
Katie May
Reporter
Katie has more than a decade of reporting experience. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she is focusing on public-health coverage with an eye toward systemic policy issues.
She joined the Free Press as a copy editor in December 2013 and has covered courts and crime beats for the newspaper.
She chased news in Ontario, Nova Scotia — where she completed a bachelor of journalism with combined honours in Canadian Studies at the University of King’s College — the Northwest Territories and Alberta before she arrived in Manitoba.
Recent articles by Katie May
NDP, Tory leaders hit Manitoba byelection campaign trail
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 2, 2023New tech to make provincial election appearance
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 1, 2023Radio host Wheeler drops 2018 wrongful dismissal lawsuit
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 1, 2023Health task force pushes back against privatization criticism
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 31, 2023Red Cross to help First Nation with mental-health crisis
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 30, 2023Province urged to halt private sleep studies
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 30, 2023Electoral reform group stuffs byelection ballot with candidates
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 30, 2023Manitoba chiropractor cleared of misconduct
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 24, 2023A Selkirk chiropractor has been cleared of professional misconduct allegations for sharing vaccine-related news coverage on social media.
Posting links to COVID-related news articles during the height of the vaccine rollout on her personal Facebook page landed Carolyn Weiss in trouble with the Manitoba Chiropractors Association.
The regulatory body charged her with four counts of professional misconduct and launched an investigation of her Facebook activity that relied on posts from a different person named Carolyn Weiss, according to a written decision from its inquiry committee.
The decision clearing Weiss of all misconduct was issued Nov. 23, 2022, and obtained Wednesday by the Free Press.
Funding needed to pursue ‘great interest’ in psilocybin: researcher
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 24, 2023Transit union, mayor to meet on security plan
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 23, 2023‘In the path of our ancestors’: Indian Horse Relay closes annual Manito Ahbee festival
3 minute read Preview Monday, May. 22, 2023Riding in style for a good cause
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 22, 2023MPI names new interim CEO, Herbelin out
4 minute read Preview Sunday, May. 21, 2023Chief of isolated northern Manitoba First Nation sounds mental-health alarm
3 minute read Preview Saturday, May. 20, 2023Pain clinic backlog symptom service not improving: patient
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 17, 2023Rural docs want national standards on patient transport
2 minute read Preview Friday, May. 12, 2023Rural physicians are calling for national standards on patient transfers to combat systemic racism and expand equitable access to health care for Canadians no matter where they live.
“Every person in this country deserves access to high-quality care. It doesn’t mean that you have to live in an urban centre to get high-quality care,” said Dr. Sarah Lespérance, president of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada and a general practitioner in Petitcodiac, N.B.
“I think everyone really recognizes a need, and really wants to see some national standards and a plan in place that improves how we co-ordinate care, how we deliver care, and really breaks down some of those barriers.”
The group held a summit in Ottawa this month that brought together health practitioners, transport agencies and government partners to focus on equalizing medical transportation.
Former Guess Who drummer on life support, family calls for return of mask requirements at health-care centres
4 minute read Preview Friday, May. 12, 2023Winnipeg couple raises concerns about inconsistent home care visits, seeks help they can count on
4 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 11, 2023A Winnipeg couple who relies on home care is raising concerns about the sporadic visits they’ve had over the past two years.
Ron Schepp, 83, and Mae Schepp, 79, began receiving home care during the pandemic and are signed up to receive a 15-minute visit six days a week. But in early May, three consecutive days passed without any visits, and so far this week, they’ve missed two visits.
Mae uses a wheelchair and Ron has rheumatoid arthritis. They’ve been married 58 years, and they’ve reached a point where they need help on a regular basis, Ron said — help they can count on.
“And right now, we can’t,” he said.
Trauma surgery delay highlights health-care system woes: patient
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 9, 2023Norwegians among group researching elder-care reform touring Manitoba health facilities
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 9, 2023New Shared Health CEO rolls up sleeves, eager to tackle burnout in health care
6 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 4, 2023Manitoba touts health hires, unable to say how many departures, vacancies
2 minute read Preview Friday, May. 5, 2023Mask mandate to be lifted in Manitoba hospitals, health facilities
3 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 4, 2023Manitoba hospitals to collect race data as of May 11
1 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 3, 2023Manitoba hospitals will become the first in Canada to collect data about patients’ race.
