Students in two southern Manitoba school divisions will move to remote learning starting Tuesday as COVID-19 caseloads continue to rise across the province, officials say.
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WINNIPEG All schools in Winnipeg and Brandon, Man., will make the switch to remote learning beginning today. The Manitoba government announced the move on Sunday, saying the period of mandated remote learning will finish on May 30. Although schools have not been a source of widespread transmission of COVID, the case counts in our schools are rising and with increased transmission of variants of concern in larger urban centres and among younger people our public health officials are recommending additional measures, said Education Minister Cliff Cullen at a news conference over the weekend. The province noted that schools would accommodate children of critical service workers, who are in Kindergarten to Grade 6, if other child-care arrangements were not possible.
$2M promised to reserve child-care spaces as Winnipeg, Brandon schools move to remote learning
The Manitoba government is spending nearly $2 million to pay child-care facilities in Winnipeg and Brandon to reserve spaces for families with school-aged children, who have shifted to remote learning Wednesday.
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Aim is to stop families from paying for service they re not using, losing spot: Manitoba Families minister
Posted: May 12, 2021 4:27 PM CT | Last Updated: May 12
Manitoba Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced funding that aims to prevent families from having to pay for child-care services they re not using while schools in Winnipeg and Brandon are in remote learning.(CTV Winnipeg Pool)
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Premier Brian Pallister called out “Monday morning quarterbacks” who criticized him for not acting sooner to slow down the spread of COVID-19.
Premier Brian Pallister was on the defensive Monday, after wrongly suggesting he had accompanied the province’s top doctor in announcing tough new public health restrictions last week.
Premier Brian Pallister was on the defensive Monday, after wrongly suggesting he had accompanied the province’s top doctor in announcing tough new public health restrictions last week.
While unveiling new financial supports for business, Pallister spoke at a news conference about how the province was in a race against time to vaccinate the public before COVID-19 variants infect many more Manitobans.