Businesses want to split Northern Health Region to allow targeted health restrictions Business representatives are proposing Manitoba’s Northern Health Region be split into northwest and northeast areas in order to better target COVID-19 restrictions according to communities' case counts. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 29, 2021 7:56 AM CT | Last Updated: January 29 Businesses in The Pas say the COVID-19 situation in their town doesn't warrant the tighter restrictions placed on the north, where some communities are dealing with high rates of the coronavirus.(Tyson Koschik/CBC) Business representatives are proposing Manitoba's Northern Health Region be split into northwest and northeast areas in order to better target COVID-19 restrictions according to communities' case counts.