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• Thursday 03AM Feb 17/22

  Ottawa police set up ‘secured area’ downtown, warn action against protesters is 'imminent'

  

  Ottawa police have set up a secured area with almost 100 checkpoints to keep convoy protesters out of the downtown core as demonstrations approach a fourth weekend.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 3:00AM

• Thursday 02AM Feb 17/22

  Disappointment for Jennifer Jones, as Canada eliminated in women's curling

  

  Veteran skip Jennifer Jones and Canada defeated Denmark 10-4 in eight ends on Thursday but failed to make the playoffs in women’s curling in Beijing as results elsewhere didn’t go their way.

  © CBC | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:50AM

• Thursday 02AM Feb 17/22

  Study shows housing key factor inbetter outcomes in COVID hot spots

  A recent study of COVID-19 hot spots in metropolitan areas across Canada shows Winnipeg fared better than others thanks in part to lower-density housing. A cross-sectional study looking at social determinants ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:17AM

• Thursday 02AM Feb 17/22

  Mental health resources support school staff

  

  Manitoba teachers, bus drivers, and all of their colleagues in the K-12 school system can now visit a virtual one-stop shop for mental health resources. Owing to concerns about how the ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:17AM

• Thursday 02AM Feb 17/22

  Man sexually assaulted generations of same family over 25 years

  THEY kept the secret for years, fearing disclosure of the abuse they suffered at the hands of a family friend would tear their families apart. However, after one young victim came ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:17AM

• Thursday 12AM Feb 17/22

  ‘Captain Clutch’ leads Canada to gold in women’s Olympic hockey final

  

  All Marie-Philip Poulin does is score goals in the biggest games against the United States. Nicknamed Captain Clutch, Poulin scored twice to lead Canada to a 3-2 win over the Americans in the women’s hockey final at the Beijing Olympics. The two goals give her seven in four gold medal games at the Olympics, and […]

  The post ‘Captain Clutch’ leads Canada to gold in women’s Olympic hockey final appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 12:23AM

• Thursday 12AM Feb 17/22

  Canada wins Olympic hockey gold after defeating rival U.S.

  

  Team Canada has won women's hockey gold after defeating the U.S. at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The Canadian women's hockey team defeated the defending Olympic champions 3-2.

  © CTV | Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 12:23AM

• Wednesday 10PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba sports notes: Gunnlaugson to make third trip to Brier

  Manitoba’s Jason Gunnlaugson is one of three teams to land wild card spots at the Canadian men’s curling championship, set for Lethbridge, Alta., next month. It will be Gunnlaugson’s third consecutive Brier: he was the Manitoba champ in 2020 and was selected the province’s Brier rep again a year later when the provincials were cancelled. […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:04PM

• Wednesday 10PM Feb 16/22

  Ol’ Blue Eyes Scheifele gets it done for Jets

  Getting some sun and switching to a tinted visor has done wonders for Mark Scheifele. At least that’s what the Winnipeg Jets centre jokingly surmises might have turned his scoring fortunes around since the NHL all-star break. Scoreless in the six games going into the break, Scheifele has scored in all five games since, including […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:03PM

• Wednesday 09PM Feb 16/22

  Premier consoles First Nation after tragic fire

  

  PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION — Heather Stefanson offered comforting words to grief-stricken family members who lost “three innocent lives” in a weekend house fire, but the chief of the northern First ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:52PM

• Wednesday 09PM Feb 16/22

  Scheifele Records Fifth Career Hat Trick as Jets Beat Wild

  WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele recorded the fifth hat trick of his career and added an assist to propel the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.

