WINNIPEG – The province and Ottawa seem to have a difference of opinion when it comes to how long it’s going to take to vaccinate all Manitobans. Federal officials say they don’t understand the provincial position that it’s going to take until the end of the year to inoculate all adults in Manitoba. Dr. Howard…
Kamala’s Comic Book
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba Cartoonist’s work was part of the Joe Biden inauguration this week. The book Kamala in Canada by Kaj Hasselriis was included in a swag bag for people who attended a virtual inauguration event at the US Embassy in Ottawa. It’s a comic book about the new Vice President’s time in Montreal…
COVID Rules About To Ease
WINNIPEG – A few things will change when COVID-19 restrictions expire Friday night at midnight. Rules will ease a bit for most of Manitoba on Saturday but not the Northern Health Region. Current code red measures will remain in effect there because of high case counts. In Winnipeg and the rest of the province, the…
5 Deaths, 196 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting five deaths today from COVID-19, one of them in Winnipeg. There are 196 new cases of the virus, including 54 in Winnipeg. There are 105 cases in the north. 3,205 cases are active, 24,091 people have recovered, for a total of 28,089 cases so far. 268 Manitobans are in…
Restart Worries First Nations
WINNIPEG – Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin says, given high case counts in many First Nations and in the North, modest changes to the public health orders being considered to replace those that expire on Friday would likely only apply to Winnipeg, Southern, Interlake, Eastern, and Prairie Mountain Health regions. First Nations leaders…
No Finals In June
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government says exams for the province’s more than 14,000 Grade 12 students that were expected to happen in June are now off the desk. In a letter to school superintendents and principals, Manitoba Education says, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many students are using a mix of remote and in-class learning…
Fewer Vaccination Appointments
WINNIPEG – The province says there will be fewer vaccination appointments next month because of production delays at Pfizer. The Vaccine Task Force says Manitoba will only get half of the 19,000 doses it was expecting over the next two weeks. Dr. Joss Reimer says that will cut the number of daily vaccinations from 2,500…
6 Deaths, 154 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting six deaths today from COVID-19, five of them in Winnipeg. There are 154 new cases of the virus, including 48 in Winnipeg. 3,137 cases are active, 23,968 people have recovered, for a total of 27,893 cases so far. 273 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 36 of them in…
MMF Hires Private Tester
WINNIPEG – The organization representing Manitoba’s Metis community has hired a Winnipeg-based bioinformation services company to provide COVID-19 testing exclusively to those Metis citizens. The MMF says Intrinsic Analytics will collect and process test samples, and will report results within a day. While the federation says it doesn’t want citizens to avoid the provincially-funded test…
Military Heading North Again
WINNIPEG – The Canadian military has been deployed to Garden Hill First Nation to help the community tackle a COVID-19 outbreak there. This follows a Canadian Armed Forces liaison and reconnaissance mission by eight members to figure out what resources would be needed. Military officials say personnel will start flying in tomorrow, and will help…