WINNIPEG Manitobans will be able to weigh in on the vaccine rollout in the province next week. Two telephone town halls have been scheduled for April 13 and April 15. The town halls will include Health and Seniors Care Minister Health Stefanson, Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, the medical lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, and Johanu Botha, the co-lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force. The first town hall will be for people in rural and northern Manitoba and the second will be for those living in Winnipeg. Both events start at 6:30 p.m. and people can register on the Engage MB website.
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The province announced five new COVID-related deaths and 138 new cases of the virus during the weekend.
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The dead include four people from the Winnipeg health region and one person from Interlake-Eastern.
Northern health region led the pack in new cases with 59, followed by Winnipeg at 52 and Southern Health-Santé Sud with 13, while nine cases were found in Prairie Mountain Health and five were reported in Interlake-Eastern.
There are now 891 active cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, of which 21 are in Prairie Mountain Health a number that lingers in the same ballpark it has been since mid-February.
Provincially, this is the lowest active case count since Oct. 12, when there were 878 active cases.
Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark
Kerry Auriat
In the wake of Premier Brian Pallister’s early-week announcement that order-in-council appointees to boards, agencies and commissions would no longer be allowed to travel outside authorized areas or risk losing their positions, at least one local appointee is leaving his role.
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In the wake of Premier Brian Pallister’s early-week announcement that order-in-council appointees to boards, agencies and commissions would no longer be allowed to travel outside authorized areas or risk losing their positions, at least one local appointee is leaving his role.
Brandon University Board of Governors member and board treasurer Kerry Auriat, who is also a columnist at The Brandon Sun, said in a phone interview on Wednesday that he submitted his resignation as of Tuesday this week after the premier’s announcement.