Manitoba Health says the number of new HIV cases in the province jumped by more than 20 per cent last year. The department reports 108 cases, up from 88 in 2008. The province’s top Doc, Joel Kettner says the result could be because of a push to get more Manitobans to take an HIV test.
A 14 year old girl found unconscious outside a home in Brandon is now at a Winnipeg hospital recovering from exposure. The girl was found on Sunday at the rear of the home. Foul play is not suspected.
A few more details on that train—pedestrian accident we told you about yesterday. A woman in her early 30’s was taken to hospital in critical condition after being hit by a freight train on Waverley, just south of Taylor around 5:30 in the morning. Police continue their investigation.
Well this news should make some people happy. The city’s annual bug fight is going to move to a 100 per cent biological arsenal. But, it’s not by choice. Apparently Health Canada has ordered the chemicals normally used, to be used up completely by 2014. A city spokesperson says they’re not sure yet what they’ll now use, but, they do know it’ll pretty much double the current insect control budget.
Toyota says it’s sent a specialist to determine why a Prius accelerator got stuck and sped the car up to 150 kilometers an hour, before it was stopped on a highway in San Diego yesterday. Police actually came to the driver’s aid. The incident happened on the same day engineers with Toyota said the problem of unwanted acceleration is mechanical, not electrical.
Governor General, Michaelle Jean will continue today with what has been an emotional visit to her homeland of Haiti. Today, she’ll make stop in her hometown of Jacmel, where Canadian troops have set up a home base for humanitarian relief efforts. Meantime…..
President Barack Obama will host Haitian President Rene Preval tomorrow. The 2 will talk reconstruction of the earthquake shattered country.
If you get a ticket from city police this week, it might actually be a good thing. Cops are on gonna be on the lookout for good drivers, to reward them with tickets to a charity hockey game featuring a bunch of NHL legends taking on the police service’s best skaters. The game goes March 15th/MTS.
Turns out that 2 of the oldest people in the world, died on the same day….one in New Hampshire and one in Michigan. Mary Josephine Ray…a Canadian native, was certified as the oldest person living in the U.S. and the 2nd oldest in the world. She died Sunday at the age of 114 years, 294 days. Now there’s word that Daisey Bailey died in Detroit, just hours later, 23 days shy of her 114th birthday. By the way oldest person in the world is Japan’s Kama Chinen….she’s 114 years, 301 days.