  © 2022. This article Scheifele Records Fifth Career Hat Trick as Jets Beat Wild appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:32PM

• Wednesday 09PM Feb 16/22

  Scheifele's hat trick lifts Jets past Wild

  

  Mark Scheifele recorded the fifth hat trick of his career and added an assist to propel the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:16PM

• Wednesday 09PM Feb 16/22

  Watch as Canada battles the U.S. for Olympic women's hockey gold

  

  Watch live as Canada faces off against its rival U.S. in the Olympic women's hockey final.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:15PM

• Wednesday 08PM Feb 16/22

  Scheifele’s hat trick propels Jets to 6-3 win over Wild in front of more than 12,000 fans

  

  Mark Scheifele scored a hat-trick and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-3 Wednesday night.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:46PM

• Wednesday 08PM Feb 16/22

  Doctors Manitoba endorses nature prescriptions offering national park passes to patients

  

  A program that allows Canadian doctors to prescribe national park passes to their patients has received the endorsement of Doctors Manitoba.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:29PM

• Wednesday 08PM Feb 16/22

  Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival celebrates 75th anniversary in The Pas

  

  For the first time in the 75-year history of the Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival, the opening ceremonies were held outdoors by the Ice Fort, which was making its return to the festival after a 30-year absence.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Everything you need to know about your taxes for 2021

  

  CTVNews.ca spoke with three experts in the Canadian tax sphere to help Canadians prepare for the upcoming tax season.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:54PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Winnipeg high school students receive full-ride scholarships to Vancouver Film School

  

  More than a dozen students from the CREATE program at Sisler High School in Winnipeg are getting full scholarships to one of the top film schools in Canada.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:42PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Number of patient transfers dropping, but families say Manitobans shouldn't face this practice

  

  In another sign of COVID-19's diminishing presence in Manitoba, the province's hospitals are transferring fewer patients to health-care facilities far from their home communities and loved ones.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:37PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Exchange District inches forward, falls short for Heritage Winnipeg

  

  A broad civic plan that aims to set the tone for the Exchange District should be expanded to include more protection for historic buildings, a local advocate says. The 25-year Exchange ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:37PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  New development on Pembina Highway honours the neighbourhood's past

  

  A new infill housing development is going up along Pembina Highway, taking the neighbourhood into the future while making sure to honour its past.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:25PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Premier visits Manitoba First Nation after three children die in fatal fire

  

  Manitoba's premier says a house fire that killed three children from a northern First Nation should never have happened.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:20PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Deaths of three children in fire on First Nation underscore chronic housing issues, Grand Chief says

  

  First Nations leaders and Manitoba’s premier visited a northern Manitoba community in the wake of a house fire that claimed the lives of two teenagers and a toddler.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:15PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Reconciliation Barometer project highlights progress made and work left to do

  

  The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer, which hopes to give Canadians a better understanding of what progress has been made towards reconciliation with Indigenous people, has released its first report.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:04PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  They have no truck with agitators

  

  As the protesters blocking the Emerson border began to disperse Wednesday afternoon, some of fellow truckers said they’d remember the vocal minority in their industry having made “a lot of ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Courting disaster with Manitoba's 'new normal'

  

  As Manitoba hurtles towards an arbitrary March deadline to lift most of its COVID-19 restrictions, Premier Heather Stefanson and her public health advisers have ignored a well-established principle of pandemic ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Mayor, justice minister on opposite sides when it comes to policing protesters

  

  Manitoba’s justice minister and Winnipeg’s mayor have dramatically different takes on the impact of the unlawful occupation set up by anti-mandate protesters at the legislature that’s dragged on for two ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba trucker vows to stay in Ottawa

  

  OTTAWA — Manitoba trucker Clarence Penner was unfazed Wednesday as Ottawa police started handing out notices, urging his peers to drive their big rigs off Parliament Hill or risk arrest. “This ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Snow piled high, collisions spike

  

  A woman who lost the use of her van and dropped five levels on MPI’s driver-safety scale after a collision she blames on the city’s failure to remove vision-obscuring snowbanks ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Measure to ease workload of public trustee

  

  The province is looking to set up peer support networks for Manitobans with intellectual disabilities to reduce reliance on the public trustee system. In an announcement Wednesday, Families Minister Rochelle Squires ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:03PM

• Wednesday 07PM Feb 16/22

  Reopening hinges on downward trends, not modelling

  

