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There will be no swine flu vaccinations done today in the city.  The Health Authority says its 12 clinics around town, will reopen on Thursday.  No word yet though, on whether or not the clinics will still only be taking high risk people, or whether the shot will be available to everyone.

Cops have charged an 18 year old man, after he went on a rampage at city high school.  The trouble started when the guy broke into Tech Voc on Friday night.  Inside, he allegedly threatened a woman, kicked her dog and told 2 school employees he was armed and ordered them to the floor.  Police say he then ran towards 4 girls waiting for their parents to pick them up, and assaulted a 15 year old girl twice.  Allan Wood is now facing numerous charges.

Police are investigating thefts from hundreds of bank accounts in the city on the weekend.  Cops say crooks targeted customers of both banks and credit unions.  One credit union customer says he had been told as many as 500 people had their accounts illegally accessed on Friday night. 

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, are on the home stretch of their 11 day Canadian tour, arriving in the nation’s capital last night.  Today, they have meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.  Charles and Camilla will board a plane for England on Thursday.

Basketball great, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia.  But the NBA’s all time leading scorer says that his prognosis for living a full life is encouraging.  The 62 year old Abdul-Jabbar says he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia almost a year ago.

A 21 year old card shark from Michigan, knew when to hold em and when to fold em….and for his talents, he’s now the youngest World Series of Poker champion in history.  Joe Cada beat out a logger from Maryland early today in Vegas, to win the main event title and the grand prize of 8.5 million.  The epic poker tournament, started back in July with nearly 6500 players.

Well tomorrow is the Remembrance Day, and that means we’ll have the usual closures.  No banks or post offices will be open…..meaning there’ll be no mail delivery.  Transit will be running on a holiday schedule.  Bars will be shut……but, lounges can open after 12 noon.  There’s no garbage pick up tomorrow.  And a reminder, that no store can sell anything but staples like bread and milk before 12 noon. 

The ballots have been counted, and the House of Commons will soon welcome 4 new faces from 3 different parties.  Yesterday’s, 4 federal bye-elections saw the Tories reclaim a former stronghold in Nova Scotia, and a riding in Quebec.  The Bloc meantime, easily hung on to a Montreal area riding, and the NDP held on to another in B.C.

A couple from the Sagkeeng First Nation has won what’s believed to be the largest lottery jackpot in Manitoba history.  Kirby and Marie Fontaine won 50 million in the Lotto Max draw.  No word yet on what they plan to do with all that loot…..but people in the area say the win couldn’t have happened to a nicer family.

That college softball player who drowned last week in North Dakota, will be remembered today at a funeral in her hometown of Brandon.  21 year old Ashley Neufeld was a student at Dickinson State University, and played softball for the school.  She and 2 other friends drowned when the jeep they were in sunk into a livestock pond in southwestern North Dakota.

There are 4 federal bye-elections being held today….2 in Quebec, one in B.C. and one in Nova Scotia.  The Liberals aren’t expecting to win any of them.  But NDP leader Jack Layton says he’s happy polls show his party is giving the Bloc Quebecois a run for its money in one of the ridings.  Layton says the NDP has come a long way since finishing behind the Marijuana Party in Quebec in 2000.

Health officials have a message for Canadians who’ve been lucky enough not to get the swine flu yet….don’t get complacent.  And they say if you haven’t done it yet…you should get vaccinated as soon as possible.  But, that being said, here in Manitoba all clinics are closed until the end of the week when a new shipment of the vaccine will arrive.

U.S. officials say they’re now going to look into whether the accused Fort Hood shooter, had any connection with 2 of the 9-11 hijackers.  The family of Major Nidal Hasan, apparently attended the same mosque as the hijackers did, and, at a time when a radical sort of Islam was being preached there.  Hasan by the way is still in hospital recovering from 4 bullet wounds.

Well for those who like cruising on the Red River on a paddleboat….your days may be numbered.  The man who’s captained and owned those boats for the past 40 years, is thinking about calling it quits.  Steve Hawchuk says he’s thinking about retiring next fall, which could mean the boats will stop running after next summer……if a buyer isn’t found.

Pretty rowdy scene outside a couple of Canad Clubs yesterday morning.  2 young men are facing numerous charges after fights broke out outside of Cowboy’s and Stereo nightclubs at the Windsor Park Inn.  Cops say the brawling started as the clubs closed around 2 a.m.  Several other people got hauled away to the drunk tank.  Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the melee’s.

More than 60 cases of swine flu have been reported in the province, but health officials say most of them are mild.  Swine flu claimed the lives of 7 people last spring when it first arrived…..but so far, there haven’t been any official deaths with the second wave of the flu. 

Students, family members and friends packed a Dickinson State University memorial service yesterday, for a young Brandon woman and her 2 college friends.  The 3 were found dead in their sunken vehicle in a pond near the school.  All 3, played softball for the school, which now says there numbers will be retired.

