Travel Manitoba is receiving $4.5 million from the government to help showcase the province to potential tourists, especially to Canadians looking to vacation at home and avoid the U.S. 10% of the funding is set aside specifically for Indigenous Tourism Manitoba. Cross border traffic has dropped since American President Donald Trump initiated a trade war.
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Striking workers at two Manitoba Métis and Michif child and family services agencies will be back on the job today. An agreement has been reached to resolve the contract dispute through arbitration. Employees were asking for a 4-year deal with a 14% wage increase – similar to what other civil services received last year.
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Manitoba RCMP are investigating robberies at three farms within a few hours of each other in the MacGregor area. They happened on Sunday, and police say in one incident at least five suspects were involved – and two had guns. No-one was hurt in the robberies, but thieves made off with a pickup truck, an ATV and tools. A 17-year-old girl from Sandy Bay First Nation was later arrested.
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Brandon police are investigating a couple of break-ins on Sunday. A business in the 800 block of 18th Street was robbed at around 2:00 am – and then just before noon, a computer, printer ink, office keys and a skid steer were taken from a business in the 300 block of 12th Street.
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The trial of a Manitoba First Nation chief is on hold after he was attacked outside a Winnipeg courthouse on Monday. Two people were arrested after Christopher Traverse was assaulted before entering the building. His trial on child sex assault charges is to resume in June.
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A record number of insurance claims were filed in 2024 due to extreme weather, and has resulted in a jump in home insurance rates. They’re up almost 5.3%, well above the rate of inflation. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says climate change is a major factor causing storms, wildfires and flooding – which is the costliest. Around 1.5 million Canadian homes are not eligible for flood insurance because the risk is too high.
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The Manitoba government is spending $500,000 to install 51 new electric vehicle charging stations across the province. Brandon is getting four ‘Level 2’ chargers. The government says the new EV stations are part of its vision to grow the use of zero-emission vehicles in Manitoba.
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On the federal election campaign trail on Monday, Liberal leader Mark Carney promised a new nature strategy to preserve natural habitats and use our finite resources to maximum effect, the Conservatives Pierre Poilievre pledged to speed up major resource projects – and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said workers should be compensated for unpaid wages, benefits and severance ahead of creditors when companies like Hudson Bay file for bankruptcy.
