WINNIPEG – Following a weekend death in the city’s North End, with less than 40 days left in the year, Winnipeg is now just five homicides away from breaking a grim record it set last year. The Winnipeg Police Service responded to a call to an apartment building on Charles St. between College and Redwood…
Robber Tried Chilling Escape
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Police say a man who stole an empty cash register and then jumped into the icy Assiniboine River to avoid arrest is now in custody. The WPS says officers and a K9 unit were called to a building on Portage Ave. near Assiniboine Park after people spotted someone damaging the door of…
Rapid Testing Needed
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s health minister says this province should get new COVID-19 rapid testing equipment before anyone else. Cameron Friesen made the comment by video on the weekend at the Conservative annual general meeting which was held virtually. He believes we should be given priority by the federal government because we have the highest per-capita…
COVID Hits Indigenous Hard
WINNIPEG – Indigenous people in Manitoba make up 10 per cent of the population but they have 20 per cent of the COVID-19 cases. More than half of the province’s First Nations are dealing with coronavirus. Nine aboriginals have died in the last week, 27 since the pandemic began. There are over 1,400 active cases…
Possible Exposures/Monday
WINNIPEG – Here are the most recent possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Essentials List Updated
WINNIPEG – The province has adjusted what stores are allowed to sell under the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions. Just a day after these tough new measures took effect, newspapers, pre-paid credit cards and gift cards were added to the list of essential items. The list of communities where non-essentials can also be sold has…
Possible Exposures/Sunday
WINNIPEG – Here are the most recent possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Lotto 6/49 Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – Here are the Lotto 6/49 winning numbers from Saturday, November 21st. Good luck! The $5 million jackpot wasn’t won so Wednesday’s draw will be for $6 million. In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the WCLC, the latter shall prevail. Photos: WCLC
Southeast Schools Closing
WINNIPEG – COVID-19 is closing schools in southeast Manitoba next week. Hanover, the biggest rural school division in the province, will go Critical (Red) under the Pandemic Response Syetm and switch back to remote learning on Tuesday. This is being done because test positivity rates in and around Steinbach have hit 40 per cent, almost…
Family Helping Staff
WINNIPEG – A long-term care home in the city dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak has asked relatives of residents to sit with their loved ones because there’s a staff shortage. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says 42 of the 81 people living at Golden Links Lodge have tested positive for coronavirus. The home called in…