WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization should be handling the COVID-19 crisis. That from Chuck Sanderson who ran the EMO for a dozen years before retiring. He says the province’s plan, including the vaccine rollout, is full of problems that could have been prevented. According to Sanderson, the fatal flaw is having health officials plan…
11 Deaths, 111 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting 11 deaths today from COVID-19, seven of them in Winnipeg. There are 111 new cases of the virus, including 52 in Winnipeg. 3,088 cases are active, 23,869 people have recovered, for a total of 27,740 cases so far. 279 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 37 of them in…
Restrictions That May Be Eased
WINNIPEG – Following the advice of public health officials and input from tens of thousands of Manitobans, the province is considering modest changes to the current public health orders when they expire on Friday. Premier Brian Pallister says while there’s much reason for optimism, the approach to safely restoring services and activities will be cautious.…
Tickets Issued After Rally
WINNIPEG – RCMP say they handed out 10 tickets at a rally held at Steinbach city hall this past week where dozens expressed frustration about public health orders enacted in response to COVID-19. Police say they expect there will be more consequences for violations of the Public Health Act that they say were observed at…
Manitoba Town Gets Curfew
WINNIPEG – Residents of a small town in northern Manitoba hit by a sudden outbreak of COVID-19 are banding together to support each other as officials there enforce a curfew to curb the spread. Lynn Lake will be under the lockdown from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily starting this week, and it’s expected to…
Vaccine Appointments Resume
WINNIPEG – The province resumes booking vaccination appointments today. New bookings were stopped on the weekend after it was learned Pfizer was reducing deliveries of its vaccine because of production delays. According to Dr. Joss Reimer from the Manitoba Vaccine Task Force, about 28,000 fewer doses are expected over the next month. However, she says…
No More Liquor Mart Thefts
WINNIPEG – Liquor Mart thefts have ground to a halt, according to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, saving over $2 million. The Crown corporation says there are no longer any significant thefts. All 36 Liquor Marts in Winnipeg, Brandon, Selkirk and Portage la Prairie have had permanent controlled entrances installed. Customers are required to get their…
4 Deaths, 118 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting four deaths today from COVID-19, three of them in Winnipeg and one in the Northern Health Region. There are 118 new cases of the virus, including 45 in Winnipeg and 46 in the north. 3,108 cases are active, 23,748 people have recovered, for a total of 27,629 cases so…
Super Speeders Mostly Young Men
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Public Insurance says “super speeding” is on the rise – and says males under the age of 35 account for over half of speed-related offences issued in the last several months. MPI dealt with 522 serious driving offences in 2020, nearly 60 per cent than they had forwarded to them in 2019.…
65K Take COVID Survey So Far
WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin held a joint news conference on Friday to say the province may be in a position to very slowly and cautiously ease COVID-19 restrictions. At the urging of Pallister and Roussin, about 65,000 Manitobans have taken an online survey on safely restoring services and activities in…