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Essential reads for January 7, 2022
Daily infections rocket past 3,200, but real number many times that
7:15 PM CST Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
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Bullying, belittling and blaming - Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs office culture probed in report
‘We refuse to give up, but we need help’: lodge owners struggle against flood tide - Lodge owners struggle against flood tide
Making the most of Winnipeg’s snow mountains - Sand left behind at disposal sites could be recycled
Bakers doesn’t - Sleepy Owl Bread shut its doors and La Belle Baguette is closing its St. James location
Tories’ bulletin on political activity has ‘chilling effect’ on civil service - Union, academic decry warning to employees of possible conflicts if elections involvement goes beyond voting; ‘is it to scare people into behaving?’
Duets in word and song - Musician Steve Bell, poet Malcolm Guite bonded over C.S. Lewis
Gray knows what matters - Bombers O-lineman praised for improved skills and football IQ as role set to expand
‘Catastrophic’ flooding blow to Whiteshell outfitters - Province to assess damage before deciding on financial aid
Youth carried out ‘elaborate… deliberate plan’ to kill mother and cover tracks, jurors told - Morning errands followed by panicked 911 all part of detailed ruse, Crown says on opening day of now-19 year old’s first-degree murder trial
Burgernomics, with a side of shrinkflation - Inflation has super-sized a Big Mac’s bite on the average consumer’s wallet
Manitoba streamlines liquor licensing
Mandatory sentencing reform one step toward level field
Bursting with Pride plans - Winnipeg’s celebration of LGBTTQ+ culture is back in person with a 10-day national event
Players show respect, unity on CBA as training camp continues
Missing: active pathways, millions to pay for them - Frustrated city councillor can’t get answers from public service on approved, paid-for bike, walking lanes that didn’t appear when roads rebuilt
Making the most of May long - Miserable weather not stopping hardy Manitobans from camping, spending time at the lake
Gallery: Starting over… far from home - Free Press photographer Jessica Lee chronicles Ukrainian family’s first month in Winnipeg
Meaningful motifs - Graphic designer Shaun Vincent’s projects tell story of spirit and significance
Everyday food, extraordinary memories - Handmade family cookbook holds more than recipes
Teachers’ union can’t advocate and regulate at the same time - Professional college needed to ensure accountability, give parents confidence in complaint investigations
The Pandora’s Box of sports betting has been opened - Little restraint shown as broadcasts dominated by gambling information
Grisly discovery leads to first-degree murder charge - Grisly discovery leads to first-degree murder charge
Manitoba’s neurology services a ‘slow-evolving train wreck’ - MS clinic near collapse, stroke and epilepsy patients suffering from shortage of specialists and technologists, desperate doctor warns
‘There will be no justice’ - Family of woman killed in alleged impaired driving collision dismayed accused out on bail
Court gifts premier chance to walk government’s reconciliation talk - Province violated Indigenous children’s rights by clawing back federal welfare supports; Stefanson has crucial choice to make now
Another hateful day - Racist supermarket slaughter was sadly inevitable
Calling the Chamber to action - Importance of reconciliation explained to city’s business elite
Awesome display of dino might - Exhibition tells story of evolution through creatures that roamed South America and Africa millions of years ago
Man who beat victim to death with bat given chance to change plea after Supreme Court ruling
'Enough is enough' - 'Enough is enough': Mother demands action after classroom death threats
Minnedosa residents in furious battle to save properties - Instructions for possible evacuations distributed
Cost of grocery staples skyrockets, with no end in sight - Inflation hits pasta, fruit and veggies, meat, cereal and bread
Fateful mission - Former Mountie believes guarding Soviet satellite caused rare cancer
The slice is right - CrusTop Pizza’s rectangular pies a square meal with outside-the-box toppings
Trotz has tools to turn Jets around - Whoever is hired has a lot of work to do
No ticket, no warning, lots of swearing - RCMP traffic stop puts spotlight on officer’s behaviour
Judge steps away from civil trial over police HQ project - Queen’s Bench chief justice cites concerns over appearance of bias after ruling that former city official accepted bribe in exchange for construction contract
Deputy premier sorry to ‘all Manitobans’ for sexist comment
Consequences for Cullen? Premier will get on it ‘immediately’ - Cullen's apology for sexist remark during speech too little, too late
Lots to think about - Empty surface-parking lots offer chance to perform cosmetic surgery on downtown
Signs of the times - CMHR makes public washrooms gender-inclusive spaces
Donnelly does it her way - Diverse background fuels hoops star’s competitive spirit and desire to give back
Deputy premier issues apology for sexist remark - Cullen claims to have immediately regretted using skirt-length reference in speech
