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  WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is chipping in another $50 million to its school capital projects fund, which among other things, could help improve ventilation in schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lay the groundwork for two new schools in Brandon. On Thursday, Manitobas new Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced the province is adding the $50 million on top of the $160 million that was approved in the 2020 budget for school projects across the province. "Clearly, weve seen a...

Brandon Sun Posted: Advertisement Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced on Thursday that the Manitoba government will be setting aside more than $24 million for seven future land acquisition projects, which includes two new school sites in the Brandon area. During an afternoon news conference on education infrastructure, Cullen stated that these projects involve a K-8 and K-12 facility, with the latter being a school under the jurisdiction of Div...

Sufficient demand for fish co-op, adviser says By: Dylan Robertson  Fish fillets fall off a conveyor at the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp. in Winnipeg. OTTAWA — While fishers on the Prairies appear ready to take over the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp., the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has rejected any option that isn’t led by First Nations. OTTAWA — While fishers on the Prairies appear ready to take over the Freshwater Fish Marketing C...

However, the province has yet to confirm where in line teachers are on the immunization priority list. On Thursday, Manitoba unveiled plans for its first Fast Pass testing centre, where eligible educators can get tested to receive results within hours. School staff, including custodians, bus drivers and workers in school-based early learning and child care facilities, will be able to schedule an appointment at 1066 Nairn Ave., in Winnipeg, as early as Jan. 18. Eligible clients must hav...

City may put its whistle away and let skaters onto Winnipeg retention pond rinks A City of Winnipeg bylaw prohibits anyone from going on a retention pond in the winter, yet there are hundreds of home-made rinks on them. Now the city will review the rules and look at what other cities are doing with the ponds. Social Sharing Skaters breaking bylaw every day in winter, so Winnipeg should embrace being a winter city, says councillor Posted: Jan 14, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 14 City s...

The Manitoba government has announced a new pilot COVID-19 testing site that will provide rapid tests for teachers and school staff.

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Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial The city’s archives are housed in a nondescript building on Myrtle Street. The City of Winnipeg has a historic problem. Editorial The City of Winnipeg has a historic problem. Its archives include a trove of photographs, artifacts and documents, such as council minutes, tax rolls and building plans that go back as far as the 1870s. It also stores similar documents from St. Boniface, Transcona and other citie...

Winnipeg Free Press Better than babas? Sevalas Ukrainian Deli in Transcona dishes up perogies, holopchi and varenyky that would make a grandma proud From left, Darin Demchuk, Amy Teres, Samantha Demchuk, Bernie Demchuk, Alison Demchuk and Del Demchuk turn out food like baba used to make at Sevala’s Ukrainian Deli. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press) The same way people were discouraged from gathering in December to celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah, those who follow the Julian ca...

Winnipeg deli serves up baba-style foods just in time for Ukrainian Christmas The same way people were discouraged from gathering in December to celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah, those who follow the Julian calendar are being instructed not to gather with friends and family later this week to observe Svyatvecher, more commonly known as Ukrainian Christmas. Social Sharing Sevalas Ukrainian Deli in Transcona dishes up perogies, holopchi and varenyky that would make a grandma proud Winnipe...