WINNIPEG – Three international students have died in a head-on crash near Arborg. RCMP say the three men were driving south on Highway 7 at about 6:20 on Thursday morning. The three, all from Bangladesh, were going to school at the University of Manitoba. The northbound vehicle was driven by a 53 year old woman…
Vaccine Deal Criticized
WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister’s plan for Manitoba to buy its own supply of COVID-19 vaccine is being called a fantasy. A University of Ottawa professor says Providence Therapeutics is too far behind to ever catch up to current vaccines that are already approved. Amir Attaran says the prospect of the province receiving the vaccine…
Leaders React To Handgun Ban
WINNIPEG – Both Winnipeg’s mayor and Manitoba’s premier say they’d prefer to have a different level of government handle a handgun ban than what the feds are proposing. Under the draft bill, the federal government would give municipalities, such as the city of Winnipeg, authority to make their own bylaws that would ban the firearms.…
2 Deaths, 139 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting two deaths today from COVID-19, both of them in Winnipeg. There are 139 new cases of the virus, including 52 in Winnipeg and 75 in the north. 1,153 cases are active, 29,114 people have recovered, for a total of 31,145 cases so far. 224 Manitobans are in hospital right…
Unsafe Manwin Hotel Closes
WINNIPEG – The province and other support workers are looking to find residents of a Main St. hotel another place to stay after provincial officials ordered it closed this week. Manitoba Health says inspectors found unsafe conditions at the Manwin Hotel, an establishment next to the former Mitchell Fabrics building where the Main Street Project…
Chiefs Sound Alarm Bells
WINNIPEG – First Nations leaders are questioning the pace of the province’s Moderna vaccine rollout, a week after a second batch of doses arrived in Manitoba. Some Chiefs among the 63 First Nations communities in the province say they’re disappointed with the logistics of getting the vaccine out, amid spikes of COVID-19 cases in their…
Teepee Apology
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba resort has apologized after building and advertising two teepees for rent. Elkhorn Resort, Spa & Conference Centre was criticized for cultural appropriation. Elkhorn is reaching out to the Indigenous community to determine the best way forward, something it says it should have done first. Grand Chief Arlen Dumas, at the Assembly…
Illegal Cigarette Bust
WINNIPEG – RCMP raids have netted 729,000 illegal cigarettes. The Mounties arrested a man and woman after executing search warrants in Winnipeg and Richer, Manitoba. Officers also seized 15 grams of psilocybin, 74 grams of cocaine, 300 Percocet tablets, 220 hydromorphine tabs, two firearms and drug paraphernalia. The 39 year old Steinbach man and 62…
2 New Supersites
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s vaccine task force says people over 95 can start getting vaccinated next week. Right now, only seniors in congregated living facilities are eligible to get inoculated. The task force has also announced two new supersites in Selkirk and Morden-Winkler which will open in the first week of March. The plan is to…
Lotto 6/49 Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto 6/49 winning numbers from Wednesday, February 17th. Good luck! The $5 million jackpot wasn’t won so Saturday’s draw will rise to $6 million. In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photos: WCLC