The Wrap: Election roundup, cannabis candy case, missing student saved and a new Italian restaurant at the Fort Garry

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

Election roundup

Kevin Rollason:

Majority supports Manitoba pandemic response inquiry: poll

Amid memories of a soaring death rate and ICU patients being airlifted out of province for care, a majority of Manitobans say they would support an inquiry into the government’s COVID-19 pandemic resp... Read More

The Canadian Press:

Manitoba NDP promise health and school spending

WINNIPEG - Manitoba New Democrats are promising a balanced budget, more money for health care, and an inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic if they win Tuesday's provincial election. The NDP has relea... Read More

Tyler Searle:

Tories push Transit boost; Liberals pitch health-care worker benefits

Manitoba political parties have promised better bus services for suburbanites and burnout benefits for health-care professionals, as they continue campaigns for provincial leadership. Read More

Katie May:

Advance voting surpasses previous election numbers

With two days left until advance polling stations close, early voting in this provincial election has already surpassed the total advance votes cast in the last election. About 136,000 Manitobans h... Read More

Carol Sanders:

Party leaders explain ‘how’ and ‘why’ on doctors’ turf

The three main party leaders’ campaign promises to improve health care were put under the microscope Wednesday night by Doctors Manitoba at a town hall meeting. Leaders of the organization that adv... Read More

'A mistake made when under the influence'

A Winnipeg woman has pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis to a young person and possessing improperly packaged cannabis after “inadvertently” handing out cannabis-laced candies to trick-or-treaters last Halloween.

Dean Pritchard:

Cannabis candies were ‘inadvertent’ Halloween handout, woman says

A Winnipeg woman has admitted to “inadvertently” dishing out cannabis-laced candies to trick-or-treaters last Halloween. Tammy Sigurdur appeared before a provincial court judge Thursday afternoon a... Read More

'You can turn your head and a student’s gone'

Teachers, support staff and police officers organized a search party Tuesday for a six-year-old boy who fled the playground at Oakenwald School at recess.

Police say it took over an hour to rescue the child, who was found wading into the Red River, “a moment away from being submerged.”

Maggie Macintosh:

Boy rescued from river after leaving schoolground

A Fort Garry school community is reeling after a six-year-old boy went missing during recess on Tuesday and was found wading into the Red River — a “close call” emergency responders say could have end... Read More

'We developed our own language'

A partnership and friendship 25 years in the making is bringing the taste of la dolce vita to downtown Winnipeg.

Vida Cucina Italia, a white-tablecloth Italian eatery, opens Friday in the Fort Garry Hotel in the space formerly known as the Broadway Room. It’s the brainchild of Fort Garry owner/managing partner Ida Albo and Michelin-starred chef Rosanna Marziale, who first met in Winnipeg a quarter-century ago at the hotel.

Ben Sigurdson:

Fast friends put food first

Campania connection between hotelier, restaurateur brings fine Italian cuisine back to Broadway Read More