C.J. Nitkowski joins Braves as TV analyst, allowing Jeff Francoeur to spend more time at home

Echoes of Idle No More as Carney set to meet with First Nations

The prime minister, premiers and First Nations leaders will meet in Ottawa Monday to discuss a host of issues, including Indigenous involvement in energy and resource development projects.

Winnipeg pharmacist fined for dispensing incorrect dosage of anti-psychotic medication

A Winnipeg pharmacist has been fined for misconduct after dispensing a mistakenly high dose of an anti-psychotic, harming her patient.

B.C. Conservative’s Lorne Doerkson sets out urgent priorities to govern

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier-designate Lorne Doerkson's long to-do list includes lowering taxes, while reviewing the provincial finances, working with Alberta and the federal government on the proposed Pacific Link pipeline and repealing Indigenous legislation.

Doerkson laid out his priorities at a news conference Sunday, just hours after his party was elected with about two-thirds of the province's 93 seats in the legislature.

He said he has spoken to the lieutenant-governor and named Kim Henderson, a former deputy to the premier to previous Liberal governments, to lead his transition team.

"We are going to do this properly, and we are going to do it with obviously some urgency," he said. "When this government is sworn in, it will be ready on Day 1, and it will hit the ground running."

School division’s mental-health liaison helps students in crisis access help faster

A youth experiencing a mental-health crisis at a River East Transcona school was connected with specialized care within hours this fall, offering an early example of how a new partnership is helping students in distress.

After the teen made statements that raised safety concerns, school administrators contacted a newly appointed mental-health crisis liaison, who arrived within 30 minutes, assessed the situation and met with the student, their family and school staff.

By the end of the morning, the student was admitted to a crisis stabilization unit for several days, and arrangements were made for followup therapy.

The intervention was possible because of a pilot partnership between RETSD and The Link: Youth and Family Supports, which began at the start of the school year.

Winnipeggers unhappy with city leadership, but mostly unwilling to do anything about it

This is not an endorsement (not my job) nor is it a prediction (predictions are for suckers) of what will happen Wednesday in Winnipeg’s mayoral race. It is, however, a call to arms for voters.

The latest Free Press-Abacus Data (formerly Probe Research) poll, published this past weekend recorded a noticeable decline in support for the two theoretical front-runners (Scott Gillingham and Kevin Klein, respectively) and an increase from modest to significant for just about everyone else.

Gillingham saw his support from decided voters drop from 55 per cent to 36 per cent. Klein, the former city councillor and MLA, saw support drop from 23 to 19 per cent.

And what of the rest? Business owner Mike Vogiatzakis, who generated most of his headlines in this campaign by engaging in NHL-grade trash-talking with Klein, was up three points to 14 per cent. And Noah Redden, the 27-year-old software developer, saw his support jump by 10 points, from four to 14 per cent.