Jim Carr, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau s special representative for the Prairies, speaks to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in Calgary on January 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
OTTAWA The premier of Manitoba says his province s status as the COVID-19 hot spot of North America can be blamed in part on people not getting vaccinated and not getting tested when they re sick.
Brian Pallister is the latest premier to turn to Ottawa for help as his province s health care system buckles under the weight of the pandemic s third wave.
More than 1,200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Manitoba over the long weekend. The province has now had to fly at least 14 critically ill patients to hospitals in Ontario for care, some as far as away as Ottawa, London and Windsor.
By Mia Rabson OTTAWA The premier of Manitoba says his province's status as the COVID-19 hot spot of North America can be blamed in part on people not get