More possible victims of a case of suspected food poisoning at a prominent hotel have come forward.

A provincial government spokeswoman said two more reports came in on Friday after an article was published in the Free Press.

It brings the official total to 17 people who have complained they got sick after eating at a buffet at the Victoria Inn Hotel and Convention Centre at 1808 Wellington Ave., last weekend.

However, the Free Press heard from others who got sick but didn’t report it.

A teacher who also worked as a principal in the Frontier School Division has agreed to be stripped of all teaching and administration certificates after admitting to giving cannabis and alcohol to a high school student last fall.

In a consent resolution agreement between teacher David Alexander Duke and Bobbi Taillefer, the province’s commissioner of teacher professional conduct, the teacher agreed to have cancelled his permanent teaching certificate, his Level One school administration certificate, and both his special education certificate and special education co-ordinator certificate.

The cancellations were effective on March 16.

There are more than 40 schools in the division which, according to its website, covers approximately 75 per cent of the province’s land mass. The schools are located mostly in the central and northern areas of Manitoba.