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Province must also retain docsRe: Ottawa offers $6M to hire 90 new doctors (Oct. 15)

The federal government’s $6 million commitment to help Manitoba recruit up to 90 additional family doctors by 2028–29 is welcome news, but it should not be mistaken for a solution to the province’s persistent physician shortage.

The question is not simply how many doctors Manitoba can recruit, but how many it can retain —and whether patients will actually have better access to care as a result.

Expanding the practice-ready assessment program for internationally trained physicians is a sensible step. These doctors bring valuable skills and experience, and a more efficient licensing pathway can help address staffing shortages, particularly in rural, northern and Indigenous communities. However, recruitment alone cannot compensate for a health-care system that struggles to retain the physicians it already has.

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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I get a big kick out of my new mother-in-law who enjoys going out with her girlfriends to “gamble away the family fortune.”

She’s taken me out with these older ladies on the weekends and has even given me some “fun money” to blow. We often share the winnings — if there are any. That’s the part that really sets my husband’s teeth on edge.

We’re so newly married I still tell my man everything, but I am learning. This week he said he doesn’t want me training with his mom and her crazy gambling buddies.

My husband really should take a look in the mirror before criticizing others, as he himself loves betting on the horses. I don’t complain about his betting. The truth is I find him and his whole family a lot more interesting than my own relations, who are too strait-laced, religious and boring for my liking.