Manitoba is not doing enough to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. That’s according to Dr. Earl Hershfield, a former TB control director. He says it’s getting worse because no one has any solutions to the overcrowding and poverty that helps TB spread. The latest provincial stats show Manitoba recorded 156 TB cases in 2009, a 30 year high.
The girlfriend of a man shot and killed by city police on the weekend says, officers were wrong to shoot him. Giselle McKinnon says Eric Daniels was upset over a confrontation he had with some strangers on the street, and was hitting a picnic table with a machete. Police say Daniels refused to put down the machete when they arrived. McKinnon says Daniels did take a couple of steps toward the officers, but he didn’t go after them with his machete.
A record number of Manitoba medical grads are planning to finish their postgraduate training in the province. The U of M says 62 of 100 students say they’ll stay. That’s up from just 38 graduates in 2008.
Governor General Michaelle Jean has wrapped up an emotional 2 day visit to her Haitian homeland. Jean was greeted by huge crowds yesterday upon her arrival in her hometown of Jacmel, and she continued to give optimistic messages of hope that reconstruction will happen.
A follow up to a story we told you about yesterday. U.S. government investigators have now been sent to examine a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway on Monday. The driver said it reached speeds of 150 kilometers an hour, before a state trooper helped to slow down the popular hybrid.
Toyota is expanding a recall announced back in November to fix Tundra pickup trucks. The recall on 2002 and 2003 models is because of the trucks frame, which could rust and lead to spare tires falling from beneath the vehicle.
One of the country’s latest lottery winners could very well spend some of his windfall on a new vehicle. Kevin Bowser of Houston, B.C. says when he learned he held one of two winning tickets for last week’s 19 million dollar Lotto Max jackpot, he had to ask his brother for a ride to cash it, because his vehicle wasn’t reliable enough to make the drive to the lotto office. Bowser says he now plans on quitting his job as a fork lift operator and buy a house and a new car.
New poll out this morning says the federal Tories have pulled into a narrow lead over the Liberals. The survey shows the Conservatives have the backing of 33 per cent of Canadians who were asked, while the Liberals were at 29 per cent.
