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“Equipping Manitobans with the information they need to stay safe while restarting our economy will help ensure we are better prepared to navigate through the COVID challenges ahead, said Premier Pallister.
Governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest up to $2.5 million cost-shared funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership program to support new technologies in Merit Functional Foods’ new state-of-the-art, plant protein production facility.
Research Manitoba is pleased to announce a $250,000 investment to support two COVID-19 Innovation Proof-of-Concept (IPoC) Grants to local companies
Pfizer Canada and BioNTech SE announced an agreement with the Government of Canada to supply their BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV2, subject to clinical success and Health Canada approval.
The $3 million Special COVID-19 Response Initiative assists Agri-Processors, Industry Organizations and Industry Service Providers to adapt production processes and implement new strategies and technologies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.
Classroom learning will resume on Sept. 8 for all students in kindergarten through Grade 12 at schools across Manitoba following last spring’s suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today.
Following public health advice and feedback from Manitobans, the province has adjusted plans for the fourth phase of the Restoring Safe Services roadmap as part of the #RestartMB program, Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Friesen announced
As part of #RestartMB, Manitoba’s roadmap to recovery, the Manitoba government is expanding its ‘Back to Work’ wage subsidy program and providing additional financial support for businesses to bring more Manitobans back, Premier Brian Pallister announced.
The governments of Canada and Manitoba announced a new $3-million cost-shared Canadian Agricultural Partnership program to support projects that will help agricultural processors mitigate the spread of COVID-19
The Manitoba government has selected nine businesses to receive more than $750,000 through the Innovation Growth Program (IGP), an investment designed to help them develop and commercialize new, innovative products and services, Minister Eichler announced
Precision ADM, Inc., a global medical device company and advanced manufacturing solutions provider announced that their CANSWAB™ nasopharyngeal swabs are the first Canadian-made COVID-19 testing product to receive Health Canada approval
Through the Manitoba Works Capital Incentive, the Manitoba government will provide a rebate of up to $4.2 million over a maximum of 20 years to a commercial greenhouse development in the Parkland region, Minister Eichler announced
CHRIM Investigators Awarded Prestigious CIHR Funding to understand impact of COVID-19
The Manitoba government is introducing the Manitoba Job Restart program, which will provide direct payments to a maximum of $2,000 to help qualified Manitobans return to work, Premier Brian Pallister announced today.
Cerebra Health, 1 amongst 50 companies to be selected to participate in the 2020 MedTech Innovator Accelerator program, featuring the most promising medical technologies from around the globe.
Protein Supercluster investment to help find solutions to processing in cold climates and new pea and fava bean products.
“We are thrilled to receive this MTEC Award, which we believe is a testament and preliminary validation to both the DispersinB® technology as well as the dire need for a non-healing chronic wound treatment,” said Marc Edwards, President and CEO
Red River College's Prairie Research Kitchen won the Canadian Association of Research Administrators’ (CARA) Research Partnership Award, for its ongoing work with Manitoba food start-up Prairie Fava.
The Manitoba government is seeking feedback from the public on its proposed plan to ease public health restrictions and continue safely restoring services, while ensuring physical distancing, Premier Brian Pallister announced today.
"Health Canada reached out to us a couple of months ago to make hand sanitizer," says Friesen, "so in response we began making a really value-added premium hand sanitizer that has been very well received."
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine did not help prevent people who had been exposed to others with COVID-19 from developing the disease, according to the results of an eagerly awaited study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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