School division dropped the ball with coach’s investigation, parents say - Bullying, abuse concerns raised six years before sex-crime charges laid
Assiniboine Park miniature steam train seeks new ownership
Raw realities of wrongfully convicted leave lasting ache
Expanding front lines of Métis national governance fight
A slow trek through history - Ox cart’s wooden wheels will follow fur trade’s trail
CFL is its own worst enemy - Labour strife couldn’t come at worse time for struggling league
Bell MTS in hot seat over landline complaints
A decade of dubious deals, disquieting dollars - A timeline of troubling real estate sales, purchases and developments during Sam Katz’s time in the mayor’s chair
Manitoba feeling weight of minimum-wage pressure
‘She felt she was to blame’ - Witnessing stabbing death of husband led woman to take own life, family tells court
Driven to defend - Ukrainian support effort draws diverse band of volunteers
Poilievre could pay price for Bank of Canada stunt
Cleared for takeoff - Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada taking flight in its shiny new home
Outstanding in his field - Longtime Goldeyes groundskeeper keeps Shaw Park diamond polished to perfection
Bombers hunt for threepeat begins - Savvy vets, newcomers with something to prove populate Big Blue’s training camp roster
Weary, waterlogged Manitobans cast wary eye on the sky - Yet another in relentless spring Colorado-low assaults expected to lash flooded areas with heavy rain, high winds Friday
Advocates stunned as youth athlete protection resolution ends without vote
On guard for thee in William Whyte - Persistent activist keeps eye on safety issues, spends hours calling 311
Premier holds power to get to bottom of police HQ scandal
Senior saves beloved dog from wily coyote
Consumers take to cutting edge to cut grocery bills
Forney covers all the bases - Goldeyes skipper wants one more championship as he enters his 26th season in Winnipeg
Posing questions with paint and canvas - ‘Art is a form of communication, a form which asks questions but never provides answers,’ says Milos Milidrag
Document from 2007 has guided Manitoba Education pandemic response
Broken landline summons police to couple’s door
Manning the ‘moat’ in the Red River Valley - Weary property owners resigned to more rain
Mayor wasn’t aware of second RCMP probe into Katz-era deals - Public inquiry ‘still the best way’ to have questions answered, ensure accountability for taxpayers, Bowman’s spokesman says
Less Hydro oversight a losing strategy for Stefanson
The garden plot thickens - Maryland Street greenhouse rooted in community and culinary spirit
Now or never for Hackett - At 30, Aussie kicker philosophical about return to football after long layoff
RCMP put Katz-era deals under secret microscope - Undisclosed criminal probe into real estate deals conducted parallel to HQ fraud investigation
Staying put, staying strong in Peguis despite flooding
Long-term trauma after terror at personal-care home - Nurse hopes story of being stabbed by resident serves as wake-up call to improve safety
Springs Church fined $9,000 for breaching public health orders
Church hangs up on Bell MTS - Complaints about outages, poor service add up
Waiting for answers on waiting for surgeries, tests
All that Cinderella jazz - Royal Winnipeg Ballet revives the classic ballet with a 1950s setting and music from Ron Paley’s Big Band
It’s David vs. Goliath - Valour FC face tough test against Whitecaps in Canadian Championship
Judge finds cop not guilty of assault, points to Crown’s decisions in ruling - Same officer acquitted two months ago of trying to fix his own speeding ticket
Flood fears rise once more as rain pours in
Flood of injustice - High waters remain way of life for descendants of Peguis families
Final memories of parents forever linked with provincial COVID response
April fatality claims heart, soul of Morris family farm
Rising fuel costs put damper on summer road-trip plans, survey says
Jets, Trotz a match made in hockey heaven - True North should snap him up pronto
Cutting-edge blades - TikTok phenom Elladj Baldé flips figure skating on its head
Health authority takes action to address bed crisis - Patients will be put wherever space can be created, Victoria Hospital official says in memo
An open secret in Sagkeeng - Sagkeeng woman accuses chief of getting her pregnant when she was a teen and he was her teacher
Picture gets blurry when city staff caught by traffic cameras - Red-light running, speeding employees generally asked to pay tickets, but civic department heads can choose to look the other way
Luck of the draws: Jets fan wins five 50/50 pots this season
Trepidation and tenacity - Lviv stands firm beneath a foreboding sky
Province, Ottawa need to take plunge on city combined sewer system
A complex brew - A year in the life of Winnipeg entrepreneurs building unique brewpub experience
There’s something fishy going on here - People who build glass houses for aquatic life should throw — it turns out — themselves into their work, scuba gear and all
New coach needs to get Jets on track - From likely candidates to longshots, a look at potential bench bosses
Close to 10,000 seeking driver’s licence wait up to three months for road test at gridlocked MPI
Manitoba child-care subsidies slow to flow under weight of ‘administrative burdens’
