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Farmers can track the emergence of wheat midge daily in their area by using an innovative online map provided by the CWB.

On July 3, 2009 Lac Brochet RCMP (Lynn Lake Detachment) received a report of a missing person.

Parkland Area RCMP officers responded to approximately 11 calls for service from the Countryfest site Thursday which included 5 assaults, 5 disturbances and 1 mischief.

The Headingley RCMP advise that the body of a female located in the RM of Rosser, has been positively identified as 17-year-old, Cherisse Houle of Winnipeg.

The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament for Provencher, announced on Thursday that Providence College and Seminary will receive over $550,000 in funding from the federal Knowledge Infrastructure Program.

The effects of fusarium head blight in wheat and barley have been well documented over the past two decades.

A food safety expert with the University of Manitoba warns, until we know what foods make people sick most frequently, it’s unlikely we’ll ever be able to manage the risks associated with food borne illness.

On July 2, 2009 at approximately 10:00 a.m., Teulon RCMP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a car and a motorcycle on Highway 7 at the intersection of Provincial Road 231 in Fraserwood, Manitoba.

Manitoba Health and Healthy Living reports that preliminary analysis of the adult mosquitoes trapped for the week of June 28 showed Culex tarsalis mosquitoes in many communities in southern Manitoba, but the numbers remain low.

Manitoba Health and Healthy Living is reporting 227 new confirmed cases of H1N1 flu this past week based on positive lab tests reported by Cadham Provincial Laboratory.