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3 more years to install sprinklers in Manitoba care homes and hospitals is ‘too long’: seniors advocate

A white pipe with a red sprinkler cover sticks out of an interior wall of a building near the ceiling.

Ten years after the Manitoba government made a requirement that health care facilities be equipped with fire sprinklers by January 2026, the province is extending the deadline for sprinkler installations to the end of 2028.