News briefs for Monday, August 15, 2022

Former Winnipeg South Centre MP Anita Neville has been chosen to serve as Manitoba’s next lieutenant-governor.

The office of the lieutenant-governor of Manitoba confirmed the upcoming appointment on Monday morning.

Neville will be the province’s 26th lieutenant-governor and the third woman in the province’s history to hold the position. She will also be the first Jewish lieutenant-governor of Manitoba.

Neville takes over the role from Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon, who has held the position for the past seven years.

“Ms. Neville has long been a champion for the people of her community, her province and our country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a release. “As lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, I know she will continue to make a difference for Manitobans and Canadians. I wish her all the best in her new role.”

Manitobans Ashton Bell, Jocelyne Larocque, a pair of blue-liners, and goaltender Kristen Campbell are heading back to the World Women’s Hockey Championship, slated to begin in Denmark on Aug. 25.

All three were members of Canada’s gold-medal-winning effort at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.

 

After widespread outages affecting TV and internet services, Bell MTS is reporting many of its customers are back online.

The outages began Monday afternoon and impacted users across Manitoba.

At 4 p.m., a Bell MTS spokesperson said it had returned service to many of its users, but some were still experiencing intermittent interruptions to their TV and internet services.

Bell MTS did not say what caused the outages.

“We continue to investigate and thank customers for their patience,” the spokesperson said.

The outages are the latest in a series of interruptions Bell MTS users have experienced this year. The service provider previously pointed to inclement weather and a lack of technicians as contributing to the problem.

Bell MTS is reporting its internet and TV services have been completely restored after a widespread outage.

The outages began Monday afternoon and impacted users across Manitoba.

At 5:40 p.m., a Bell MTS spokesperson said all services impacted by the outage should now be back online.

The spokesperson advised any customers still experiencing issues to reboot their internet modems or TV receivers by unplugging the units and then plugging them back in after a few minutes.

Bell MTS did not say what caused the outages.

“We continue to investigate and thank customers for their patience,” the spokesperson said.

The outages are the latest in a series of interruptions Bell MTS users have experienced this year. The service provider previously pointed to inclement weather and a lack of technicians as contributing to the problem.

Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for the municipalities of Norfolk Treherne and North Norfolk, including MacGregor, Sidney and Austin.

They also issued severe thunderstorm watches for Brandon and the municipalities of Glenboro-South Cypress, including Treesbank, North Cypress-Langford, including Neepawa and Carberry and Oakland-Wawanesa, including Carroll.

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing large hail and heavy rain.

These storms are expected until late this evening before weakening and moving out of the region.