As of May 11, patients at hospitals and health centres will be asked during registration if they want to self-declare their race. The information is voluntary and patients can decline.
‘Desperate’ shortage of psychologists causing critical delays in youth care
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 3, 2023U of M breast milk study expected to have global impact
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 2, 2023Province pledges to triple Grace ICU capacity
5 minute read Preview Sunday, Apr. 30, 2023‘It’s just unfair that my son had to die’
3 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 28, 2023$30-M surgical centre tabbed for Steinbach
2 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 28, 2023Judge approves payments to stop exodus of physicians from Manitoba Clinic
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023Cut Manitoba-North Dakota surgery agreement: health coalition
3 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 21, 2023Doctors decry province’s lack of transparency, tactics
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023Researchers call for provincial action on youth eating habits
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023Manitoba surgery, diagnostic task force announces strides forward in pandemic backlog
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Health minister defends private ‘investments’ to reduce backlogs
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Provincial task force cites ‘minimal private sector involvement’ in criticizing MDs’ proposal
6 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2023Sleep doctors resign from backlog task force
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2023Lawsuit over province’s N95 mask purchase still a year from trial
3 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 14, 2023HSC cancer-diagnostic scanner sits idle due to lack of staff
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023The lack of specialized staff to run nuclear imaging equipment means a cancer diagnostic tool sits unused in a Winnipeg hospital.
Manitoba’s second positron emission tomography scan machine was installed at the Health Sciences Centre in January 2021 with plans to have both machines operating at the same time to meet growing demand for the scans, Shared Health said.
Cabinet minister defends province’s $45M purchase of unused PPE masks
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023Access to at-home sleep tests slow to rise in Manitoba
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023U of M chair in advance stroke research unveiled
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023Manitoba First Nations share $3.4M for fire protection
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023First Nations renew federal call for emergency services upgrades
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023RCMP lab has two-month turnaround on DNA analysis
3 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 3, 2023Storm to blow across southern Manitoba, dump up to 25 cm of snow in some areas
3 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 3, 2023Chronic DNA-testing backlog adds insult to injury for victims
7 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 31, 2023Ottawa promises it’s ready for influx of passport renewals
2 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 31, 2023U of M students ‘providers of the future’ as dental plan takes shape: families minister
2 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 31, 2023The federal minister responsible for child care and social development toured the University of Manitoba’s dentistry program facilities Friday, promoting the expanded $13-billion Canada dental care plan.
MMIWG licence plates expected this year
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023Machines dispense harm reduction supplies to front lines of need
4 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 27, 2023Province announces new Selkirk clinic as part of expanded Manitoba Pain Care Program
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023Shot slump: COVID booster uptake waning in Manitoba
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023Bed bug infestation at Winnipeg hotel ‘disgusting experience,’ family says
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023Province urging high-risk residents to get spring COVID booster
3 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 20, 2023Woman charged after needle attack served time for similar 2018 stabbing
5 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 20, 2023Nurses, police distressed by sexual assault evidence-gathering delays
4 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 17, 2023‘Less people to help in emergency situations’: city perfusionist services consolidated to St. B
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 16, 2023Death rate at Health Sciences Centre ER increases; officials try to determine why
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023‘Urgent action’ required to keep MDs here, Doctors Manitoba says
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023New head of Manitoba sex assault examiner program based in Alta.
