Politics
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City briefs
Slow down, Winnipeg// Officers on Winnipeg buses// Rally against police brutality// Emergency-room staffing crisis// Team Manitoba brings home hardware// Planting native wildflower seeds
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City briefs
Physicians to receive overtime bonus// Menstruation products @ U of M// Lawsuit against Headingley Correctional Centre// Lack of First Nation fire resources// Manitoba child-poverty rates worst in Canada// Annual Women’s Memorial March for MMIWG2S
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Standing with Ukrainians
Svitlana Poliezhaieva comforted her two children while hiding in the basement.
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A year of blood on Russia’s hands
This week’s Uniter cover feature, by city editor Tessa Adamski, examines the efforts to aid Ukrainian refugees resettling in Manitoba.
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Why more people have become okay with grocery theft
In January, Global News reported that soaring grocery prices may have led to an increase in theft at Canadian grocery stores.
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City briefs
Local Black History Month events// WPS wants body cameras for officers// Chief Peguis statue at Legislature// Feds give $500K to feasibility study// Property-tax increase// Funding for newcomer integration programs
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Healthcare gaslighting isn’t just greed - it’s violence
Another week, another abysmal event in Manitoba’s healthcare spiral.
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City briefs
Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic// Local Black History Month events// Carbon Tax Relief Fund cheques// Community tree-planting program// McLaren Hotel transforms// Sexual-assault nurse examiner program expands
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City briefs
Pet fosters needed// Lions Place residents protest pending sale// Don't let it go to waste// Fast-track recruitment plan for doctors// Clean Slate Program funding// Mobile drug testing
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Vacant-building property owners may pay cost of fire responses
The owners of vacant buildings in Winnipeg may now pay in the event of a fire.
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Deicing’s impact on Lake Winnipeg
Most Winnipeggers can recall a time they slipped down frozen porch steps or skidded through an icy road’s stop sign.
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City briefs
Volunteer at Festival du Voyageur// CF Polo Park development plan// Millennium Library to reopen Monday// Provincial campaign to end school absenteeism// Affordable Indigenous housing coming to Young Street// First Nation-led feasibility study expected in March
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Winnipeg lags to adopt city-run composting
Winnipeg remains the largest Canadian city without a city-run composting program.
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Hateful Frontiers
On Jan. 13, at least six provincial Progressive Conservative (PC) caucus members attended an event hosted by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP).
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“...with a road map.”
2023 still has its baby teeth, but the global right wing has wasted no time in upping the ante.
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Abortion (mis)representation
I didn’t know what happened, except that “the guy had a dirty knife and a folding table.”
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City briefs
Budget shortfalls// Winnipeg Transit fares increase// Use of solar energy in Winnipeg// Petition to ban horse slaughter// Brady Road landfill reopened// Progress on National Inquiry into MMIWG action plan
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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City briefs
Winnipeg budget deficits// City encampments on fire// Toy drive for Ukrainian refugees// NDP holds healthcare rally// New bill on liquor sales and cannabis tax// Flaws in Transit Plus system
