At a press conference on January 21, Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin announced that the time has come to slightly relax some of the pandemic restrictions that are currently in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. Despite these welcome changes, however, the province continues to urge caution, and the entire province will remain at the critical (red) level on the pandemic response system.

The Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville, which has been operating under code red protocols since an outbreak was declared two weeks ago, has announced a number of new cases of COVID-19 on their campus.

Much has been reported about the rollout and availability of vaccines since mid-December when they began to arrive in Manitoba. But the average resident of the Southern Health region will have to wait their turn.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan J. Willis, an American military officer who lives in Ste. Agathe, was recently awarded special recognition for his work in the area of adapting operations for the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) to function during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In troubling times, it does the heart good to focus on the positive. With our lives upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and the daily news constantly inundated with political instability south of the border—and yes, some north of it, too—it’s easy to understand why everyone has decided that 2020 was the year from hell. The social media memes reminding us of this fact will live on in infamy.

With our lives upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and the daily news constantly inundated with political instability south of the border—and yes, some north of it, too—it’s easy to understand why everyone has decided that 2020 was the year from hell. The social media memes reminding us of this fact will live on in infamy.