News - Manitoba

Health Minister Erin Selby announced that the second of three mobile clinics will begin seeing patients this fall in Southern Health-Santé Sud.

This coming weekend, June 14 and 15, a licence won’t be needed to fish in Manitoba and the provincial park entry fee is waived as well.

The Manitoba government has launched this year’s summer employment programs, creating more than 3,600 jobs for young people across the province including more than 100 new Green Team positions.

The province has released a stronger green plan based on feedback and developing opportunities including the launch of a new $1-million annual fund designed to triple the amount of organics that Manitoba diverts from landfills by 2020.

Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship strongly urges the public not to feed bears at anytime, anywhere and to always Be Bear Smart.

A new online application has been launched to make it easier for seniors to apply for Manitoba’s new Seniors’ School Tax Rebate.

The Manitoba government is strengthening its partnership with the Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba (CNCM) by providing new funding to help support more nutrition programs for school-aged children across the province.

MTS announced that members of the deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired (DHHSI) community now have the ability to communicate with 9-1-1 call centres in Manitoba using wireless text messaging through the Text with 9-1-1 service (T9-1-1).

The Manitoba government is marking the 40th anniversary of the Manitoba Home Care Program and is calling on Manitobans to share their stories and experiences, and recognize a home-care provider who has made a difference.

Proposed amendments introduced to the Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act would better protect the personal safety of police officers by allowing them to be identified by number instead of name as part of public-sector compensation disclosure reporting.