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Coun. John LoRegio (Meadows-Waverly) has resigned from Brandon City Council effective Jan. 31, saying in a statement that health issues are preventing him from putting his full attention on council matters.
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Coun. John LoRegio (Meadows-Waverly) has resigned from Brandon City Council effective Jan. 31, saying in a statement that health issues are preventing him from putting his full attention on council matters.
Reached by phone on Monday, LoRegio told the Sun he has been battling multiple myeloma cancer and has been at the Brandon Regional Health Centre since August last year.
Meadows-Waverly councillor John LoRegio has resigned from Brandon City Council, citing health reasons. (File)
Brandon Sun By: Drew May
Zoey April Rose Roulette is Brandon’s first baby of 2021.
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Zoey April Rose Roulette is Brandon’s first baby of 2021.
Zoey was born at 6:25 a.m. Friday morning to proud parents Misty Brown and Les Paul Roulette at the Brandon Regional Health Centre.
According to a press release from Prairie Mountain Health, Zoey weighed approximately seven pounds and 14 ounces and was approximately 20 inches long.
The family wasn’t expecting Zoey to be the first baby born in Brandon in 2021 given she came relatively late in the morning, Roulette said. She is healthy and she is good they said she came out just about the time she needed to come out, Roulette said.
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Manitobans are being urged to not call the phone number meant only for front-line health providers to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
Public health officials advise nine additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a male in his 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Park Manor Personal Care Home;
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to the outbreak at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg;
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