Province provides over $75 million for businesses impacted by new public health orders
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The Manitoba government is increasing its budget for the Manitoba Bridge Grant and will be making a fourth round of up to $5,000 payments for eligible businesses and organizations to help protect them through the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We delayed the third wave coming into Manitoba and now we have to shorten the time it is here. That is why on Friday we introduced new, strict public health measures to curb the spread of the variants and reduce the strain on our health-care system,” said Premier Brian Pallister. “We recognize this quick closure for many businesses will have a significant impact on their operations, particularly the restaurant industry who we know were preparing for a busy Mother’s Day weekend. Our government remains committed to delivering the right progr
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Premier Brian Pallister announces that his government will be increasing its budget for the Manitoba Bridge Grant and will be making a fourth round of up to $5,000 payments for eligible businesses and organizations to help protect them through the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Monday morning. (Winnipeg Free Press)
Premier Brian Pallister announced a new round of funding to help businesses through their third lockdown on Monday morning as he implored Manitobans to get vaccinated.
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Premier Brian Pallister announced a new round of funding to help businesses through their third lockdown on Monday morning as he implored Manitobans to get vaccinated.
From Staff Reports
Several positive COVID tests among eighth grade students at Chestnut Grove Middle School in King resulted in closing the school for in-person learning until Monday.
“Out of an abundance of caution, and due to the number of close contacts having siblings in other grade levels, we feel it is best to close Chestnut Grove,” school officials said in a statement sent to parents.
It’s the second outbreak that has affected Stokes County schools this year.
The Health Department had not updated local statistics as of press time, but did announce it will have a Pfizer vaccine clinic for residents 16 years old and older on Tuesday, from 4-7 p.m., at the department’s offices in Danbury. Then the department will hold a second vaccine clinic next Thursday, May 13, again from 4-7 p.m., this time at the Southwest Service Center at 102 Hartgrove Road in King.
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Free Press spoke to four Manitoba business owners and workers before new provincial restrictions and federal emergency support extensions were announced this week. How do they feel now?
Public-health restrictions and capacity limits haven’t changed for a gym owner, a hairstylist and a restaurant manager, but things have taken a turn for the worse with the fourth, an independent retailer.
Premier Brian Pallister did not order any businesses to shut down in an announcement of health-order changes this week despite earlier indications the province was considering such measures. The one change imposed was for retailers to limit store capacities to 333 people or 33 per cent, whichever is lower.
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