Currently, Providence College and Seminary in southeastern Manitoba is home to over 100 international students (approximately 17 per cent of the campus’s student population) from 22 different countries, which makes for an incredibly diverse and unique community.
On March 16, 2010, at approximately 3:25pm, Selkirk RCMP received a report of a plane that had crashed in a ditch near Highway 4 in the RM of St. Andrews on the west side of the Red River.
The Canadian Pork Council estimates the Hog Farm Transition Program has resulted in a ten percent reduction in the national breeding herd.
On March 16, 2010, members of the Steinbach RCMP detachment assisted by the Ste. Anne Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence on Fourth Street in Steinbach, Manitoba.
On March 13, 2010, at approximately 9:07pm, Steinbach RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle and persons outside of the 7-Eleven store in Steinbach, Manitoba.
On March 13, 2010 at about 12pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP seized 1176 cartons of contraband cigarettes in a traffic stop near Highway 242 West in Portage la Prairie.
Manitoba Water Stewardship and Manitoba Conservation recommend people stay off rivers and other bodies of water as the spring melt continues.
At 12:35am, on March 14, 2010, members from the Crystal City and Manitou RCMP detachments were called to the scene of a single vehicle collision 1 kilometre west of La Riviere on Highway 3.
In early 2009, RCMP Wasagaming began an investigation into allegations that marijuana was being cultivated at a home in the RM of Clanwilliam, Manitoba.
Recent media attention regarding investment scams in the US and Canada provides the RCMP with an opportunity to educate the public on signs indicative of illegitimate investments and illegal investment schemes.
