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Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Saturday, Sep. 7, 2019

Advance voting higher than 2016 Elections Manitoba reported Friday that 113,605 votes had been cast in the provincial election.

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Advance voting higher than 2016 Elections Manitoba reported Friday that 113,605 votes had been cast in the provincial election.

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Advance voting higher than 2016

Elections Manitoba reported Friday that 113,605 votes had been cast in the provincial election.

In a news release, the agency said 112,983 Manitobans cast ballots during the eight days of advance voting this year, compared with about 110,000 in 2016. As well, 409 absentee votes and 213 home-bound votes had been received.

Election day is Tuesday. Voting places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Eligible voters can check their voter information card or the Elections Manitoba website for information on where to vote. Everyone must show ID to vote — either one piece of government-issued photo ID or two other pieces. Voters are encouraged to bring their voter information card, which can be used as a piece of ID.

Tories take aim at flood concerns

The Progressive Conservatives have pledged to address water-management issues in southwest Manitoba.

They promised Friday to spend $1 million on watershed mapping, and said they’d work with the government of Saskatchewan to improve cross-border co-operation on drainage issues.

“Manitoba landowners, particularly in Westman, continue to be hit by excess water and flooding in the spring,” PC Leader Brian Pallister said. “Our additional investments and the steps we are announcing today will improve protection for downstream landowners and enhance watershed management on the Prairies.”

Greens target mental health

A provincial government headed by the Green Party of Manitoba would increase the percentage of the health-care budget that’s spent on mental-health services to 10 per cent, leader James Beddome promised.

Beddome estimated the province spends about five per cent of its budget on mental health.

The leader told reporters Friday his party would invest in psychologists, harm-reduction programs and telehealth services for Manitobans, especially in remote communities.

Indigenous people, low-income Manitobans and others in marginalized groups are affected the most when it comes to mental health and addiction, Beddome said.

“We have, honestly, a crisis on our hands and we need a party that’s going to deal with this, that’s going to take this seriously and, sadly, the Pallister government has failed to do that,” Beddome said.