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Winnipeggers and some unions representing health care workers have concerns — and some cautious optimism — about the first closure of a Winnipeg emergency department.
This morning, the Victoria General Hospital emergency department converts to a lower-level urgent care centre.
The hospital's Mature Women's Health Centre saw its last patients on Friday, and patients are being shifted to the Health Sciences Centre.
But the urgent care service — which covers everything from injuries, infections, and other non life-threatening ailments — accounts for the majority of emergency-room visits, according to the Winnipeg health authority, and those services will continue at that site.
With the closure of the Misericordia Urgent Care Centre on Monday, Winnipeggers are being advised to visit the Victoria General Hospital for urgent care instead.
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This week is mental illness awareness week in the Parkland and it is an opportunity for people to learn more about the often stigmatised issue.
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According to reports from family and friends, former Brandonite Tara Roe (formerly known as Tara Smith) was killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday night.
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Portage RCMP are looking for a suspect in a break and enter that occurred yesterday.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tom Petty, who drew upon bands he worshipped as a boy to create new classics, has died at 66.
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Two Manitoba women are among the more than 500 people wounded by a gunman in Las Vegas who also killed at least 58 people.
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A dog is dead and firearms were stolen from rural residence close to Teulon in a break and enter last month.
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Harvest is progressing in the Parkland with good results.
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A Brandon man had to be air lifted to Winnipeg with severe head injuries after an assault.
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An arrest has been made in the series of violent attacks in Edmonton last Friday night after the CFL game.
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A diver has died in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park.
R-C-M-P say the 55-year-old man from Winnipeg was conducting a recreational dive with his wife at West Hawk Lake on Saturday afternoon when the accident occurred.
The man was pulled from the water and later pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the diver may have run out of air and suffered a medical issue as he surfaced.
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