WINNIPEG – A Manitoba resort has apologized after building and advertising two teepees for rent. Elkhorn Resort, Spa & Conference Centre was criticized for cultural appropriation. Elkhorn is reaching out to the Indigenous community to determine the best way forward, something it says it should have done first. Grand Chief Arlen Dumas, at the Assembly…
2 New Supersites
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s vaccine task force says people over 95 can start getting vaccinated next week. Right now, only seniors in congregated living facilities are eligible to get inoculated. The task force has also announced two new supersites in Selkirk and Morden-Winkler which will open in the first week of March. The plan is to…
1 Death, 76 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting one death today from COVID-19, a man in his 80’s from Winnipeg. There are 76 new cases of the virus, including 23 in Winnipeg and 44 in the north. 1,555 cases are active, 28,576 people have recovered, for a total of 31,007 cases so far. 231 Manitobans are in…
Winter Roads Finally Open
WINNIPEG – The province says Manitoba’s winter road network, which connects more than 20 mostly isolated communities, is finally open for this season this week. Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says warmer weather in December and January delayed construction this year. The roadways, cleared annually across frozen land and a few of the province’s 100,000 lakes,…
Another Speeder Busted
WINNIPEG – Police continue to catch people going way too fast. RCMP busted a 21 year old driver on Pipeline Road in the middle of the afternoon doing 141 kilometres an hour in a 70 zone. The ticket comes with a $979 fine and an MPI license review.
COVID Variant Ruled Out
WINNIPEG – A more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was suspected to have spread to a Manitoba First Nations community is being ruled out after seven new cases there were genetically sequenced. Health officials say cases at Pauingassi First Nation, a community of over 550 people 280 km northeast of Winnipeg, had a similar genetic…
Cold Causes Record Hydro Use
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Hydro says the frigid temperatures in the province caused Manitobans to use a record-breaking amount of energy to keep their homes heated. The crown corporation says citizens used more electricity in one day than ever this past week, putting as much as 4,915 megawatts of load on the province’s grid. Coldest. Week.…
4 Deaths, 167 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting four deaths today from COVID-19, all of them in Winnipeg. There are 167 new cases of the virus (yesterday and today), including 51 in Winnipeg and 93 in the north. 1,625 cases are active, 28,432 people have recovered, for a total of 30,932 cases so far. 230 Manitobans are…
Victim Blaming By RCMP?
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP are apologizing after a post on social warning about the risk of sharing lewd photos. A police Twitter account posted a tweet on Valentine’s Day with the statement “Love doesn’t always last forever, but pictures do! This Valentine’s keep your privates private,” and showed an image covered by the word “censored.”…
Deadly Fire In Dauphin
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP say man is dead following a house fire in Dauphin. Mounties responded alongside fire crews to a call about a structure fire, and were told it was believed that someone was still inside the building, which they found engulfed in flames. After the fire was put out, firefighters discovered a 59-year-old…