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023WRHA home care recruitment drive gears up with free training
4 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 13, 2023$2.1M added to tackling violent crime
4 minute read Preview Sunday, Mar. 12, 2023Winnipeg spared from the brunt as weekend storm causes widespread highway closures
2 minute read Preview Sunday, Mar. 12, 2023HSC to open minor-treatment clinic officials expect will relieve pressure on ER
3 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 10, 2023HSC hallway death deemed critical incident
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 9, 2023Family of patient who died during pandemic air transfer files lawsuit
6 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 9, 2023HSC staff continue to grapple with ER hallway death
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023Southern chiefs unveil MMIWG2S+ family support team
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023‘Probably the biggest issue that we face every day’: ER deaths national concern, doctor says
3 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 3, 2023Prairie research hub to work on vaccines
2 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 3, 2023HSC ER swamped when patient died in hallway
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023HSC hallway death investigation to be made public: premier
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023Nurse-recruitment trip to Philippines a success, Manitoba’s health minister says
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023Emergency patient waiting for treatment dies in HSC hallway
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023Husband pays thousands of dollars for private home care as public system collapses
6 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 24, 2023Hospitals get IT upgrade to better track patient flow
1 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 24, 2023Winnipeg hospitals are getting a technology upgrade aimed at helping health authorities track more patient-flow information in real-time.
Home care workers back widower’s calls for change
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023Second year of COVID saw spike in youth hospitalizations
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023Incentives not enough for nurses faced with re-registering
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023Debate needed on bear spray: police chief
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023Province adds to prosecutions budget to target illegal guns, organized crime
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023International nurse program prepped ahead of Philippines recruitment
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023Licensing plan for international nurses still in development
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023Diagnosis of hope as recruited doctors on way to join MS clinic
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023Manitoba not expanding access to PCR tests for COVID, antiviral treatment
3 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 6, 2023Former Ukrainian soldier, now living in Manitoba, embraces ice climbing
4 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 6, 2023Manitoba task force to target doctors’ paperwork burden
3 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 3, 2023Hospital staff will ask Manitobans to self-identify race in effort to reduce health-system discrimination
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023Flu, RSV numbers down at Children’s Hospital
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023Manitobans fighting COVID fines lose in court
7 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023Patient’s patience not a virtue: he waited years for spinal surgery assigned to MD who left Manitoba
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023Jeff Delaney put his faith in Manitoba’s health-care system.
Now he’s advising others not to make the same mistake, lest they fall through the cracks.
Thompson resident headed back to Winnipeg for rescheduled hip surgery
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023Physicians drowning in ‘soul-sucking’ paperwork, Doctors Manitoba president says
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023Southern chiefs want voice in national health-care funding talks
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023Health official answers sex assault nurse program critics, says fixes on the way
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 27, 2023Threats temporarily close three Manitoba schools
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023Holy Family care home misses CUPE workers’ retroactive pay deadline
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023Morale teetering at Manitoba Clinic
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023Manitoba Clinic losing more docs, deal critical
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023Bail denied for co-accused in library homicide
2 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Frostbite flourished amid pandemic closures: advocates
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Pandemic restrictions that resulted in limited operations at homeless shelters last winter are partly to blame for a 10-year high in severe frostbite cases, outreach workers say.
Suspect in unsolved 1979 Winnipeg slaying charged with kidnapping in Alberta
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023An Alberta man who was a suspect in a local unsolved murder case has been charged with kidnapping.
Lester Landry, 65, is accused of confining a woman in a vehicle and driving her to a secluded area against her will after she responded to his ad for housekeeping services.
The woman escaped the vehicle when it slowed down on a highway near the outskirts of Medicine Hat and called police on Jan. 14, the Medicine Hat Police Service announced in a news release Wednesday.
Store owner seeks social media assist to snap break-in string
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023Manitoba ‘poor performance’ mars accessibility standards report card
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 16, 2023Manitoba accessibility advocates have issued the provincial government a passing grade — barely — when it comes to implementing and enforcing accessibility standards legislation on behalf of people with disabilities.
Barrier Free Manitoba has published a mock report card with an overall D grade, outlining its concerns with the province’s progress — and what the organization describes as a lack of consultation — in bringing into force the Accessibility for Manitobans Act.
However, the non-profit coalition gave Manitoba F grades on protecting people with disabilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, on the existing complaints process, and on what it describes as a provincial failure to honour a human rights focus and basic intent of the legislation.
