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To help enhance patient care in rural Manitoba, Shared Health is expanding its Community Paramedic Program to Brandon and Selkirk.

Through this program, patients in these rural communities will be provided with the care they need, without having to leave their community.

The Community Paramedic Program allows for the early identification of care concerns and links patients to the care they need through treatment plans.

Be prepared! The National Public Alerting System has planned an emergency alert test for Wednesday afternoon.

The alert will be broadcast on all communication channels, including television, radio and compatible wireless devices.

The province says testing all components is an important and necessary part of any public alerting system. They say it provides an opportunity to validate and improve the end-to-end performance and reliability of the system to ensure it operates as intended on TV, radio and compatible wireless devices.

The province of Manitoba is making Holocaust education mandatory in secondary schools.

Premier Wab Kinew made the announcement on Apr 24, 2025, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Harvest Manitoba will see a significant rise in the amount of eggs it receives thanks to a generous donation from the Manitoba Egg Farmers. 

MEF announced Tuesday morning that they will double their regular donation of fresh, locally-produced eggs, providing the food bank with 3,600 dozen eggs per month, up from their previous bi-weekly egg donation of 1,800 dozen eggs.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra has shared who will be taking over its most prestigious position.  

The symphony has announced that assistant concertmaster Karl Stobbe has been chosen as the orchestra’s next concertmaster. The choice was made through a blind audition process, where Stobbe was chosen unanimously by the audition panel.  

Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with tariffs and taunts.

Carney and Trump will meet at the White House and the prime minister has said he expects "difficult, but constructive" conversations.

Carney has said the meeting will mark the beginning of a larger economic and security agreement between Canada and the United States.

Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals.

Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area's MP, will not be in the House of Commons when it opens later this month.

In a video posted on social media Monday afternoon, Poilievre says he has a lot to be thankful for after the election, including an expanded coalition of Conservative voters.

Manitoba's new Opposition leader apologized Monday for election campaign advertisements the Progressive Conservative party ran in the last election that promoted their decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims.

Obby Khan used his first legislature speech since winning the Tory leadership on April 26 to say sorry to the victims' families and to promise a new tone from his party.

With only a slight chance of rain over the next several days, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has issued a fire ban for the city of Winnipeg.

The ban prohibits Winnipeggers from having open fires, using backyard fire pits, fireworks or fire pits in City parks and use of solid fuel-burning appliances, including charcoal and wood burning appliances, even if a permit has previously been issued.

Propane and gas barbecues as well as fire tables are permitted.

Manitobans are being encouraged to take proactive steps to protect their families, homes, and communities during Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs from May 4 to 10.

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor says the week is a timely reminder of the power individuals and communities have to get ready for potential emergencies.