The provincial government is investing to protect homes, farms and businesses throughout Manitoba from flooding with a $17.5 million program to fund flood mitigation projects over the next five years. The 2010 Manitoba Individual Flood Proofing Initiative includes $9.8 million in financial assistance for the owners to flood proof their buildings and structures up to [...]

The Friday morning commute turned into a challenge for motorists on some Winnipeg streets after a significant amount of rain fell in just a short period of time just after 6 a.m. Several streets were waterlogged, including the Route 90 underpass, where a stalled vehicle was still sitting at around 8 a.m. (above). The McPhillips, [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Prairie farmers in Canada may lose up to $3 billion combined this year after heavy rains and flooding made weather headlines for much of the spring and early summer. Numbers released over the weekend by BMO Capital Markets Economics say the economic impact of the loss is similar to the BSE [...]

Dozens of frustrated city homeowners affected by flooding in late May (photos, video) gathered Wednesday night at an open house at the Gateway Recreation Centre. Representatives from the City of Winnipeg and Province of Manitoba were on hand to discuss Disaster Financial Assistance and the impact of heavy rain on the city. Dozens of residents [...]

Winnipeg residents affected by the recent spring flooding are invited to an open house tonight to learn about Disaster Financial Assistance and the impact of heavy rain on the city. A representative from the province will be on hand and city staff will present information on how the sewer system works and what homeowners can [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein View Larger Map A mobile office will be set up in the town of Emerson on Friday to accept disaster financial (DFA) assistance applications after last weekend’s rain storm. Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) will be there to answer questions and provide advice on cleanup. The office will be in front [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein City crews will be working overtime to pick up flood-damaged items from Winnipeg homes after last weekend’s severe rain storm. The city says crews will be out tonight in the south Transcona area picking up items left at the end of driveways. Residents wanting items removed should contact 311 and let [...]

It’s hard to get a real sense of the damage the weekend thunderstorm caused across southern Manitoba unless you see it from above. River levels are now 10 feet above normal and the city says 110 millimetres of rain accumulated, making the weekend storm a once in fifty year event. A local camera crew went [...]

Premier Greg Selinger is promising financial assistance from the province after a series of communities and municipalities across Manitoba were affected by the surge of rainfall over the weekend, including over 500 homes in Winnipeg. Speaking to reporters at the Red River Floodway gates south of the city on Monday, Selinger said money will start [...]

Posted by David Klassen The gates of the Red River Floodway were operated late Sunday afternoon to move water into the diversion system around Winnipeg. The province wasn’t originally going to activate the Floodway today, but updated data released by the City of Winnipeg earlier in the day resulted in a re-evaluation. It’s not clear [...]

Manitoba Public Insurance will likely be hearing from vehicle owner Ron Kyle (above) today, as his Pontiac Sunfire sustained a bit of water damage, to say the least. Kyle was one of many motorists trying to make their way down Springfield Road on Saturday. Water levels submerged many vehicles in deeper parts of the street. [...]

A downpour Saturday night flooded parts of Bishop Grandin Boulevard near the Pembina Highway underpass. Traffic both eastbound and westbound was slowed down as police directed motorists and helped to move stalled cars out of the way. Traffic westbound from the Pembina turnoff was completely blocked off by police. Watch: The rain also flooded Rumor’s [...]