Nova Scotia judge upholds fisheries minister’s right to impose licence moratorium

Navigating Manitoba’s disability services is difficult under the best circumstances. For Indigenous families, access is further constrained by geography, poverty, jurisdictional confusion, and culturally-inappropriate systems that do not reflect Indigenous approaches to raising and supporting children. Culturally-insensitive intakes, assessments, and treatments in Manitoba also contribute to misunderstanding, misdiagnosis, and inappropriate service responses across the province.

The consequences for Indigenous children with disabilities and their families are profound — they are forced into a system that does not recognize who they are, how they are understood in their communities or what they need to thrive.

Many First Nations families, particularly in remote and northern communities, are faced with the choice of living in their home community with limited or no resources for their child with a disability or relocating to an urban centre to access necessary supports. This further disconnects families from family and community support, connectedness to shared values and teachings and a child’s right to a sense of belonging.

Additionally, First Nations families living with a disabled child experience significant over-involvement with the child welfare system compared to non-Indigenous Manitobans. This is due to a couple of key factors, namely the differing perspectives regarding disabilities between the Western clinical and many First Nations world views and the prevailing systemic default that families be pressured to surrender their disabled child to child and family services care in order to access resources that are otherwise unavailable.

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My mom has shocked me and my brother (we’re both teenagers) by getting a new boyfriend so soon after breaking up with our dad — a really nice guy.

I just told my dad about her new boyfriend, and he said, “Oh, I think that guy’s been on the scene a while.”

I went back to my mom and asked if her new “friend” (that’s what she calls him) had been on the scene a while, like dad told me.

She said, “Just a very little while.” What is that supposed to mean?”

Charge highlights need for action

The recent reporting regarding a Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service employee accused of violating a protection order, following previous convictions related to criminal harassment and breaches of court orders against former partners, raises concerns that extend beyond a single individual.

I believe this case highlights important questions about how public institutions assess and respond to risks associated with intimate partner violence, stalking, coercive control and repeated violations of court-imposed conditions.

Gender-based violence is a public safety issue. Survivors are encouraged to seek protection orders and to call emergency services for safety and support. When those orders are breached, organizations have a responsibility to carefully consider workplace safety, public safety and survivor safety in their decision-making. Manitobans deserve confidence that public institutions have clear, consistent processes to assess risk and respond appropriately.

For the second time in less than a year, fire broke out in a former restaurant on Main Street.

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews responded to reports of fire at Boujee Restaurant and Bar, a vacant, single-storey building on the 100 block of Main Street at 5:38 p.m. Sunday. The same building was previously damaged in an October 2025 fire.

Heavy smoke was coming from the building when firefighters arrived on scene. Crews declared the fire under control at 9:40 p.m. No one was found inside the building and no injuries were reported.

The fire is under investigation. No damage estimates were available, but the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service stated in a news release Sunday the building sustained significant damage from smoke, fire and water.