Award-winning writer, co-founder of Turnstone Press dies

Khan’s abrupt departure presents desperate Tories with a valuable opportunity

If the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are serious about getting out of the political wilderness, they should start by electing a progressive conservative leader.

Manitoba Federation of Labour calls for independent review of Workers Compensation Board

A major labour association is calling for an independent Workers Compensation Board review as Manitoba leads the country in workplace injury rates.

Last year, 2.5 employees in every 100 reported a workplace injury serious enough to take time off, WCB tracking shows. The number is higher than any other province — just as it has been for the past three years, according to the Manitoba Federation of Labour.

(In 2025, the next highest time loss injury rate was in British Columbia: 2.04 people for every 100.)

“Our prevention work in Manitoba is failing Manitobans,” said Kevin Rebeck, president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour. “We need an independent review to help shine a light on, ‘What is happening on the prevention front of WCB?’”

Award-winning writer, co-founder of Turnstone Press dies

Winnipeg writer Wayne Tefs passed away Monday morning after a lengthy illness. He was 66 years old.

Between 1983 and 2012 Tefs published 13 books, mostly fiction, including Figures on a Wharf (1983), Red Rock (1997), 4x4 (2004), Bandit (2011) and On the Fly (2012). Bandit earned five nominations at the 2012 Manitoba Book Awards, while his 2007 novel Be Wolf was awarded the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the 2008 event.

In 1976, Tefs co-founded local literary imprint Turnstone Press, serving as its fiction editor for many years. The publisher has helped launch the careers of writers such as Margaret Sweatman, Di Brandt, and more. He also taught English at St. John’s-Ravenscourt’s from 1978 to 1992.

Born in 1947, Tefs was diagnosed with carcinoid syndrome, a rare illness, in 1994. He chronicled his experiences living and battling with the disease in 2002’s Rollercoaster: A Cancer Journey. Tefs was also a longtime book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press.

Today’s horoscope

MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 1:30 p.m. The moon is in Virgo.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Even though your work routine might be interrupted, this is a productive day. Parents should be extra vigilant because this could be an accident-prone day for kids. Social plans might suddenly change. Athletes should be careful to avoid injuries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Letters, Oct. 7

Wally Daudrich apparently claims that Duff Roblin joined the PC Party in the 1960s. He does not know the history of the party.

Michael Douglas comes to terms with fears, fame, father

NEW YORK — Michael Douglas, the award-winning actor and producer, recently turned 82. He is a cancer survivor, a recovered addict, a married man, the father and son of actors.

He is also an author, who begins his memoir with a message of thanks to his family — past and present and future — for the “sense of immortality.”

“Many times my father was asked, ‘Kirk, are you jealous of your son?’” he said during a recent interview at a Manhattan hotel, referring to his late father, fellow actor and sometime combatant Kirk Douglas.

“And he said, ‘Jealous?’ This is a sense of immortality, a continuity of generations.’”