WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg man has been fined almost $500 after breaking the public health order restricting travel to northern Manitoba. Mounties were on patrol in Leaf Rapids on Saturday night when the 21 year old guy admitted to them he was in town for a wedding. Travel to the north isn’t allowed unless it’s…
COVID Hurting WSO & Arts
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is reporting its first deficit in more than ten years as COVID-19 continues to put pressure on arts organizations and families across the province as they plan holiday traditions. Following an abbreviated 2019/20 season, the 72-year-old pillar of Canada’s music scene made $8.49 million in revenue, but made $8.71…
Possible Exposures/Wednesday
WINNIPEG – Provincial health officials are warning of two possible exposures to COVID-19… IQRA School in Winnipeg on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24: The cohort has been advised to self-isolate and move to remote learning. Based on the public health investigation, the infection was not acquired at school and the exposure was assessed to be…
Mountie Faces Sex Charges
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba Mountie is charged sexual assault and sexual interference. The province’s Independent Investigation Unit is probing the allegation which claims an off-duty officer sexually assaulted a minor in northern Manitoba in July. No names are being made public and the cop has been released until the next court date. Investigators say there…
Surplus On Broadway
WINNIPEG – The province has recorded its first surplus in over a decade. It was only $5 million but the Pallister government was predicting a $360 million deficit to the end of March. Income tax revenues were higher than expected and infrastructure spending was lower. It will be much different this fiscal year, as the…
Nowhere To Go
WINNIPEG – Manitobans already worried about having COVID-19 now worry about needing diapers, while astronauts get a porta potty of a different kind. A cargo rocket carrying a new, $23 million space toilet, among 3 tonnes of other supplies, is scheduled to lift off for the International Space Station just before 9:30 tonight. Though more…
Dethmers Vigil Tonight
WINNIPEG – The family of a young mother who died in a Saturday collision is planning a vigil tonight at the place of her passing. Jennifer Dethmers was struck by a truck near the intersection of Boyd Ave. & Andrews St. that police say had sped away when officers tried to pull it over. Among…
Water Problems
WINNIPEG – The auditor general isn’t happy with the way drinking water is managed in Manitoba. A new report from Tyson Shtykalo says 40 per cent of the 1,200 water systems he looked at are operating without a license. And half of them didn’t have an operator with the proper level of training. This worries…
Possible Exposures
WINNIPEG – The latest possible exposures to COVID-19 involve a school, a restaurant and a lounge in the city. There’s a second confirmed case of the virus at St. Maurice School. Potential exposures occurred on September 17th and 18th. This case isn’t linked to the first one and it wasn’t acquired at the school. There…
COVID Impacting Holidays
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s top doctor has clarified what the new 10 person limit on gatherings in and around the city might mean for your Thanksgiving plans. Brent Roussin says the limit doesn’t include the people who live in your home. So if you’re a family of six, for example, you can still have up to…