A couple of owners of a Winnipeg convenience store have been charged with allegedly selling mouthwash and hairspray to substance abusers at inflated prices.  Police say a search warrant back in the end of October, revealed vastly increased prices for things like no name mouthwash…which was being sold for 7 bucks a bottle. 

Brock Golden has been given a break.  He’s had his sentence cut from 30 months to 18.  Golden was convicted back in 2007 of making child pornography and internet luring.  Brock is the son of former city councilor Al Golden.

Another victim has died from that shocking massacre at the U.S. military base in Fort Hood, Texas.  So, that brings the total to 13 dead, with 30 others injured.  The suspect is identified as Major Nidal Hasan, a 39 year old psychiatrist, who’s said to have been angry about being deployed to Iraq.  Yesterday afternoon he walked into a building on the base with 2 handguns and opened fire.  He was shot 4 times by military police, but did survive. 

Elton John has been released from a London hospital where he was treated for the flu and an E-coli infection.  The illnesses forced him to cancel several performances over the last few weeks.  John, who is 62, plans to resume performances in California next week.

In a case of, if at first you don’t succeed……a woman in South Korea has finally passed the written exam for her driver’s license, on her 950^th try !  68 year old Cha Sa-Soon is not out of the woods yet though.  Before getting her license, Cha has to get behind the wheel with an examiner and pass the road test.

So, health officials in the city are now expanding the criteria for people in high risk groups, who need swine flu shots.  Turnout was low yesterday, when a dozen clinics around town, reopened their doors.  So that prompted the health authority to expand the priority group criteria.  There’s still no word on however on when the vaccine will be made available to the general public.

An emergency shelter has been opened for people in the city who have no place to live after losing their homes to fire.  A spokesperson says, people who stay at the house, pay 30 dollars a day, which covers everything from bedding to furniture to food.

The province says it wants to make sure the families of people who are unexpectedly hurt or die while under hospital care, get details of the incident.  The government is now handing out pamphlets to let people know they are entitled to the info under new legislation. 

The federal long gun registry is one step closer to taking a bullet.  A handful of Liberal and NDP MP’s, helped the Harper Tories pass a bill designed to kill the registry.  It now goes to a commons committee for further review and a final reading.

Too fat to kill?  Well, lawyers have wrapped up closing arguments in a New Jersey murder trial of a man who claims he’s too fat to have killed his former son in law.  The defence told jurors that all they have to do is look at the accused to see that he’s in no condition to commit such a crime.  Prosecutors say he probably can’t run a marathon, but, he could still kill a man.

The swine flu vaccination program is costing our governments a pretty penny.  In fact, new figures show it’s costing the federal and provincial governments 500 million dollars…..and that’s just so far.  Ottawa by the way, is picking up 60 per cent of the tab, while the provinces pay the rest.

You had to know this would happen.  Heads are starting to roll in Alberta, in the wake of the news that swine flu shots were given to Calgary Flame players and their families at a private clinic last week.  The club jumped the line so to speak, while thousands of high risk Albertans waited in line for hours at designated sites.  One health official has already been fired, and more firings could be on the way.

Less than a week into the Olympic torch relay, at least 2 of the torches are up for sale on E-Bay.  Someone in Victoria is selling theirs for 500 dollars U.S., while a torch used in the Greek leg of the relay is priced at 2500.  There are 12 thousand torches by the way for the 106 day relay.

Well, a dozen swine flu clinics in the city, are set to reopen today.  Health officials say they have more vaccine than they thought, so they can continue to immunize high risk people.  Once again, screeners will be out at the clinics today to make sure that, it is the high risk people getting the shots.

Manitoba has a new list of cabinet ministers.  Premier Greg Selinger shuffled around a dozen portfolios and promoted 3 backbenchers to the inner circle.  This was Selinger’s first chance to put his stamp on the cabinet, since winning the leadership of the NDP in mid October.

Autopsies will be done today on the bodies of 3 North Dakota college softball players, found dead inside a Jeep that was found submerged in a pond.  The 3 missing girls, including 21 year old Ashley Neufeld from Brandon, were found late yesterday.  The 3 were apparently out star gazing near the pond, when something happened.  Police will hold a news conference later this morning, but so far, don’t suspect foul play.

More swine flu shot fallout…this time though, it’s from further west.  Turns out members of the Calgary Flames and their families, got the vaccinations last week, at a private clinic.  That news is not sitting well with many in that province.  In fact, one government official is furious saying hockey players shouldn’t have been vaccinated before people like pregnant women or young kids.

What’s a girl to do?  An older lioness at a zoo in Moncton, is getting shipped back to a zoo in Seagrave, Ontario, after her frustration over the lack of jungle love caused her to attack her intended partner.  Apparently the male lion the zoo brought in to mate with Kito, just didn’t know what to do when she went into heat.  So, he did nothing.  Kito reacted by attacking him.

