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A St. Lazare man has died after police say his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
On Monday night around 8:30 p.m., Prairie Mountain RCMP was called to a collision on Highway 41 entering St. Lazare.
Police say the vehicle had been travelling westbound into the town when it left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
A 58-year-old man from St. Lazare was the lone occupant and was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The investigation determined alcohol was not a factor in the collision, and the man was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.
The investigation is ongoing.
A total of 27 tickets were handed to Manitobans last week for violating COVID-19 rules.
Five $298 tickets were given to people for failing to wear a mask in an indoor public place, and one $5,150 fine was issued for breaking the Federal Quarantine Act.
Officials say 19 of the fines issued were in relation to holding private gatherings against current public health orders.
A total of $33,856 in tickets was handed out last week. No Manitoba businesses were fined during that period.
The province is reporting an assault on an enforcement official in Winnipeg last week. The situation is under investigation.
Manitoba is implementing a more aggressive strategy on contact management, which is partly due to concerns over coronavirus variants identified in the province.
Dr. Brent Roussin boiled it down to this: there will now be more people identified as close contacts, so more people will be required to self-isolate.
On Monday, Roussin announced that any person who shares a household with a positive case will be required to self-isolate.
On top of that, if someone is identified as a close contact but lives in a different home, their entire household also needs to self-isolate until a negative test result is obtained by the close contact.
Roussin also announced that all close contacts will be mandated to self-isolate for the full 14-days, regardless of test results.
Four cases of the U.K variant — also known as the B117 variant — have been identified in the province so far, leading Dr. Brent Roussin to remind Manitobans to remain vigilant.
It's a good time to catch a glimpse of the northern lights.
Planetarium Astronomer with the Manitoba Museum, Scott Young, says an increase in solar energy is causing the lights in the night sky lately.
“The northern lights are pretty unpredictable and we haven’t seen much of them for the last little while. But two nights in a row, on a weekend, both nights were clear across most of Manitoba so it was pretty good. It’s all caused by the activity on the sun which is basically what causes the northern lights.”
Scott says you’ll get the best view of the lights by finding a clear space with a flat horizon, and put whatever big city or town that’s near you to your south.
The planetarium astronomer says you want a nice flat horizon, "you don’t want a bunch of trees or anything in your way. You want a nice clear view down to the horizon to the north, no local lights. Then you need patience.”
Health officials are reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Monday, with the majority in Winnipeg.
Two deaths are also being reported — two women from Winnipeg in their 90s.
After two consecutive days of no new cases of COVID-19 in Prairie Mountain Health, a single case was identified in the region by health officials on Monday.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.4% provincially and 4.4% in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,483.
There are 1,219 active cases and 29,378 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 78 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 128 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (206 hospitalizations in total).
There are 14 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (32 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 886.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba are from the following health districts:
• four cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 36 cases in the Northern health region
• one case in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health
• 54 cases in the Winnipeg health region
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1), Porcupine Mountain (1) and Asessippi (7). Brandon has 11 active cases.
The Porcupine Mountain health district now has one active case of COVID-19 | Graphic courtesy of the Government of Manitoba
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 10.
The Sifton Fire Department was dispatched to their second call of the year early this morning.
Shortly before 1:00 am, a report of fire alarms at the Golden Harbour Apartments was received.
The fire department discovered that unattended cooking was the cause.
Firefighters ensured there was no fire spread from the stovetop and stayed on scene for about an hour in order to clear the smoke from the building.
There were no injuries reported and fire department issued a reminder to stay close to the stove when cooking, and stay alert.
For the second straight day, there were no new cases of COVID-19 identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
Health officials announced 58 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with all but nine of those cases coming from Winnipeg and Manitoba’s north.
Two deaths due to COVID were also announced — a woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region, and a man in his 70s from Southern Health linked to an outbreak at a Niverville personal care home.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3% provincially and 4.1% in Winnipeg. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba is 31,386.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are from the following health regions:
• four cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 25 cases in the Northern health region
• zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• five cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 24 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The provincial data shows 1,180 active cases and 29,322 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 77 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 131 people in hospital who are no longer infectious but continue to require care (208 hospitalizations total).
There are 13 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 as well as 18 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care (31 ICU patients total).
The total number of deaths in people with COVID-19 is 884.
Public Health say the total number of confirmed variant of concern cases is four.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1) and Asessippi (7). Brandon has 10 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 9.
Manitoba is expected to begin opening up vaccine appointments to the general public this week.
So far, the provincial call centre has only been accepting appointments for Manitobans in specific job categories.
The plan to begin immunizing the general public will start with people aged 95 and older.
Medical lead on the province's COVID-19 vaccine implementation task force, Dr. Joss Reimer, says immunizations will also open up to First Nations people age 75 and older in the first phase of immunizing the general public.
Reimer explains the age requirement has been set lower for First Nations people because of more severe COVID-outcomes being observed in this population.
“There's almost a 20-year discrepancy in the average age of death between a First Nations person with COVID compared to all other Manitobans with COVID,” Reimer said on Friday.
Reimer stressed that the phone lines are not open yet to the general public, and says she will provide an update this week.
“I want to reiterate that Manitobans over 95 are not eligible today, please do not call to book an appointment [yet]. But I will let you know ... when that changes.”
A Roblin RCMP officer is waiting for a new trial date in connection to assault charges laid in 2019.
RCMP received information in December of 2018 that alleged a woman was the victim of assault, and that the alleged offender was a Roblin RCMP officer.
The charges are in relation to several off duty incidents that occurred in 2017 and 2018 in the RM of Roblin.
A 12-year member of the RCMP, Jason Kitzul, is charged with assault, assault with a weapon, and impaired driving.
He will return to court on March 18th.
Manitoba health officials announced 95 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths today, all from the Winnipeg health region.
Today’s new COVID-19 cases are in the following health regions:
• three cases in Interlake–Eastern health region
• 59 cases in the Northern health region
• zero cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• two cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 31 cases in the Winnipeg health region
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.3 percent provincially and four percent in Winnipeg.
The total number of COVID-19 cases identified in Manitoba since the start of the pandemic is 31,329. There have been 882 deaths due to the virus.
The number of COVID-19 variants found in the province remains at 4.
There are 1,207 active cases and 29,240 people have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 79 people in hospital with active COVID-19 as well as 127 who are no longer infectious but continue to require care, for a total of 206 hospitalizations.
There are 16 people in intensive care units with active COVID-19 and 15 people who are no longer infectious but continue to require critical care, for a total of 31 ICU patients.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (1) and Asessippi (8). Brandon has 12 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 2 active cases, while Fisher/Peguis has 19.
