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The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says he has witnessed a tremendous evolution the province’s pork sector over the past 16 years. Manitoba Pork is the organization that represents the interests of the province’s pork sector.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.6 per cent provincially and 6.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 24, 2021, 222 new cases of the virus have been identified and brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,697.

A 30-year-old Winnipeg man has been arrested and charged after RCMP recently seized two firearms in the suspects vehicle during a traffic stop in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.8 per cent provincially and 6.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 23, 2021, 216 new cases of the virus have been identified and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,476.

The Public Utilities Board approved the application of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. to decrease the current Primary Gas rate effective February 1, 2021. Primary Gas is sold on a cost recovery basis without markup by Centra to Manitoba customers.

This morning, the federal government advised Manitoba to expect a third supply reduction of the Pfizer vaccine. In the week of Feb. 1, Manitoba will receive two trays of vaccine (2,340 doses) instead of five (5,850 doses). Projections for the week of Feb. 8 are no longer being provided.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.3 per cent provincially and 6.2 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 22, 2021, 173 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction making the net-new cases 171 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,260.

Limited changes to the public health orders will take effect on Jan. 23 and last for three weeks, Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, announced today, adding these modest changes balance the need to protect the health-care system while gradually restoring services and activities for Manitobans.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.2 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 21, 2021, 198 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, two cases were removed due to a data correction, making the net new cases 196 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 28,089.

The province is not taking necessary actions to identify and recover overpayments made to physicians, says Auditor General Tyson Shtykalo. The findings are contained in the report, Physicians’ Billings, released today.