Right in the centre - Canada Post has strayed from its mandate
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- Published on Friday, April 17, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canada Post has a monopoly on First Class mail. In return for the monopoly, the First Class rates are supposed to be uniform across Canada and they are supposed to give priority to First Class mail at all levels, including processing at the local post offices. At Christmas time and now again in early April, staff are overworked handling parcels, mostly from Amazon. Now, with COVID-19 restricting people’s movement, online shopping is flooding the system. At Neepawa, we can go for two or even three days without the FC mail being sorted and it isn’t the local staff’s fault. The flood of Amazon parcels and other online shopping shipments are drowning the Post Office.
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COVID-19 daily updates - Friday, April 17
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- Published on Friday, April 17, 2020
No new cases announced today in Manitoba
Public health officials advise no new cases of COVID-19 were identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, and the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba remains at 250.
The data also shows:
• eight individuals are currently hospitalized, which includes four individuals in intensive care;
• 113 active cases and 132 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at five.
Cadham Provincial Laboratory performed 508 tests Thursday. A total of 18,856 tests have been performed since early February.
COVID-19 daily updates - Thursday, Aril 16
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- Published on Thursday, April 16, 2020
1:08 p.m. Four new cases announced in Manitoba, total cases now 250
Public health officials advise four new cases of COVID-19 were identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 250.
The data also shows:
• eight individuals are currently hospitalized, which includes four individuals in intensive care;
• 124 active cases and 121 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at five.
Cadham Provincial Laboratory performed 449 tests Wednesday. A total of 18,349 tests have been performed since early February.
COVID-19 daily updates - Wednesday, Apr. 15
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- Published on Wednesday, April 15, 2020
2:18 p.m. Fifth death from COVID-19 reported in Manitoba
Public health officials advise two new cases of COVID-19 were identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. In addition, two cases that had been considered probable have been ruled as negative, so the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba remains at 246. In addition, a fifth death has been reported, a woman in her 60s who lived in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
The data also shows:
• nine individuals are currently hospitalized, which includes four individuals in intensive care;
• 132 active cases and 108 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now five.
Cadham Provincial Laboratory performed 305 tests Tuesday. A total of 17,902 tests have been performed since early February.
