The U-S Postal Service has temporarily suspended accepting mail headed to Canada due to the postal strike. Meanwhile, Canada Post says it’s presented the union with a framework to reach negotiated agreements. The strike is into week three.
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We’re getting our flu shots this year – but many of us are not getting vaccinated against COVID. The province says from the end of August to mid-November there were 75 flu cases – compared to 2,492 cases of COVID – 33 times as many.
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Thousands of Manitoba firefighters will soon have access to a new trailer that’ll provide year-round training closer to home. Right now, the province borrows one from Ontario. The new trailer will allow for more emergency
training such as ‘disentanglement’, low-profile operations and upper-floor rescues.
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The federal government signed its first-ever modern treaty with a Métis government on Saturday. It formally recognizes the Manitoba Métis Federation as the government of the Red River Métis. It’s expected the treaty will
lead to future agreements with Ottawa on fishing and harvesting rights, education, child welfare, land claims and health coverage.
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Parks Canada is establishing an ecological corridor in Manitoba. The belt of green space will run along the Little Saskatchewan River from Riding Mountain National Park to the Assiniboine River. In all, Parks Canada is providing nearly $6 million in funding for nine ecological corridor projects.
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The dictionary people have been releasing their words of the year. Dictionary.com chose ‘Demure’ – Collins Dictionary picked ‘Brat’ – and the Oxford dictionary’s word is the phrase ‘brain rot’. They say its use increased by
230% from last year. ‘Brain rot’ was first recorded by Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
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‘Moana 2’ brought in a wave of moviegoers to theatres over the U-S Thanksgiving weekend. It set records with $221-million in ticket sales. ‘Wicked’, ‘Gladiator Two’, ‘Red One’ and ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ round out the Top 5.
