Manitoba Conservation Officers Given New Role in Border Security

Manitoba Conservation Officers Given New Role in Border Security
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew arrives for a first ministers meeting in Ottawa on Jan.15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Manitoba is deploying conservation officers to patrol its southern border as part of a coordinated effort to ramp up security along the boundary it shares with the United States.

Conservation officers stationed in Virden, Boissevain, Manitou, Winnipeg, Steinbach, and Sprague will now conduct border patrol as part of their duties, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said at a news conference at the Emerson border crossing this week.