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Multiple Parkland health districts added active cases on Friday, as Manitoba health officials announced 344 new cases and 14 more deaths.
One death was reported in the Prairie Mountain Health region — a woman in her 90’s linked to the Fairview Care Home outbreak.
On Thursday, Manitoba’s chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin said roughly 70% of deaths in Manitoba due to COVID-19 have happened this month.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 14.5% provincially and 14.2% in Winnipeg.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 15,632.
The province says there are 8,865 active cases and 6,487 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.
There are 322 people in hospital with 45 people in intensive care. In the last three weeks, hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 have almost doubled — and the number of being treated in the intensive care unit has nearly tripled in the same period.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 280.
Today’s data shows:
• 15 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
• 73 cases in the Northern health region
• 13 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
• 65 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• 178 cases in the Winnipeg health region
Dauphin Now Has 10 Active Cases
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (10, up from 6), Riding Mountain (24), Swan River (8), Porcupine Mountain (10), Duck Mountain (21), Asessippi (10), Little Saskatchewan (8), Whitemud (23). The Agassiz Mountain health district no longer has any active cases, according to the province. Brandon has 132 active cases.
The Duck Mountain health district, which includes Roblin and Grandview | Photo courtesy of the Manitoba Government
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 74 active cases. Fisher/Peguis has 105.
Dr. Brent Roussin continues to ask Manitobans to avoid any non-essential travel, and avoid leaving their homes when sick.
Public health officials advise 14 additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today including:
• a male in his 50s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 50s from the Interlake–Eastern health region
• a male in his 70s from the Interlake–Eastern health region
• a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region
• a male in his 70s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at Parkview Place
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre
• a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre
• a female in her 90s from the Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the Fairview Home outbreak
• a male in his 90s from the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region and linked to the outbreak at the Rest Haven Nursing Home
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the St. Norbert Personal Care Home outbreak
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge
• a male in his 90s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Golden Links Lodge
• a female in her 100s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre.
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Today Saskatchewan residents will see some tighter restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Capacity limits are set to 30 people in all casinos, bingo halls, arenas, movie theatres, and places of worship. Large retail stores have to cut their capacity by 50 percent.
Restaurants and bars can still welcome patrons, but must limit seating to four per table, and tables must be at least 3 metres apart unless separated by a barrier.
The province has also suspended all sports including games and practices in all amateur and recreational leagues.
Gathering sizes for homes in the province remain at 5 people, and visitors are not allowed if your immediate family is five or greater.
These new measures will remain in effect until at least December 17th.
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The Manitoba government has introduced legislation that’ll allow the hiring of minors to keep booze and cannabis out of the hands of other underage Manitobans.
The bill will allow the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba (LGCA) to hire youth as part of their enforcement activities. The ‘minor agents’ would attempt to purchase regulated products and allow the LGCA to monitor licensees’ compliance with prohibitions on under-age sales.
Justice Minister Cliff Cullen made the announcement saying the government is committed to protecting Manitobans.
“With some children not in school and regular after-school activities disrupted, it is even more critical to ensure that age-restricted products like cannabis and liquor do not fall into the hands of young people.”
Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont says the idea is ridiculous and it would be a big waste of money.
In addition, the legislation allows the LGCA to establish clear requirements for third-party delivery companies, shifting the liability for safe service and delivery of these regulated products to those who deliver the products and not the company with the initial licence.
The amendments to the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act will also remove the requirements for those who provide liquor samples at retail liquor stores, to register with the LGCA.
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Community members in Grandview formed a procession in their vehicles on Thursday morning to protest the temporary closure of the Grandview Health Centre.
A day earlier, Prairie Mountain Health announced the Grandview Health Centre will temporarily close while reassigned staff assist with the outbreak situation at the Grandview Personal Care Home.
The demonstration of over 50 vehicles was organized by Grandview Healthcare Solutions. Coordinator Sue Stirling tells CKDM part of the issue boils down to communication.
Photo courtesy of 'Keeping Rural Healthcare Close To Home' Facebook page
"It's no consultation, there's no forethought, there's no practical reason to doing this, it just emphasizes how much chaos is in Prairie Mountain Health and in the provincial government, that decisions like this are getting made, in the way they're getting made.”
