COVID-19 crisis
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Caring for a COVID-19 patient from a nurse’s perspective.
‘Estrangement’ must end: The provincial government must mend its relationship with Manitoba’s nurses as the battle against the coronavirus continues, Dan Lett writes in his latest column. READ MORE
Scary situation: Sixty-four per cent of Canadians are afraid of becoming ill with COVID-19, compared with 57 per cent two weeks ago, a new poll found. Seventy-six per cent of respondents said they were afraid someone in their immediate family would become infected, The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Pandemic politics: Democratic voters in Wisconsin will head to the polls to pick their party’s presidential candidate today despite the pandemic. Wisconsin is the only state holding a nominating contest this month. The state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday the primary couldn’t be postponed, and the U.S. Supreme Court later blocked efforts to extend absentee voting. READ MORE
Killed by coronavirus: The family of Wade Kidd, the second Manitoban to die of COVID-19, released a statement about his death to dispel “fear and uncertainty” amid the pandemic. “This disease can affect anyone, and we hope Wade’s death can help convince anyone who isn’t already staying home to do so if they can,” his family said. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Daily details: Provincial health officials will give their regular briefing on COVID-19 cases at 1 p.m. The province announced one new case Monday, for a total of 204. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny for most of the morning, with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, a high of 9 C, and wind at 20 km/h from the northwest this morning and 10 km/h from the west this afternoon. There’s a 60 per cent chance of showers tonight and early Wednesday.
In other news
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta., Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has cleared another legal hurdle.The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed five leaves to appeal mounted by environment and Indigenous groups, all of which wanted the court to hear arguments about whether cabinet’s decision to approve the pipeline violated the Species at Risk Act due to fears the project would harm the highly endangered southern resident killer whales. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Pipeline project: A group of British Columbia First Nations is holding a news conference today about its plans to appeal a decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Body found in bay: The body of a member of the Kennedy family was found in Chesapeake Bay on Monday after a canoeing accident, while the search for her young son will continue. Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, was the daughter of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who served two terms as Maryland’s lieutenant governor and is the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy. READ MORE
On this date
On April 6, 1928: The Manitoba Free Press reported that an elderly woman and her brother were arrested in Fourke, Ark., and charged with poisoning nearly everyone in the community, by putting arsenic in the community well that supplied the nearby sawmill camp. In northern Manitoba, the test flight of Commander Richard Byrd’s monoplane, a “giant aircraft” carrying 14 persons, was deemed a success; the aircraft was intended to aid in polar exploration. In Indiana, an 18-year-old athlete at a track meet was hit, possibly fatally, in the head with a 12-pound shot.
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