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WINNIPEG — The fountain in Memorial Park will receive a major restoration as part of Manitoba 150 celebrations, the province announced Tuesday.
Premier Brian Pallister says the project is part of $45 million in infrastructure funding planned across the province next year.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba is moving its organ donor registry entirely online and is no longer sending out paper registration cards.
Health Minister Cameron Friesen says the change will ensure people’s wishes are registered centrally, instead of being recorded on a piece of paper that people may or may not carry with them.
The Rural Municipality of Montcalm declared a local state of emergency Monday as water levels rose to overtake a section of road.
The province says mandatory evacuations for a number of residences are taking place as a precaution due to access issues.
WINNIPEG — A new funding agreement is in place for Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre to ensure stability for the next five years.
Under the new provincial agreement, announced on Monday, the Manitoba government is providing $1.12 million to the interpretive centre under the guidance of Ducks Unlimited Canada.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, Neepawa Banner & Press
NEEPAWA, Man. — What would our communities be like without volunteers? It’s a timely question to ask, especially since last week was National Volunteer Week. How would our lives be worse off without the 12.7 million Canadians who give their time?
Working for a newspaper, I feel like I have a front row seat to just how much work volunteers are doing in our communities. On almost every page of the paper, there’s evidence of those giving their time. Many of the stories we cover are about vital work being undertaken by individual volunteers and volunteer-run boards. Many of our ads are for events and initiatives put on by volunteers. We print thank you messages from those whose family members were helped and those whose lives were made a little more comfortable because of people who went out of their way to give their time. I’m always happy when we can share these stories.
Parks Canada is now conducting prescribed fires in Riding Mountain National Park to restore and maintain ecological integrity of certain areas.
The fires are being focused around Lake Katherine and will last until May 10, depending on weather conditions.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is launching an independent review of how Winnipeg city hall approves and inspects construction projects and property development, to address what Premier Brian Pallister says is a drag on the economy.
Pallister also offered Thursday to cost-share a performance review of all city spending in order to find efficiencies.
Two people inside a Portage la Prairie home weren’t injured when a bullet found its way through their window on Tuesday.
RCMP say someone fired a gun through the window of the residence on 18th Street NW at around 4 a.m.