9 More Grandview PCH Residents Test Positive
A statement from Prairie Mountain Health CEO, Penny Gilson, says the hospital staff are being redeployed to address an emerging critical need.
On Wednesday, Nov 25, the province reported four total cases at the Grandview PCH (2 staff, 2 residents), however, Prairie Mountain Health says they’ve been informed of nine additional cases among residents.
The statement from the PMH CEO says “by transitioning staff to the PCH, we are able to support additional monitoring, intravenous fluids, intravenous medications, and other treatments that require additional nursing and health care aide assistance.” Gilson added that supports in non-nursing areas are also required, such as cleaning.
Patients in the Grandview Hospital have been transferred to nearby facilities; including the Dauphin Regional Health Centre and Roblin Health Centre.
Prairie Mountain Health says this suspension of services at the Grandview Hospital is a temporary measure — planned for approximately 3 weeks, but possibly longer.
PMH says 12 positions are affected by the temporary move.
Manitoba NDP Leader Weighs In
Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP, tells CKDM he’s impressed but not surprised by the response of the Grandview community, adding “I know they’ve been fighting real hard over the past few years to protect healthcare in their community.”
“Anything that happens with healthcare, they should be consulted on it. That didn’t happen this time. And I think one of the concerns that’s motivating people in Grandview to stand up in this issue is they’re worried an ER closure might not be temporary.”
Kinew says he had the opportunity to question the Premier on the issue today.
"My first question was ‘do you commit to reopening the Grandview ER?' — he said so, so now we have to hold him to that promise.”
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Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve leadership are tightening the restrictions on who’s allowed into the community.
As of 1 p.m. on Friday, November 27th, Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve will not be allowing visitors, which leadership attributes to the increase of COVID-19 cases in surrounding communities.
A security perimeter has been in place for over a week around the reserve’s south, west and east entrances, monitoring vehicles entering and exiting the community.
Anyone entering the community must comply with mandatory temperature testing and screening.
If a resident’s temperature is 38°C or above, they are advised to go for COVID testing and must self-isolate for 14 days or until they are symptom-free for 48 hours.
Going forward, only staff and vendors will be allowed through security checks, and visitors will not be allowed.
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Public Health officials announced 10 more deaths and 383 new cases of COVID-19 today.
The full list of the most recent deaths in Manitoba can be found at the bottom of this article.
Today’s data shows:
- 26 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region;
- 29 cases in the Northern health region;
- 15 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region;
- 111 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
- 202 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
There are now a total of 15,288 cases in Manitoba. Of the cases, 8,845 are considered active while 6,177 have recovered.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Manitoba is 266. There are 307 people in hospital with 46 in intensive care.
According to the province’s data, there are active cases in the following Parkland health districts: Dauphin (6), Riding Mountain (23), Swan River (8), Porcupine Mountain (10), Duck Mountain (18), Asessippi (9), Little Saskatchewan (9), Whitemud (23), and Agassiz Mountain (1). Brandon has 133 active cases.
In the Interlake, the Eriksdale/Ashern health district has 76 active cases. Fisher/Peguis has 111.
Public health officials advise ten additional deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported today including:
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UPDATE | The owner has contacted the RCMP and confirmed that the firearms had been stolen from their property in the R.M. of Dauphin. The investigation into the theft is ongoing.
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The Dauphin RCMP are looking for the owner of 3 firearms found outside a home in the R.M. of Dauphin back in September.
On September 24th RCMP received a complaint about a safe with firearms inside found outside of a home in the R.M. of Dauphin.
Police believe the firearms may have been stolen and that the owner may not be aware.
The firearms recovered include a .22 calibre rifle, a .303 rifle, and a shotgun.
RCMP are looking to return the firearms, and ask that if you can provide an accurate description to call the Dauphin detachment at 204-622-5020.
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2nd Ave. NE from Main St. N to 1st St. NE will be closed until late this afternoon.
Starting at 7 this morning, city crews will be installing a water service.
The City asks that residents detour.
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With the current COVID restrictions in effect, the Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce is working to help local businesses.
The Dauphin Chamber understands there may be friction, and discomfort in seeing some businesses open and another close. They add in a statement they’ll continue to promote shop local initiatives and advocate for the province to address the inherent business inequality created by the restrictions, however necessary for the health of the public.
Executive Director of the Dauphin Chamber, Stephen Chychota says with code red, businesses are still operating, just in a different capacity.
