Effective November 2, 2020, the Great Library will be closed to visitors. Staff will be working from home and we will try to fulfill your requests as best we can. You can reach us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Manitoba Courts continue to operate and we are aware that the library is a place where you can conduct business while attending at court. With the city under a code red public health order, we feel that staff are best protected by working from home.
We will reopen the library once Winnipeg returns to a code orange order. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Library users may already be familiar with one of our online resources, the Irwin Law Collection, available through desLibris, but were you aware that those texts can be downloaded as an eBook for offline research?
Library users will now need to create a Papercut account to use printing and copying services at the library.
To start, email us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca for the registration link and create an account by clicking on “Register as a New User.”
Select a username and password. You will need to enter this on the Xerox machine when copying and scanning, or on the computer when sending a job to the printer.
Once you have created your account, you can login and add credit. You can pay with a PayPal account, credit card, or debit card.
Funds will automatically be deducted from your account when you print or photocopy.
If you need any help setting up an account, or you have any questions please contact the library.
To address the timely release of individuals who have been arrested overnight and held in custody at police facilities anywhere in Manitoba, the Provincial Crown and Legal Aid Manitoba have implemented an overnight bail program.
Effective November 2, 2020, the Provincial Court of Manitoba has added an additional Judicial Justice of the Peace court sitting Monday through Friday at 7:00 a.m.
A number of bills from the previous session of the legislature have been reintroduced, as well as number of new bills as part of the Government’s legislative agenda. To see the government’s news release on this, click here.
Bill 7The Planning Amendment Act – amends The Planning Act to provide that the council of the City of Brandon is the approving authority for the subdivision of land in Brandon.
Bill 8 The Pension Benefits Amendment Act – amends The Pension Benefits Act with changes made in response to recommendations from the Manitoba Pension Commission.
Bill 9The Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act – gives Manitoba a direct and distinct cause of action against manufacturers and wholesalers of opioid products to recover the cost of health care benefits caused or contributed to by an opioid-related wrong.
Bill 12The Crown Land Dispositions Act (Various Acts Amended) – amends The Crown Lands Act, The Expropriation Act, The Land Acquisition Act, The Public Works Act, The Transportation Infrastructure Act and The Water Resources Administration Act.
Bill 13The Public Sector Construction Projects (Tendering) Act – prohibits the issuing of a tender that would require the successful bidder to employ unionized employees or non-unionized employees for work on the project.
The Manitoba Law Library would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are situated on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
Printing and Photocopying
If you need to use the library’s printing and photocopying services you will need to create an account. See us at the front desk for assistance.
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