Throne speech, Thompson hospital, Iceland flight, Bombers’ O’Shea, cooking school
Plus: Read to the end to see a wolf go fishing

Chris Kitching Carol Sanders:

Manitoba throne speech dominated by health-care promises

Meth crackdown, new rent rules, new schools and child spaces, study into sky-high grocery prices among pledges Read More

Chris Kitching:

Fifteen highlights from the throne speech

New health-care staff-to-patient ratios, a crackdown on meth and a bill to stop “unfair” rent increases are among the province’s priorities in the next legislative session. Read More

Gabrielle Piché:

‘Power sovereignty’: combustion turbine facility proposed for Brandon by 2030

Premier promises ‘Trump-proofing’ of Manitoba economy in $3-B project Read More

Tom Brodbeck:

Health promises in NDP’s throne speech just slogans without enforcement

The Kinew government rolled out an ambitious list of health-care commitments in Tuesday’s throne speech: a patient safety charter embedded in law, legislated staff-to-patient ratios, and an end to mandatory overtime for nurses. Read More

Nicole Buffie:

Thompson hospital nurses voting on measure to ‘grey-list’ facility over safety concerns

Unionized nurses in northern Manitoba will vote on whether to “grey list” their workplace because of persistent safety concerns and staffing issues. Read More

Aaron Epp:

WestJet maps Winnipeg-Reykjavik route

‘More than convenience — it is about connection’: weekly direct flight to Icelandic capital from Manitoba begins in June Read More

Eva Wasney:

Your moment of baking zen

A little bit of science and a lot of patience are the only magic required Read More

Taylor Allen:

‘I wanted to be here’

Bombers’ O’Shea keen to continue building ‘special’ franchise Read More

Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press:

B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species

Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the an... Read More