Progress is being made reinforcing flood protection along the Souris River by municipal and provincial staff.
The Canadian Swine Health Board is confident the appointment of two new PRRS Area and Regional Control and Elimination Coordinators will help speed up efforts aimed at eliminating Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome.
The province has released its new provincial mental-health strategic plan and will invest more than $400,000 to implement initiatives such as establishing a trauma resource centre to strengthen mental-health services in Manitoba.
More than 500 Manitoba high-school students will have an opportunity to explore career options and learn from experts in their prospective fields this year through the province’s new Manitoba Mentors program.
19-year-old Paul Desjarlais has been arrested on an outstanding warrant after trying to flee police yesterday in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Flood-protection efforts by municipal and provincial staff along the Souris River continue. Equipment and resources are being deployed in the area.
A Des Moines based agricultural economist estimates a drop in the price of corn has helped shift the profit outlook for north American pork producers over the next year from one of losses to profitability.
At approximately 6am on June 25, 2011, while investigating a report of a disturbance, Portage la Prairie RCMP seized a quantity of cocaine.
Two Winnipeg men have been arrested after police seized a quantity of marijuana in their possession during a traffic stop last week in the RM of Victoria.
A flood of record on the Souris River has resulted in an intensive flood-protection effort in southwest Manitoba that includes evacuations and dike construction and reinforcement.
