Manitoba

Family of prominent Southern Health doctor issues pro-vax plea

Over the course of his 38-year career as a doctor in Steinbach, Paul Peters received many awards and accolades — including the 2021 Physician Emeritus Award from the Southern Health region.
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine dose. The best way to honour Paul Peters, a longtime Steinbach doctor who now lives in a Winnipeg care home, is to get vaccinated, his family says. (Chris Glover/CBC)

Over the course of his 38-year career as a doctor in Steinbach, Paul Peters received many awards and accolades — including the 2021 Physician Emeritus Award from the Southern Health region.

But his family is seeking one final honour.

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