  Manitoba’s top doctor has acknowledged the province doesn’t have forward-looking scientific modelling to back up the decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by March 15. The data Manitoba relied on to ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:02PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Harm reduction report calls for action in Manitoba

  The province is failing to support harm reduction strategies for people with addictions, allowing problems to ripple through Manitoba communities, according to a new report. The Manitoba Harm Reduction Network report ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:37PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Olympic legacy of Canadian freeski pioneer Sarah Burke continues to shine 10 years after her death

  

  Ten years after her tragic death, the powerful legacy and impact of freeski pioneer Sarah Burke can be seen all over the Beijing Games — from the events to the athletes.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:30PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba, federal governments announce pair of projects aimed at preventing potential pig problems

  

  Manitoba and the federal government are working together to invest in a pair of projects that are intended to protect animal health and manage disease in the pork industry, the province said Wednesday afternoon.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:29PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Mayor would support civic mask use mandate extension

  

  Mayor Brian Bowman says he’d like to see the City of Winnipeg’s face mask mandate continue, even after provincial law no longer requires it. While the province has announced its public ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:27PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Lack of infrastructure contributed to deadly blaze, says Pimicikamak chief

  As he prepared to meet with the Premier on Wednesday, the Chief of a Manitoba First Nation said it was difficult to sum up the pain and the sadness his community is now feeling after a house fire over the weekend took the lives of three of the community’s youth. “I’m sort of lost for […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:23PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges ordered to cease dealings with convoy-linked accounts

  

  Cryptocurrency exchanges in Canada are being ordered by the RCMP to stop dealing with accounts suspected to have links to the anti-mandate convoy protest.

  The post Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges ordered to cease dealings with convoy-linked accounts appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:22PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  Partnership will digitize, preserve over 7,000 statements from residential school survivors

  

  A new partnership between the National Film Board and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will help to preserve the content that was recorded the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:22PM

• Wednesday 06PM Feb 16/22

  City no closer to injunction against legislature protest

  Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the “unlawful occupation” of streets adjacent to the Manitoba Legislative Building to end. Winnipeg Freedom Convoy is calling for an end to COIVD-19 public health orders, including vaccine mandates, they say are causing more societal harm than good. In a press conference on Wednesday, Bowman said noise and […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:01PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Winnipeg makes money available for CentrePort South infrastructure

  The City of Winnipeg has allocated $20 million to install infrastructure at CentrePort South lands in west Winnipeg and is waiting on other levels of government to make additional funding contributions, says area Councillor Scott Gillingham (St. James). The total cost of phase one infrastructure is $60 million. CentrePort is North America’s largest trimodal inland […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:59PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Beer vendor homicide victim identified

  

  Family and friends are mourning a 19-year-old man fatally injured at a beer vendor in Winnipeg early Tuesday. City police, who identified the man as John Lloyd Maaba Barrion, are investigating ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:57PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  COVID-19 vaccine campaign continues as Manitoba loosens restrictions

  

  The medical lead of Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force said Wednesday that the campaign will continue, despite the province aiming to lift all public health restrictions by mid-March.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:49PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba premier trying 'to have it both ways' in messaging on border protests: political observers

  

  Political obersvers in Manitoba say the premier has sent mixed signals in her public and private statements by calling on the prime minister to act to end the blockade without appearing to take a strong position against the protesters.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:48PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba 'not finished yet' with COVID-19 vaccination efforts as province rolls back pandemic restrictions

  

  Manitoba may be moving toward lifting its COVID-19 restrictions as more than 80 per cent of its eligible population has gotten fully vaccinated — but that doesn’t mean the province is planning to roll back its immunization campaign anytime soon.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:43PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Protesters at Manitoba legislature digging in until mandates are fully removed

  

  The blockade at Manitoba’s major Canadian-U.S. border was dismantled Wednesday, but the semi-trucks and protesters blocking off the street outside the Manitoba legislature in downtown Winnipeg say they won’t be pulling out anytime soon. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Emerson border closure has impacted more than $70 million of trade daily. READ MORE: What […]

  The post Protesters at Manitoba legislature digging in until mandates are fully removed appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:42PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  'This is very important': SCO launches new crisis response team

