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Northern COVID-19 active cases hit 400 mark, cases climb in Mosakahiken, The Pas/OCN/Kelsey

Four hundred people in northern Manitoba now have active cases of COVID-19. Northern Manitoba has 55 new cases of COVID-19, the highest one-day increase seen in the region since the pandemic began.

Nov 19, 2020 1:32 PM Read more >

40 new northern cases, The Pas/OCN/Kelsey cases grow, fines for mask order violations in effect

Take all the people in Flin Flon and Creighton and combine them. That number of people is now smaller than the number of active COVID-19 cases in Manitoba. Northern Manitoba saw 40 new cases of COVID-19 Nov. 18.

Nov 18, 2020 1:47 PM Read more >

Sask. restricts gathering sizes, masks now mandatory in public spaces

Days after increasing COVID-19 health measures, Saskatchewan has changed measures again, mandating masks in all public spaces and reducing gathering sizes. The province announced the changes Nov.

Nov 17, 2020 4:08 PM Read more >

Northern Manitoba reports 16 new cases, active case load sees small drop

Don't get too excited yet, but active cases of COVID-19 are beginning to decline slightly in northern Manitoba. The province announced 16 new cases of COVID-19 within the region Nov.

Nov 17, 2020 1:18 PM Read more >

Passings: Councillor, volunteer McKee loses cancer battle

One of Flin Flon’s most steadfast advocates and constant voices of reason is gone. Colleen McKee, city councillor, volunteer, former school board trustee and adult educator, died Nov. 11 after a battle with cancer.

Nov 17, 2020 11:18 AM Read more >

Thirty new northern Man. cases, new case in Flin Flon/Snow Lake district, 10 new deaths reported

Ten more Manitoba deaths, 30 new northern cases, 494 new cases province-wide and another case in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district. Sunday did not bring good news for Manitoba on the COVID-19 front.

Nov 15, 2020 1:32 PM Read more >

Care home outbreak declared in OCN, 16 new northern cases, 15 Man. deaths announced

There are 28 residents in the Rod M. McGillivary Care Home on Opaskwayak Cree Nation. According to OCN Onekanew Christian Sinclair, all 28 residents there have tested positive, along with several staff members.

Nov 14, 2020 2:06 PM Read more >

Lalor mine worker tests positive for COVID-19: Hudbay

A worker at Hudbay's Lalor mine, staying at the Outland camp, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company. Information in an internal Hudbay memo obtained by The Reminder says the company was made aware of the case at 4 p.m. Nov. 13.

Nov 14, 2020 11:41 AM Read more >

Third COVID-19 death announced in northern Manitoba, 28 new northern cases reported

Another person in northern Manitoba has died from COVID-19 – a woman in her 40s in the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake district.

Nov 13, 2020 1:03 PM Read more >

Sask. increases COVID-19 restrictions, includes partial mask mandate, northern locales not listed

Saskatchewan slightly beefed up COVID-19 restrictions Friday, putting mask mandates in effect for some communities and restricting service at bars and hookah lounges. The restrictions, which will go into place Nov.

Nov 13, 2020 12:45 PM Read more >

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