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A year of new words, worries, and rules began one year ago when Manitoba had its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 12, 2020. In the midst of closures and loss, there was also plenty of good on display.
The first cases of the novel coronavirus were in Wuhan, China where the World Health Organization learnt of the viral pneumonia in December. The world was watching but it would be months before Manitoba saw a case.
January 2020
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba s Chief Public Health Officer, held his first COVID-19 press conference on January 23, 2020, in a meeting room. He was relatively unknown at the time, especially to the general public. Sitting in front of a room of reporters, Roussin did not have much information to go on, as the virus was still new to the world.
Winnipeg airport noise study suggests delayed Polo Park-area development could proceed
Results from a noise study and land-use planning analysis released Tuesday suggest more development could be coming to areas around the airport including an area at the heart of a dispute between a developer and the Winnipeg Airport Authority.
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WINNIPEG The landscape around Polo Park and along Portage Avenue could change as the findings of new reports may help pave the way for new developments including a major project at the Polo Park Mall. Currently a vicinity plan restricts housing projects close to the airport including the shopping mall over noise concerns. But two reports show noise levels from the airport aren’t impacting as many areas as once thought. “These reports reflect the fact noise contours have changed, said the area s city councillor Scott Gillingham. The reports commissioned by the province say changes should be made to the vicinity plan because noise from the airport is not impacting as much land as it once was.
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Federal restrictions will definitely finish off hundreds of jobs, if not thousands, across the country
On the same day the prime minister announced a slew of sweeping measures to prevent non-essential travel and curb the spread of more infectious variants of COVID-19, Winnipeg s airport released the final earnings report for a year marred by the pandemic.
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On the same day the prime minister announced a slew of sweeping measures to prevent non-essential travel and curb the spread of more infectious variants of COVID-19, Winnipeg s airport released the final earnings report for a year marred by the pandemic.