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It will be windy out there today, with gusts the equivalent of 40 km/h. The search for a sailor from Winnipeg who went missing in the Pacific Ocean has been called off. The fourth instalment of reporter Jeff Hamilton’s series on the legacy of sexual predator and former coach Graham James will be posted on our website at about noon. And Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders died 40 years ago today. Adam Treusch, assignment editor
Shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (Supplied / Canada Border Services Agency)
Set to start vaccinations: The province is set to administer the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to high-priority health workers today. This is a long-awaited day of hope for Manitobans, Premier Brian Pallister said Tuesday. Danielle Da Silva reports.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Nicole Brownlee
Last Modified: 10:35 AM CST Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 | Updates Save to Read Later
Two mask distributors have donated one million medical-grade masks to Bear Clan Patrol so they can be handed out to Winnipeg’s most vulnerable residents.
Two mask distributors have donated one million medical-grade masks to Bear Clan Patrol so they can be handed out to Winnipeg’s most vulnerable residents. At first I thought it was 100,000 (masks), but then they said one million, and I was like, ‘wow,’ said Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, board chair of the patrol.
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Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais says Bear Clan will be handing out masks to those in need.