Health officials in Winnipeg say there's plenty of H1 N1 flu vaccine in stock today. And Dr. Sande Harlos tells CJOB wait times are down as well.. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says there are serious cases of H1 N1 in the city right now, including four people on ventilators.
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect in a number of sexual assaults dating back to summer. The same man is suspected in random gropings in the Waverley Heights and Corydon areas in June, July and this past weekend.
Two people are in hospital following a collision between two cars and a grader on the Perimeter Highway south of Inkster Boulevard Tuesday morning. The crash happened just before 7 o'clock.
The province is developing a plan to add economic and financial education to the school curriculum for students in grades 4-12. The Building Futures Project won't replace current courses but instead be integrated into existing math, social studies, language arts and science courses.
A 14 year old boy was taken into custody after police and staff at Arthur A. Leach Middle School allegedly found him with a gun and some marijuana. Police were called at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and a School Resource Officer and another unit attended and took the student into custody.
Manitoba has the dubious distinction of being named again the child poverty capital of Canada. Sid Frankel is the chair of the Campaign 2000 Continues committee.
A bail hearing is expected to continue Tuesday for a man convicted in a 1986 Winnipeg murder. Frank Ostrowski is trying to win his freedom while his case is reviewed by the federal Justice department.
The City of Winnipeg has reached an agreement to sell the parkade at Portage and Main to the current owners of the Trizec complex. The 978 stall parkade is being sold to Crown Investments for 24 million dollars.
It was described as a low turn out at the 12 H1 N1 flu innoculation clinics in Winnipeg on Monday. The clinics were again providing shots to the general population after a certain type of vaccine ran out late last Friday.
Two people have been arrested and RCMP hope to make a couple more following a crime spree in Landmark, Manitoba Saturday night. A number of cars were broken into and property stolen.
The Mental Health Commission of Canada is officially launching its first project today to help people with mental-health issues who are homeless. The program will assist 23-hundred people in Winnipeg, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Two people from Roseau River First Nation have been charged with second degree murder in the death of 36 year old Sheldon George Atkinson. Police found his body in a home early Friday morning.
RCMP are looking for whomever's responsible for setting grass and bale fires in the Elm Creek area. Police say at least 9 fires have been reported in the past couple of weeks in dead grass along roads and bales on private property.
The City of Winnipeg is starting to sell naming rights to civic properties and assets. Parks, pools, community clubs, parking meters, the much-touted police helicopter and 1300 encrypted memory sticks for police cruisers.
Fire crews responded to an anhydrous ammonia leak in a farmer's field on the eastern edge of the city just before 1 o'clock this morning. The leaky tank in the field at Plessis and Fermor was far enough away from any houses that evacuations weren't necessary.
Retail sales in current dollars rose one per cent in September to $34.9 billion, their seventh increase in nine months. Sales in Manitoba were up 0.8 percent.
There was a fire at the Manitoba Youth Centre early this morning. Police say just before two o'clock, four youths barricaded themselves in their room and set it on fire.
A two-vehicle collision at Main Street and the north Perimeter Highway has sent two people to hospital with minor injuries. Police and Emergency crew vehicles attended to the scene around mid-afternoon, with traffic backed up for a period of time.
A 37-year-old northern Manitoba woman is facing a host of charges after a high-speed police chase that ended when police used spike belts to flatten her tires... and then found a 7-year-old child in the front seat!
Police have released more information regarding a break-in at a Weston residence on November 14, in which a 14 year old girl was assaulted. An unknown male entered the residence and assaulted the victim while she was asleep. The suspect fled when he was confronted by a family member.