Zika Virus Confirmed in Saskatchewan
The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting 14 cases of Zika virus in the country, but none of them are in Manitoba.
The latest confirmed case is in Saskatchewan and other cases have been confirmed in Ontario, Alberta and B.C.
The agency says all of the cases are travel-related and the types of mosquitoes that transmit the virus are not found in Canada.
There has been an explosion of Zika infections in South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean since last May.
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Bill To Commit MB Government to Truth and Rec Commission
The Manitoba government has put forward a bill that it says would lay a path toward reconciliation with indigenous peoples.
The proposed law would commit the government to act on recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The bill says the government must respect and understand aboriginal rights and traditions in its actions.
It also calls for a cabinet minister to be designated as responsible for ensuring progress is made and annual reports issued.
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Vince Li to Eventually Gets Go Ahead to Eventually Live On Own
A man who beheaded a fellow passenger on a bus in southern Manitoba in 2008 is being allowed to live on his own at some point.
A Criminal Code Review Board is allowing Will Baker-- formerly Vince Li-- to eventually move out of a group home where he currently lives.
Li, who has changed his name to Will Baker, was found not criminally responsible for the murder due to mental illness.
His medical team says he's a model patient, and knows he must keep taking his medication.
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Draft Legislation Coming on Assisted Dying
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she hopes to have draft legislation ready for cabinet on medically assisted death within a couple of weeks.
She says she hopes to have a bill that will create a balance that recognizes the autonomy of individuals while protecting the vulnerable.
A report by a special parliamentary committee was tabled yesterday and recommends that Canadians enduring intolerable suffering should be able to seek medical help to die with few obstacles.
It said it should allow those diagnosed with competence-impairing conditions like dementia to make advance requests for medical help to die.
But the three Conservative MPs on the committee denounced the report for failing to protect vulnerable persons.
They filed a dissenting report, although Conservative senators have backed the majority position.
