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Due to COVID-19, it’s going to be a very different May long weekend again this year. Here is what’s open and closed for Victoria Day.

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 6:27 AM CDT Friday, May. 21, 2021 | Updates MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Keeping up on current events in the classroom has meant discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic — including the subject of vaccine hesitancy and scientific literacy. Drawing from public health information about the COVID-19 immunization campaign, teachers are doing what they do best — teaching, on the subject of vaccine hesitancy and scientifi...

Winnipeg Free Press From beadwork to cross-stitching, auto repair and virtual darts, Winnipeggers find creative outlets for their pandemic frustrations By: Declan Schroeder Save to Read Later Karlie Higgins, whose medical condition means she must be more careful than most, took up cross-stitching and heddle weaving during the pandemic. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press) Long before the vaccine had rolled out, Karlie Higgins, 37, was worki...

Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later TEACHERS in the Louis Riel School Division are the latest to call on their administration to negotiate wage increases as soon as possible, before their salaries could be frozen indefinitely, owing to looming changes in the collective bargaining process. TEACHERS in the Louis Riel School Division are the latest to call on their administration to negotiate wage increases as soon as possible, before their salaries could be frozen indefinitely, owing to loom...

  WINNIPEG -- With most students in Winnipeg and Brandon now in remote learning, a group of mystery students from Chief Peguis Middle School left a surprise message of support for the staff at their school. The staff at the middle school were met Wednesday morning by some encouraging messages left for them on the schools steps. A group of unknown students had created a chalk message for their teachers and school staff. "Dear principals & teachers, you are amazing! COVID cant stop us!!" th...

WHILE the overwhelming majority of students are learning at home for the rest of the month, nearly h...

Local teachers in Winnipeg and River East Transcona are in a race against the clock to finish salary...

Article content Another Winnipeg senior has fallen victim to crime. On Sunday at 7 p.m. Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) officers responded to a home in Kern Park for a robbery report. The victim, a 70-year-old man, had observed flower pots being stolen from his front yard and being placed into a car by a man who was accompanied by a woman. The victim is known in Transcona for his volunteer gardening and beautification efforts along Pandora Avenue. The victim confronted the two, asking them to ret...

Teachers in Brandon, Winnipeg scramble with overwhelming transition to remote learning All kindergarten to Grade 12 students in Winnipeg and Brandon are moving to remote learning starting Wednesday in an effort to curb Manitobas rising third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thats putting administrators and teachers under pressure to deliver both in classroom and remote learning on short notice. Social Sharing

  WINNIPEG -- With only two days until all K-12 schools in Winnipeg and Brandon move to remote learning, some parents are scrambling to adjust. “Having a disabled child that needs to be in the classroom in order to learn the right way and learn at the grade level was really, really stressful,” said Alyssa Ziolkoski, thinking back to last January and spring when all schools were teaching remotely. Elementary and high schools in Winnipeg and Brandon will start remote learning on Wednesda...