Your forecast
Sunny, becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind becoming south at 20 km/h this afternoon. High 1 C, wind chill minus 13 this morning. UV index 1 or low.
What’s happening today
BPM X, featuring Adiyo, DXXN and DJ Saint takes place at WAG-Quamajuq, 300 Memorial Blvd., starting at 7 p.m. Facilitated by Tomiwa Omolayo (also known by his musical moniker, Tommyphyll), BPM is a collaboration between WAG- Qaumajuq and Manitoba Music. It supports Black artists and music entrepreneurs by bringing them together to share ideas, mix and perform. Admission is free.
Adiyo is a Congolese-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Winnipeg who specializes in Afrofusion. (Supplied)
Today’s must-read
The Manitoba Nurses Union is threatening to “grey-list every hospital” in the province after a nurse was sexually assaulted in the parkade of St. Boniface Hospital this month — the latest violent incident against a staff member at a health facility.
Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson confirmed Thursday the victim was a nurse.
“We talk about safety, we give examples of what needs to happen, and nothing happens until an incredibly heinous event like this happens, and suddenly the employer is putting out memos, and they’re busy fixing safety.”
Grey-listing a care facility means staff discourage other nurses from taking work at the site as a result of workplace concerns, including violence and understaffing. Malak Abas has the story.
A nurse was sexually assaulted in this parkade across the street from St. Boniface Hospital on Nov. 8. (Mike Deal / Free Press)
On the bright side
Kieran Schellenberg wasn’t just stirring soup at the launch of the Raw Carrot on Thursday — he was mixing up hope and purpose.
“It’s difficult for people with disabilities to find a job,” said Schellenberg, 26, who is on the autism spectrum and also deals with OCD, ADHD and anxiety.
“It’s great to get out, have work and be productive,” he said, adding that having a job also aids with self-esteem.
Schellenberg is one of eight people with disabilities working at the Raw Carrot, a social enterprise that launched this week at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in River Heights. John Longhurst has more here.
Kieran Schellenberg stirs soup at the Nov. 20 launch of the Raw Carrot. (John Longhurst / Free Press)
On this date
On Nov. 21, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported Guyanese troops searched for hundreds of U.S. cultists who fled from a mass suicide in which 400 others died at Jonestown, which had been established by Rev. Jim Jones and his People’s Temple four years earlier. In Canada, the cost of first-class mail would increase to 17 cents an ounce, up from 14 cents. A task force headed by the Winnipeg fire department recommended that city fire alarm boxes be removed and that telephone booths be used by the public for emergency calls. Search our archives for more here.
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