News - Manitoba

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is issuing a flood warning for the Swan River and tributaries and the Whitemud River.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises the Red River Floodway gates will be raised at 6 p.m. today.

As part of the province’s efforts to make streets safer, Manitoba has introduced legislation that would provide tougher consequences for street racers and convicted impaired drivers.

Manitoba now has a new strategic action plan to prevent workplace injury and illness and to better ensure every worker makes it home safely at the end of the day.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is issuing high-water advisories for smaller rivers, creeks and drains in southeast and south-central Manitoba.

Budget 2013 will help more Manitobans train for and access better jobs with new apprenticeship opportunities and supports for those who are ready to work.

Health Minister Theresa Oswald introduced legislation which would expand the role of nurse practitioners and midwives in the delivery of health care to Manitobans by allowing them to admit patients to hospitals.

To keep the province’s children and youth safe, as of May 1 everyone under the age of 18 will be required to wear a bike helmet when they’re cycling, riding as a passenger or being pulled by a bike.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre advises that, due to temperatures well-above freezing this weekend, it is expected that the snowpack will melt quickly throughout most of southern Manitoba.

New investments in Budget 2013 will help train more nurses to meet the growing demand for health care across the province, Premier Greg Selinger announced.