“There’s messages out there that got to get in front of people. It’s to let them know and understand how to interact with these businesses and make their current purchases. Even though we’re under restrictions for only essentials, it doesn’t mean they can’t still access the other stuff, it’s just they have to go about it at different means. So, the businesses still have these items for sale, it just may take a phone call, or go online to their websites or social media pages or something.”
To encourage shopping local, the Dauphin Chamber created the Parkland Holiday Hunt, which is a bingo card featuring local businesses. The bingo card can be found in the Dauphin Herald, Parkland Shopper, or the Dauphin Chamber’s website.
Chychota encourages Parklanders to shop local this holiday season.
“We just ask people to maybe take a little extra step, do a little more research, little more work to support the businesses here at home. It’s so easy to go onto an Amazon, or a website, or some sort of app to shop online, but there’s businesses here that have online means that people can take advantage of.”
Chychota says we need to take care of our local businesses as they look after the community as a whole.
The Chamber is doing a lot behind the scenes, but Chychota says there are lots they can share like the Holiday Hunt, the #whylocal campaign, and also what the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce is doing.
Chychota says the chamber network has a seat at the table and has the ability to sit down with provincial leaders and rule-makers. The $5,000 Bridge Grant for businesses was created because the chamber network asked the government to create it.
Chychota adds that they need to hear from businesses, chamber members or not.
“We’re always open and we’re always wanting to hear what’s going on with the business. If it’s them making some sort of transition to online sales, if something’s not working, if there’s a program that’s out of reach, whatever the case may be, we like to hear it so that we have that info that we can use.”
Chychota says if a business isn’t a part of a chamber of commerce, they should be because right now the value is the best to take advantage of.
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Dauphin RCMP have laid impaired driving charges after they stopped a woman on 6th Avenue SE, who was later found to be in possession of meth.
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 25, RCMP received a tip from the public of a possible impaired driver on Main Street South in Dauphin.
Officers located the vehicle and noticed the driver showing signs of impairment. Four grams of methamphetamine were located on the suspect during the arrest.
Pictured: methamphetamine recovered in arrest by Dauphin RCMP
An adult woman from Dauphin will face charges for impaired driving and possession of a controlled substance.
She has been released from custody and will appear in Dauphin Provincial Court.
Cst. Carleigh Schirmacher of the Dauphin RCMP is thanking the public for their assistance reporting dangerous drivers, saying "this simple phone call may have prevented a serious collision.”
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Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) has temporarily suspended hospital and emergency services at the Grandview Health Centre while staff are reassigned to assist with the outbreak situation at the Grandview Personal Care Home.
A release from PMH states the suspension of services is “to support ongoing human resource needs at Grandview Personal Care Home (PCH) while the PCH remains in COVID outbreak status.”
The move will take effect Thursday, November 26 at 8 a.m.
Ambulance services will continue to provide response for the community of Grandview and surrounding areas. All residents making 911 calls will be transported to the nearest open emergency department.
Individuals requiring health advice are encouraged to call Health Links/Info Santé at 1-888-315-9257.
"Keep Rural Healthcare Close To Home," Says Local Group
A small group of community members in Grandview are expressing their displeasure with the temporary closure of the Health Centre.
Sue Stirling is a coordinator for Grandview Healthcare Solutions and tells CKDM everything about the decision from the Health Authority upsets her.
"It's no consultation, there's no forethought, there's no practical reasons to doing this, it just emphasizes how much chaos is in Prairie Mountain Health and in the provincial government, that decisions like this are getting made, in the way they're getting made." She adds, "From every piece of research we have done, Prairie Mountain Health at this point is the only health region that is closing facilities with the regularity that they are closing the hospitals in our area. There is something specifically wrong with how Prairie Mountain Health is being operated and how it's being funded, that comes down to the provincial government. The provincial government need to talk to the communities to work out what has to happen."
Stirling says her group is encouraging community members and concerned residents to join a procession forming outside the Grandview Hospital at 8 a.m.
She says the plan is to hold "a COVID-safe demonstration escorting these patients out of town without blocking the ambulances."
Grandview Care Home Outbreak Now At 4
An update from the province on Nov. 25 shows 4 cases have been identified at the Grandview PCH — with 2 among staff and 2 residents.
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