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Published on May 8, 2025Source: CBC/Radio-Canada - Public Broadcaster
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Published on May 8, 2025
Kinew proposes Manitoba ‘nation-building’ projects in letter to PM
“Manitoba is the Costco of critical minerals,” Premier Wab Kinew told the prime minister Wednesday morning, ahead of a Canadian leaders meeting later in the day. In a two-page letter to Mark Carney laying out the province’s top “nation-building” priorities …
Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Neutral -
Published on May 8, 2025
Measles cases on the rise in Manitoba
A spike in measles cases in Manitoba, including several in the Interlake not connected to an infected person, “increases the level of concern,” Southern Health’s medical officer says. “Things are changing very quickly,” Dr. Davinder Singh said Wednesday …
Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Neutral -
Published on May 8, 2025
Nurses rally by the hundreds to say Manitoba's health-care system hasn't improved under NDP
Nurses crammed the steps of the Manitoba Legislature and brought along a cheeky slogan to try to capture the attention of a provincial government they say is excluding them. "Same shift, different day," hundreds of nurses chanted in unison …
Source: CBC/Radio-Canada - Public Broadcaster -
Published on May 8, 2025
Stakeholders in Manitoba’s booming film industry are taking a wait and see approach to tariff threats
CityNews went to the base camp for the upcoming film “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” one of several major film projects shooting in Manitoba this summer, a testament to how much the industry has grown in this province. “What is the main reason they’re coming …
Source: Winnipeg City News - Pending -
Published on May 8, 2025
Manitoba First Nations leaders encourage a holistic, healthy lifestyle at ‘Movement is Medicine’ event
The inaugural “Movement is Medicine 5K Walk/Run” kicked off at Kildonan Park Wednesday, encouraging First Nations members and the community at large to get active. “We wanna encourage our people to get moving because movement really is medicine. We …
Source: Winnipeg City News - Pending -
Published on May 7, 2025
Rural Manitoba crime rates in north 400 per cent higher than south
Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Brandon Sun A new report from Statistics Canada shows that crime rates are dramatically higher in northern Manitoba than the southern part of the province. Data released on Tuesday shows that rural …
Source: Prince Albert Daily Herald - Pending -
Published on May 7, 2025
Seeding advances in Manitoba amid growing moisture concerns
Manitoba farmers are making significant seeding progress under good conditions, although moisture concerns are emerging. Around eight per cent of intended acres were seeded as of May 6, ahead of last year’s four per cent and the five-year average of six …
Source: Manitoba Co-operator - Neutral -
Published on May 7, 2025
CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba reacts to Trump’s film tariff threat
May 7, 2025 — University of Manitoba, Film Professor Brenda Austin Smith, like many in the industry, questions how the tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is. “It’s impulsive, it’s not really all that informed, but it has the …
Source: University of Manitoba - Center-left -
Published on May 7, 2025
Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace
Overall spring planting in Manitoba reached eight per cent complete as of May 6, with some areas of the province much further along, the latest provincial crop report said. Manitoba Agriculture said about half of the spring wheat in the central and …
Source: MarketsFarm - Pending