The Red River Floodway is not expected to be activated this spring. In a notice on Monday, Manitoba’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre said, with the snowmelt, the Red River is rising by about a foot a day. However, it expects the river to remain within its banks, even during the expected peak at Emerson between March 18 to 21. It cautioned river users that ice conditions are expected to weaken, and to use caution when venturing onto the ice. The forecast centre said it expected run-off on the Assiniboine and Qu’Appelle rivers, and the upper Assiniboine river in the Shellmouth basin, to begin later this week.
WINNIPEG The province of Manitoba said a potential exposure to a COVID-19 variant of concern may have occurred on a Winnipeg transit bus almost two weeks ago. According to information on the province’s website, exposure to a variant of concern may have occurred on March 4 and 5 on Winnipeg Transit Route #16. The time of the potential exposure was between 11:09 a.m. and 12 p.m., from Osborne St. and River Ave. to Manitoba Ave. and Ellington St. It’s the third potential exposure to a variant of concern on a Winnipeg Transit Bus. Previous exposures occurred on Transit Routes 77 and 17 in February.
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - After reporting a substantial increase in U.S. retail sales in the previous month, the Commerce Department released a report on Tuesday showing retail sales pulled back
Sales up as shoppers stay local, says Metcash Pandemic pushes shoppers to stay local, with sales boosts across grocery, liquor and hardware, says Metcash.
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Subscriber only Metcash has confirmed the shift to local and neighbourhood shopping that emerged in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic spread has continued into the new year across all its key pillars of grocery, liquor and hardware with the wholesaler reporting strong sales momentum for the first four months of 2021. It comes as Metcash pledged to up its total spend on its store refurbishments, restructure and investment in its systems, saying it will spend $375m between fiscal 2022 and 2024.