WINNIPEG – Canada’s top doctor is urging the provinces not to ease their COVID-19 restrictions. Dr. Theresa Tam says even though daily case counts are trending down, it’s still too soon to lift lockdowns and loosen coronavirus rules if the country hopes to bring the pandemic under control. According to Tam, several new variants of…
PM Blasted Over Vaccines
WINNIPEG – The opposition parties in Ottawa are hammering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over COVID-19 vaccines. Other major industrialized countries will get coronavirus vaccines before Canada because our country doesn’t have the capacity to make them. The PM says the US, Germany and Britain will likely get their vaccines first because they can produce them.…
Banning Bags & Straws
WINNIPEG – The federal government is going ahead with its promise to ban single-use plastic products like bags and straws by 2021. Paper bags will be making a comeback after being mass produced from the 1850s through the 1970s, as will a 200-year-old tradition of making straws out of metal. Today Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson…
2nd Rapid Test Approved
WINNIPEG – Health Canada has approved another rapid test for COVID-19. The Panbio COVID-19 antigen test from American diagnostics company Abbott is the first antigen test approved for use in Canada. Health Canada approved a molecular rapid test last Wednesday, called ID NOW, also developed by Abbott, a company known more for nutrition brands like…
Sign Of 2nd Wave
WINNIPEG – It’s an indication of how serious the second wave of COVID-19 has already become. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take part in today’s briefing by Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer. The PM is expected to make an announcement about his government’s continuing efforts to fight coronavirus. Trudeau has said things…
Teens Caught Gift Carding
WINNIPEG – Mounties in Airdrie, Alberta are searching for four teenagers after making a shocking discovery in their staff parking lot last week. Officers responding to an unrelated call caught the group red handed hurrying from cruiser to cruiser, and quickly inspected the scene. They discovered the teens were carrying stacks of $10 coffee shop…
Fall Election Or Not?
WINNIPEG – MP’s will vote on the speech from the throne today, at which time we’ll find out for sure if there’s going to be a fall election. The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have already said they’ll vote the Liberal government down so it’s up to the NDP. Yesterday’s throne speech included promises of big…
BQ Caucus Self-Isolating
WINNIPEG – The entire Bloc Quebecois caucus, including leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, is in self-isolation. An employee has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after the BQ held a full caucus meeting. Bloc official say everyone potentially affected will be screened and will follow the advice of public health officials. This news comes as the various…
Radio & TV COVID Closures
WINNIPEG – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters says COVID-19 could force radio and television stations to close. Up to 40 local TV outlets and as many as 200 radio stations might have to shut down over the next few years because of financial pressures caused by the pandemic. The CAB says advertising revenues in radio…
Back To School Worries
WINNIPEG – Canadian parents are nervous about sending their children back to school. A new Leger poll finds 66 percent of moms and dads are worried about sending their kids back to class during this pandemic. However, 63 per cent plan to do it anyway. Other findings – 69 percent would be in favor of…