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Essential reads for May 19, 2022

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Grisly discovery leads to first-degree murder charge

Accused killer has history of threatening women, court documents show; police say more victims possible 

Erik Pindera and Dean Pritchard
11:25 AM CDT Thursday, May. 19, 2022
7 minute read

Katie May:

Manitoba’s neurology services a ‘slow-evolving train wreck’

<p>SHANNON VANRAES/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p><p>Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. The wait list for EEGs doubles every four or five months, and access has been dramatically reduced, reserve primarily now for ER and ICU patients.</p>

Chris Kitching:

‘There will be no justice’

<p>KATLYN STREILEIN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p><p>Jordyn Reimer’s memorial site. The crash happened at Kildare Avenue West and Bond Street in the part of Winnipeg where Reimer grew up.</p>

Dan Lett:

Court gifts premier chance to walk government’s reconciliation talk

<p>MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p><p>Premier Heather Stefanson may be unable to resist the opportunity to kick the can down the road, and leave NDP government holding the bag after a 2023 election the Tories appear to be working diligently to lose.</p>

Melissa Martin:

Racist supermarket slaughter was sadly inevitable

<p>JOSHUA BESSEX / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES</p><p>A crowd gathers as police investigate after the May 14 mass killing at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y.</p>

Gabrielle Piché:

Importance of reconciliation explained to city’s business elite

Murray and Niigaan Sinclair (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press)

Ben Waldman:

Exhibition tells story of evolution through creatures that roamed South America and Africa millions of years ago

<p>Photos by <p> MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Dinosaur fans will make the acquaintance of some less familiar species at new Manitoba Museum exhibition.</p>

Mike Sawatzky:

Ice face Oil Kings in inevitable WHL East final

Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg Ice center Matthew Savoie (93) celebrates a goal against the Moosejaw Warriors during game one against the Moosejaw Warriors at Wayne Fleming Arena in Winnipeg. May 6, 2022.

Editorial:

New rules unlikely to curtail gun crime

<p>MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES<p><p>Most of the 1,300 firearms seized by Winnipeg police in 2021 were smuggled in from the U.S., made in private homes using mail-order gun kits and parts transmitted via 3-D printers, or sold by black-market gun dealers.<p>

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