Manitoba news

Manitoba NDP lays out plans to freeze hydro rates, commission bison statue in throne speech  PembinaValleyOnline.com

Manitoba government pledges to freeze electricity and gas rates for a year in throne speech  The Globe and Mail

RCMP say a 36-year-old man is missing and may be in the area bordering central Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 

Manitoba Speech from the Throne – November 19, 2024  Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC)

Manitoba throne speech tackles grocery store competition, Hydro rates and health care  CBC.ca

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's second throne speech promises to stop grocery stores from preventing competitors from opening nearby, and to freeze electricity rates for a year despite Manitoba Hydro's historically high debt.

Family called for help before freezing to death near Manitoba-U.S. border in 2022, smuggler testifies  CBC.ca

As a family of four from India struggled through a brutal snowstorm that would eventually take their lives near the Manitoba-U.S. border almost three years ago, they called one of the people who had sent them there to ask for help, the Minnesota trial of two alleged human smugglers heard Tuesday.

Witnesses have testified about brutal cold along the border between Manitoba and Minnesota, where a family from India froze to death in early 2022 while trying to walk into the United States.

Christopher Oliver, a United States border agent, told jurors Tuesday morning it seemed odd to find a vehicle with out-of-state plates driving so far off of the main roads, just south of the border, on a blizzardy day in northern Minnesota.

Manitoba small businesses sound the alarm over hasty labour reforms  Canadian Federation of Independent Business

UofM cancels classes after threat of violence Tuesday  CHVN Radio

A 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a verbal confrontation that escalated to the fatal stabbing of Jamal Eli Preston Miles, 23, earlier this month.

CBSA changing hours at a dozen Manitoba land ports of entry  PembinaValleyOnline.com

Why a 'civil emergency' alert was issued at U of Manitoba and what happened next  National Post

A 50-year-old man was robbed of his personal belongings and vehicle by a group of four individuals last week, Winnipeg police said. 

Manitoba’s Public Safety Strategy Prioritizes Retail Crime Solutions  Retail Council of Canada

Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024  CBC.ca

Alert issued for dangerous person on University of Manitoba campus  SteinbachOnline.com

Southern Manitoba goes from mild to wild with the season’s first snowstorm  PortageOnline.com

University of Manitoba knife investigation turned over to major crimes unit, police say  Global News Toronto

An emergency situation that shut down the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus early Tuesday has ended without any arrests but police say there is no longer any danger.

Threat ends at U of Manitoba after police called about man with large knife  CBC.ca

An emergency situation that shut down the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus early Tuesday has ended without any arrests but police say there is no longer any danger.

The emergency at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus has concluded and the shelter in place has been lifted, police say.

Reports of a man armed with a knife have prompted a large police presence at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus and forced the cancellation of most classes on Tuesday.

Reports of a man armed with a knife have prompted a large police presence at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus.

Reports of a man armed with a knife have prompted a large police presence at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus.

Reports of a man armed with a knife have prompted a large police presence at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus.

The emergency at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus has concluded and the shelter in place has been lifted, police say.

Reports of a man armed with a knife have prompted a large police presence at the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus and forced the cancellation of all classes on Tuesday.

Police say threat resolved after report of man with knife at University of Manitoba  CTV News Winnipeg

Blizzard conditions met migrants at Manitoba-Minnesota border crossing, trial hears  Global News Toronto

Throne speech promises ER wait times strategy, more competition for grocers  CTV News Winnipeg

Manitoba NDP lays out plans to freeze hydro rates, commission bison statue  Global News Toronto

Snow coming to Manitoba; dangerous conditions expected  CTV News Winnipeg

Prairie generosity: The spirit of giving in Manitoba  DiscoverWestman.com

Expect rain to change to snow in Winnipeg by late day, with accumulation of two to four centimetres possible by the end of Wednesday. Westman can expect snowfall in the range of 10 to 20 centimetres, with higher amounts possible in higher elevations.

Manitoba to add 800 annual hip, knee replacement surgeries in Selkirk  CBC.ca

Premier Wab Kinew is expected to unveil that an additional 800 hip and knee surgeries will be performed out of the Selkirk Regional Health Centre during Tuesday's throne speech at the Manitoba Legislature. 

Dr. Doug Eyolfson says Grace's ER was built to handle 30 active patients, but that number surged to 52 on Sunday — with another 40 people in the waiting room. He said some people waiting for a bed were left on stretchers in the hallways.

The Brandon Police Service should have around 110 officers for the city of 54,000, says Inspector Jason Dupuis. But, currently, they only have 91 members — including eight who are part of a new paid six-month training program.

The Brandon Police Service should have around 110 officers for the city of 54,000, says Inspector Jason Dupuis. But, currently, they only have 91 members — including eight who are part of a new paid six-month training program.

MANITOBA Provincial Government Invests in Building Health-Care Workforce  Education News Canada

Federal government to reduce hours at 12 Manitoba border ports of entry  Winnipeg Free Press

Money for accessibility projects in Manitoba  CTV News Winnipeg

A Manitoba MLA is expressing regret after drawing parallels between the 25-year-old driver in a fatal highway crash and "cheap foreign" labour in the trucking industry, who he says in this instance should be deported if not a Canadian citizen.

The city centre committee passed a motion to lower the speed between River Avenue and Academy Road to 30 kilometres per hour.

One person has died and at least 39 others have been made ill by E. coli infections linked to organic carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, U.S. health officials say. The carrots were also shipped to stores in Canada and Puerto Rico.

AHL: Manitoba Moose Roster Transactions (11/18/2024)  Inside The Rink