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Winnipeg sets daily COVID record; restrictions to be tightened

Winkler man 38th Manitoban to die from virus

Danielle Da Silva
7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020
4 minute read

Katie May:

Code red for Winnipeg personal care homes

To date, nine people have died and 55 residents and staff have tested positive at Parkview Place long-term care home — the deadliest novel coronavirus outbreak among such facilities in the province.

Tom Brodbeck:

Spread the message, not COVID: Stay home when sick

An employee wears a mask at a startup company, Wednesday Aug.19, 2020 in Paris. France is now mandating masks in all workplaces, from the Paris business district to factories in the provinces. The government is trying to contain growing virus infections but avoid shutting down the economy. The announcement makes France one of relatively few countries that's universally requiring workers to wear masks on the job, though they're routinely worn in many Asian countries. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Kevin Rollason:

Headingley inmate worried he's going to die from COVID

Seven inmates and two corrections staff at the Headingley Correctional Centre tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)

Melissa Martin:

Grounded travel industry seeks to book pandemic escape

This undated photo courtesy of the Barbados Tourism Authority shows Harrismith Beach, Barbados. Sun, surf and sand are the main draws on this tropical Caribbean island. (AP Photo/Barbados Tourism Authority) NO SALES</p>

Temur Durrani:

Costco workers quit in protest

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSDella Burston and her daughter Jenny ar photographed with Robin Sawchuck outside Costco on Regent Thursday, October 15, 2020. Burston and Sawchuck quit their jobs at Costco due to poor COVID-19 pandemic procedures.</p><p>Reporter: Durrani</p>

Taylor Allen:

Local hoopsters discuss activism on Emmy-winning ESPN program

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Wesmen basketball player Josh Gandier will be a panelist on an upcoming episode of ESPN’s Outside The Lines as part of a panel of university athletes discussing activism.</p></p>

David Sanderson  :

Business is brooming for Amina Haswell

MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Amina Haswell recently started a home based broom making business, Prairie Breeze Folk Arts Studio, and was due to make her vendor debut at the Folk Fest this year.</p><p>She makes all kinds of brooms - whisks, cobweb brooms, fireplace brooms, yer basic sweep-the-kitchen brooms … she also makes traditional wedding brooms, and currently has a line of brooms made especially for Halloween - bippity boppity brooms.</p><p>See David Sanderson story</p><p>201002 - Friday, October 02, 2020.</p>

Editorial:

Extraordinary measure invoked during crisis

A newspaper headline describes the extraordinary measure taken in 1970. (Peter Bregg / The Canadian Press files)

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