Posted: May 10, 2021 1:59 PM CT | Last Updated: May 10
Daycares in Manitoba are allowed to stay open for children of critical service workers, but all others must stay home when K-12 schools in Winnipeg and Brandon switch to remote learning on Wednesday.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Staff at child-care centres are scrambling to figure out what the impending move of all K-12 schools in Winnipeg and Brandon to remote learning will mean for the children attending their programs.
On Sunday, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said child-care facilities could remain open when most students in the province s two largest cities switch to remote learning, starting Wednesday.
New COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Manitoba, with 531 on Sunday
Nearly 80 per cent of Sunday s new cases are again in the Winnipeg health region, which reported a five-day test positivity rate that rose to 13 per cent from 12.6 on Saturday. Provincially, that rate rose to 10.9 per cent from 10.5.
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Posted: May 09, 2021 3:18 PM CT | Last Updated: May 10
The Manitoba government announced Sunday that kindergarten to Grade 12 students in Winnipeg and Brandon will be moving to remote learning, as calls grow to shut down classrooms amid the province s rising third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.(David Donnelly/CBC)
WINNIPEG A long list of new public health orders were announced Friday evening, but absent from the list was guidance on learning. During a 6 p.m. news conference on Friday, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin was asked whether schools will be moved to remote learning given the rising case numbers and strict new measures. “This is something we’re actively looking at right now, so we’re going to have something in this regard in the near future,” said Roussin. The Manitoba Teachers’ Society has been calling on the province to move to Code Red in high-risk areas, including Winnipeg.
Lockdown 3, the one everyone could foresee
During the second wave, Manitoba gained a great understanding of what it s like to try and fail to slow the spread of COVID-19. This makes the events of the third wave more difficult to comprehend.
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Manitoba learned valuable lessons during the pandemic s 2nd wave. That didn t seem to help in the 3rd.
Posted: May 08, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 8
Coming soon to a mall near you: 10 per cent capacity restrictions start tomorrow.(Austin Grabish/CBC)