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Pallister signals move from code red to orange

After four months at code red, Manitoba's premier plans to lower the COVID-19 pandemic alert level despite a rise in cases, some of which involve highly contagious variants.

"We're now in a position to consider moving the province to level orange, or restricted, on the pandemic-response system,” Brian Pallister told a news conference Thursday, flanked by chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin.

"The future is in all of our hands. If we continue to follow the advice of Dr. Roussin and public-health officials... we're going to have more good days ahead."

Roussin proposed a suite of alterations to the current public-health orders, allowing more flexible restaurant dining, the resumption of indoor organized sports, opening casinos and movie theatres and changing travel restrictions.

Each of city's historic bridges has unique story

They span the muddy waters from which Winnipeg derives its name. They connect neighbourhood to neighbourhood. They’re a fundamental feature of our city.

Winnipeg has a reputation as a “River City,” but many don’t know the stories behind the bridges they use every day.

While a bridge may seem to be a boring piece of basic infrastructure, many of Winnipeg’s have fascinating histories that go back more than 100 years.

University of Manitoba faculty walk off the job over salary demands

Professors at the University of Manitoba hit pause on teaching classes Tuesday to take up physical and online picket lines after negotiations for a new contract with improved salaries fell apart a day earlier.

The faculty association at Manitoba’s largest university, which represents upwards of 1,200 professors, instructors and librarians, set a strike deadline of Nov. 2 amid a deadlock in contract negotiations.

Job action, featuring marches with protest signs, got underway at various university entrances across the city and the Manitoba legislature at 7 a.m. Tuesday; pickets are expected to start early and continue until 5 p.m. daily until a resolution is reached.

“We are on strike because we really care about students and the quality of education that they receive here in Manitoba — but in order for them to continue getting that quality education, we need to be able to recruit and retain our faculty members,” said Orvie Dingwall, president of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association, at a morning rally held at the intersection of Chancellor Matheson Road and Pembina Highway.

Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student

BRANDON — A high school student who admitted to attacking another girl in the hallway says she is taking responsibility for her wrongdoing.

The 15-year-old, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to assault in Brandon provincial court on Tuesday.

“I do feel terrible about what I did. I should not have done it. She’s a good person and she never deserved that,” the teen said.

On Feb. 9, the accused came up behind the girl near her locker at Vincent Massey school, pulled her hair and punched her in the head, according to an agreed statement of facts.