WINNIPEG – A report from Winnipeg’s Water and Waste committee warns the city’s sewage pipes could overflow within nine years if the city keeps growing. The new study, part of a major upgrade project to modernize a sewage processing plant in the North End, found there’s a chance the runaway growth beyond 90,000 more citizens…
Care Home Crisis
WINNIPEG – An investigation is underway after eight residents at Maples Manor died in 48 hours, taking the facility’s death toll to 22. Paramedics were called to the personal care home on the weekend where they found two residents had died. Three people were sent to hospital. Seven others were treated at Maples. One paramedic’s…
Possible Exposures/Monday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Stella’s On Sherbrook Closes
WINNIPEG – Stella’s on Sherbrook Street has closed. The restaurant’s marquee is down, paper covers the windows and there’s a for sale sign on the building. A statement from Stella’s says meeting the union’s demands was impossible given the current economic climate. UFCW Local 832 calls the move cowardly and says the first it heard…
Possible Exposures/Sunday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Winnipeg Oil Can
WINNIPEG – In the early 1900s, Gulf Canada went by the name British-American and it was the fourth largest oil company in the country. British-American Oil was founded in Toronto in 1906 and began expanding throughout Canada. In 1920, BAO purchased a small local oil business in Manitoba known as Winnipeg Oil Company and established…
Possible Exposures/Saturday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Possible Exposures/Friday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
3rd Hospital Outbreak
WINNIPEG – Provincial public health officials have confirmed a third hospital outbreak of COVID-19 in Winnipeg. Seven patients in one unit at Health Sciences Centre have tested positive for coronavirus. There are also outbreaks at Victoria Hospital and St. Boniface Hospital. HSC also had an outbreak of COVID back in March when more than two…
CMHR Releases Plan
WINNIPEG – The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, rocked by allegations earlier this year, has a plan to make it a better workplace. Current and former workers accused the museum of racism, homophobia and censorship. New CEO Isha Khan says this plan isn’t just window dressing, it’s intended to address systemic racism and discrimination at…