WINNIPEG A reminder for all you bargain hunters out there the Winnipeg Police unclaimed goods auction is ongoing and you have until Wednesday to get your bids in. If you’re in the market for an electrofusion processor to join some pipe but are worried it might make your hair a little frizzy, you’re in luck, because you could also buy a hair straightener. They are among the 326 item up for grabs through the Associated Auto Auction. The event, that usually draws crowds, has gone online this year because of the pandemic. Up for sale is the usual assortment of tools, bikes and cameras with a couple of noteworthy additions.
WINNIPEG Three cases of variants of concern have been linked to Collège Miles Macdonell Collegiate, according to Manitoba public health officials. A provincial spokesperson tells CTV News public health investigations have confirmed that the infections were not acquired at the school and that there has been no evidence of in-school transmission. The province said the school will continue to follow established COVID-19 health protocols. A letter was sent to out on Saturday to parents and guardians of students attending the school, warning them that at least one individual with a variant of concern was at the school while they may have been infectious.
WARNING: The pictures and details in this article may be disturbing to some viewers. Workers at the Brady Landfill in Winnipeg made a grisly discovery last week five hens were found alive and moving among thousands of euthanized hens that had been dumped. It is not the first time this has happened. Brittany Semeniuk, the animal welfare consultant for the Winnipeg Humane Society, told CTV News the workers made the discovery on April 1, and alerted The Good Place: Farm Rescue & Sanctuary. When the workers at the landfill noted that some of the chickens were not in fact killed like they were supposed to be, they called the farm animal sanctuary who came as soon as they could to rescue these chickens, Semeniuk said.
WINNIPEG Infectious disease experts and advocates for frontline workers are calling for a revised vaccination strategy amid growing concern over the severity of more infectious COVID-19 variants in younger people. Experts who spoke to CTV News said vaccinating based on age was the right strategy to start, but they are now calling on provinces to push younger workers providing essential services closer to the front of the line. Dr. Alexander Wong, an infectious-disease physician in Regina, Sask., said a revised strategy is needed because of an increasing number of severe outcomes in younger Canadians as more transmissible variants circulate.