Global News has learned WRHA COO Krista Williams and newly appointed Vickie Kaminski both left for Australia on separate vacations in early March while Canada was dealing with the COVID-19 health crisis.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says all the major changes to the health care system are mostly finished, and the plan is to now begin addressing wait times and nursing vacancies.

The conversion is part the province's healthcare overhaul, which saw emergency rooms at Victoria and Concordia Hospitals converted to urgent care centres.