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Increasing cloudiness, with periods of light snow beginning this afternoon. A special weather statement has been issued for Winnipeg, as a late season Alberta clipper is poised to impact southern Manitoba beginning this afternoon into Wednesday.
Wind becoming south 20 km/h then increasing to 40 gusting to 60 near noon. High 0 C, wind chill -16 this morning. UV index 4 or moderate.
Today’s must-read
It was business as usual at a Winnipeg for-profit plasma donation centre Monday after Health Canada announced that a review sparked by the deaths of two Manitobans found “systemic deficiencies” at sites across the country.
The federal agency launched an assessment into Canada’s 16 Grifols plasma donation centres after the deaths of two people who had donated plasma at Winnipeg’s two locations on Taylor Avenue and Innovation Drive on Oct. 25 and Jan. 30.
The agency, which licences Grifols, told media it found no link between the deaths and plasma donation, but would be placing a number of new terms and conditions on Grifols, including requiring the company to reduce the number of appointments each day to ensure staff can follow procedures, and for the company to provide a “corrective and preventative action plan.” Malak Abas has the story.
Grifols Plasma Donation Centre on Taylor Avenue. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
After a career guiding newcomers through the logistics of life in Winnipeg, from registering with a family doctor to figuring out the transit system, Gerry Pearson turned her sights toward helping the city’s native plants settle back into place.
The former adult educator dedicates Wednesdays and every other Saturday to The Living Prairie Museum, where she and fellow members of the Grow Room and Butterfly Garden volunteer team tend to native flowers and grasses in a temperature-controlled repurposed classroom.
The team has been tasked with reclaiming the garden at the entrance. AV Kitching has more here.
From left: Linda Chiappetta, Sandy McCowan, Gerry Pearson and Sandy Handsford holding some of the seedlings in the greenhouse at Living Prairie Museum. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
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