Effective June 19, 2024, circuit court will move from the community of Lake St. Martin to Pinaymootang First Nation. Court will be held at the Pinaymootang Motel & Entertainment Centre located at 779 Business Road in Fairford, Manitoba.
…in order to improve overall court efficiency, courts that do not require time previously allotted to them will be reduced. To this end, the following changes are being implemented in Minnedosa, Virden, and Russell, effective May 1, 2024:
Minnedosa will now sit twice a month on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Tuesday. The fourth (4th) Tuesday sitting is cancelled;
Virden will now sit twice a month on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Friday of the month. The fourth (4th) Friday sitting is cancelled;
Russell will now sit every second (2nd) month (instead of every month) in April, June, August, October, November, February.
…the Provincial Court of Manitoba is implementing a regional protocol for pre-trial coordination that will apply in the regional judicial centres of Brandon, Dauphin, Portage la Prairie, and The Pas.
The regional protocol is effective April 16, 2024 in the judicial centre of Brandon.
The facility in the community of Oxford House will be ready for court in December. Court for Oxford House will be returning to the community, commencing with the Judicial Justice of the Peace (JJP) docket on December 8, 2023.
October 20, 2023 – Regional Adult Pre-Trial Coordination Protocol (The Pas) – the Provincial Court of Manitoba is implementing a regional protocol for pre-trial coordination that will apply in the regional judicial centers of Brandon, Dauphin, Portage la Prairie, and The Pas. The regional protocol is effective November 10, 2023 in the judicial center of The Pas.
An Act Respecting the Title of “Associate Judge” received royal assent on May 30, 2023. The Bill comes into force on September 27, 2023. The Bill amends The Court of King’s Bench Act to change the designation of judicial officers appointed under Division 2 of Part IV of the Act from “master” to “associate judge”. In view of the amendments, necessary changes are being made to the Court of King’s Bench Rules, as well as to the website, court forms, and courthouse signage.
To accommodate the increased needs of disposition time and Mental Health Court courtroom 306 is now designated a DCD sitting on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Motions will now only be heard on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 2:00PM in courtroom 306. Matters from the Provincial Court counter(PCC) will continue to be heard on any 306 2:00PM docket Monday through Friday.
Effective October 5, 2023, Steinbach will begin a Pre-Trial Coordinator Docket (PTC Docket) as a pilot project. It will sit the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month and will be presided over by a Staff Justice of the Peace.
A Judge’s Docket will be held every Friday, where all contested matters, dispositions, trials and preliminary inquiries can be set.
There are additional sittings and changes to Little Grand Rapids and St. Theresa Point, as well as changes to the Pine Falls youth docket.
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.
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Please note: The library will be closing early on Friday, December 13th at 11:00AM for a special event. Regular library service will resume Monday, December 16th at 8:30AM.
Scheduled Maintenance Notice: Please note there will be a brief disruption in accessing the Library website, including catalog and online resources, on the morning of Friday, December 13, 2024.