From this forum, looks they are working in some part of Canada
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ircc-winnipeg-pnp-paper-based-lets-connect-here.664600/page-19
hi guys,
finally, 23 months of waiting is over.... my timeline....
my timeline: (principal applicant + 1 dependent(spouse)
currently, holding closed work permit, spouse holding open work permit
Inland applicant - paper based - application initially sent to Sydney, Nova Scotia
AR: May 4 2018
AOR: July 20 2018
Upfront medical exam submitted results for both: March 01, 2019
Application sent to Winnipeg Local Visa Office: April 18 2019
Received by Winnipeg Local Visa Office: April 30 2019
Medical exam passed: December 2, 2019
ADR: December 2 2019 (schedule A and travel history for both, principal applicants T4, pay stubs, bank statements)
called cic almost every week: same response - background check started, specifically criminality check, eligibility on process, security check not started yet - and was told that security check will be done by a third party)
March 11 2020 received PRE ARRIVAL LETTER
April 7 2020 - received an email from IRCC officer for a phone interview
April 9, 2020 - phone interview at 2pm (10 mins of talk) - confirmation of permanent resident mailed to us (since visa office are closed due to covid crisis)
April 14 - received COPR by expressmail (friday and monday are both holidays) just needed to sign and initial and send back to visa office with passport and picture
April 16 - finally, PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS - and received all necessary documents. Officer sent me an email to wait for the PR Card in the next few weeks.
Thank you for all your help guys. Have faith always. Good luck to everyone