Education Minister Cliff Cullen said the province will likely spend about $170 million of the $185.4 million of federal and provincial funds committed to the…
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A year of new words, worries, and rules began one year ago when Manitoba had its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 12, 2020. In the midst of closures and loss, there was also plenty of good on display.
The first cases of the novel coronavirus were in Wuhan, China where the World Health Organization learnt of the viral pneumonia in December. The world was watching but it would be months before Manitoba saw a case.
January 2020
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba s Chief Public Health Officer, held his first COVID-19 press conference on January 23, 2020, in a meeting room. He was relatively unknown at the time, especially to the general public. Sitting in front of a room of reporters, Roussin did not have much information to go on, as the virus was still new to the world.
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Shared Health chief nursing officer Lanette Siragusa (left) and chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin, shown here in October, were a constant fixture in the news in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on. (File)
Every year at this time, The Brandon Sun presents its top quotes of the year from the newsmakers, the pundits and our elected officials who have said something memorable, cynical, derisive, or just downright silly.
Every year at this time, The Brandon Sun presents its top quotes of the year from the newsmakers, the pundits and our elected officials who have said something memorable, cynical, derisive, or just downright silly.
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After a significant delay, Maryland Park School will finally welcome K-8 students and staff this coming January.
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After a significant delay, Maryland Park School will finally welcome K-8 students and staff this coming January.
A Friday morning press release from the province made this news official, with Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announcing the new 65,700-square-foot facility, located at 700 Maryland Avenue, is officially ready for occupancy and has the capacity to accommodate 450 pupils. This new school will help accommodate the growth the city of Brandon has seen over the last 20 years and alleviate pressures on other kindergarten to Grade 8 schools across the city, Goertzen said in Friday’s release.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020
For anyone who makes a living in politics, this is what an existential crisis looks like.
For anyone who makes a living in politics, this is what an existential crisis looks like.
For the past month, Premier Brian Pallister and his government have been on the wrong end of a series of unflattering, even alarming public opinion polls. The latest is a
Free Press-Probe Research survey that shows, only a year into its second majority mandate, the Pallister Tories are trailing the NDP on a provincewide basis by a small, but significant, gap greater than the margin or error.