What’s happening today
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESSchool bus drivers in Louis Riel School Division will ‘visually assess’ students and their parents or guardians for flu symptoms.
Back to school: Students have another week of classes before schools shut down because of the coronavirus, but it’s likely many parents will choose to keep their kids home instead. Meanwhile, daycares are slated to remain open even when schools close next week. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
New duty for bus drivers: Starting today, bus drivers for one local school division, Louis Riel, will “visually assess” students and their parents or guardians for flu symptoms. Children who appear sick will be sent home or — if they have been left alone — allowed on the bus but “isolated from other students as best as possible.” READ MORE
Trudeau talks: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make a COVID-19 announcement at noon CDT. Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly said there will be “important news” but didn’t explain why the Liberal government is making Canadians wait to hear what it is. READ MORE
Another update: The province is expected to give its daily briefing on COVID-19 later this morning. On Sunday, officials announced it’s believed there are seven cases in Manitoba. Laurie Bailey reports. READ MORE
Screening site: The province’s latest access centre will begin testing people for COVID-19 in Thompson this morning. More rural testing sites will open later this week, the provincial government says. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny for most of the day, with a low of -10 C and high of -6 C this evening, wind from the northwest — and later the southwest — at 30 km/h gusting to 50, and wind chill as low as -20. Snow that fell Sunday might affect your morning commute.
In case you missed it
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESJets owner Mark Chipman’s “They work when we work” remark during a news conference was received poorly. But on Sunday, in an email sent to staff advised casual and part-time staff would be paid, whether or not the NHL and AHL seasons resume.
Jets change course: True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose, has reversed its decision not to pay part-time employees for lost wages. The initial decision has been criticized on social media since the NHL suspended the regular season because of the new coronavirus. Taylor Allen and Jason Bell report. READ MORE
‘People will die’: A chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says his officials are scrambling to get supplies and don’t have a plan for dealing with an outbreak of the virus. “We’re in a forgotten portion of Canada,” Chief Eric Redhead of Shamattawa First Nation told the Free Press. READ MORE
Kids and coronavirus: A clinical psychologist says parents can play an important role in helping children through potentially frightening experiences such as the pandemic. READ MORE
New protocols in place: Health Sciences Centre has started limiting access to the province’s largest hospital because of the virus. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
A matter of faith: A local rabbi says the pandemic “reminds us how little control we have over our lives” and is an opportunity to learn how we have to look out for each other. John Longhurst reports. READ MORE
In other news
CPFormer Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington on Sunday.
Democratic debate: U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders squared off in a one-on-one debate Sunday that focused largely on the pandemic. READ MORE
New look for labour temple: Solomon Israel reports on the renovation work underway at the historic Ukrainian Labour Temple in the North End. The project began last fall and is expected to be completed by May or June. READ MORE
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