Posted: May 12, 2021 5:30 PM CT | Last Updated: May 12
Caleb, Levi and Anne Snyder came to Kildonan Park on Wednesday for a nature scavenger hunt. The family is marking the first day of remote learning due to rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.(Walther Bernal/CBC)
Caleb and Levi Snyder are hard at work. The Grade 3 and kindergarten students are scouring Winnipeg s Kildonan Park, looking for an object smaller than their hands.
Levi picks up a rock and measures it against his flat palm. He s done it. He ticks off another item on his mother s homemade nature scavenger hunt.
The long list also includes five blades of grass, an acorn and something colourful. This is their first remote-learning assignment.
Future of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in question in Canada over blood clots, supply issues
The future use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Canada is now in question due to concerns over the increased risk of rare but severe blood clots connected to the shot, an unpredictable future supply and a significant amount of alternative vaccines.
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Risk of blood clots tied to AstraZeneca shot now estimated at 1 in 55,000 in Canada
Posted: May 12, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 12
Ontario and Alberta will no longer give the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine as a first dose and future supply would instead be reserved for optional second shots.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Posted: May 12, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 12
Parent Megan Slaunwhite has been concerned about the rising case numbers and supports the switch to online learning. She says it isn t easy teaching her son Dylan, a Grade 3 student, though. (Austin Grabish/CBC)
Outside Machray School, there was laughter and shouting Tuesday, as elementary school kids played to celebrate class finishing for the day. For some, there was also a sense of sadness.
Starting Wednesday, the playground will be quiet as all kindergarten to Grade 12 schools in Winnipeg and Brandon switch to remote learning. In-person classes are suspended until at least May 30, with some exceptions for the children of critical service workers, students deemed high risk and those who have certain disabilities.
Teachers in Brandon, Winnipeg scramble with overwhelming transition to remote learning
All kindergarten to Grade 12 students in Winnipeg and Brandon are moving to remote learning starting Wednesday in an effort to curb Manitoba s rising third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. That s putting administrators and teachers under pressure to deliver both in classroom and remote learning on short notice.
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In today s Morning Brief, we have the story of man with Alzheimer s who was sold electronic devices and contracts that he didn t need and couldn t use.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 6:46 AM ET | Last Updated: May 10
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85-year-old with Alzheimer s sold Bell products and services he can t use after visit to The Source
Ross Miller, 85, thought he needed a new TV last October, so he went to The Source a consumer electronics store owned by Bell Canada. But he got much more than he intended.