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Turnover contributes to mistakes in Manitoba’s financial reporting: AG

A report by Manitoba’s auditor general says errors continue to occur in the province’s financial reporting.

“The preparation of the public accounts is inherently complex and requires a co-ordinated effort across government,” Tyson Shtykalo said in his 60-page report. “It is not an easy task, and reducing the number of errors and deficiencies will require sustained focus from both the office of the provincial comptroller and departments.”

The auditor general looked at the public accounts from April 2020 to September 2023 and has since followed up to determine whether problems it identified have been corrected. Thursday’s report made 18 recommendations to reduce errors and improve reporting.

Shtykalo said the system, in which deputy ministers oversee departments, is decentralized, and there’s the need for ongoing guidance and training.

Photos reveal ‘pretty nasty’ scene inside flooded Dauphin hospital

Prairie Mountain has released 22 photos depicting the muddy mess in the Dauphin hospital left by floodwater last month that has shut down the regional facility for as long as a year.

Dauphin Mayor David Bosiak said he understands the photos were released in response to criticism from some who wonder why the hospital will be closed for as long as a year.

“(The public) needed to see the scale and the scope of the damage,” he said. “And the pictures that PMH released today, I think have really opened people’s eyes as to what’s gone on at the hospital.”

He said 80 people are working to clean the filthy facility in conditions that are “less than ideal.” Sections of the hospital still have no power and there’s no air circulation as a result.

West Broadway residents demand mayor take action on drug crisis

The laughter of children playing outside has been replaced by open drug use, vandalism and incidents of theft that have put residents of West Broadway on edge.

CUPE leader Delbridge dies

The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500 announced Tuesday its president had died Monday night after a sudden medical incident. He was 55 years old.

Spike in safety concerns doesn’t feel like harm reduction

It’s after dinner when a couple of young boys appear on my porch. I recognize them from the neighbourhood, but they’re not here to ask my kids to come out for a game of basketball. Instead, one asks, “Is it OK to come in for a little bit. There’s a guy out there and he’s scaring us.”

Mountain View teacher stripped of licence over explicit messages

A Roblin teacher has been stripped of his professional licence after an undercover police investigation found he sent explicit messages to a social media user he believed to be a 15-year-old girl.

Manitoba cancelled Josh Braaksma’s credentials — listed in the province’s online registry under his full name, Joshua William Braaksma — on July 6. His certificate was suspended on an interim basis in the fall.

The misconduct case involving Braaksma, who has taught and coached in the Mountain View School Division over the last decade, is the first to be resolved via a “written hearing.”

“Having regard to the nature, content and context of (his) communications, the panel finds that the teacher’s conduct renders him unsuitable to be a teacher,” the disciplinary decision states.