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In November 2025, Garden Hill Anisininew Nation declared a state of emergency. The threat was not wildfire or flood. The reason was hepatitis A, a vaccine-preventable liver infection spread through contaminated water, food and close contact.

As of July 16, 2026, Manitoba had recorded 898 cases of hepatitis A across the province since September 2024, including 197 hospitalizations and seven deaths.

Manitoba Health says most cases spread from person to person, while inadequate sewage and water infrastructure in remote communities has contributed to ongoing transmission.

The outbreak has spread across all four Anisininew Nations of the Island Lake region — Garden Hill, St. Theresa Point, Wasagamack and Red Sucker Lake.

Good debt or bad?Re: Hydro debt is good debt (Letters, Aug. 6)

I think Vince Warden’s characterization of all of Manitoba Hydro’s debt as “good debt” may be questionable.

For example, the building of Bipole III on the western side of the province instead of the more direct route along the east side of Lake Winnipeg was felt by many to be a decision based on politics rather than economics. The eastern route would have been shorter, less costly to build, less costly to maintain and would have resulted in less line loss.

I don’t want to reopen the debate, I just want to make the point that if the contribution of a capital asset, purchased using debt, could have been acquired at a lower cost, the additional debt is not “good debt”.