  

  The Southern Chiefs' Organization is launching a new initiative to help those who are in crisis.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:42PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Province, feds provide funds to protect health of Manitoba’s pigs

  As humans are currently battling a worldwide pandemic, the Manitoba government announced steps to ensure the health of the province’s pork industry. On Wednesday the Canadian and Manitoba governments announced $680,900 in funds to support projects aimed at protecting animal health and managing disease in the provincial pork industry. Dubbed the “Invasive Swine Eradication Initiative […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:42PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  What were the impacts of Emerson border blockade on Manitoba’s economy?

  

  The blockade at Manitoba’s major border with the United States is now over, but the question remains: how much damage was done to Manitoba’s economy? According to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, it’s estimated that around $73 million was being lost at the Emerson border every single day – totalling around $438 million throughout the […]

  The post What were the impacts of Emerson border blockade on Manitoba’s economy? appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:39PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  Collège Jeanne-Sauvé construction forces multiple-school student shuffle

  

  More than 230 junior high students in St. Vital will be temporarily shuffled to new schools next year to accommodate classroom closures at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé amid the long-awaited expansion of ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:17PM

• Wednesday 05PM Feb 16/22

  CBC Winnipeg News Feb. 16, 2022

  

  Our community. Our neighbourhoods. The news of our city..

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 5:00PM

• Wednesday 04PM Feb 16/22

  Extreme cold warning issued for most of Manitoba

  

  Don't put away your parka. Environment Canada issued another extreme cold warning for most of Manitoba on Wednesday.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 4:46PM

• Wednesday 04PM Feb 16/22

  Fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sex assault case adjourned to late March

  

  Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault case has been adjourned to late March.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 4:14PM

• Wednesday 04PM Feb 16/22

  Many Manitobans missing out on COVID-19 treatment: Roussin

  Too many people are missing out on potential COVID-19 treatments, Manitoba’s top doctor says. During a virtual news conference Wednesday, Dr. Brent Roussin said the province has seen lots of eligible people test positive for the virus but they’re coming too late in the disease’s course to get treatment. Treatments like Paxlovid need to be […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 4:04PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  Health officials prepare move from restrictions to recommendations

  Manitoba public health officials are preparing to shift from restrictions to recommendations as the Omicron wave subsides. On Tuesday, Manitoba moved to “Yellow” under the province’s pandemic response system, which dropped capacity limits for certain public venues as well as for private residences. The province also changed requirements for self-isolation if someone tests positive for […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:59PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba justice minister to raise illegal guns, First Nations policing at national meeting

  

  Kelvin Goertzen will meet virtually with other provincial and territorial justice ministers, as well as federal justice minister David Lametti, next Tuesday through Friday.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:39PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  Inquest called into death of Stony Mountain inmate attacked in his cell in 2018

  

  Manitoba's chief medical examiner has called an inquest into the death of a 26-year-old inmate inside Stony Mountain Institution, a federal prison north of Winnipeg.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:37PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  'A special community': 19 students from Sisler media program get Vancouver Film School scholarships

  

  Winnipeg's Sisler High School surprised 19 students on Wednesday with the news they'll get full scholarships to Vancouver Film School.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:33PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  Fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sex assault case adjourned to late March

  

  Winnipeg fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault case has been adjourned to late March.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:32PM

• Wednesday 03PM Feb 16/22

  Winnipeg mayor would support continued mask mandate in city buildings after provincial mandate dropped

  

  Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said he'd like to see masks continue to be used in city facilities, even though the province plans to drop its mandate March 1.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 3:30PM

• Wednesday 02PM Feb 16/22

  Minister pressed to back up claim of ‘far right extreme organization’ linking Coutts, Ottawa protests

  

  Is there a connection between the recent seizure of a cache of guns near a border blockade in Coutts, Alberta and the ongoing protests in Ottawa? That was the burning question during a news conference Wednesday after Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, initially declared a link between Coutts and Ottawa, but couldn’t provide evidence […]

