Shannon Dueck

The Manitoba Teachers' Society (MTS) is calling it a historic breakthrough. 

After two years of what it considers intense negotiations aimed at amalgamating the 37 teacher collective agreements under provincial jurisdictions, the MTS Table Team says it achieved a historic breakthrough on Thursday of last week, at the anglophone bargaining table.

Morris RCMP are investigating an alleged hit and run that happened earlier this week west of Rosenort.

Police received a complaint on Tuesday at 8:15 am that a motorcycle had been hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Provincial Road (PR) 205 and PR 422, one mile west of the community.

According to RCMP, the 62-year-old male operator of the motorcycle suffered minor injuries. Police were told that he had been hit by a brown coloured Honda Civic, which did not remain at the scene, but continued driving south towards Morris.

The investigation is ongoing.

The Member of Parliament for Provencher wants to make sure that the ability to use cash as currency is not lost in our country.

Ted Falk had the opportunity last week to introduce a private member's bill. Bill C-400 has been tabled, which calls for a national framework to ensure continued access to and use of cash in Canada. 

RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for three missing children.

On Sunday morning, at 2 am, Boissevain RCMP received a report that three children, who had been previously reported missing in December 2023, from Durham, Ontario, were at the Boissevain Port of Entry.

Officers arrived on scene and located the three children, who were unharmed and with their mother, 55-year-old Astrid Schiller. The children were immediately taken into care.

RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for three missing children.

On Sunday morning, at 2 am, Boissevain RCMP received a report that three children, who had been previously reported missing in December 2023, from Durham, Ontario, were at the Boissevain Port of Entry.

Officers arrived on scene and located the three children, who were unharmed and with their mother, 55-year-old Astrid Schiller. The children were immediately taken into care.

Manitoba RCMP continue the search for a Winnipeg woman who went missing while on a group video call last week. 

On Thursday at approximately 4:10 pm, Whitemouth RCMP received a report of a missing 29-year-old woman from Winnipeg.

It was reported to police that Brittany Dawn Storey was in the Rennie area on a group chat with friends when she reportedly announced she had struck a tree and the call was lost. Despite repeated attempts, nobody was able to reach Storey on her phone.

Saskatchewan RCMP have made two arrests in connection to Wednesday morning's fatal shooting in the Niverville area.

The Official Opposition Leader for Manitoba says he will continue to hold Premier Wab Kinew to account as he leads the Progressive Conservatives for another 12 months.

The PC Party of Manitoba announced this last week that it will select its next leader on April 26, 2025. Wayne Ewasko has been Interim Leader since January. 

"To get the news of the date being near the end of April 2025 is good news," says Ewasko. "And I look forward to seeing how the whole process works out and see who we pick to be not only our next leader next April, but the next Premier of Manitoba."

If the opening week for campsite reservations was any indication, campgrounds in Manitoba might be a little less busy this summer than last year.

The province last week began taking reservations for campsites in Manitoba. According to a provincial spokesperson, there were 45,148 reservations made from Monday to Friday. That is down 2.1 per cent from opening week in 2023. Of those reservations last week, 97.6 per cent were made online and 2.4 per cent were made through the call centre.

A spokesperson for Southern Health-Sante Sud is urging any individual taking the Umary supplement to speak with their physician or pharmacist.