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What’s happening today
Proposed new standards for long-term care issued by a panel of experts at the Health Standards Organization today say residents should get at least four hours of direct care a day and workers must be paid more. The Canadian Press reports.
A resident makes his way along a corridor at Idola Saint-Jean long-term care home in Laval, Que. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press files)
Today’s must-read
With an election in eight months and almost one-third of her caucus not seeking re-election, Premier Heather Stefanson has promoted four backbenchers to cabinet — including two new MLAs in Winnipeg seats the Progressive Conservatives are “desperate” to retain. Carol Sanders and Danielle Da Silva have the story.
Obby Khan was named the new minister responsible for sport, culture and heritage, minister responsible for the Manitoba Centennial Centre Corp. and minister responsible for Travel Manitoba. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)
On the bright side
A Manitoba teacher is leveraging his students’ love for Lego to help them build emotional intelligence and stress-management skills. Since the start of the 2022-23 school year, Starbuck School’s newest club has attracted more than 75 children — just under half of the K-8 building’s total population. Maggie Macintosh reports.
Teacher Tim Morison with Starbuck School students, (from left) Oliver Greene, and Brennan Rasmussen, during the noon-hour Lego Club. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Jan. 31, 1934: The Winnipeg Free Press reported former Brandon MLA and Methodist minister A.E. Smith, who was charged with claiming prime minister R.B. Bennett had ordered the murder of Tim Buck, former leader of the Communist Party of Canada, was indicted by a grand jury in Toronto for “seditious utterances.” In Ottawa, prime minister Bennett responded to opposition criticism, saying the business leaders of Canada did not want an early general election, and that his government’s pursuit of an international wheat trade agreement had come at the urging of the Prairie provinces. German chancellor Adolf Hitler denied the charge his country was planning an attack on Austria. Search our archives for more here.
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