The Manitoba government is moving ahead with legislation that would open birth and adoption records, and make new adoption records more open.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., ice that had blocked the culvert at the base of a former railway embankment near Birtle released.
Children and youth across Manitoba will soon ride their bicycles, wearing new bike helmets purchased as part of the province’s Low-Cost Bike Helmet Initiative.
Overnight, a large excavator cut through a section of a former rail bed to release water trapped behind a 30-metre-high embankment near Birdtail Creek and PTH 45.
Overnight, a large excavator cut through a section of a former rail bed to release water trapped behind a 30-metre high embankment near Birdtail Creek and PTH 45.
Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation (MIT) staff will undertake a small, controlled breach at the failing embankment located upstream of Birdtail Creek.
The former railway embankment with a frozen box culvert at its base holding back a significant amount of water near PTH 45 continues to fail.
An embankment holding back water on a tributary of Birdtail Creek has started to fail. When it fails, a surge of water will travel quickly down Birdtail Creek, affecting communities downstream.
An embankment holding back water on a tributary of Birdtail Creek is failing. This will result in a surge of water traveling quickly down Birdtail Creek and will affect communities downstream.