The Wrap: Zero-emission vehicles, mayor backed, child poisoned, women criticized
And Manitobans at the Olympics

The federal government aims for all new light-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2035. Canada is on track, with battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles increasing tenfold since 2017.

However, Manitoba lags behind. Only one percent of new cars registered in the province since 2017 are zero-emission — about 4,000 in total.

A lack of charging infrastructure outside urban centres hinders electric vehicle adoption in rural, remote, and First Nations communities.

Julia-Simone Rutgers explores this issue in depth.

Winnipeg police and the fire paramedic service say they approve of Mayor Scott Gillingham’s recent letter to non-profit organizations after learning of incidents in which emergency personnel met resistance or were hindered by some outreach staff.

Both groups say they will continue to work with organizations to address concerns about encampments.

Chris Kitching reports.

On Thursday a Winnipeg mother woman pleaded guilty Thursday to a single count of aggravated assault after admitting poisoning her young son with salt water for eight months.

Dean Richard spoke with the woman’s estranged partner Friday, who alleges she repeatedly poisoned the boy with salt water and other substances for years in a bid to keep him from leaving her

“He hasn’t been sick one day since he was taken away from her,” the man said of his son, now seven.

Comments made in 2021 by J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, are making the rounds again. Vance said America is run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they have made” — including U.S. Vice-President and likely Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — “who don’t really have a direct stake” in the country.

The discourse around child-free women isn’t always so flagrant, but when you are a woman without kids, you encounter people’s discomfort with it all the time, Jen Zoratti writes.

A small powerhouse of Manitoba talent is promising to strengthen Team Canada’s podium drive as the 2024 Summer Olympics opened with a sublime spectacle along the Seine River in Paris on Friday.

The keystone province’s delegation boasts some impressive credentials, with past Olympians Kelsey Wog, 25 (swimming); Shae La Roche, 31 (water polo); Tyler Mislawchuk, 29 (triathlon); and Olympic soccer gold medallist Desiree Scott, 36, featuring on the roster. Setter Luke Herr, 30, and outside hitter Eric Loeppky, 25, will make their Olympic debuts with the men’s volleyball team.

Danielle Da Silva talks with several athletes in Paris.