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Passive-'aggressive' contact tracing raises questions

Restaurants, salon named as possible COVID variant exposure sites not asked for customer information despite Roussin's vow to step up investigations

Erik Pindera
7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021
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Kevin Rollason and Katie May:

Winnipeg care home resident tests positive for B.1.1.7 COVID variant

Heritage Lodge long-term care home, which is once again shut down to visitors after a staff member tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant, in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

Carol Sanders:

Rural physician decries tight rules for vaccine eligibility

Tom Brodbeck:

Lack of urgency slows urgent vaccine rollout

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Pharmacist Ryan Chan shows an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine vial at the Exchange District Pharmacy in Winnipeg on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. For --- story. Winnipeg Free Press 2021</p>

Eva Wasney:

GORGE Festival aims to revive art form derailed by the pandemic

BNB Studios</p><p>Local drag queen Peppermint Phattie and musician Ami Cheon perform a karaoke duet.</p></p>

Jason Bell:

Manitobans set to mix it up in doubles bubble

Colton Lott, left, and Kadriana Sahaidak.

Editorial:

Anti-protest Bill 57 invites court challenge

A smudge ceremony takes place as supporters of the Wet'suwet'en nation's protest to keep pipeline workers out of the B.C. First Nation's traditional territory on the land of Wet’suwet’en First Nation in Winnipeg on Friday January 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

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