WINNIPEG – The governing Conservatives have introduced several bills in the Manitoba legislature. The Pallister Tories plan to amalgamate collective bargaining for teachers, allow more private alcohol sales, change the administration of public schools and make it a criminal offence to obstruct critical infrastructure. In total, two dozen new laws were introduced but only four…
COVID Curfew Possible
WINNIPEG – Premier Brian Pallister held a news conference this morning to urge Manitobans to cut back on their close contacts significantly. He’s calling for a 75 per cent reduction for at least the month of November. Pallister says his government is considering a curfew to stop late night gatherings which have been a real…
Hydro Workers Sent Home
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Hydro says it’s cutting its workforce at the Keeyask Generating Station construction camp as part of a strategy to avoid the spread of COVID-19. The crown corporation says five of the several hundred workers who’d been stationed at the site, six and a half hours northeast of Lake Winnipeg, have tested positive…
Manitoba Murder Capital
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Justice is reviewing a new report by Stats Canada that shows the province has the highest per-capita homicide rate in the country. According to the findings, the Manitoba recorded 72 homicides in 2019, 17 more than in 2018 – but murder isn’t the only crime happening more often. Shop-lifting in Manitoba, for…
Deadliest COVID Weekend
WINNIPEG – This past weekend was the worst by far since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The province announced 10 deaths and 661 new cases. Five of the deaths were residents of Maples personal care home and two were at St. Boniface hospital. The Winnipeg metro area is now red or critical under the province’s pandemic…
Doctors Want Shutdown
WINNIPEG – A group of Manitoba doctors is calling for a province-wide shutdown as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. The 11 physicians and health experts have signed a letter to Premier Brian Pallister urging him to take action to avoid an appalling and pointless loss of life. They say if there’s no lockdown, hospitals will…
COVID At Seniors’ Homes
WINNIPEG – There are now COVID-19 outbreaks at 16 personal care homes in Manitoba. The province says 171 residents and 54 workers have tested positive so far, while 26 people have died. Winnipeg’s Parkview Place is the worst outbreak which has caused 19 deaths. The home has has 117 cases, including 86 seniors. Yesterday saw…
More Sick Leave Planned
WINNIPEG – The provincial government is proposing a motion that would make it the first province to allow more workers to take protected sick leave related to COVID-19 and apply for expanded federal support. The province says it will need to change the existing legislation to widen Manitoba’s protected leave program and the Canadian leave…
Pallister: ‘Grow Up & Stop Going Out’
WINNIPEG – Provincial officials are again urging Manitobans to take COVID-19 more seriously. This as cases continue to spike, hospitalizations have hit record levels and deaths are announced daily. A frustrated Premier Brian Pallister is telling people who are still socializing in groups to “grow up and stop going out there and giving people COVID-19.”…
Weekend Crashes Kill 3
WINNIPEG – RCMP say multiple collisions on Manitoba highways claimed the lives of three people within 24 hours this past weekend. Just after 9 Saturday night, Oakbank RCMP responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 12, just north of Garven Road. Police say an SUV going south lost control and went into headon traffic, striking…