Dispute over drive-in services
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSSprings Church holds a drive-in religious service against Manitoba Health code-red restrictions on Sunday.
Springs Church seeks injunction: Lawyers for Springs Church, which defied pandemic rules by holding drive-in services and is planning to do so again this weekend, will be in court today to seek an interim stay of the public health order. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Rules and religion: In his latest column, Dan Lett says it’s hard not feel a measure of sympathy for worshippers and that it’s unfortunate a compromise can’t be reached. “Perhaps there is a way church leaders could demonstrate they can live within both the spirit and letter of public health orders by limiting vehicles to passengers from a single household,” he writes. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny with a high of 2 C, a daytime low of -5 C, wind chill as low as -11, and wind from the west at 15 km/h.
What’s happening today
John Woods / The Canadian PressLieutenant Governor of Manitoba Janice Filmon reads the provincial throne speech in the Manitoba Legislature on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018.
Last day of legislative session: The Manitoba legislature will meet for the final time in 2020. Dan Lett reports on how a top-ranking civil servant and close adviser to Premier Brian Pallister has filed a workplace harassment complaint against NDP MLA Adrien Sala. READ MORE
Long-awaited legislation: The Liberal government is set to introduce a bill to enshrine the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian law, fulfilling a promise from the 2019 election campaign. The bill is expected to be similar to an NDP private member’s bill that was passed two years ago but died in the Senate when Parliament was dissolved. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Directive on distribution: A directive obtained by The Canadian Press shows the Canadian Armed Forces received formal orders last week to start planning for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and lays out in detail for the first time how the military expects to help. READ MORE
In case you missed it
An N95 mask.
Mad about masks: Outdated N95 masks were given to at least three hospitals and a personal care home in rural Manitoba, Danielle Da Silva reports. “Front-line health care workers should have every protection possible. Cutting corners is not acceptable,” Abe Araya, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba, said. READ MORE
Trying for transfer: The Free Press spoke with a woman about her struggles to get her son transferred out of Parkview Place care home, the site of one of Manitoba’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. READ MORE
Pets killed in fire: Two dogs were killed in a house fire on Consol Avenue in the East Elmwood area on Wednesday night, the City of Winnipeg said. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 3, 2015: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that new legislation being introduced in the Manitoba legislature would affect Child and Family Services, lifting secrecy surrounding the deaths of children in care, and give the children’s advocate the power to release the information publicly. Winnipeg-born illusionist Darcy Oake, whose performance on Britain’s Got Talent had been seen by 60 million viewers on YouTube, was set to perform in his hometown at the MTS Centre.
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