WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister says Manitoba is set to start COVID-19 vaccinations tomorrow morning. He toured the province’s first vaccine clinic yesterday. Chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, says many people who tried to book an appointment on the weekend were not eligible to get the shot. The phone line was overwhelmed when…
Looking For Leads
WINNIPEG – RCMP need your help with a possible murder. The remains of 36 year old Tamara Benoit were found in September near Portage la Prairie. She had been missing since July and the Mounties say she was last seen in the Portage area on May 23rd. She was a passenger in a black Dodge…
COVID Hits North Hard
WINNIPEG – More remote First Nations in northern Manitoba are asking for help to protect their communities from COVID-19. The virus is so bad in Shamattawa that the military has been called in. The north has the highest per capita infection rate in the province. 23 of yesterday’s 241 new cases of coronavirus were in…
Vaccine Class Teaches Basics
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is partnering with Red River College to provide a free class to train people to correctly administer the COVID-19 vaccine. The college says its eight-hour micro-credential course will create immediate employment opportunities for those who have baseline healthcare knowledge, such as retired and current health-care workers and students. Through both…
Passenger Trains Are Back
WINNIPEG – VIA Rail is once again operating on its Winnipeg-to-Vancouver route as the first in a gradual return to service in Western Canada. One weekly round trip will be offered along the rail line, with the Crown corporation highlighting enhanced ventilation, accessibility, PPE, and physical distancing measures on its railcars. VIA says passengers must…
Checkstop Changes
WINNIPEG – RCMP in Manitoba say they’ll be running their Holiday Checkstop Program a little differently this year. Officials note that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, detachments will be focussing on enforcement in December rather than pulling over law-abiding drivers. Officers will be on the lookout for high-risk driving behaviours in communities and highways across…
Vaccine Shots Being Booked
WINNIPEG – The province continues to book appointments for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting Wednesday. Fewer than half of the initial 900 doses remain. A phone number to make an appointment was released on the weekend but the line has been overwhelmed with calls, many of them from people not eligible yet to…
Terrifying 666 Photo
WINNIPEG – A mom in the UK is freaked out after 666 showed up in a dark photo of her children. She took the shot earlier this month at a soccer field in Aberdeen, England but didn’t notice the scary number on the ground until she went back and looked at the pics. Do you…
Cigarette Smuggler Busted
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba man faces several charges after the seizure of millions of illegal cigarettes. 44 year old Daniel Deschamps was stopped by Ontario Provincial Police near Thunder Bay last month while allegedly smuggling more than 2.5 million smokes. Authorities say he was then arrested again here in Winnipeg with 220,000 cigarettes. Two search…
New Downtown Testing Site
WINNIPEG – A new COVID-19 testing site opens downtown this morning. The province says it will operate daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Garrick Centre at 330-Garry Street. The site has the capacity to do as many as 80 tests a day on people living in the core area who don’t have…