  The post Minister pressed to back up claim of ‘far right extreme organization’ linking Coutts, Ottawa protests appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 2:56PM

• Wednesday 02PM Feb 16/22

  Protesters pack up, head out to end weeklong blockade at Manitoba U.S. border

  

  Protesters blocking a busy United States border crossing in southern Manitoba packed up and left Wednesday. RCMP say they had worked out a deal with demonstrators to end the blockade at the Emerson border crossing and the border was open to traffic again. The crossing had been blocked since Thursday when protesters parked farm equipment, […]

  The post Protesters pack up, head out to end weeklong blockade at Manitoba U.S. border appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 2:51PM

• Wednesday 02PM Feb 16/22

  No more KN95 to be handed out at Manitoba Liquor Marts and casinos

  

  Manitoba's provincial government will no longer be distributing KN95 masks at Liquor Marts and casinos.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 2:38PM

• Wednesday 02PM Feb 16/22

  Fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sex assault case adjourned to late March

  

  Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sexual assault case has been adjourned to late March. Nygard, 80, is charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement, which Toronto police have said relate to alleged incidents in the late 1980s and mid-2000s. He has denied all the allegations. Nygard, the former head […]

  The post Fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sex assault case adjourned to late March appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 2:12PM

• Wednesday 02PM Feb 16/22

  Sisler nets 19 film school scholarships

  

  A record number of full scholarships to Vancouver Film School are being distributed to students at Winnipeg’s Sisler High School. For the third year in a row, the B.C. film school ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 2:07PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  'Treat each other with kindness' as pandemic rules change: Roussin

  

  Six more Manitobans have died from COVID-19, the province announced while expanding availability of rapid tests and reining in its distribution of masks. On Wednesday, the province reported the deaths of: ...

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:57PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  Fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sex assault case adjourned to late March

  

  Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault case has been adjourned to late March.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:57PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  Live updates: Police move in on Ottawa protesters

  

  Police are expected to be ramping up their operations in the Ottawa streets where convoy protesters have been encamped for weeks, after multiple warnings for them to leave the area or face criminal charges.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:50PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  Live updates: Latest from the convoy protest in Ottawa

  

  Police are expected to be ramping up their operations in the Ottawa streets where convoy protesters have been encamped for weeks, after multiple warnings for them to leave the area or face criminal charges.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:50PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  Rapid antigen tests now available for Manitobans at provincial testing sites

  

  Asymptomatic Manitobans are now able to pick up rapid antigen tests at provincial COVID-19 testing sites.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:28PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  COVID-19 hospitalization numbers hold steady in Manitoba on Wednesday

  Manitoba is reporting the same number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care patients as it did on Tuesday with 614 and 38 respectively, on its online dashboard on Wednesday. The province also recorded another six deaths, with three in Winnipeg – a man in his 20s, a woman in her 60s and another woman in […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:23PM

• Wednesday 01PM Feb 16/22

  All Manitobans can now pick up rapid COVID-19 tests at provincial sites

  

  All Manitobans will now be able to pick up rapid antigen COVID-19 tests at the province’s testing sites, whether they have symptoms or not.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 1:17PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  Traffic Flowing Again at Emerson Border Crossing

  WINNIPEG -- Traffic began flowing in both directions at the Emerson border crossing on Wednesday afternoon following nearly a week-long protest and blockade.

  © 2022. This article Traffic Flowing Again at Emerson Border Crossing appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:58PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  Winnipeg cops ID 19-year-old homicide victim found at vendor

  

  Police said the young man was taken to hospital after being around 3:10 a.m. by emergency personnel at the beer vendor in the 1400 block of Notre Dame, but later died.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:37PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  COVID-19 hotspots in Canada concentrated by urban environments: study

  

  Racialized communities are experiencing much higher rates of COVID-19 infection, according to a study of hotspots in Canadian cities.

  The post COVID-19 hotspots in Canada concentrated by urban environments: study appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:34PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba Reports 614 COVID-19 Hospitalizations on Wednesday

  WINNIPEG — Manitoba reported 614 patients are currently in hospital due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Wednesday. Of those, 38 are in the intensive care unit.

