MCC to close warehouse in Plum Coulee Written by CHVN Tuesday, Jan 12 2021, 10:13 AM A group of volunteers display a blanket they made during a Great Winter Warm-up event in Plum Coulee in January 2020. Together the group finished 150 comforters that were delivered to families who had been displaced by conflict or disaster. (Photo supplied by MCC Manitoba)
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A decision by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada to relocate its central warehouse operations out of Plum Coulee and into Ontario is going to have a significant impact on local volunteers.
MCC Canada and MCC Manitoba have jointly operated distribution of relief supplies and volunteer activities out of the warehouse in Plum Coulee since 2004. MCC Canada uses the building as a central depot to collect and store materials donated to MCC from across western Canada to be shipped out for relief efforts around the world.
48 tickets handed out in Manitoba for breaking COVID-19 rules last week
Manitobans accused of breaking COVID-19 public health orders were ordered to pay close to $77,000 in fines last week, the province says.
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$77K in tickets given out in week of Jan. 4-10 for not following public health orders, province says
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Posted: Jan 12, 2021 12:14 PM CT | Last Updated: January 12
Eight people received tickets for failing to wear a mask in indoor public places last week, the province said Tuesday.(Lyzaville Sale/CBC)
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Made in Manitoba band, The Color, had to get creative to release a new album in 2020.
Jordan Janzen, lead singer of the band, says they received the green light from Public Health to fly a producer to their home studio in Plum Coulee where they quarantined together as a group and got to work recording their latest album.
“It was a dream,” Janzen says. “It was intense, we recorded for 12-15 hours a day, but the experience allowed for a more creative process.”
Normally, he says, they record one or two songs periodically through the year when coming off the road. This time, they recorded almost the entire album in one shot.
WINNIPEG Manitoba enforcement officers handed out more than $80,000 in fines between Dec. 7 and 13 due to people and businesses breaking public health orders. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 enforcement update released on Dec. 15, there were 5,764 calls related to enforcement, but only 48 tickets were given out for non-compliance with public health orders. Enforcement officers handed out seven $5,000 fines to businesses, as well as 36 $1,296 fines to individuals for breaking the restrictions. They also gave out five $298 tickets to people not wearing masks in indoor public places. This is a total of $83,146 in fines between Dec. 7 and 13. Some of the businesses and organizations fined during this week include: