WINNIPEG – A local funeral home wants the province to allow bigger funerals again. Michael Vogiatzakis at Voyage Funeral Home wants the COVID-19 cap of 50 people raised. He says people aren’t being allowed to grieve properly and it’s cut his business by half. He points to restaurants and casinos where restrictions have been lifted.…
Drunk Combining
WINNIPEG – Just south of us, in North Dakota, a farmer has totaled his combine after taking it for a “drunk joyride.” Berthold Police say they arrested 45 year old Michael Carr on Monday after he somehow rolled his John Deere harvester onto its roof, shattering the windshield. Cops say Carr was also driving the…
School Bus Drivers’ Strike?
WINNIPEG – The city’s biggest school division says its bus drivers might walk off the job when kids go back to class on Tuesday. The Winnipeg School Division says the drivers’ union has served notice to proceed into a legal strike position. 2,300 students would be affected. The two sides have been negotiating since October…
Remote Learning Expands
WINNIPEG – One city school division is expanding remote learning. The province says it should be rare and limited to students advised by their doctor not to go back to school. However, in Pembina Trails school division, it will also allow kids to learn at home if they live with someone with a weak immune…
New O’Toole Polling
WINNIPEG – Most Canadians don’t know much about new Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. That according to a new poll. However, the survey says he could eventually give his party a boost. 52 percent don’t know enough about O’Toole to say whether they have a positive or negative impression of him but after learning that he…
They’re Back
WINNIPEG – It’s September 1st so you need to slow down again in schools zones. The speed limit in school zones drops from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour today, Monday to Friday, between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. This as we get ready to send kids back to class in a week. City police…
Le Cheeseburger Week
WINNIPEG – Le Burger Week is underway! However, it’s Le Cheeseburger Week this year. You have until next Monday to try 130 burgers all across the city. The usual voting system has been replaced in 2020 with a donate button which will benefit United Way but sponsors Saputo and Lightspeed will still pick their favorite…
More Vaccine Deals
WINNIPEG – The federal government has announced new COVID-19 vaccine deals. The agreements mean Canadians will get millions of doses of several vaccines in development. These arrangements with Johnson & Johnson and Novavax are in addition to earlier partnerships with Moderna and Pfizer. All four companies are part of Operation Warp Speed in the US…
Council Defers Taxes Again
WINNIPEG – City council has voted unanimously to defer property and business taxes some more. You’ll now have until the end of November to pay up. Councillors held a special COVID-19 meeting where they also all voted in favor of spending $325,000 on a public awareness campaign and masks for people using city-operated facilities and…
25 Million Cases Worldwide
WINNIPEG – Johns Hopkins University says the number of cases of COVID-19 globally has hit 25 million. The US leads all countries with almost six million. Here in Canada, our count of coronavirus cases sits at 128,000. Manitoba has had 1,186 but that number will likely go up at one o’clock this afternoon. The worldwide…