  © 2022. This article Manitoba Reports 614 COVID-19 Hospitalizations on Wednesday appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:34PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  RCMP, protest organizers ending Emerson blockade peacefully

  

  HIGHWAY 75 NEAR EMERSON — Manitoba RCMP were planning to escort the anti-COVID-19 vaccination mandate blockade away from the Emerson border crossing at noon Wednesday after reaching an agreement with ......

  © Winnipeg Free Press | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:27PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  New funding will empower Manitoba adults with intellectual disabilities in day-to-day activities: advocates

  

  The Manitoba government has promised $775,000 in funding for two initiatives that advocates say will empower adults with intellectual disabilities in their day-to-day lives.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:19PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  Jets expect full house at Wednesday’s game against Wild

  

  The Winnipeg Jets are welcoming a full house of fans back to Canada Life Centre, and the downtown arena is expected to be hopping for Wednesday's game.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:13PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  Jets ready for another Wild date with lots of fans

  A week after an intense, physical meeting on Winnipeg ice, the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild do it all over again on Wednesday night, this time in a full-capacity arena. Given their desperate place in the standings, there should be no shortage of emotion from the Jets. “More of the same,” is what forward Andrew […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:11PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  What’s in a name?: Instagram account shares stories of immigrant identity

  

  Anglicizing or entirely changing one’s name is an all too familiar, sometimes necessary evil for immigrants and migrants. Whether it is for convenience, to fit in or simply because they are fed up of hearing their names butchered daily, immigrants or their children often land up ditching traditional, culturally-specific names for ones that are more […]

  The post What’s in a name?: Instagram account shares stories of immigrant identity appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:09PM

• Wednesday 12PM Feb 16/22

  What’s in a name?: Instagram account shares stories of immigrant identity

  

  Anglicizing or entirely changing one’s name is an all too familiar, sometimes necessary evil for immigrants and migrants. Whether it is for convenience, to fit in or simply because they are fed up of hearing their names butchered daily, immigrants or their children often land up ditching traditional, culturally-specific names for ones that are more […]

  The post What’s in a name?: Instagram account shares stories of immigrant identity appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:09PM

• Wednesday 11AM Feb 16/22

  Police identify victim of Winnipeg’s seventh homicide of 2022

  John Lloyd Maaba Barrion, 19, has been identified as the victim of Winnipeg’s most recent homicide. Winnipeg police began investigating after Barrion was found seriously injured at a hotel beer vendor early Tuesday morning. At around 3:10 a.m., emergency services personnel were called to a beer vendor located in the 1400 block of Notre Dame […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 11:56AM

• Wednesday 11AM Feb 16/22

  Conservatives not backing Emergencies Act, MPs to debate motion Thursday

  

  Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says the party won't be supporting a motion tabled by the federal government that would give them the powers to enforce the Emergencies Act.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 11:51AM

• Wednesday 11AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba making investments to promote inclusiveness; help disability support sector

  

  The Manitoba government is investing $775,000 to help the disability support sector and promote projects aimed at inclusiveness.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 11:49AM

• Wednesday 11AM Feb 16/22

  Police ID man who died after being found injured at Winnipeg beer vendor

  

  Winnipeg police have identified a 19-year-old man who was found injured at a beer vendor on Notre Dame Avenue early Tuesday morning and later died in hospital.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 11:19AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  Sask. mother pleads for daughter Sarah Jackson's return in new video from RCMP

  

  Saskatchewan RCMP is renewing calls for information about the location of Sarah Jackson, a seven-year-old girl believed to be with her father.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:45AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  Girl believed to be taken by father who doesn't want her vaccinated still missing, mother pleads for information

  

  Saskatchewan RCMP is renewing calls for information about the location of Sarah Jackson, a seven-year-old girl believed to be with her father.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:45AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  Girl believed to be taken by father still missing as her mother, RCMP renew calls for information

  

  Saskatchewan RCMP is renewing calls for information about the location of Sarah Jackson, a seven-year-old girl believed to be with her father.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:45AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  ‘You must leave the area now:’ Police serve notice to Ottawa protesters