Judge rejected bid from Balaquit killer’s lawyer to take case away from jury - Without victim’s body no evidence client involved and no way to know cause of death, defence argued unsuccessfully week before conviction
Medical call puts spotlight on lack of local access to Perimeter
Stefanson doesn’t have a minimum-wage choice - Tiny October increase dropping Manitoba’s rate to lowest in Canada simply not an option for unpopular government
Curiouser and curiouser - Adaptation of Lewis Carroll classic about embracing life's weirdness
Interesting off-season awaits after memorable curling season - Some hits and misses over the last curling season
Plant dumps massive volume of partially treated sewage into Red - Torrential rain forced action to avert catastrophic flood at 85-year-old facility, city says
Manitoba flood fight grinds on as Red River crest looms
‘Catch me when you can’ Stefanson keeps media at bay during flood tours
Messy mayoral-race mayhem just what city needs - Seven candidates already registered, more likely to come will make for a chaotic, compelling campaign
All decked out - Custom-painted boards raffled off to provide skateboarding gear, lessons to kids
Stacked Moose ready to roll - Antlered ones could have a dozen players with NHL experience in lineup to start playoffs
Making the case for a Manitoba visit - Making the case for a Manitoba visit by the Pope
Water rising, clock ticking for homeowners - City issues dike-building orders as number of properties at risk grows; more southern Manitoba communities under states of emergency
‘Trail of death and of debits’: closing arguments made in Balaquit homicide case
Gregarious and witty: young woman killed in crash remembered
‘Pretty brazen’ - Thieves targeting vehicles for parts
Interminable wait for Manitoba wait times plan
Making history in the ring - Dhillon first female boxer from Manitoba to compete at world championship
Born to perform - Winnipeg actor Djouliet Amara has always known she’d follow a creative path
Peguis residents flee rising water - First Nation’s chief asks Ottawa for military help; 18 other Manitoba communities under states of emergency
Maples outbreak lingering reminder of care home vulnerability: advocates
Timely decision - Pandemic has inspired businesses to embrace the four-day work week
Premier on road again, with eye on re-election
Chevy gets three more years to fix broken Jets, a mess he helped create
The art of a new normal - U of M fine art students hold first graduate exhibit since pandemic began
When the river became a sea - When the river became a sea: Looking back on 1997's Flood of the Century
Weekend deluge could produce worst conditions since Flood of the Century, provincial officials warn
Manitoba Liberal leader wants to meet Stefanson in court - Lamont files unprecedented conflict-of-interest complaint over premier’s failure to disclose selling $31M in assets
High school football coach charged with additional sex crimes - Three men step forward to join five other former Churchill, Vincent Massey students alleging abuse, exploitation between 2004 and 2011
Task force updates a pointless numbers game - Data readily available, but province doesn’t want Manitobans to know how long they’ll wait for surgery, diagnostic tests
Celebrating 75 - WSO's 75th anniversary season features familiar faces, fresh voices
Magnan force - Pine Falls product the lone Manitoban playing in National Lacrosse League
Province puts new person in charge of surgical task force - No explanation for move as backlog escalates
Construction delays loom in sodden conditions, soggy forecast - Start of road, home building season already weeks behind, industry associations say
Pair of lawsuits claim CFS didn’t act against abuse
Winnipeg airport passenger volume, revenue plunged in 2021
Big, shiny new ER at St. B won’t relieve city hospitals’ pain - Health minister’s demand for wait-time ‘fix’ evidence of government in need of acute care
Drive, eat… repeat - Hungry? Winnipeg couple -- and thousands of Facebook followers -- know a great place to grab a bite outside the Perimeter
In the same boat - Like other bands, Royal Canoe finds triumphant tour cut short by COVID-19
Making a splash - Winnipeg’s Mia West was born to swim
Hospital crisis puts U of M medical-school programs in danger - Accreditation in jeopardy over supervision, ‘safe learning environment’ concerns
Police board member files complaint against outspoken councillor
BU apologizes to students after botched coach harassment case
Councillor’s pothole politics full of holes - Coun. Kevin Klein's pothole politics full of holes
Concert a tribute to losses of pandemic - WSO playing pieces of peace, healing
Hildebrandt the future of Bisons hoops - Unlimited ceiling for 6-9 teen who has size, skill and great basketball IQ
Manitoba cities fortify flood defences before next deluge
60 million litres of raw sewage released into Red River during storm
Accused in Balaquit slaying had victim’s bank info, police testify
Winnipeg siblings add voices to Holocaust remembrance
Check out Tories’ propaganda while you’re waiting - Health-care billboard ads simply not true
‘It was kind of embarrassing’ - Pionk takes ownership for his role in Jets’ disappointing season
No Stones unturned - Downtown venue welcomes exhibition celebrating the Rolling Stones
