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The Wrap: Pride crosswalk defaced, fight over health funding, and bonsai trees at the WAG

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

Two crosswalks painted with Pride rainbows have been defaced in Lundar, Man., the latest in a series of homophobic incidents in southern Manitoba.

Manitoba’s government awarded a Winnipeg-based clinic with a contract after the federal government determined the private medical centre charged patients over $353,000 for necessary tests, leading to a clawback in provincial health funding this spring. Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon said her department recently directed the clinic to cease charging patients for medically insured services.

RCMP in Nova Scotia believe they have found the remains of two of four people swept away when torrential rainfall hit the province on the weekend. Four people, including two children, were reported missing when vehicles they were travelling in were submerged in storms that dropped 250 millimetres of rain on some areas, washing out roads and bridges.

And: Local bonsai enthusiasts have been invited to display their creations among the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s collections of contemporary and classical artworks.

 

'I’m very heartbroken'

Chris Kitching:

‘It’s a hate crime’: rainbow-painted Pride crosswalks vandalized in Lundar

Volunteers who painted Pride crosswalks in an Interlake community are disappointed but unbowed after the installations were repeatedly targeted by vandals. The defacements of two rainbow flag cross... Read More

 
 
 

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'This should not be allowed'

Danielle Da Silva:

Province gave new contract to clinic at root of health transfer cut

The Stefanson government awarded Winnipeg-based Prota Clinic with a contract after Ottawa determined the private medical centre had charged patients more than $353,000 for necessary tests, leading to ... Read More

 
 

'The legacy for these floods will be the incredibly tragic loss of life'

Michael Tutton and Marlo Glass, The Canadian Press:

RCMP find body of man missing in N.S. flooding

WINDSOR, N.S. — Teams conducting a grim search of a flooded Nova Scotia field located the body of a missing man Monday, and the RCMP confirmed the recovery of what they believe are remains of a second... Read More

 
 

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