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The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for December 8th.

Shelly Glover can identify as premier all she wants, but it doesn’t make her the premier of Manitoba.

On this week’s show: Transport Minister Omar Alghabra describes mandatory vaccination rules for travellers and federal workers. Premier Blaine Higgs explains New Brunswick’s latest restrictions, tightened for Thanksgiving weekend. Plus — CBC’s Bartley Kives looks at the race to become Manitoba’s next PC premier, former Conservative MP James Cumming outlines his forthcoming review of the party’s election performance, and two disinformation experts discuss possible efforts to rein in Facebook.

This is what happens when you throw a political punch that doesn’t connect....

The new restrictions will go into effect Jan. 27. There is no current scheduled end-date for the restrictions, which will likely be revisited once COVID-19 cases fall. During a Jan. 26 press conference announcing the order, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said that people coming from outside Manitoba into the province who live in border communities will not be subject to the two-week quarantine rule. When asked by the Brandon Sun’s Drew May, Pallister said normal interactions over provincial borders were not the target of the new measures. “There’s normal interaction that is custom...