News - Manitoba

The deadline to register to participate for the third annual Open Farm Day is April 30, and Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn and Culture, Heritage and Tourism Minister Flor Marcelino encouraged Manitoba farm families to sign up.

The province will help children and families manage diabetes and attain a greater quality of life through a new pediatric insulin pump program.

Students of all ages will have the opportunity to get in motion and learn how to geocache through the new Healthy Schools in motion Geocaching Loaner Program.

A special court that works with individuals whose mental-health issues are causing them to be involved in crime will begin hearing cases on May 10, supported by expanded mental-health services put in place by the province.

Unemployed Manitobans who need assistance to obtain employment insurance benefits will have a stronger advocate in an enhanced Community Unemployed Help Centre (CUHC).

This April Manitobans will have an opportunity to learn and share information about sexual assault through a series of events organized by the Manitoba Women’s Advisory Council (Manitoba Status of Women) in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

The Telecommunications Alliance today announced the launch of a multi-media communications campaign that will help Manitobans prepare for the introduction of 10-digit dialing.

Manitobans are being asked for their feedback on expert panel recommendations on which public places will be required to have defibrillators under the Defibrillator Public Access Act.

The provincial government will now oversee all public-health inspection services in Manitoba, with the transfer of 18 public-health inspectors from the City of Winnipeg to provincial jurisdiction.

Manitoba will take another step forward in expanding high-quality, affordable child care with new funding to child-care centres for 900 spaces, new capital and operational funding for child-care centres and homes, and improved subsidies for those most in need.