Renowned Canadian scientist Frank Plummer dies in Kenya
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/scientist-frank-plummer-death-1.5451624
Plummer was born and raised in Winnipeg, where he headed up Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory for several years.
Online claims that Chinese scientists stole coronavirus from Winnipeg lab have 'no factual basis'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/china-coronavirus-online-chatter-conspiracy-1.5442376
The Public Health Agency of Canada is denying any connection between the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, two scientists who were escorted out of the building last summer, and the coronavirus outbreak in China.
I don't know what it means but Winnipeg is not very far north of Chicago. Both places get called "the Windy City".