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The Bear Clan Patrol has taken a leadership role helping people seeking refuge from the current extreme cold in Winnipeg Transit bus shelters, thanks in part to a funding grant from two city councillors.
Members of the volunteer organization have been offering a warm place for the night, some food, and something warm to drink during these brutal winter temperatures. The Bear Clan Patrol patrols the North End from Wednesday to Sunday as well as West End, West Broadway and Point Douglas.
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Sioux Valley Dakota Nation borders the heavily travelled Trans-Canada Highway in western Manitoba, yet the community held back waves of COVID-19 cases that swept the area last year.
In the opposite corner of the province, Shamattawa First Nation, a remote fly-in community in northeastern Manitoba, had an outbreak so severe that the Canadian military was flown in to help after one-third of the 1,500 residents were infected.
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COVID-19 checkstops on the roads into Peguis FN only allowing residents and essential workers in.
How the two communities, situated 900 kilometres apart, have been impacted by the pandemic speaks to the complexity of COVID-19, and the dramatic variabilities among the 63 reserves in Manitoba.
Pfizer has given us very strict requirements around the storage and transportation of their vaccine, said Reimer. If we choose to move it, despite their recommendations not to, they have given some guidance about how to do that in the most safe ways.
Margaret Watson, 94, a resident at Oakview Place long-term care residence, smiles after getting her COVID-19 vaccine at the Winnipeg care home on Monday.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Once the vaccine is thawed, it can be stored in a refrigerator for approximately five days. Once it has been diluted, it has about six hours before it must be injected into someone s arm before it is wasted, according to Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer.
Manitoba RCMP officers seized cocaine, cash and drug paraphernalia from a residence in Peguis First Nation.
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 11:24 AM CT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
Police seized about 38 grams of cocaine after searching a residence in Peguis First Nation.(Submitted by Manitoba RCMP)
Four people face drug trafficking charges after Manitoba RCMP officers seized cocaine, cash and drug paraphernalia at a residence in Peguis First Nation.
Fisher Branch RCMP searched the house on Tuesday and seized about 38 grams of cocaine, along with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Men age 56, 33 and 30 and a 54-year-old woman, all from Peguis First Nation, face charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking.