NOTICE PROVINCIAL COURT OF MANITOBA (Regional Centres)

Re: Rescheduling of Adult and Youth Out of Custody Matters due to COVID-19

The Provincial Court of Manitoba has issued Notices to the Profession on November 16, 2020, November 30, 2020, December 4, 2020 and December 11, 2020 with respect to the rescheduling of out of custody matters in regional court centres. Due to the on going pandemic in Manitoba and the uncertainty as to whether the current restrictive public health orders will be extended beyond January 8, 2021, and in order to bring predictability to the court schedule, the following date changes apply to out of custody matters scheduled between January 11, 2021 and January 29, 2021 in the regional court centres of Brandon, Thompson, The Pas, Dauphin and Portage la Prairie. All matters adjourned as per previous Notices to dates after January 29, 2021 are expected to proceed on those dates. Brandon Court Centre Adult Out of Custody All provincial adult out of custody matters appearing in courtroom 101 will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 11, 2021 to March 1, 2021 January 14, 2021 to March 4, 2021 January 18, 2021 to March 8, 2021 January 21, 2021 to March 11, 2021 January 25, 2021 to March 15, 2021 January 28, 2021 to March 18, 2021

Youth Out of Custody All provincial youth out of custody matters appearing in courtroom 101 will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 12, 2021 to March 2, 2021 January 19, 2021 to March 9, 2021 January 26, 2021 to March 16, 2021 Rescheduling of Adult and Youth Out of Custody Matters due to COVID-19 Regional Court Centres Page 2 January 6, 2021

Federal Out of Custody All federal adult and youth out of custody matters appearing in courtroom 102 will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 14, 2021 to February 11, 2021

Adult and Youth Out of Custody Trials, Preliminary Hearings and Dispositions All adult and youth out of custody trials, preliminary hearings and dispositions scheduled for the weeks set out below will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 11 to 15, 2021 to February 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm courtroom 101 January 18 to 22, 2021 to March 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm in courtroom 101 January 25 to 29, 2021 to March 11, 2021 at 2:00 pm in courtroom 101

Thompson Court Centre

Thompson Judicial Justice of the Peace Dockets All out of custody matters appearing on the 10:00 a.m. Judicial Justice of the Peace dockets will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 19, 2021 to March 2, 2021 January 26, 2021 to March 16, 2021

Thompson Out of Custody Youth All out of custody youth matters appearing on the 10:00 a.m. docket will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 13, 2021 to February 10, 2021 January 27, 2021 to February 24, 2021

Thompson Out of Custody Trials, Preliminary Hearings and Dispositions All adult and youth out of custody trials, preliminary hearings and dispositions scheduled January 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 2021 will be administratively adjourned to February 19, 2021 Trial Coordinator Court. Thompson Domestic Violence Court All matters from the January 18, 2021 docket will be administratively adjourned to the March 1, 2021 docket. Rescheduling of Adult and Youth Out of Custody Matters due to COVID-19 Regional Court Centres Page 3 January 6, 2021

Thompson Federal Prosecutions Court All out of custody matters on the January 22, 2021 docket will be administratively adjourned to the February 26, 2021 docket

The Pas Court Centre All provincial and federal adult and youth out of custody matters appearing on the 10:00 a.m. docket on the following days will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 12, 2021(o/c Docket) to February 9, 2021,(o/c Docket) Courtroom B January 26, 2021 (o/c docket) to February 23, 2021 (o/c docket), Courtroom B The Pas Federal Court All out of Custody matters on the January 22, 2021 Docket will be administratively remanded to February 12, 2021

Adult and Youth Out of Custody Trials and Preliminary Hearings: All out of custody trials and preliminary hearings set between January 8 and January 29, 2021 will be administratively adjourned to the Trial Coordinator Docket on February 12, 11:00 a.m. Courtroom B.

Dauphin Court Centre

Adult Out of Custody All provincial adult out of custody matters will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 12, 2021 to February 23, 2021 January 19, 2021 to March 2, 2021 January 26, 2021 to March 9, 2021

Youth Out of Custody All youth out of custody matters will be administratively adjourned from: January 11, 2021 to February 22, 2021 January 25, 2021 to March 8, 2021 Rescheduling of Adult and Youth Out of Custody Matters due to COVID-19 Regional Court Centres Page 4 January 6, 2021

Adult and Youth Out of Custody Trial, Preliminary Hearings and Dispositions All out of custody adult and youth matters set for trial, preliminary hearing and dispositions scheduled during the weeks set out below will be administratively adjourned as follow: January 11 to 15, 2021 to February 23, 2021 January 18 to 22, 2021 to February 23, 2021 January 25 to 29, 2021 to February 23, 2021

Child Protection Trials January 12, 13, 18, 2021 administratively adjourned to February 04, 2021 to set new date January 19, 20, 2021 adjourn to the continuation date of February 03, 2021

Portage la Prairie Court Centre All out of custody adult matters appearing at 9:00 a.m. on the Portage Resolution Docket between January 15, 2021 and January 29, 2021 will be administratively adjourned as follows: January 15, 2021 to February 12, 2021 January 22, 2021 to February 19, 2021 January 29, 2021 to February 26, 2021 All out of custody adult matters appearing at 9:00 a.m. on the Portage First Appearance Docket on January 12, 2021 will be administratively adjourned to February 09, 2021. All other Out of Custody Adult Matters All other out of custody adult matters will be administratively adjourned to the Portage Resolution Docket on February 12, 2021. Out of Custody Youth Matters The January 13, 2021 youth docket will be heard virtually, all parties may appear remotely. Rescheduling of Adult and Youth Out of Custody Matters due to COVID-19 Regional Court Centres Page 5 January 6, 2021

Additions and Corrections to the Notice of December 30, 2020 Winnipeg Court Centre Emerson - January 20 criminal trials will proceed as scheduled; January 20th child protection docket will take place virtually in Winnipeg. Lundar – January 21, 2021 docket will be heard virtually in Winnipeg, all parties may appear remotely. Dauphin Court Centre Camperville - January 28, 2021 will take place virtually in Dauphin, all parties may appear remotely. Roblin - January 21, 2021 will take place virtually in Dauphin, all parties may appear remotely. Swan River - January 20, 2021 docket will take place virtually in Dauphin, all parties may appear remotely. January 27, 2021 - trial will proceed as scheduled. Portage la Prairie Court Centre January 26, 2021 trials (Sandy Bay) will proceed as scheduled in Portage la Prairie Thompson Court Centre January 18, 2021 Norway House/Cross Lake child protection will take place virtually in Thompson, all parties may appear remotely. January 18, 2021 Split Lake trials (not January 19th as noted in the December 30th notice) will be administratively adjourned to April 19, 2021. January 19, 2021 God’s Lake trials will be administratively adjourned to March 16, 2021. The December 30th notice referred to a Cross Lake docket on January 19, 2021, there is no docket on that date, so that notation can be disregarded. ISSUED BY:

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______The Honourable Chief Judge Margaret Wiebe DATE: January 6, 2021