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Manitoba's education minister has died.

The Manitoba School Boards Association confirmed that Nello Altomare passed away. 

After being diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer, Altomare took a leave from his ministerial role for medical reasons last October, Tracy Schmidt took over the role on an acting basis.

On his Instagram page, Wab Kinew posted about Nello.

"You were a hell of a guy," read the post. "We did great things together, like putting food in every school for every child in Manitoba. Love you till the end of time. I'll see you again, my friend."

Nello Altomare was 61. 

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A memorial Service has been organized for the late Doug Paulson, the former Manitoba First Nations Police Services Chief.

Paulson passed away in a house fire last week in his home in the RM of Portage la Prairie.

This service will be live-streamed from the RBC convention center this Friday at 1 pm.

To find Paulson's Obituary, and access the live stream memorial, you can Click This Link.

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The Professional Bull Riders' Canada Cup series has announced plans to return to Manitoba for one stop in 2025.

The PBR Mazergroup Chute Out event will return to Westoba Place at Brandon's Keystone Centre for two shows on May 23rd and 24th.

This marks the fourth straight year that PBR is coming to the Wheat City, with this year's stop being expanded to two days after a sold-out show in 2024.

Tickets for this year's show, which will feature the top Canadian and international bull riders, go on sale Friday at 10 am through Ticketmaster.

Dauphin hosted a non-Canada Cup PBR event last spring, and Dauphin Rec Services says they are in talks to try and bring that event back again this year. 

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You can now apply for the new plastic health cards being offered to Manitobans.

Health, Seniors and Long-term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara and Innovation and New Technology Minister Mike Moroz announced Wednesday.

“Our government has been working hard to move our health-card system into the modern era and we’re thankful for Manitobans’ patience as we take time to get this process right,” said Asagwara. “Over the next few months, we expect the popularity of this initiative to mean it may take some time for every Manitoban to receive an updated card but we’re focused on finally getting this done.”

Should you apply for a plastic health card, you can expect it to be developed in the coming months while paper health cards will continue to be accepted at all healthcare facilities in Manitoba. A digital health card option will soon be available. 

“I’m sure Manitobans are just as excited as we are to say goodbye to a fading paper card and replace it with a more durable option,” said Moroz. “This is just one step our government is taking to both modernize government services and make sure Manitobans can easily access services they need.”

Manitoba is also enhancing health-care access for children and youth by transitioning to individual health cards for all Manitobans, including children previously listed on a family card.

The bilingual card now includes a field which allows residents to indicate their official language preference, English or French, making Manitoba the second jurisdiction in Canada to offer this feature. 

To apply for the new card, head here. 

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Dauphin Rotary Club have made another sizable contribution towards Northgate Trails.

In a post on their Facebook page, the Rotary club announced a $10,000 donation to the Dauphin Derailleurs Cycle Club, to be used towards maintenance of the trails at Northgate. 

The money was raised through the club's Race RMNP suite of races, which include the Riding Mountain Half Marathon, the Epic Eastgate Trail Run, the Moose Knuckles Adventure Race, and the Manitoba Snowshoe Run. 

 This year's edition of the Snowshoe run is set for February 17th at Northgate. 

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A total of 195 trees in Dauphin that are infested with Dutch Elm Disease are set to be removed before the end of February.

The city has awarded a contract to Tree Pro of Altona to do the work, marking the third year in a row that the company has been hired for this project.

The work will cost just under 60 thousand dollars to complete.

Dauphin is one of 38 Manitoba communities that participates in the Dutch Elm Disease and Urban Forest Management Program, which is administered under The Forest Health Protection Act and Forest Health Protection Regulations.

Funding is provided to the communities based on the size of trees identified as having to be removed. 

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It's by-election day in the RM of Lakeshore.

Residents in the Rorketon area have a choice between three candidates to become the newest council rep for Ward One.

Carey Guy, Rick Paradis, and Ernie Smadella are all on the ballot for today's by-election, with voting going from 8 am to 8 pm at the Lawrence Rec Centre. 

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The Leadership of the Ebb And Flow First Nation has put pen to paper on a Treaty 2 Agricultural Benefits Specific Claim Submission.

This marks the start of a long journey, as this specific claim will see up to 3 and a half years of review before a settlement is reached.

According to the Government of Canada's Website, Specific claims like this are meant to address past wrongs against First Nations.

Often referred to as "cows and plows," agricultural Benefits Specific Claims would seek to compensate the current indigenous population for the failure to deliver on previous treaty failures.

According to the Ebb & Flow First Nation Ka Ka Kwe Ke Jeong Facebook page, Cheif Wayne Desjarlais and the leadership will host information sessions and provide regular updates as it moves along.

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Workers at Brandon’s Maple Leaf Foods have ratified a new contract.

The 7-year deal includes a 23% bump in wages and a 30% increase in shift premiums.

 The agreement also provides greater flexibility for using banked overtime and secures increased company contributions to benefits, dental plans and pensions.

61 per cent of the members represented by UFCW Local 832 voted in favour of the new deal. 

Maple Leaf has 2,000 employees in their Brandon facility.

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Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives are ringing the alarm over a shortage of paramedics in western Manitoba.

They say it’s reached a crisis point in several communities, adding Virden has just 9 of 17 paramedic positions filled, Erickson with two out of four spots, Shoal Lake at one out of 13, and Russell with 5 out of 13 paramedic spots filled.

They add only 7 of 30 emergency rooms within Prairie Mountain Health were operating at full capacity and were open 24/7 during the month of December.

PC Health Critic Kathleen Cook is accusing the NDP government of abandoning rural Manitobans.

One solution, they say, would be to reinstate a rural paramedic training program that was previously offered in Brandon.

The PC Caucus is also calling on the provincial government to take immediate action, including providing accommodations to paramedics in Shoal Lake in order to make the area more attractive and help alleviate the understaffing at the EMS station.

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A former Parkland resident and former Manitoba PC cabinet minister has won the Conservative nomination to run in the upcoming federal election in Winnipeg South.

Janice Morley-Lecomte, who grew up in the Cayer area and attended school in Ste. Rose, will run against Liberal cabinet minister Terry Duguid in the next federal election, which could happen as early as this spring.

Between 2016 and 2023, Morley-Lecomte served two terms as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the Winnipeg constituency of Seine River, also spending eight months in the cabinet as the Minister of Mental Health and Community Wellness in the short-lived Heather Stefanson government.

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