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Slain chef’s family infuriated by stayed charges

The family of a Ste. Anne chef who died after an altercation at a party says they are angry a manslaughter charge has been stayed against a 46-year-old man.

Kinew won’t budge on opposition to criminalizing residential school denialism

Premier Wab Kinew stood by his opposition to the proposed criminalization of residential school denialism Wednesday, after some First Nations leaders criticized his earlier comments and asked him to reconsider.

Kinew said he doesn’t think Canada should make residential school denialism a crime, nor does he think it’s feasible to do, and he’d prefer to see it combated with education.

“When somebody has a question or wants to make a statement from a place of ignorance, the response isn’t to try to criminalize,” he told reporters.

“The response should be to try to heal whatever is going on with them that would cause them to say something hurtful, to try and educate whatever they lack in terms of knowledge about the true history of our country, and ultimately to find a way for us to all live together.”

Bayer Canada begins construction on new R&D facility in St. B

Instead of canola on Friday, there was sod.

But in two years’ time, by current estimates, the bare plot of land in a St. Boniface industrial park will hold canola samples and seeds for testing.

Bayer Canada officially broke ground on a 60,000-square-foot research and development facility Friday morning.

“It’s about bringing new and better innovation to farmers,” said Kacy Perry, Bayer Crop Science Canada’s country division head.

Police HQ report to be released Monday

The province confirmed Friday the final report of the public inquiry into the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters will be released on Monday.

The release will take place at a media conference with commissioner of the Winnipeg Police Service Headquarters inquiry Garth Smorang, scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at the Manitoba Legislative Building.

The $2.3-million public inquiry took place over 27.5 hearing dates between February and May.

The city has faced myriad problems related to the WPS headquarters, a former Canada Post office building and warehouse at Smith Street and Graham Avenue, for more than a decade.

‘They need action now’: fed-up nurses grey-list Seven Oaks hospital over safety concerns

Nurses are officially being discouraged from taking shifts at Seven Oaks General Hospital owing to long-standing safety concerns.

The Manitoba Nurses Union said Friday it had officially enacted a grey-listing — a union tactic aimed at pressing health authorities to take action in response to members’ concerns.

Union members working at the hospital voted 98 per cent in June in favour of the action.

“Nurses are describing shifts where they simply do not have enough staff to provide the care patients need. They have raised these concerns repeatedly. They’re done with delays. They need action now,” MNU president Darlene Jackson said in a news release.

Klein promises new guidelines for infill builds, Gillingham gets union’s endorsement

Kevin Klein is promising to repeal “blanket” zoning rules and gather more public input to guide some housing projects, if he’s elected Winnipeg’s next mayor.

A “made-in-Winnipeg” strategy would invite more feedback from neighbours, he said, to help reduce unwanted side effects he linked to some infill builds.

“Residents in Glenwood watched lot splits turn two neighbours into eight and leave sidewalks and boulevards covered in mud,” said Klein Friday, in front of an infill home under construction on Clonard Avenue.

Last year, city council approved sweeping changes to Winnipeg zoning bylaws, which allowed the construction of up to four housing units on a single lot in most residential areas and fourplexes up to 12 metres tall within 800 metres of high-frequency transit stops. The changes aimed to speed up home building by removing the need to complete a city application process and public hearing to get those types of projects approved.