WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP are apologizing after a post on social warning about the risk of sharing lewd photos. A police Twitter account posted a tweet on Valentine’s Day with the statement “Love doesn’t always last forever, but pictures do! This Valentine’s keep your privates private,” and showed an image covered by the word “censored.”…
Deadly Fire In Dauphin
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP say man is dead following a house fire in Dauphin. Mounties responded alongside fire crews to a call about a structure fire, and were told it was believed that someone was still inside the building, which they found engulfed in flames. After the fire was put out, firefighters discovered a 59-year-old…
Inmate Death Investigated
WINNIPEG – An Indigenous man is dead after what RCMP are calling an incident earlier this month involving guards at Headingley Correctional Centre. 45 year old William Walter Ahmo, a member of Sakeeng First Nation, died in hospital on Sunday after he was taken there on February 7th. While waiting for the Mounties to investigate…
Slow Thaw This Week
WINNIPEG – As Manitoba emerges from a record-breaking chilly weekend, Environment Canada says the return to normal temperatures will be slow as the week progresses. During the past few days, extremely cold temperatures shattered over 20 icy prairie record lows. Winnipeg normally sits around -20, but this weekend the temperature dropped to -38.8, one degree…
Another Testing Milestone
WINNIPEG – Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin says Manitoba has reached an important milestone for COVID-19 testing, after administering more than 500,000 tests at sites across the province. The province says since more than 1,500 more tests were performed over the weekend, the province has now completed just over 500,800 since February of…
No New Numbers Today
WINNIPEG – Because it’s a holiday, the province isn’t releasing any new COVID-19 numbers today. Yesterday, there were five deaths and 80 new cases including 29 in Winnipeg. The five day test positivity rate was 5.2 per cent in Manitoba and 3.9 in Winnipeg. The provincial death toll was 871.
Long Delays At Vital Statistics
WINNIPEG – As a possible flood of wedding plans, and associated paperwork, follows Valentine’s Day, the Province of Manitoba says its Vital Statistics document processing wait times are up, largely due to outdated technology. The backlog is causing delays for new events registration and regular issuance of marriage, birth, and other certificates. The agency says…
Louis Riel Day
WINNIPEG – It’s Louis Riel Day but because of COVID-19, many of the celebrations have moved online. Riel was a passionate Métis leader but he was also a catalyst in the events that led to Manitoba becoming Canada’s fifth province and joining confederation in 1870. It’s said that he had a dream of a civilized…
Moose Home Opener Tonight
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Moose play their home opener tonight against the Toronto Marlies. The game goes at 6 p.m. at Bell MTS Place. However, the Moose will switch to Bell MTS Iceplex after returning from their first road trip late this month. The teams says this is due to enhanced NHL protocols introduced last…
The CERB In Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — 11.2 per cent of Winnipeggers received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit last year. The city had on average 99,084 recipients during each four week pay period for the CERB. In total, the pandemic benefit paid out nearly $82 billion to 8.9 million people between March and October.