New federal safety regulations for the trucking industry go into effect Saturday with the mandatory requirement for electronic logging devices in semi-trucks.
Canada s federal system of government, broken up into provinces and territories, and further divided into municipal levels of government, can at times seem pretty ununified.
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The province also announced three more COVID-related deaths during Friday’s media update.
The dead include a woman in her 50s from the Interlake-Eastern health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, a woman in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region linked to an outbreak at the Russell Health Centre, and a woman in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.1 per cent provincially and 16.1 per cent in Winnipeg. Six cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing the net-new number of cases Friday to 588 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba since the pandemic started to 47,504.
Canadian Provinces Team With North Dakota to Vaccinate Cross-Border Truckers
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallster and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burnum (on screen). (Manitoba Government via YouTube)
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Leaders from North Dakota and two Canadian provinces have reached agreements to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to Canada-based truckers who cross the border to deliver goods.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced the Essential Worker Cross-Border Vaccination Initiative on April 20. Burgum and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced April 27 that they signed a memorandum of understanding to vaccinate essential workers who transport goods across the border. North Dakota’s northern border spans portions of both provinces.
COVID-19 vaccination site near Drayton, N.D., is a hot spot for truckers
The Essential Workers Cross-Border Vaccination Initiative allows truckers and others who want to be vaccinated to receive them at the rest stop south of Drayton, N.D., from noon until 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays for the next five to seven weeks. 7:00 am, May 2, 2021 ×
Vikram Singh Sandhu, right, a truck driver from Winnipeg, Manitoba, heads back to his rig after receiving a dose of Moderna vaccine at a truck stop near Drayton, ND, April 23, 2021. ND Health Dept. workers Jonathan Schindler, left and Haley Schmidt check in drivers and others who stopped at the site. Roger Clayton, Steinbach, MB, waits his turn outside the mobile lab. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald