Reporter, @WinnipegNews. Ex @DailyMirror, @DailyMailUK, @CP24, @CTVNews. Email: [email protected]
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A #longread in this weekend’s @WinnipegNews about physician misconduct secrecy in MB. Some things in here could easily be improved by the provincial govt taking action but we didn’t even receive a statement response from the health minister. winnipegfreepress.com/breaki…
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Free Press garners four National Newspaper Award nominations
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Drug deaths are hitting record numbers in Winnipeg’s core, while the use of life-saving medication in suspected opioid overdoses continues to surge. #wfp
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The Manitoba government has signalled it is open to the possibility of supporting supervised drug-consumption sites - after years of rejecting them - but only if they are heavily regulated, @KatrinaAClarke reports. winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a…
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A man accused of stabbing two people at random downtown last week was arrested in October for allegedly chasing a staff member of a Main Street gathering place, threatening to spray her with a fire extinguisher while in methamphetamine psychosis.
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Chris Kitching retweeted
Big news: PCs signal change of heart on supervised consumption sites for MB in this @WinnipegNews opinion piece from Minister of Mental Health and Community Wellness Janice Morley-Lecomte winnipegfreepress.com/opinio…
Eight priests or brothers who spent time working in Manitoba are among 27 the Jesuits of Canada claims were “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors as far back as the 1950s.
The list includes a former St. Paul's High School principal. #wfp
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Chris Kitching retweeted
How many Manitobans died of drug overdoses in 2022? The provincial government refuses to say. So a group of moms whose children have died from toxic drugs released the data instead. @momsstoptheharm #wfp winnipegfreepress.com/breaki…
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Eight people have been hit by gunfire — two fatally — in three Winnipeg shootings in a span of roughly 29 hours.
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School desks became scaffolding for blanket forts and a hallway was transformed into a hockey rink when hundreds of learners at Winnipeg's École Dieppe participated in a building-wide playdate @GSPlayDay #mbed #wfp winnipegfreepress.com/breaki…
Chris Kitching retweeted
Manitoba’s government insists its decision to reject supervised consumption sites is based on “evidence.”
We requested that evidence (including via a FIPPA that got us 94 redacted pages) and here’s what we learned:
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Chris Kitching retweeted
Couple ran out of candy, gave pot: search warrant on the front of Wednesday's @WinnipegNews #wfp
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On the front page of Monday's @WinnipegNews : Schools embrace ‘progressive assessment’ as divisions shift away from high-stakes exams #wfp
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A Winnipeg school division is changing instruction start and end times — in some cases by as much as 45 minutes — in an effort to address enrolment and transportation challenges #mbed #wfp winnipegfreepress.com/breaki…
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A nationwide shortage of teachers is forcing Manitoba’s rural school divisions to hire figure skating coaches, Girl Guides leaders and other adults without certification to fill in for absent classroom educators #mbed #wfp winnipegfreepress.com/local/…
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More security at library won’t eliminate violence risk, stabbing victim’s mother says wfp.to/Sgf
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Charlie, a doe-eyed Labrador, and Luna, a sassy tuxedo cat, represent the most popular pet names and breeds in Winnipeg.
Please enjoy this very serious bit of data journalism that I went entirely overboard on: buff.ly/3WvVklz #wfp 📸 @Mike_Deal_ & @Jessicaology
