Winnipeg School Division trustees have voted overwhelmingly to change the name of a 113-year-old school that has honoured a controversial man connected with apartheid and white supremacy.
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Manitoba teachers will be able to get vaccinated in North Dakota, premier says
An agreement announced last week that allows Manitoba truck drivers who regularly cross the border into North Dakota to get vaccinated in the U.S. will be extended to teachers and other school workers, he said.
“The way this will work is the person will go to the border, [cross], get a vaccine and must come immediately back. They’re not going shopping in Grand Forks,” Pallister said during a news conference Thursday.
Security kicks shopper with cerebral palsy (and a legal mask exemption) out of Manitoba Walmart
Alex Lytwyn was in the Christmas spirit. He wanted to head out to Walmart in Dauphin, Manitoba, to buy a friend a box of chocolates as a Christmas gift. But not long after entering, he was accosted by security for not wearing a mask.
Alex suffers from fairly advanced cerebral palsy. As per the mask mandate set out by the Province of Manitoba, anyone who is unable to safely put on or remove his or her mask on their own is exempt from the mandate. Alex visibly falls into this category.
Watch: Get ready to have your blood boil. “Our public health orders don’t apply to any levels of government.”
This latest edition of hypocrisy and lockdown hobgoblinery comes courtesy of Canada.
Here’s Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin just causally explaining that they’ve exempted all levels of government from their own draconian health orders with the most what’s-the-big-deal energy you’ve ever seen.
Winnipeg city employees allowed to use exclusive gym while all others shut down
“Provincial health officials advised us that these facilities, used exclusively by City employees, could remain open. These facilities have guidelines in place to help maintain our employees’ health and safety.”
Senator co-signed order barring international travel during pandemic — then went to Mexico
Conservative Sen. Don Plett — who sparked controversy by travelling to Mexico on vacation over the holidays — co-signed a directive last year barring all MPs and senators from traveling outside Canada as part of interparliamentary delegations.
Seniors ARRESTED while filling medical prescription at Manitoba grocery store
Mary-Ann and George are a soft spoken married couple who are both medically exempt from wearing masks. They went together in the evening — to avoid the crowds — to their local Superstore, to fill a prescription for the very condition that makes Mary-Ann mask exempt. In the end, the cops were called and they were both detained and threatened with criminal charges, before being released with $1,300 coronavirus tickets.
Cops crash teen’s 18th birthday, issue $1,300 fine over 10-person gathering
Manitoba is in full coronavirus lockdown mode. In person church services are cancelled. Non-essential items are roped off in retail stores. Restaurants are closed. Nothing is normal anymore, not even birthdays.
Church CHARGED $6,000 for DRIVE-IN services; bylaw wait until Media Party leaves to issue tickets
The Church of God, just south of Steinbach, MB, has met the cold rubber of Brian Pallister’s cold boot.
On Sunday, the widely disliked premier dispatched uniformed officers with “Manitoba Justice” emblazoned on their backs to the small church in the countryside.
The Church of God cancelled indoor services this weekend, out of an abundance of caution. Instead, church leadership asked congregants to remain in their vehicles outside, and tune in to 88.5 FM.
Trucker fined $1,296 by Manitoba cops for outdoor Christian carol-singing
Brian Pallister, Manitoba’s conservative-in-name-only premier, recently imposed strict lockdown measures on his entire province, including the closure of anything he deems “non-essential” — and according to him, you’re an “idiot” if you disagree with his decision.
Pallister to spend millions to entertain Manitobans in lockdown during Christmas
Manitobans in lockdown during the holidays will soon have the option to watch government-sponsored content after the province announced the $3 million “Safe at Home Manitoba” grant on Monday.
Churches “make an easy target” for COVID fines
Recently in Manitoba, things have gotten a bit out of hand, as Premier/Grinch Brian Pallister’s enforcement of new restrictions has seen more than $180,000 in fines dished out in a week. A popular target for Pallister’s charges has been a church in Steinbach, where a pastor was recently charged for organizing a protest.