Another smooth day at Winnipeg H1N1 immunizations clinics. Over 13 hundred people received the shot by noon.....almost 185 thousand so far. Again the WRHA reminds you flu shots are available to anyone who wants one...there is no charge...and all 12 clinics continue to report minimal wait times.*
Stony Mountain Penetentiary remains in a lockdown state today as officials investigate the beating of an inmate Monday night. Prison spokesman Guy Langlois tells CJOB the victim was treated and released and is back inside the institution.
Pillows for Troops continues to grow. Today, Don Cherry of Coach's Corner on Hockey Night in Canada told CJOB he wants to buy 100 pillows. Cherry says he will enclose a special note for each one.
A 30 year old woman from the Gimli area was killed in a single vehicle rollover on Highway 8 near 67 in the RM of St Andrews this morning.
A man was taken to hospital in critical condition following a stabbing on Goulding Street early Wednesday morning. Police were called to a home in the 600 block of Goulding at about 4 o'clock. The man had been stabbed in the lower body. He has since been upgraded to stable condition.
Manitoba Auditor General Carol Bellringer has released a report today covering a number of different topics, including treaty agreements, personal care homes and MLA allowances.
The Association of Manitoba Municipalities has backed a suggestion to build a medical school at Brandon University. The municipal politicians, meeting in Brandon, say they are concerned about a shortage of doctors, particularly in rural areas of the province.
Light snow mixed with rain overnight and early Wednesday morning as well as temperatures in the freezing range have made for some slippery highway driving.
There are no reports of injuries after a St. Boniface house fire this morning. The fire broke out around 7 o'clock on St. Catherine Street. It's believed to have been an electrical fire. There's no word on the cause of the fire and no damage estimate at this point.
Stony Mountain Penitentiary remains locked down as officials investigate an inmate beating from Monday night. Injuries to the inmate are non life-threatening but he is being treated in a city hospital.
Twenty soldiers who were on a nine month tour in Afghanistan return home Wednesday. They arrive back at CFB Shilo Wednesday afternoon. The group was part of the National Command Element in Afghanistan and performed a number of duties from technical and logistical support to command positions.
The Downtown Biz group in Winnipeg has established some priorities for its 2.8 million dollar budget. The group's executive director Stefano Grande told CJOB they are embarking on a broader safety strategy and the police are on board...
Winnipeg Business leaders will get their first chance to hear from Manitoba's new premier early next month. Chuck Davidson of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce was on the Winnipeg Business report Tuesday night.
Manitoba's auditor general won't look into a complaint by a Manitoba Hydro whistleblower. Instead, Carol Bellringer is passing the matter back to ombudsman Irene Hamilton.
The daughter of a Winnipeg man whose murder case is under review as a possible wrongful conviction hopes her father will be home for Christmas. Frank Ostrowski was convicted of ordering the murder of Robert Nieman in 1986.
The 12 H1N1 immunization clinics in Winnipeg administered more than 75-hundred vaccinations on Tuesday. The vaccine is available to anyone and all 12 clinics are reporting minimal wait times.
Just over 900 delegates at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) 11th Annual Convention in Brandon want the provincial government to support the creation of a school of medicine at Brandon University.
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.