Coronavirus crisis
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSChris Graves, owner of the King’s Head Pub, says he’s losing the busiest day of the year by closing ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.
No time to party: St. Patrick’s Day is the busiest night of the year for some bars, but the King’s Head Pub is closed indefinitely, and the Toad in the Hole might postpone the scheduled opening of its new location. “This is the worst possible scenario for someone starting a business,” Toad in the Hole co-owner Kevin Monk said. Eva Wasney reports. READ MORE
Road work: Production on the Liam Neeson movie The Ice Road will continue this week. Producer Al Corley said that with “zero cases for the longest time,” Winnipeg has been a refuge during the coronavirus crisis. “As we watched the death rate go sky-high in different countries and in my own country in the States, we felt relieved we were out here working hard,” Corley told Randall King. “We kind of felt removed in the world.” READ MORE
Screens shut down: The country’s biggest movie chain, Cineplex, has closed all its theatres and entertainment complexes. The 42,000-sq.-ft Rec Room opened on Sterling Lyon Parkway late last month. READ MORE
Airline announces change: WestJet announced last night it will be suspending all international flights for 30 days. The Canadian airline’s final commercially scheduled flight is scheduled for Sunday night. READ MORE
Classes continue: The provincial government will provide an update on the number of COVID-19 cases in Manitoba later today. Meanwhile, classes will continue at schools, a day after the Manitoba Teachers’ Society called for classes to be suspended before Friday. Danielle Da Silva reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly sunny this morning, mainly cloudy in the afternoon, with a low of -10 C and high of -3 C this evening, wind from the northwest at 20 km/h this morning and wind chill as low as -18.
More on the virus
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press FilesRob Penner, CEO of Bison Transport, says there has been plenty of communication with government authorities about trucking being a form of essential travel.
Keep on trucking: The federal and provincial governments effectively said Monday that trucking is essential travel and that drivers crossing the border do not have to self-isolate after entering or re-entering Canada. “We are glad that sound minds prevailed,” the CEO of Bison Transport told the Free Press. Martin Cash reports. READ MORE
Virtual visits: Patients will soon be able to consult a doctor without leaving home. Doctors Manitoba and Manitoba Health have reached an agreement allowing physicians to assess people over the phone or by video chat. Taylor Allen reports. READ MORE
In other news
Winnipeg Free Press FilesClaude Guimond as principal of Sagkeeng Anicinabe High School in 2014.
Principal pleads guilty: A former principal of Sagkeeng First Nation’s high school has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting two people at a marijuana grow operation in 2017. Court heard Claude Guimond blackened his face and donned camouflage clothing before the attack a Crown attorney called “nothing short of vigilantism.” Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
Presidential primaries: Voters in Arizona, Florida and Illinois will cast ballots for the Democratic presidential nominee today, while Ohio made a last-minute decision to postpone its nominating contest until June. READ MORE
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