The feds are downplaying a critical report from the auditor general.  Sheila Fraser says Ottawa would not be able to lead a co-ordinated response to a major disaster, like a massive flood.  Fraser says the feds simply don’t have any plans for disasters.  But, the government has come back saying, the country has always coped well with emergencies….and Fraser needs to remember that a lot of emergency management plans come from the provinces.

New research out today, suggests that smokers who switch to so called, “low tar,” or “light” cigarettes, are less likely to quit.  The U.S. study found that people who switched to light smokes, were 46 per cent less likely to quit, than those who stuck with the heavier brands.

So, if you want to lose weight, exercise and diet are of course are key….but a new study says other factors appear to play a role…including the number of t.v.’s in your house and the presence of exercise equipment.  Researchers found that in addition to diet and exercise, those who lost weight had fewer t.v.’s, less high fat food and more exercise equipment in their homes.

A Tory MP from Manitoba says she’s a dozen votes away from killing the long gun registry.  Candice Hoeppner is trying to gut the decade old registry, and destroy existing data within the system on about 7 million shotguns and rifles.

Some scary times at CancerCare Manitoba yesterday.  Police, some of them with service dogs, scoured the building up and down yesterday looking for 2 suspects involved in a carjacking.  The incident started when a stolen car was tracked to the Health Sciences Complex.  Police caught one suspect in a nearby parking lot, and arrested another in a stairwell of the CancerCare building.  Fortunately, the treatment of patients was not interrupted and no staff was hurt.

The Opposition Tories are accusing the NDP government of dropping the ball on swine flu vaccinations.  The province, as you know, suspended its shot program yesterday because supplies are running short.  Tory leader, Hugh McFadyen says the government should’ve made sure from the start that only high risk people were being given the vaccine.

Pregnant women who want the H1-N1 vaccine, might be relieved to hear that the first doses of the new special vaccine for them, is being rolled out this week. 

Researchers studying the use of antibiotics during pregnancy, have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat things like an infection, and birth defects.  They say as a result, women should avoid using antibiotics entirely, while pregnant.

A Brandon girl is one of 3 female college students who’ve gone missing in North Dakota.  Authorities are searching for 21 year old Ashley Neufeld, along with 2 other young women from California, after a friend reported getting 2 distress calls from them on Sunday night.  The friend says the women were frantic asking for help….when the line went dead.  So far, police have no leads in the case.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are now in Canada, starting their first visit here together.  The heir to the throne used a speech in St. John’s yesterday to call for leadership when it comes to combating global warming.  Charles said the world’s biggest threat is climate change.  Charles and Camilla will be here for an 11 day tour.

Both McDonald’s and the president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association are trying to douse what they call, an internet hoax.  An e-mail purporting to be from an Alberta cattle group, calls for a McDonald’s boycott, claiming the fast food chain plans to buy most of its beef from South America now.  But, both sides say the story is bogus.  In fact, a McDonald’s rep says they will continue to buy the vast majority of its beef from Canadian producers.

With only enough swine flu vaccine left, for one day….the WRHA is asking the public to hold off getting a shot, and let high risk people go first.  A dozen clinics will be open today for shots….but, are cancelled for the rest of the week, thanks to a nationwide shortage of the vaccine.  Screeners will be set up at all the clinics today, to make sure it’s the high risk people getting in.

A 43 year old woman was attacked and robbed downtown this weekend.  Cops say the woman was walking to work in the area of McDermot and Adelaide, when she was approached by a man demanding money.  The woman said no, tried to call for help, and then was dragged into a nearby parking lot where she was assaulted and robbed.  Fortunately, police did get their man.  27 year old Michael Beauchamp is now facing a host of charges.

Home buyers are gonna love this news.  If the federal competition bureau has its way, Canadians buying a house would pay less in realty commissions and fees.  A new report says the bureau concludes that the Canadian Real Estate Association has anti competitive rules, and must change its ways.  That could allow more discount brokers into the market, while allowing sellers to list their homes cheaper on the Multiple Listing Service.

New poll today says Canadians honeymoon with U.S. President Barack Obama is still going strong.  A survey found that 86 per cent of Canucks who were asked, think Obama rocks.  That compares with 21 per cent who were positive about George W. Bush 4 years ago.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive in St. John’s today to start an 11 day visit to our country.  Although this is Charles’ 15^th visit to Canada, it’s the first with his wife Camilla.  The royal couple will be making stops in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec.

Searchers continue to look for 3 miners who are missing in a gold mine northwest of Quebec City.  The 3 were doing repair work about 500 meters below the surface when the line became flooded with water on Friday.  Rescuers hope the 3 may have taken refuse in an air pocket.

Looks like Defense Minister Peter MacKay is about to lose his status as one of the country’s most eligible bachelors.  Reports say MacKay has proposed to his girlfriend, Jana, a CTV news executive.  This would be the first marriage for both.