
Tag Archives Government of Manitoba

Province promises emergency communications upgrade
The province says it will foot the bill for setting up a new multimillion-dollar emergency communications network to be in place by 2021

RMs near halfway mark on hog barn rule revisit
The clock is ticking for municipalities to set their own size limits when it comes to conditional use for hog barns

Manitoba’s consultations begin on pricing for carbon emissions
KAP members will be looking at what an offset market means for agriculture

The Open Kitchen
Manitoba’s only privately owned, rural state-of-the-art processing facility supports new food entrepreneurs

Winter logging in Riding Mountain’s past
Timber was source for thriving industry in the ’20s and early ’30s
STARS heavily reliant on donors
Patients are not required to pay for emergency transport

Hundreds of jobs cut at Agriculture Canada
Farmers question the federal government’s commitment to publicly funded agricultural research
by Allan Dawson Almost 700 Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) employees across Canada, including 55 in Manitoba, have been notified their jobs are on the line. Their unions say the notifications are part of a plan to eliminate an estimated 400 jobs as the federal government tries to cut spending. The Brandon Research Station’s beef researchChronic issues must be addressed
Every beef producer in Manitoba has a stake in seeing TB eradicated in the area around Riding Mountain National Park
Farm groups often bemoan the fact that it can be difficult to work with governments. You will also often hear associations complain that one department is pursuing objectives that are diametrically opposite to the initiatives of another branch of government. Unfortunately, these complaints often contain a grain of truth. However, it is also true that