News - Manitoba

Manitoba’s provincial campgrounds experienced an increase in reservations this year, despite the wettest summer and fall in Manitoba in almost 30 years, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today.

A new partnership between the Province of Manitoba and the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) will explore ways to use the next generation of environmentally friendly vehicles safely in Manitoba communities.

Youth are being encouraged to volunteer in healthy-living related activities with the incentive of scholarship awards and the Premier’s Healthy Living Award, Premier Greg Selinger announced.

Cleanup and repairs have begun of the significant storm damage suffered by all provincial parks around the south basin of Lake Winnipeg and at least one on Lake Manitoba, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced.

Manitoba’s plan for steady and strong economic growth has made the province a growth leader in Canada’s labour market over the past year, Entrepreneurship Training and Trade Minister Peter Bjornson announced.

The next generation of agriculture producers who are 4-H members will have the opportunity to learn more about livestock this weekend at two beef-cattle project workshops, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers said.

Annual patient-safety reports, analysis and learning sessions for staff, quarterly critical incident summaries and a new website are among the new tools being introduced as the next steps in Manitoba’s strategy to reduce errors in the health-care system.

Dozens of career-development learning opportunities will be available to Manitobans across the province this week, Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau announced today at the launch of the second annual Career Week in Manitoba.

One hundred young people had a unique opportunity to speak directly with four of Manitoba’s leaders and to pose questions on youth issues at a town hall session with Premier Greg Selinger and provincial cabinet ministers.

More Manitoba physicians will be able to make use of electronic medical records (EMR) to better manage patient information with the support of a new funding program, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced.