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The Wrap: Supervised consumption, antipsychotic use on seniors, Revv Amplification, new gallery

Good evening. The Winnipeg Jets attempt to snap a four-game losing skid tonight. Sportswriter Ken Wiebe is in Buffalo and will provide analysis on the game on our website later tonight and in tomorrow’s print edition.

Here’s a look at what else our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'We want people to come in'

Malak Abas:

Supervised drug consumption site organizers try to turn down the heat

Organizers address concerns over proposed Disraeli Fwy spot Read More

 

Tom Brodbeck:

NDP’s blunder-laden supervised drug-use site selection plays right into opponents’ hands

As the NDP government rolls out the province’s first supervised consumption site for drug users, it failed to consult community stakeholders over a proposed site in a South Point Douglas building. It also chose a location right across the street from a school. Read More

 
 
 

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'This is a call to action'

Kevin Rollason:

Report uncovers high use of antipsychotics on seniors in care homes

A national report released Thursday found about 43.2 per cent of seniors who lived at Deer Lodge Centre, and 37.6 per cent at the Holy Family Home, were given antipsychotic medications in 2023 even though they hadn’t been diagnosed with a psychosis. Read More

 
 

'Genuinely a gem in the industry'

Aaron Epp:

Rock solid decade built on feedback

Revv Amplification plugs into social media to burnish reputation as ‘gem in the industry’ Read More

 
 

'A bit of an introvert haven'

Eva Wasney:

Cosy and inclusive

‘Having a queer intergenerational space, that’s a really big thing,’ says co-founder of Matter Queer Space Manitoba Read More

 
 
 

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