WINNIPEG – City council has voted to increase the minimum wage for civic workers. The current pay of at least $11.90 an hour will go up to $15. The so-called living wage policy is set to go into effect in 2023. Councillors also approved free bus rides for kids under 12 starting next January and…
Running Out Of Beds
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority appears to be running out of ICU beds. Six beds remained in intensive care units across the Winnipeg region as the climb in COVID-19 cases continues to put strain on the city’s hospital system. Caseloads have triggered the cancellation of 43 surgeries, and chief provincial health officer Dr. Brent…
Restaurants Are Starving
WINNIPEG – A new survey of Manitoba’s restaurants is painting a bleak picture of the industry’s future. The study, commissioned by the Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association (MRFA), has revealed that most businesses that operate in food service are now in financial jeopardy. It found 66 per cent of its members are spending $2000 per…
Candy Creativity
WINNIPEG – Homes across Manitoba are getting creative as they press forward with plans to give out treats this weekend. With the province’s COVID-19 test positivity rate very high, more homes are building candy slides and chutes to get ready for Saturday, and it just might save trick-or-treating. One Winnipegger even made a map of…
Possible Exposures/Thursday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
Dethmers Baby Dies
WINNIPEG – A 10 month old boy who was badly injured when his mother’s van was hit by a truck fleeing police has died. A Sacred fire will burn for the child for four days and nights. 30 year old Jennifer Dethmers was killed late last month and her son Anthony was taken to hospital.…
No Time To Party
WINNIPEG – Hundreds of music students in Winnipeg got devastating news about a week ago: the province ordered their classes to stop singing, and stop tooting their horns. The new rules, intended to reduce group activities that tend to expel saliva, and risk transmitting COVID-19, impact students across the city’s seven school divisions, including nearly…
Guilty Pleas In Adao Murder
WINNIPEG – Both men charged in the violent killing of a Winnipeg teenager in a 2019 home invasion have pleaded guilty. Jamie Adao was with his grandmother in their West End home when prosecutors say the accused entered the house and armed themselves with kitchen knives, one of them going into the basement to fill…
Possible Exposures/Wednesday
WINNIPEG – Here are the latest possible exposures to COVID-19 in Winnipeg, as provided by provincial public health officials.
2 Cops Get COVID
WINNIPEG – Two members of the Winnipeg Police Service have tested positive for COVID-19. Both officers work out of Central Division which is at the downtown headquarters building at 245-Smith Street. They worked in the area from Friday, October 16th to Tuesday, October 20th. Public health officials are investigating and any close contacts will be…