitobans.

Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the province to exempt farmers’ direct emissions used in food production as it develops a carbon-pricing system.

On November 5, 2016, just before 3am, Carberry RCMP responded to a report of a 31-year-old female being assaulted and abducted from a cabin near Carberry, Manitoba.

The Canada and Manitoba governments are investing more than $432,000 over two years to help Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) establish a new program to provide practical, on-farm expertise, resources and training to enhance on-farm safety.

On November 4, 2016, at approximately 11:10 am, Thompson RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Thompson Drive South and Mystery Lake Road in Thompson, Manitoba.