Winnipeg – With the H1N1 virus expected to strike hard later this fall, a majority of Manitobans feel they and their fellow citizens are adequately prepared to face this outbreak, a new Jory Capital-Probe Research Inc. survey of 1,000 Manitoba adults conducted for the Winnipeg Free Press finds.

Fully seven-in-ten adult Manitobans (72%) believe the provincial population is equipped to deal with this flu strain. Although only 15 percent report Manitobans are “very well prepared”, most agree that Manitobans are at least “somewhat well prepared” (57%). Conversely, a significant one in four adults (25%) do not sense that their fellow citizens are adequately prepared to prevent the transmission of H1N1, with 19 percent of citizens saying Manitobans are “not very well prepared” and six percent stating the province is “not at all prepared.” Four percent of those surveyed were undecided or did not offer an estimate of the provinces’ flu readiness.

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Winnipeg – One year after a steep drop in the markets triggered a global economic meltdown, a majority of Manitobans are confident that the Canadian recession is now behind us, a new Probe Research-Jory Capital Inc. poll of 1,000 Manitobans reveals.

Three-in-five adult Manitobans (59%) believe that the grim economic times have ended, with 11 percent saying they are “very confident” and 48 percent indicating they are “somewhat confident” that the recession has ended. Fewer than four-in-ten adults (38%), meanwhile, are still apprehensive about the state of the economy, with 27 percent being “not very confident” and 11 percent “not at all confident” that the recession is over. Three percent of the province’s adult population was undecided or could not offer a response.

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Labels: Jory Capital, Manitoba economy, Probe Research, recession