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The provincial government has released the results of their review of finances conducted by consulting firm KPMG.
Among the recommendations in the report is the use of attrition to reduce the provincial workforce by 8% over the next three years.
“After receiving a strong mandate from Manitobans after 17 years of mismanagement, reckless overspending and ever-increasing debt, the government commissioned a value-for-money review to help us restore fiscal discipline and determine whether the citizens of Manitoba were receiving value for their taxpayer dollars. As promised, we are releasing the findings of those reports with Manitobans today,” Finance Minister Cameron Friesen announced today.
The province also said another KPMG review examining the performance of Manitoba's health system will be ready for release by May 31, 2018.
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Lac du Bonnet RCMP responded to a homicide this morning.
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An Elections Manitoba report says the operating cost of the 41st provincial election last year was just over 13-million-518-thousand dollars.
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Farmers in the Parkland will soon be able to have their peas processed in the new Roquette pea-protein manufacturing site being built in Portage.
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Carpentry & Woodworking students at Assiniboine Community College are building a net-zero energy home this academic year.
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Emergency crews were called to the Maple Leaf Plant early this morning in Brandon.
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Over 90 thousand dollars in funding was announced for three aquatic infrastructure projects around Inglis and Russell/Rossburn areas.
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Winnipeggers and some unions representing health care workers have concerns — and some cautious optimism — about the first closure of a Winnipeg emergency department.
This morning, the Victoria General Hospital emergency department converts to a lower-level urgent care centre.
The hospital's Mature Women's Health Centre saw its last patients on Friday, and patients are being shifted to the Health Sciences Centre.
But the urgent care service — which covers everything from injuries, infections, and other non life-threatening ailments — accounts for the majority of emergency-room visits, according to the Winnipeg health authority, and those services will continue at that site.
With the closure of the Misericordia Urgent Care Centre on Monday, Winnipeggers are being advised to visit the Victoria General Hospital for urgent care instead.
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This week is mental illness awareness week in the Parkland and it is an opportunity for people to learn more about the often stigmatised issue.
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According to reports from family and friends, former Brandonite Tara Roe (formerly known as Tara Smith) was killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday night.
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Portage RCMP are looking for a suspect in a break and enter that occurred yesterday.
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