  

  Police are taking another step towards clearing the convoy protest in downtown Ottawa by officially serving notice to the demonstrators on Wednesday. Officers are walking through the protest zone handing out pages of the printed notice, which tells protesters they must clear the area immediately or face charges. “Anyone blocking streets, or assisting others in […]

  The post ‘You must leave the area now:’ Police serve notice to Ottawa protesters appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:35AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba COVID-19, vaccine update coming Wednesday

  

  Chief provincial health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will be joined by Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of Manitoba's vaccine task force, at 12:30 p.m.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:16AM

• Wednesday 10AM Feb 16/22

  Vehicles blocking Emerson border gone by noon Wednesday, RCMP say

  

  The RCMP said Tuesday that an open dialogue between police and protesters led to an agreement to end the blockade peacefully.

  © Global | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 10:09AM

• Wednesday 09AM Feb 16/22

  Canadian men’s hockey team eliminated by Sweden in Olympic quarterfinals

  

  Canada is heading home from the Olympics without a men’s hockey medal for the first time in 16 years. Lucas Wallmark scored midway through the third period as Sweden defeated Canada 2-0 in the quarterfinals at the Beijing Games on Wednesday. Lars Johanssen made 22 saves for the Swedes, who will meet the Russian Olympic […]

  The post Canadian men’s hockey team eliminated by Sweden in Olympic quarterfinals appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:51AM

• Wednesday 09AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba border blockade to end soon, RCMP say

  

  The last of the protesters involved in the week-long Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., will be escorted away by noon on Wednesday, RCMP say.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:44AM

• Wednesday 09AM Feb 16/22

  Former Legion Site Points to New Pembina Highway Development

  WINNIPEG -- The former site of the Fort Garry Legion on Pembina Highway will be the new home of an infill housing project housing 82 units.

  © 2022. This article Former Legion Site Points to New Pembina Highway Development appeared first on ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News.

  © ChrisD | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:36AM

• Wednesday 09AM Feb 16/22

  GAME NIGHT: Jets hope to make capacity crowd cheer against Wild

  MINNESOTA WILD (30-11-3) at WINNIPEG JETS (20-18-8) Wednesday, 6 p.m., Canada Life Centre TV: Sportsnet; Radio: 680 CJOB WHY WATCH? For the first time since this latest wave of the pandemic, the Jets are allowed to play to full capacity, which should improve an atmosphere that’s been lacking in downtown Winnipeg this season. Of course, […]

  © Winnipeg Sun | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 9:06AM

• Wednesday 08AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba to give COVID-19, vaccine update

  

  Manitoba health officials are set to give an update on Wednesday afternoon regarding COVID-19 and vaccines in the province.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:54AM

• Wednesday 08AM Feb 16/22

  Hospitalization numbers remain unchanged in Manitoba; six deaths reported Wednesday

  

  Manitoba’s current hospitalization numbers remain unchanged on Wednesday, as the province reports six deaths, including a person in their 20s.

  © CTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:54AM

• Wednesday 08AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba officials to give COVID-19, vaccine update at 12:30 p.m.

  

  Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer, and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of the provincial vaccine rollout, will speak at a COVID-19 and vaccine update at 12:30 p.m.

  © CBC | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:46AM

• Wednesday 07AM Feb 16/22

  Canadian inflation surpassed 5 per cent in January for first time since 1991

  

  Statistics Canada says the rate of inflation rose to 5.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis in January. That's up from 4.8 per cent recorded in December.

  The post Canadian inflation surpassed 5 per cent in January for first time since 1991 appeared first on CityNews Winnipeg.

  © CityTV | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:37AM

• Wednesday 07AM Feb 16/22

  Manitoba free family fishing weekend

  If you have always wanted to try out fishing, or you don’t do it often and just want to tag along with someone else, this is the perfect weekend for it. From Feb 19th to 21st, you do not need ... Read More »

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  © Save Money in Winnipeg | Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 7:28AM