Shannon Dueck

Hydro rates in our province might not be rising next year by as much as what had been anticipated.

Manitoba Hydro has filed an update to its recent multi-year General Rate Application with the Public Utilities Board (PUB). If approved the average electricity rate increase will be two per cent for each of the fiscal years of 2023-24 and 2024-25. 

With a lot more snow headed for southern Manitoba, snow shoveling could be part of your daily chores more than once this week. A health and fitness coordinator from southern Manitoba is offering some helpful tips for keeping safe and eliminating the pain that can be caused by shoveling snow this time of year.

After days of talking about it, it appears the Colorado Low will move into southern Manitoba later this evening. 

Danielle Desjardins is a meteorologist with Environment Canada. She says the wet and heavy snow will track from south to north, impacting portions of southern Manitoba late this evening and into the overnight periods. About five centimetres of snow is expected before morning.

"We are expecting that the morning commute will be quite slow because there will be ongoing falling snow tomorrow morning," she explains.

After days of talking about it, it appears the Colorado Low will move into southern Manitoba later this evening. 

Danielle Desjardins is a meteorologist with Environment Canada. She says the wet and heavy snow will track from south to north, impacting portions of southern Manitoba late this evening and into the overnight periods. About five centimetres of snow is expected before morning.

"We are expecting that the morning commute will be quite slow because there will be ongoing falling snow tomorrow morning," she explains.

More than two weeks after a 29-year-old Steinbach man was first reported missing, family, friends and RCMP continue to search for his whereabouts.

On November 27th, RCMP received a report that Ryan Cody Maynard was nowhere to be found. Since then, numerous search parties have been organized.

RCMP Sergeant Paul Manaigre says this is still an active ongoing investigation. He says they are trying to solicit tips from the public in order to assist with the investigation.

A Sergeant with Manitoba RCMP says the number of crashes they respond to, where someone has died who was not wearing a seatbelt, keeps climbing year after year.

Sergeant Paul Manaigre says so far this year, 29 individuals have died who were not wearing a seatbelt. There were 27 for all of 2021, 27 for all of 2020 and 25 in 2019. 

A landmark in Rennie has burned to the ground. The Rennie Hotel was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning.

At 3:50 am, officers from the Whitemouth and Lac du Bonnet RCMP detachments were called to the hotel and post office as a fire was noted inside. Police say no injuries were reported. Both buildings were destroyed.

About one in five Manitobans has received a flu shot this year.

That is according to Dr. Davinder Singh, Medical Officer of Health for Southern Health. He says that is down from last year, which saw 28.6 per cent of Manitobans receive a flu shot. In a typical flu season prior to the pandemic, between 20 and 23 per cent of the population was getting vaccinated. 

About one in five Manitobans has received a flu shot this year.

That is according to Dr. Davinder Singh, Medical Officer of Health for Southern Health. He says that is down from last year, which saw 28.6 percent of Manitobans receive a flu shot. In a typical flu season prior to the pandemic, between 20 and 23 percent of the population was getting vaccinated. 

The Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada says the first two weeks of December will not be a sign of things to come this winter in southern Manitoba.

David Phillips released his winter weather outlook on Thursday, which is the first day of winter on the meteorological calendar. 

"I think it's really going to come and bite you deep and hard come next week and the week after," says Phillips, referring to the forecast for our part of the country.