Rod Sage was named Brandon City Manager in 2018.
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Manitoba s Justice Minister says a hospital is updating its policies after misinterpretations caused issues in the investigation of a Brandon Police Board member.
In July of 2019, a 30-year-old woman named Christine Mitchell was living in the home of then-city manager Rod Sage in Brandon when she overdosed on purple heroin. Mitchell was brought to the hospital, where she later died. My heartfelt condolences go out to the family on their loss, Justice Minster Cameron Friesen says in a statement.
Sage was placed on paid administrative leave in October. He then retired four months later in February, despite having not completed his five-year term.
Long-awaited kidney transplant a success By: Tyler Clarke
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After more than three years of delays and complications, Steve Hays finally has a new kidney.
In what he has been told was the first live donor transplant since level red restrictions came into play, Steve joined his wife, Lora, in going under the knife on Feb. 18.
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Steve and Lora Hay, at their home in Rapid City with their dogs, Cooper, Karma and Willow, early last year. Lora donated a kidney to her husband last month.
Lora donated a kidney to her husband, and said she wouldn’t have had it any other way.
All Manitobans could get first shot by mid-May By: Colin Slark
Johanu Botha, co-lead, Vaccine Implementation Task Force said Friday that the new vaccine strategy will not change how many doses the province is receiving or the province’s daily maximum capacity for administering doses. (Winnipeg Free Press)
In Manitoba’s new best-case scenario, everyone in the province who wants to be vaccinated could get their first COVID-19 shot by May 18.
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In Manitoba’s new best-case scenario, everyone in the province who wants to be vaccinated could get their first COVID-19 shot by May 18.
New projections were unveiled by members of the province’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force on Friday, just two days after it was announced Manitoba would be adopting advice from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, which recommended second doses of vaccine be spaced out by up to four months to allow more people to get th
A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital in critical condition and later upgraded to stable, while an 18-year-old was treated and released the same night, the Brandon Police Service says.