WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s top doctor has clarified what the new 10 person limit on gatherings in and around the city might mean for your Thanksgiving plans. Brent Roussin says the limit doesn’t include the people who live in your home. So if you’re a family of six, for example, you can still have up to…
Possible Exposures
WINNIPEG – A few schools and a restaurant are the latest locations for possible COVID-19 exposures. There was a case of the virus at Sisler High School on September 18th. The same goes for Ecole Precieux-Sang, September 18th. And at John W. Gunn Middle School, there were potential exposures between September 16th and 18th. P.F.…
Winnipeg Goes Orange
WINNIPEG – The city has now been elevated to orange or restricted under the province’s pandemic response system. Masks are mandatory at all indoor public places and no gatherings over 10 people are allowed inside or outdoors. These new restrictions are expected to last at least a month. Here are all the details of this…
Deadly Weekend Crash
WINNIPEG – The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba is probing a weekend crash that killed a woman and sent several other people to hospital with serious injuries. It happened on Saturday afternoon about 1:30 near Salter and Boyd. Police tried to stop a vehicle when it fled and struck another at a high rate of…
Outbreak At Seniors’ Home
WINNIPEG – There’s a COVID-19 outbreak at another personal care home. This time it’s Heritage Lodge in Winnipeg. The province has elevated the home to red or critical on its pandemic response system. Revera which operates the home said in a statement a couple days earlier that an asymptomatic resident had tested positive for coronavirus.…
Blue Moon End Of World?
WINNIPEG – A Christian preacher believes a rare Blue Moon on Halloween could be an “omen of prophetic revelation.” Pastor Paul Begley from West Lafayette, Indiana who has a TV show called The Coming Apocalypse shared his fears in a recent YouTube video to almost 340,000 subscribers. Blue Moons are a perfectly natural phenomenon but…
What Are You Missing @ Work?
WINNIPEG – Are you one of the many people working from home these days? What are you missing most about not being in the office? A new survey of 1,600 workers has come up with a list of what employees are missing most by not going into work. The top 10 answers were: Seeing workers…
Police Dealing With Hostility
WINNIPEG – According to Police chief Danny Smyth, his officers are facing new hostility in the community. Since the push began to defund police, Smyth says cops are being followed and videotaped when responding to calls which is adding to the stress of the job. Smyth made the comments before the police board where a…
Thanksgiving Will Be Different
WINNIPEG – The province’s top doctor is recommending that Manitobans avoid large groups this Thanksgiving. Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin says with 125 new cases of COVID-19 cases announced this week so far, it’s time to re-evaluate how we’re responding to the virus once again. At a news conference yesterday, Dr. Roussin…
Latest COVID exposures
WINNIPEG – The most recent possible exposure to COVID-19 was at River East Collegiate last Friday. It and other recent potential exposures as provided by the province are listed below. River East Collegiate School (295 Sutton Ave.) September 18/20 Grant Park High School (450 Nathanial St.) September 15, 16 and 17/20 Leopold’s Tavern (414 Academy…