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Essential reads for March 22, 2023
NDP blasts health minister after nurses jump ship
Danielle Da Silva
Tories counter-punch as pre-election campaign rhetoric ramps up
Carol Sanders
12-year-old girl got younger brothers, pets out of burning home, called 911
Chris Kitching
Man asked nephew to punch him as punishment, but blow was fatal
Dean Pritchard
Preliminary report on Millennium security under lockdown
Dan Lett
Bowness doing his best to motivate Jets in stretch run
Joshua Frey-Sam
Music Misfits founder named top entrepreneur
Eva Wasney
Racism remains a blight on the justice system
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Nurse overtime at rural authorities through the roof: data
3 minute read Yesterday at 4:38 PM CDTManitoba nurses who work for two rural health authorities recorded more than 132,000 overtime hours in 2022.
Figures released by the Manitoba NDP show nurses in Southern Health and Interlake-Eastern worked 73,291 and 59,227 hours of overtime, respectively, during the first eight months of 2022.
The jump in overtime hours put both health authorities on track to finish the year with a 36 per cent increase in overtime use compared to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dauphin River First Nation man dies in head-on collision
A Dauphin River First Nation man died after a head-on collision on Highway 513 early Wednesday.
Gypsumville Mounties were summoned at about 1 a.m.
In the first vehicle, officers were able to get the 51-year-old driver out, but he died at the scene.
The front passenger was pinned, and was later extracted. A passenger in the backseat got out on her own, RCMP said.
In the second vehicle, the driver and front passenger were pinned, while a man in the backseat got out on his own.
Officers got the pinned occupants out of the two vehicles and they were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP make arrest in 2019 Birdtail Sioux First Nation slaying
A 28-year-old woman was charged this week in a stabbing death in Birdtail Sioux First Nation four years ago.
On Jan. 7, 2019, Manitoba First Nations Police Service were called to a home in the community, which is north of Virden, for a man reportedly in cardiac arrest, but when they arrived officers found a 28-year-old man dead from a stab wound. His name was never released.
MFNPS and RCMP major crimes officers interviewed persons of interest who were with the victim the day prior, but laid no charges at that point, Mounties said at the time.
RCMP investigators arrested Cherisse McKay, of the First Nation, on Monday and charged her with manslaughter. She's been remanded into custody. Mounties and MFNPS are still investigating.
Missing woman, 70, found
A missing 70-year-old woman has been found safely, Winnipeg police said Wednesday morning.
Noreen Canard was last seen in the downtown area Tuesday morning.
Police issued a silver alert Wednesday after she was reported missing.
Minimum wage to increase to $15.30
Manitoba is raising its minimum wage to $15.30 per hour beginning this October.
The province announced the bump Wednesday. Previously, it had outlined a minimum wage of approximately $15 by October.
Current minimum wage workers make $13.50 hourly and will see an increase to $14.15 on April 1.
In October, Manitoba will be among the three highest minimum wage provinces, according to a provincial news release.
Minimum wage is determined by a legislated inflation-tied formula.
Girl, 17, charged with manslaughter in woman’s death
A 17-year-old girl has been charged with manslaughter in the death of an 18-year-old woman in northern Manitoba.
RCMP said the woman was pronounced dead after she was transported from a home in Gods River to a nursing station at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
The homicide victim and the suspect knew each other, according to police.
Powerview RCMP charge man in slaying in Sagkeeng First Nation
Powerview RCMP charged a man accused in the homicide of another man in Sagkeeng First Nation last Thursday.
Mounties were called to an assault at a home on Tipi Road in the First Nation at about 3:45 p.m. on March 16, where they found a 42-year-old man dead.
A 38-year-old man was arrested at the scene. RCMP said Tuesday they charged the man, Matthew Schacht, the following day with second-degree murder.
He was remanded into custody. The victim's name hasn't been released.
Woman robbed, punched on Pritchard Avenue
A woman in her 20s was assaulted and robbed while walking on Pritchard Avenue Sunday evening, Winnipeg police say.
Officers were called to the 400 block of the North End street at about 8:15 p.m., where they found the victim. She told officers a male she didn't know confronted her demanding cash.
He had a machete and bear spray in his waistband, police said, so she handed over her cash. The suspect then punched her in the face, causing a slight injury, before running into a nearby home, according to police.
Officers found the suspect inside the home and arrested him. A 16-year-old boy was charged with robbery and two counts of failing to comply with a release order. He was detained.
Man robbed with bear spray on Portage Avenue: police
Winnipeg police arrested a man accused of robbing another with bear spray after asking for a cigarette on a downtown street Monday evening.
The victim, a 60-year-old man, had been walking down the 300 block of Portage Avenue around 6:30 p.m. when a man asked for a cigarette, before allegedly assaulting him and stealing his cell phone. The two struggled and the victim got his phone back, but the suspect sprayed him with the pepper spray before running.
The victim waved down police cadets, who gave the suspect's description to officers over radio, police said. Officers spotted a suspect on the nearby 300 block of Ellice Avenue and chased him, before he sprayed the bear deterrent at them.
Officers used a Taser electroshock weapon on him and took him into custody, police said. An 18-year-old man faces charges of robbery, assault peace officer with a weapon and possession of a weapon. He was released on an undertaking.
Strumbellas, Billy Talent to headline Burt Block Parties
Canadian folk-rock outfit The Strumbellas and punk group Billy Talent will hit the streets in Winnipeg this summer during the annual Burt Block Parties.
The first round of artists for the two-weekend August concert series, which takes place outside the Burton Cummings Theatre between Smith Street and Notre Dame Avenue, was announced Tuesday.
On Aug. 11, the headlining Strumbellas will be joined by bands Stars and Novillero. On Aug. 12, Comeback Kid and The Flatliners will open for Billy Talent.
The lineup for the Aug. 18 and 19 concerts will be released in the coming weeks. Tickets for the first set of shows go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster. Limited VIP tickets are available and will provide access to a special viewing platform, private bar and the venue's indoor washrooms.
Han Dong quits Liberals to sit as Independent MP
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5 minute read Preview Updated: Yesterday at 6:51 PM CDTMajor risk of spring flooding along Red River, province warns
4 minute read Preview Updated: Yesterday at 4:44 PM CDTCarberry desperate to find doctor as ER threatened
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Training program for people facing employment barriers resurrected with provincial funds
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