As of January 15, Manitobans can begin applying for a more modernized version of the provincial health card. The new plastic cards contain the individual’s name, healthcare numbers, and a QR code which can be scanned to provide additional details.

Administrators at the division scolaire Franco-Manitobaine (DSFM) have been busy over the past few years developing policy to keep up with technologically changing times.

On January 15, approximately 40 new immigrants descended on the community of Île-des-Chênes. For some, it was an opportunity to consider relocating their family to a community outside of Winnipeg. For others, it was simply a chance to see more of what Manitoba has to offer.

Council hosted two delegations at their first public meeting of 2025, held on January 7. First to report was the RM’s emergency measures officer, Harold Schlamp.

Keeping good on their promise, Manitoba’s provincial government recently launched the teacher certification and professional conduct registry, now available online for the public to view.

Adults in the year 1999 will remember, perhaps with some amusement, the great debacle that preceding the transition to the year 2000. The so-called Y2K “millennium bug” many people predicted led to endless doomsday hype, a bug we were told would affect computers, computerized electronics, and anything that relied on them to function.