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Brandon Sun By: Kimberley Kielley Advertisement The province also announced three more COVID-related deaths during Friday’s media update. The dead include a woman in her 50s from the Interlake-Eastern health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, a woman in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region linked to an outbreak at the Russell Health Centre, and a woman in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.1 per cent ...

Winnipeg Free Press RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Hard-hit storefronts in Manitoba are facing over $180,000 in coronavirus-related debt, according to CFIB’s latest estimates. ‘And that’s just what they’ve incurred because of and during the pandemic,’ said Jonathan Alward, Prairies director for CFIB. Manitoba is among four provinces that aren’t keeping up with the economic damage being caused by the growing third wave of COVID-19, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday. Manitoba is among four provinces that aren’t keeping up with the economic damage...

Winnipeg Free Press Dougald Lamont, Manitoba Liberal leader. Opposition critics are pleading with the province to extend or expand emergency assistance for struggling Manitoba businesses during the third wave. Opposition critics are pleading with the province to extend or expand emergency assistance for struggling Manitoba businesses during the third wave. "By ordering businesses to close or even to operate at 25 per cent, the Pallister government is basically ordering people to go broke," said Dougald Lamont, MLA for St. Boniface and Manitoba’s Liberal party leader, during a scrum with ...

Winnipeg Free Press RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Economic Development and Jobs Minister Ralph Eichler touted his government’s COVID-19 supports at a virtual Manitoba Chambers of Commerce event on Tuesday. Businesses don’t want to rely on government funding or emergency support — they’d rather be open at full capacity to make their own money, Manitoba’s minister in charge of economic development and jobs told business leaders Tuesday. Businesses don’t want to rely on government funding or emergency support — they’d rather be open at full capacity to make their ow...

Brandon Sun By: Tyler Clarke Save to Read Later Rural Manitoba Economic Development Corporation CEO Margot Cathcart is seen in downtown Brandon on Friday. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun) With its first CEO set to begin work next month, the Rural Manitoba Economic Development Corporation is nearing an opening date. Advertisement With its first CEO set to begin work next month, the Rural Manitoba Economic Development Corporation is nearing an opening date. Margot Cathcart begins work at the Brandon-based organization May 3, at which time she...