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Premier out of sight as cases shoot up, ICU beds fill

More elective surgeries cancelled; Opposition calls for leadership, lockdown

Carol Sanders and Katie May
1:05 PM CDT Thursday, May. 6, 2021
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Kevin Rollason:

Most thought pandemic would last only six months, survey reveals

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Tom Brodbeck:

Public support of small business outstrips government concern

Martin Cash:

Two proposals bidding to remake the space on the Esplanade Riel

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The bridge restaurant on the Esplanade Riel in Winnipeg on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. For --- story. Winnipeg Free Press 2021

Maggie Macintosh:

Pallister government accused of politicizing education system

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSJohn Finch, a retired Manitoba Education employee, is photographed outside this home Thursday, May 6, 2021. Finch retired earlier than planned, in part, because of what he describes as the growing politicization of the department in charge of K-12 schooling.</p><p>Reporter: Macintosh</p>

Taylor Allen:

Sport Manitoba names new CEO

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Alan Small:

Songwriter recorded and mixed his latest tunes in a studio he built

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Grant Davidson, a.k.a. Slow Leaves, says the pandemic has given him time not only to create music — ‘the part I like the best’ — but to spend time with his family and yellow Lab Charlie.</p>

Alison Gillmor:

Tough luck, Mr. Kane... just grin and bear it

Meanwhile, Paddington 2, a movie about a little bear

Editorial:

It's time to show Manitobans the plan

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)

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