Winnipeg Free Press
Costly care-home additions remain shuttered during code-red restrictions
Look but don t go in there: Manitoba’s $17.9-million visitation shelters to allow personal care home residents to see loved ones are nearly all in place but won’t be used under code-red restrictions. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Manitoba’s $17.9-million visitation shelters to allow personal care home residents to see loved ones during a pandemic are nearly all in place but won’t be used under code-red restrictions.
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba’s $17.9-million visitation shelters to allow personal care home residents to see loved ones during a pandemic are nearly all in place but won’t be used under code-red restrictions.
Column: Ernie Vargo's family finds comfort in looking through the farmer's long-lost 4-H scrapbook, which they received at Christmastime three years ago thanks to the kindness of a stranger.
Press Argus-Courier
Residents of the Country Meadows neighborhood in Alma approached the city council on Dec. 17 to discuss the ongoing issues they have with nearby construction in their neighborhood. Ramona Nelson spoke to the council personally with the disputes.
Since October, residents of Country Meadows in Alma have had issues with construction at Crawford County Storage. The storage facility sits right next to the neighborhood, and has an emergency exit at the back of the property that construction workers have been utilizing.
The emergency exit sits at a dead end street and construction workers have been using it to gain access to the back of the property easier.
Care home says COVID-19 deaths higher than province reported
It was another dark day in Manitoba with 18 lives reported lost to COVID-19.
While the province reported Tuesday that seven of those deaths were connected to an outbreak at Winnipeg s Extendicare Oakview Place, the company that owns the personal care home said the death toll there is much higher. We are saddened to confirm that 12 residents who have previously tested positive for COVID-19 have passed away, Laura Gallant, a spokeswoman for Extendicare said late Tuesday. We have been in touch with these residents’ families to offer our heartfelt condolences, she said in an email to the