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As the Canadian government carves out an economic path forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba business leaders and stakeholders have mixed feelings about Ottawa’s fiscal blueprint for the country.
As the Canadian government carves out an economic path forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba business leaders and stakeholders have mixed feelings about Ottawa’s fiscal blueprint for the country.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled the first federal budget in more than two years on Monday, touting it as a lifeline for workers and struggling businesses, with a pandemic-sized asterisk that things could still change drastically if vaccine supplies are delayed or if they prove inefficient against emerging variants of the coronavirus.
A raft of out-of-town vendors who had set up booths were booted from a large pop-up market in Winnipeg after it became known that they failed to isolate for 14 days upon arriving in Manitoba.
But the province is allowing the market to proceed throughout the weekend despite Manitoba being in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cynthia Carr, a Winnipeg epidemiologist, fears the virus may have already spread at the site of the Third + Bird market at Red River Exhibition Place because the vendors had already interacted with people. It s indoors, so yes, I m definitely worried, she said.
Out-of-town members invited to the market came from Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and at least one vendor from Georgia.
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Sabrina Cornwell woke up from a familiar nightmare this week, sweating that her feverish dream could again become reality.
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Sabrina Cornwell woke up from a familiar nightmare this week, sweating that her feverish dream could again become reality.
It’s the kind of bad dream she’s had before. Only this time, even as she finds herself preparing for it earlier, Cornwell’s not sure she will survive the pandemic-related odds stacked against her. As a hairdresser, and a mother of three kids to feed, this will be the third time I’ll be asked to shut down, said Cornwell on Tuesday, who rents a chair at Hairplay Salon in Winnipeg.