WINNIPEG The Winnipeg Humane Society is calling on the federal government to put an end the export of live horses overseas to be slaughtered for meat – saying the practice is inhumane. The humane society s outcry is sparked by a video recorded at the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in the early hours of Feb. 8. The video shows a number of crates containing horses on the tarmac waiting to be loaded on a plane during a cold snap. The video shows a plane taxiing near the crates – which Brittany Semeniuk, the animal welfare consultant for the WHS, said could scare the horses, which have a higher sensitivity to noise than humans.
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Essential shops open at Derby s Kingsway retail park
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Several shops remain open at Derby s Kingsway retail park as essential retailers (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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A number of shops at Derby s Kingsway retail park remain open as essential retailers during the third lockdown.
WINNIPEG Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in the Southern Health Region, as Manitoba reported more cases and deaths on Friday. Of the 81 new cases reported in the province on Friday, 28 were in the Southern Health Region. This is a significant spike from Thursday when only three cases were reported. The majority of the cases in the region were in the Altona area. The majority of those cases reported today were household contacts, so were already isolating and became cases, said Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer. He said the province would be following the situation in the Southern health region. He said the goal is to have public health measures stop the transmission chain where it is.