Manitoba

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[Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) [Weekend weather: Snowfall warnings issued in N.B., N.S. Police seek footage of Ford Expedition in Douglasdale shooting death](https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/caught-on-camera-police-seek-footage-of-ford-expedition-in-douglasdale-shooting-death-1.6197878) to see mix of rain and snow](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/weekend-weather-snowfall-warnings-issued-in-n-b-n-s-and-p-e-i-to-see-mix-of-rain-and-snow-1.6197739) Environment Canada has issued a number of snowfall warnings and special weather statements for New Brunswick. [Vancouver Island](https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/) [Vancouver](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/) [Police incident unfolding in Burnaby, IIO deployed](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/police-incident-unfolding-in-burnaby-iio-deployed-1.6198029) Ready your shovels: the snow has started to fall in Montreal and surrounding areas, with 15 to 25 centimetres expected by Saturday afternoon. [Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) [Montreal](https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/) A large storm system from the U.S. [Northern Ontario](https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/) [Saskatoon](https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/) [Alaska bound plane makes emergency landing in Saskatoon](https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/alaska-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-saskatoon-1.6197282)

The winter storm causing disruptions in southern Manitoba is expected to continue throughout the day, according to Environment Canada.

Officials are urging people to postpone non-essential travel until conditions improve, as the blowing snow and poor visibility may make driving difficult. Conditions are expected to improve later on Friday afternoon or evening, as the winds diminish. The gusty winds and poor visibility may be intermittent at times but are expected to remain an issue into early Friday afternoon.

Manitoba is seeing a number of school closures on Friday due to poor driving conditions and reduced visibility from the snow.

[Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) [Weekend weather: Snowfall warnings issued in N.B., N.S. Police seek footage of Ford Expedition in Douglasdale shooting death](https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/caught-on-camera-police-seek-footage-of-ford-expedition-in-douglasdale-shooting-death-1.6197878) to see mix of rain and snow](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/weekend-weather-snowfall-warnings-issued-in-n-b-n-s-and-p-e-i-to-see-mix-of-rain-and-snow-1.6197739) Environment Canada has issued a number of snowfall warnings and special weather statements for New Brunswick. [Vancouver Island](https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/) Ready your shovels: the snow has started to fall in Montreal and surrounding areas, with 15 to 25 centimetres expected by Saturday afternoon. These areas can expect another two to five centimetres (cm) of snow, as well as reduced visibility from blowing snow and northerly winds as high as 60 km/h. [Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) [Montreal](https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/) A large storm system from the U.S. - For the Brandon School Division, Alexander, O’Kelly and Spring Valley Schools are closed. Buses will not be running outside of Brandon; however, they will be operating within the city.

UPDATE: Most of the travel not recommended advisories have been lifted in southeast Saskatchewan. Still affected are Highway 8 from Redvers to an area north ...

At this time, the parking lot and roads leading into the Estevan Leisure Centre are difficult to pass through. The city will reassess the weather situation at that time and announce the plan for the evening programming. The City of Estevan says the seniors Christmas lunch scheduled for today has been called off.

Most students in Southeastern Manitoba will be staying home from school today. The Hanover School Division along with several others will be closing its ...

[Click here for more details](https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?mb2). [click here](https://steinbachonline.com/features/road-reports-and-cancellations) The Hanover School Division along with several others will be closing its doors to students and staff due to extreme weather and hazardous winter driving conditions.

The number of deaths being attributed to influenza in Manitoba has spiked, according to the province's latest respiratory virus surveillance report.

That's down from 14.5 per cent the prior week (and 15.4 per cent the week before that). However, Manitoba's flu test positivity rate increased to 27.2 per cent in the current reporting period, from 19.5 per cent for the Nov. There were 59 people admitted to hospital with the illness, including 15 who needed intensive care. Despite that, the total number of influenza A cases this flu season also soared in the latest report. Six of the most recent patients were admitted to intensive care units. 4-10](http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/surveillance/influenza/2022_2023/week_49/index.html), says there have now been 22 flu-related deaths.

While influenza activity is rising, COVID-19 activity is declining, according to the report. The province reported 154 cases this week, down from 251 in the ...

[Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) [Weekend weather: Snowfall warnings issued in N.B., N.S. to see mix of rain and snow](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/weekend-weather-snowfall-warnings-issued-in-n-b-n-s-and-p-e-i-to-see-mix-of-rain-and-snow-1.6197739) Environment Canada has issued a number of snowfall warnings and special weather statements for New Brunswick. As of 4 p.m. Ready your shovels: the snow has started to fall in Montreal and surrounding areas, with 15 to 25 centimetres expected by Saturday afternoon. [Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) A large storm system from the U.S. [Toronto](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/) While influenza activity is rising, COVID-19 activity is declining, according to the report. This week, six people were admitted to hospital, and no ICU admissions were reported. 4 to 10, shows 22 deaths from influenza this season, an increase from 12 in the report last week. The report says this is higher than the 21.5 per cent test-positivity rate seen nationally.

Manitoba Hydro has reduced its rate hike request to the Public Utilities Board by 1.5%, the crown utility announced Friday. Read more.

The average customer will see less than a $3 a month change in electric heating costs, which is based on an average of 1,000-kilowatt hours (kWh) per month and less than $6 a month for those with electric heating based on an average consumption of 2,000 kWh a month. They also ensure we have the financial resources available to address the risks created by factors out of our control like increasing interest rates, export prices and droughts like what we saw in 2021.” Hydro says it has filed a request that would see increases of 2% in each of the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Hydro had originally asked for a 3.5 per cent increase in each of the next two fiscal years but now it's down to two per cent.

The updated rate increase request comes after the provincial government announced in November it would help cut costs for customers by reducing the amount of money it gets from Hydro every year. This change would mean an increase of less than $3 for the average customer without electric heating, and $6 a month for the average customer with electric heating, Hydro said in a release Friday. Hydro had originally asked for a 3.5 per cent increase in each of the next two fiscal years but now it’s down to two per cent.

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 ...

The utility had initially asked for 3.5 per cent in each of the next two fiscal years. It is estimated the changes will save Manitoba Hydro approximately $190 million in the 2022-23 fiscal year alone. Manitoba Hydro has filed an update to its recent multi-year General Rate Application with the Public Utilities Board (PUB).

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two ...

You are missed," said Stefanson. You are loved. The committee is to put together a feasibility study that will include a search and budget plan that will then be presented to different levels of government.

The Manitoba government is now part of an Indigenous-led oversight committee on the feasibility of searching landfills for missing women.

to see mix of rain and snow](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/weekend-weather-snowfall-warnings-issued-in-n-b-n-s-and-p-e-i-to-see-mix-of-rain-and-snow-1.6197739) hospital, 88-year-old awaiting nursing home placed in supply room](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/in-crowded-n-b-hospital-88-year-old-awaiting-nursing-home-placed-in-supply-room-1.6199315) [Regina](https://regina.ctvnews.ca/) [Fire destroys well known restaurant in southeastern Sask. Environment Canada has issued a number of snowfall warnings and special weather statements for New Brunswick. Trucks will be rumbling through the city's boroughs all weekend. Safety for those searching was also a key point for Paulsen, making sure that everyone had the proper protective equipment and knew the boundaries of the landfill. [Charitable donations in Sask. "The first thing I would talk with the governing bodies and tell them that they need to be in it for the long haul. My guys and gals were living and breathing this case for seven months until we came out of that landfill…it weighed on them, it worked on them." After 30 days of searching, the successful results drop dramatically," said Paulsen. He also researched and wrote about other landfill searches in the United States and how they were handled. of Rosser.