Right in the centre - Rural people already knew this
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- Published on Friday, May 15, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
“We” have been told a lot of things that rural people instinctively knew were wrong. Here’s a partial list of wrong things we have been told.
•Rural life is not a good thing, city life should be our goal.
•Farming is not a good career.
•Bigger is better. Bigger cities, larger apartment blocks, bigger care homes, larger buses and commuter trains, bigger airplanes and cruise ships.
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COVID-19 daily updates - Friday, May 15
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1:22 p.m. Zero COVID-19 cases in Manitoba for a third straight day
Public health officials advise no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is 289.
The data also shows:
• three individuals are currently hospitalized, with one individual in intensive care;
• 28 active cases and 254 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at seven.
As of yesterday, an additional 814 laboratory tests were performed. This brings the total number of tests performed since early February to 33,045.
COVID-19 daily updates - Thursday, May 14
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3:03 p.m. Province extends temporary orders to help address pandemic
The Manitoba government is introducing additional temporary orders to extend deadlines, social service and child-care provisions, and reduce municipal government regulatory burdens to help address the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Brian Pallister announced today.
“Due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are instituting new emergency orders to allow for greater flexibility during this time and give Manitobans the time they need to work around the interruptions this pandemic has caused,” said Pallister.
COVID-19 daily updates - Wednesday, May 13
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1:12 p.m. No new COVID-19 cases in province
Public health officials advise no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is 290.
The data also shows:
• four individuals are currently hospitalized, with one individual in intensive care;
• 32 active cases and 251 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at seven.
As of yesterday, an additional 527 laboratory tests were performed. This brings the total number of tests performed since early February to 31,946.