Provincial News Archives

On January 4, 2021, at 7:30am, Morris RCMP responded to a report of a semi-trailer that had hit the ditch on Highway 59, located approximately two kilometres north of Roseau River in the RM of Emerson-Franklin.

A total of 7,400 first-dose appointments have been booked by eligible Manitobans at the first super site at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg since it opened. First-dose appointments are currently being accepted from Jan. 11 to 17 and individuals are also making their second-dose appointments on the same call.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.9 per cent provincially and 10.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 7, 2021, 208 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, seven were removed due to data corrections making the net new total 201. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 25,742.

Russel RCMP have arrested and charged a suspect in connection to a recent arson incident involving the oldest home in the community.

To protect vulnerable Manitobans who are at greatest risk from COVID-19, Manitoba will launch a 28-day campaign to immunize all eligible personal care home (PCH) residents in 135 sites across the province with the first dose of the vaccine. 

The Manitoba government is providing an overview of its plans for using the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a forecast of inventory levels in the weeks and months ahead. A more accurate picture can be provided now that shipments of vaccine are more predictable and the first super site has launched.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.4 per cent provincially and 11.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 6, 2021, 176 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, nine were removed due to data corrections making the net new total 167. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 25,541.

The Pas RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a local man who hasn’t been seen in several weeks, 54-year-old Barry Byrtus.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 10.7 per cent provincially and 11.5 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on January 5, 2020, 130 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 25,374.

The RBC Convention Centre super site opened in Winnipeg on January 4, 2020 and immunized 850 people. Since the vaccine arrived in Manitoba in December, a total of 4,292 people have been immunized against COVID-19.