Candace Derksen

The Manitoba Government is kick-starting the province's Rural Doctor Recruitment Fund. It's all part of the NDP's healthcare investments highlighted in its inaugural budget on Tuesday.

"I was at Boundary Trails within the past couple of weeks and (I'm) excited to see that expansion continuing. We're committed to that, along with others at Bethesda and Portage and Brandon and Neepawa. So, we know that there's going to be a huge need, as these new facilities come online, to have the staff," explained Premier Wab Kinew.

It'll be another needs-based, break-even budget for Border Land School Division (BLSD) in 2024/25. 
 
Trustees have approved an operating budget of $40,587,010 and a capital budget of $396,400 for the next school year. That's a 5.4 per cent increase in spending. 
 
"All of our costs have gone up," said Board Chair Patty Wiebe. "Wages, of course, are a big portion and that will always be increasing." 
 

Emerson-Franklin Reeve, Dave Carlson, is calling the province's latest spring flood update good news. 
    
According to the latest outlook, issued Tuesday morning, the risk is low along the Red River and its tributaries, and generally low for the Roseau - both of which flow through Carlson's municipality.

"Over the last several years, we've had several floods and some of them, quite damaging. So, to have a year, potentially, because we're not out of the woods yet, with a low flood outlook is welcome news," says Carlson.

The Manitoba Government says Manitoba's fuel supply has increased since repairs began on the Imperial Oil pipeline south of St. Adolphe.
    
The line, between Gretna and a Winnipeg terminal, was shut down 10 days ago after inspections earlier in the year led the company to make the proactive decision to carry out preventative maintenance to ensure the continued integrity of the line.
    

The Town of Morris is taking its economic development efforts to the next level. 

Manitoba RCMP are warning the public to be safe and aware if pulling over to help someone on the roadside.
    
The message comes as Pembina Valley officers investigate a suspicious vehicle that was reported on Highway 3 between Thornhill and Darlingford on Tuesday.
    

"This is a dark time in Manitoba." Those words from Premier Wab Kinew who offered his condolences and words of encouragement during a news conference Monday after RCMP provided an update on the five homicides that took place Sunday in and around Carman and the R.M. of Cartier. 

It's been decided. The first regional facility built by Red River Supportive Housing - Logement Supervisé de la Rivière Rouge Inc., will go up in Morris.

The housing complex would be the first step, and serve as the hub, to enhancing housing, social, economic, and community services in the Town of Morris and RMs of Morris and Montcalm. 

Morris Deputy Mayor, Chris Hamblin, chairs the group and says they are looking to attach it to the existing arena and Multiplex. They are eyeing a plot of land on the west side of the Multiplex currently owned by the Valley Ag Society.

It's being billed as the largest Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seizure of illegal narcotics to ever occur in the Canadian Prairies, and it happened only a few hours from Estevan.

At a news conference in Winnipeg on Wednesday morning, authorities announced officers at the Boissevain Port of Entry discovered and seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine following a search of a commercial truck on January 14th. According to SFC Ken MacGregor, that's about 4 million illicit doses with a street value of over $50 million. 

The mild weather has people wondering about the condition of outdoor winter recreation opportunities in the area, including that of Lake Minnewasta.