Posted: Jan 24, 2021 12:31 PM CT | Last Updated: January 24
COVID-19 testing continues at this Brandon testing site.(Jaison Empson/CBC)
There are three more deaths and 222 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Sunday, the day after the province loosened restrictions in the southern half of the province.
For the second day in a row, more than half of the new cases 116 are in the north, a provincial news release said.
On Saturday, 216 cases of the virus were reported. Of those, 118 were in the Northern Health Region.
Some of the new cases are in Fox Lake Cree Nation, which is battling an outbreak. Although some recoveries are being reported, the First Nation, which is about 700 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, saw 11 new cases over the past two days.
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Three people are facing a combined 16 charges after an armed robbery in Manitoba s Parkland Region earlier this week.
On December 12, 2020, at approximately 5:40 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP and Dauphin RCMP responded to an armed robbery at a business located on 1st Avenue, in Pine River.
Two males wearing masks entered the business carrying a rifle and demanded money, cigarettes and liquor. The males then fled on an all-terrain vehicle. The employee relayed this information to 911 and officers set up roadblocks in the area.
RCMP located the ATV on Highway 20 and Highway 272 near Camperville. A traffic stop was initiated, however, the ATV fled into a nearby field. With the assistance of Police Dog Services, three males were arrested, hiding in the area.
By Doug Falconer
Three arrests were made after an armed robbery in Pine River, over the weekend.
On Saturday, two males entered a business wearing masks and armed with a rifle, demanding cash, cigarettes and liquor, before fleeing on an A-T-V.
RCMP spotted the suspects near Camperville, where they fled into a nearby field, before being eventually arrested.
33-year-old James Flatfoot of Dauphin and a 16-year-old boy from the Pine Creek First Nation are facing several charges, including armed robbery, while a 20-year-old man from the Pine Creek First Nation is charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.