West Nile Cases Drop as Immunities Emerge, Experts Say, from the LA Times, August 19, 2006.

Here is the Province of Manitoba's West Nile virus page where you can find a summary of Manitoba cases from 2005, this West Nile virus update for June 15, 2006, and this August 3 media release, which we can read almost word for word in this August 4, 2006 Winnipeg Free Press article by Jen Skerrit 5 cases of West Nile disease found.  Meanwhile, in Sacramento, these letters also published August 4, 2006 explain clearly how pesticides are not the answer. 

For a brief Canadian report from 2005, read on:
Summarized by WNV-L moderator from West Nile Virus Up in 2005 [News],
published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 174(1):
21. January 3, 2006. Full text: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/174/1/21

excerpts:
The increased number of deaths from WNV in Canada in 2005 as compared
with 2004 was thought to be due to hotter weather.

Data as of Oct 29 2005: 172 confirmed human cases (12 fatal); 2004, 16
cases (2 fatal); 2003, 1319 (12 fatal); 2002, 340 (20 fatal).

Mike Drebot, head of Health Canada’s Viral Zoonoses Section of the
Canadian Centre for Human and Animal Health, says this year’s surge may
have occurred because most regions had a hotter summer than in 2004.
Winnipeg had an un-precedented hot and wet summer, leading to
record-breaking numbers of mosquitoes, according to the city’s
entomologist, Taz Stuart. This led the city to use larvicides and to fog
sections of the city with insecticide on a nightly basis for nearly a
month. Despite these efforts, there were 46 confirmed cases and one
reported death from WNV in Manitoba in 2005. In 2004, Manitoba had no
confirmed cases; in 2003 the province reported 2 deaths and 39 confirmed
cases. Ontario had the largest number of confirmed cases in 2005 (91) as
well as 8 deaths. Data are from Health Canada, Public Health Agency of
Canada.

Check out this new report Spray vs No-Spray to see how the rate of WNv compares in cities that are sprayed versus those that aren't.

For information on how pesticides may increase our risk of West Nile virus, visit the Canadian Coalition for Health & Environment webpage: http://www.cche-info.com.

See what the Canadian Human Rights Commission says about the governments' duty to accomodate victims of Environmental Sensitivities.

Above All, Do No Harm -- Dealing with West Nile virus in Canada

View the final WNv update for 2004:
Manitoba Government West Nile virus Update 13, Oct 1, 2004

Manitoba Government West Nile virus Update 11, Sept 16, 2004

Manitoba Government West Nile virus Update 10, Sept 09, 2004

Manitoba Government West Nile virus Bulletin 6, Sept 3, 2004