The Tories held thier annual general meeting virtually, on a day where the province recorded double-digit deaths and 387 new cases of COVID-19.

Manitoba health-care workers and first responders will have access to dedicated COVID-19 testing appointments beginning Friday, said the province's health minister.

"I sat outside his window today for an hour, not one person came into the room that hour I was sitting there," says the daughter of a Maples Personal Care Home resident.

A Winnipeg woman is expressing her frustration with the province after her husband -- a doctor on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic -- fell ill with the virus.

A Winnipeg doctor is hitting back against the Manitoba health minister who questioned the motives of doctors who signed letters of concern about the COVID-19 crisis.

Manitoba Health Minister Cameron Friesen is coming under fire for comments made during a Tuesday committee meeting that appeared to criticize the province's doctors.

The province said the system, which will allow Winnipeggers to call a toll free number or set up an appointment online, is intended to help meet the high test demand.

Manitoba has expanded its testing capacity in recent weeks with new sites but is working with Doctors Manitoba to add community doctors' offices to the growing list of locations.

Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public officer of health has scheduled a press conference for 12:30 p.m.

The suit, launched in August 2018, names more than 40 manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of opioids in Canada.