WINNIPEG – Just days after announcing a vaccination supersite will be set up at the Thompson Municipal Airport, the provincial government says there’s been a change of plans. The province says the centre, called a “Vaxport” in their Immunization Roll-out Plan, will still provide injections, but only to residents of the North’s fly-in communities. Residents…
Cases Spike Up North
WINNIPEG – There’s been a spike in COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, mostly because of outbreaks in the Northern Health Region. More than half of yesterday’s 261 new cases were in the north in communities like Thompson and Lynn Lake. That part of the province has become a hotspot for coronavirus of late with more active…
Business Wants Regional Rules
WINNIPEG – With a week to go in these code red restrictions, the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce is hoping for a regional approach going forward. Businesses in some areas of the province say their COVID-19 cases aren’t as bad as elsewhere, in some cases non-existent, and their rules should reflect that. Premier Brian Pallister and…
2 Deaths, 261 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting two deaths today from COVID-19, one of them in Winnipeg. There are also 261 new cases of the virus, including 75 in Winnipeg. Cases in the Northern Health Region have spiked to 139. 2,866 cases are active, 23,313 people have recovered, for a total of 26,954 cases so far.…
Protest Expected At Jets Game
WINNIPEG – With the Jets starting their shortened season tonight, a number of Manitobans plan to be protesting along the sidewalks surrounding Bell MTS Place when the puck drops at 7. Calling themselves “Freedom 4 MB,” the group says if the Jets can play, they should be allowed to play also. Just five days before…
Shingoose Passes Away
WINNIPEG – A trailblazer of Manitoba’s Indigenous music scene has died following a battle with COVID-19. Singer-songwriter Curtis Jonnie, known by many as Shingoose, a member of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, was born in Winnipeg and was adopted by a family in Steinbach during the Sixties Scoop. After years of singing in choirs, his…
2 Arrested, Coke & Cash Seized
WINNIPEG – A three month investigation by the Guns & Gangs Unit has ended with a drug bust. Winnipeg Police executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Sage Creek Boulevard, seizing cocaine and cash and arresting two suspects. 20 ounces of coke with a street value of $40,000 was seized, along with $10,000…
911 Hero Saves Life
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman is crediting an emergency line operator for potentially saving her son’s life after he had overdosed on opioids. Heather Witherden says she found her 25-year-old son unresponsive and called 911. Naloxone – a medication that counteracts the effects of opioid use – was found nearby, and the operator explained to…
Weather Warnings Issued
WINNIPEG – The Trans-Canada Highway reopened this morning after being closed for several hours between Portage la Prairie and Hadashville. Driving conditions are still iffy is some parts of the province after a storm rolled in from Saskatchewan overnight. Several school divisions outside Winnipeg cancelled classes today. Various weather warnings for snow and freezing rain…
Mountie Hit Dog Allegation
WINNIPEG – An investigation is underway after claims an RCMP officer intentionally hit a dog with his vehicle on a northern First Nation. The Mountie was on duty in Pukatawagan last Thursday when this apparently happened. The dog was reportedly sitting on the road but hasn’t been found so its condition isn’t known. The officer…