WINNIPEG – RCMP have charged two men in southeastern Manitoba after a child pornography investigation. The investigation began when the Internet Child Exploitation Unit received complaints about child porn in that part of the province. A 49 year old man from Steinbach and a 24 year old man from Stuartburn face charges of possessing, accessing…
3rd Area Code Coming
WINNIPEG – Manitoba will need and get a third area code in a few years to go along with 204 and 431. Kelly Walsh at the Canadian Numbering Administrator says the new three digits will be 584. The need for another area code is being driven by competition from new carriers and an increase in…
1 Deaths, 110 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting one death today from COVID-19 and it’s in Winnipeg. There are 110 new cases of the virus, including 38 in Winnipeg. 3,353 cases are active, 25,887 people have recovered, for a total of 30,078 cases so far. 269 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 40 of them in the…
Snowmobiler Found Dead
WINNIPEG – Lynn Lake RCMP say they’re investigating the death of a Manitoba man following the disappearance of two people traveling by snowmobile in northern Manitoba. 37-year-old Johnson Bighetty from Black Sturgeon Falls had set out from Lynn Lake on Monday with a 25-year-old man to travel 125 km to Pukatawagan, and didn’t arrive. Shortly…
New Job Numbers
WINNIPEG – The Canadian economy lost 213,000 jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate higher to 9.4 per cent. That’s worse than expected and the highest the rate has been since last August. Here in Manitoba, joblessness actually improved a bit, with the rate dropping from 8.3 to an even eight per cent. Winnipeg’s rate…
Maples Review Complete
WINNIPEG – An outside review of what happened at Maples personal care home is finished. Dr. Lynn Stevenson, a former deputy health minister in BC, has made 17 recommendations and the province promises to implement all of them. She says there was a pandemic plan in place at Maples but the home wasn’t prepared for…
COVID Survey Time Again
WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin are once again asking Manitobans to weigh in on loosening the current COVID-19 restrictions which expire February 12th. You can take the survey here. The province is considering the following changes: • allowing food services, including restaurants and lounges, to reopen at 25 per cent capacity…
2 Deaths, 109 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting two deaths today from COVID-19. There are 109 new cases of the virus. 3,340 cases are active, 25,791 people have recovered, for a total of 29,968 cases so far. 264 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 36 of them in the ICU. The five day test positivity rate in…
CUPE Official Resigns
WINNIPEG – The president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba has resigned, and its board of directors replaced by an administrator, as police investigate allegations of sexual assault. Abe Araya was arrested in Winnipeg on January 21 after the Brandon Police Service issued a warrant in connection with an investigation that was opened…
20K Shots A Day Possible
WINNIPEG – The province says by next month, it could be injecting 20,000 doses a day of the COVID-19 vaccines. However, according tp Dr. Joss Reimer, this ability depends on supply and it’s currently not known how many doses they might have. She says in order to do that many daily doses, there would need…