WINNIPEG – The province is reporting six deaths today from COVID-19, five of them in Winnipeg. There are 154 new cases of the virus, including 48 in Winnipeg. 3,137 cases are active, 23,968 people have recovered, for a total of 27,893 cases so far. 273 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 36 of them in…
Lotto Max Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto Max winning numbers from Tuesday, January 19th. Good luck! The $55 million jackpot wasn’t won so Friday’s draw will rise to $60 million. In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photos: WCLC
MMF Hires Private Tester
WINNIPEG – The organization representing Manitoba’s Metis community has hired a Winnipeg-based bioinformation services company to provide COVID-19 testing exclusively to those Metis citizens. The MMF says Intrinsic Analytics will collect and process test samples, and will report results within a day. While the federation says it doesn’t want citizens to avoid the provincially-funded test…
Military Heading North Again
WINNIPEG – The Canadian military has been deployed to Garden Hill First Nation to help the community tackle a COVID-19 outbreak there. This follows a Canadian Armed Forces liaison and reconnaissance mission by eight members to figure out what resources would be needed. Military officials say personnel will start flying in tomorrow, and will help…
City Closes Gyms
WINNIPEG – The City of Winnipeg has closed five of its employee fitness centres. This after gym owners got upset that the city was operating its facilities but their businesses were forced to close under COVID-19 restrictions. The city says it got the green light from the province several months ago but Dr. Brent Roussin…
EMO Should Be In Charge
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization should be handling the COVID-19 crisis. That from Chuck Sanderson who ran the EMO for a dozen years before retiring. He says the province’s plan, including the vaccine rollout, is full of problems that could have been prevented. According to Sanderson, the fatal flaw is having health officials plan…
Vegan Fried Chicken Week?
WINNIPEG – At first peep, two festivals happening right now, at the same time, may seem diametrically opposed: Le Vegan Week is on, and so is Fried Chicken Fest, with both wrapping this Saturday. Restaurants across the city, though, say they’re all birds of a feather in this together. VegFest is running Le Vegan Week…
11 Deaths, 111 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting 11 deaths today from COVID-19, seven of them in Winnipeg. There are 111 new cases of the virus, including 52 in Winnipeg. 3,088 cases are active, 23,869 people have recovered, for a total of 27,740 cases so far. 279 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 37 of them in…
Restrictions That May Be Eased
WINNIPEG – Following the advice of public health officials and input from tens of thousands of Manitobans, the province is considering modest changes to the current public health orders when they expire on Friday. Premier Brian Pallister says while there’s much reason for optimism, the approach to safely restoring services and activities will be cautious.…
Murder Suspect Sought
WINNIPEG – Last October, a deceased man identified as 29 year old Mohamed Ahmed was discovered in the Red River near Churchill Drive and Hay Street. His death was determined to be a homicide. Police continued to investigate his murder and have now obtained a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of 28 year old Jesse…