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• Shortage of sports officials could affect an athlete’s ability to play

  A shortage of qualified sports officials in Manitoba has the potential to affect an athlete’s ability to play the game they love because, without them, there are no games.

  

• Family may need to help care for loved ones in two southern Manitoba personal care homes

  Family members who have loved ones living at two personal care homes in the Southern Health region tell CTV News they have been given the heads-up they may need to help with care starting next week.

  

• Knife found under Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move

  An ancient Indigenous knife unearthed during the renovation of Centre Block will be the first artifact found on Parliament Hill to be returned to the stewardship of the Algonquin people who live in the Ottawa region.

  

• A prescription worth filling: nature

  PaRx is a nature prescribing program that has launched in Manitoba that prescribes outdoor time for patients.

  

• PHAC advice behind feds' decision to keep requiring negative tests to enter Canada: Blair

  Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the government will continue to require travellers to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test upon entry into the country so long as the Public Health Agency of Canada advocates for it.

• Renewed calls for improved safety after two taxi drivers arrested in separate incidents

  There are renewed calls to ensure the safety of Indigenous women taking taxis in Winnipeg.

• W5 INVESTIGATES

  W5 INVESTIGATES | Can you be addicted to food? Theory on what's fuelling North America's obesity problem gains ground

  Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV: W5 investigates a theory that's not widely accepted in scientific circles, but is gaining ground: that North America's obesity problem is being fuelled by a physical addiction to highly processed foods.

• Blue Bombers become first CFL team to earn playoff spot with 26-16 victory over Elks

  Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the first CFL team to secure a playoff berth.

• Nearly 30K direct care workers fully vaccinated: Shared Health

  The majority of direct care workers in Manitoba are fully vaccinated, according to Shared Health.

• New documents shed light on Manitoba residential school child deaths

  New documents are shedding light on the actual number of children who died at a residential school in northern Manitoba and it is dozens more than originally thought.

• Funding cuts, leadership indecision prompting Winnipeg doctor to quit

  Dr. Sandor Demeter, a radiology specialist at Health Sciences Centre, is leaving his job because he says fiscal austerity and indecision by leadership are causing delays for cancer patients.

• More enforcement of public health orders taking place in certain parts of Manitoba: justice minister

  Manitoba’s justice minister said the province allocates more enforcement resources to certain parts of the province depending on their COVID-19 case counts and whether they are complaints of defiance.

• Winnipeg police officer Sean Cassidy takes witness stand in trial

  The Winnipeg police officer accused of allegedly altering information in a police database to get out of a $259 speeding ticket gave his side of the story Friday in court.

• Northern Manitoba accounts for highest proportion of active COVID-19 cases in province

  New COVID-19 infections are rising in Manitoba's north, with the Northern Health Region now accounting for the highest proportion of active COVID-19 cases in the province.

• Manitoba sets aside Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day

• Winnipeg paramedic files counterclaim in defamation suit filed by firefighter

  A Winnipeg paramedic has filed a counterclaim in a lawsuit brought forward by a city firefighter.