HSC replaces access screeners with private security
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 13, 2023Boosters promoted as subvariant Kraken rears head
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Second Alberta lawyer charged after Manitoba judge followed
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Korbin ‘just had a big heart’; dad raises funds to buy game systems for Children’s Hospital
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023Home care workers file grievance over perceived contract delays
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 9, 2023Highly contagious COVID strain yet to appear in Manitoba
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 9, 2023CancerCare Manitoba to offer life-saving therapy in spring
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 9, 2023Change to how COVID deaths recorded causes spike in Manitoba stats
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023Lawyer charged in relation to spying on Manitoba judge
5 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 2, 2023Waiting for answers ‘absolute horror,’ Manitoba cancer patient says
5 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 2, 2023Children’s Hospital ICU still swamped
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022Manitoba COVID deaths take weeks to be counted
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022Complaint filed after surgery at Grace cancelled
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022Disappointed, weary holiday travellers in Winnipeg grounded by miserable weather elsewhere
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 23, 2022NDP calls for rescue of Manitoba Clinic
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 23, 2022Man flushes ‘three grand down the toilet’ as surgery cancelled
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022Cancellation of cancer surgery opens eyes to health system woes
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022Children’s Hospital lull keeps surgery slate full
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022Winnipeg police officer cleared in June fatal shooting
4 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 19, 2022Arrest made in July assault on senior
3 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 16, 2022Flu siege, RSV force drastic action at Children’s Hospital
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022Daily public health updates should be in the past: Roussin
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022Flu kills 17 Manitobans in 2022
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022‘He loved his community more than almost anything’: Winnipeg MP Carr dead at 71
5 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 12, 2022Number of fires at homeless camps rising
4 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 12, 2022Manitoba reports first child death of flu season
2 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 9, 2022Former Oakview Place health-care aides face one assault charge each
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022Province urged to boost vaccine messaging as flu cases spike
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022Lower patient volumes at Children’s Hospital likely calm before expected storm, ER director says
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022No injuries, increased concern in wake of encampment fire
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022Manitoba MPs Gazan, Ashton demand action from Ottawa to stop ‘genocide’ of Indigenous women
3 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 5, 2022Service-dog user urged to file human rights case
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 2, 2022Flu on rise, RSV awareness spreads
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 2, 2022Creditor protection keeps Manitoba Clinic doors open
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022Uber drivers say no to woman’s guide dog
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022Four more teens arrested, charged in aftermath of wild East St. Paul party
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022City lab works on tracking flu in wastewater
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022Hospital has handle on ‘crisis’ of sick kids
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022HSC Foundation hoping Tuesday translates to giving
4 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 28, 2022Wastewater could become new front for flu detection
4 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 25, 2022Online tool to track waits at private clinics in Winnipeg
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022Doctors demand province escalate efforts to attract physicians
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022Fewer Manitobans vaccinated against flu strain wreaking havoc at Children’s Hospital
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022Province changes COVID epidemiology reporting, provides less detail
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022Growing number of sick kids straining health system, likely to worsen
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022‘Reality is pretty bleak… for Canada’s children’s hospitals’
3 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 21, 2022COVID threat level ‘severe’ in Manitoba
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022Fatal stabbing triggered by argument over $5: witness
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022Ex-workers celebrate Air Canada court victory
4 minute read Preview Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022Appeal of murder conviction denied
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022A convicted killer’s appeal has been denied a decade after he was found guilty.
Family of teen killed in crash fall victim to allegedly fraudulent fundraiser
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022Sharing child-welfare system stories helps women heal
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022Homeless man off to jail after assault on senior in skywalk
4 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 11, 2022Polo Park ceiling collapses near second-floor food court
2 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 7, 2022Man arrested in Portage after Friday gun incident
1 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 7, 2022A 37-year-old Portage la Prairie man has been charged with several gun offences.
Manitoba stands pat on Paxlovid prescription process
3 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 4, 2022COVID-19 transmission spreading in Manitoba
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022Health spending projected below national average
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022‘It’s devastating’: doctor rings alarm bell over ER pressures
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022Rates of street-drug poisoning increasing in Winnipeg
3 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 24, 2022COVID level in Winnipeg wastewater rises
1 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 21, 2022The viral load of COVID-19 in the city’s wastewater is on the rise.
COVID transmission spikes in Winnipeg: wastewater data
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022New vax messaging could prevent COVID, flu crisis: expert
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022Simulation adds new level to nursing education
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022Surgery slates on schedule in Oct.: Shared Health
1 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022NO surgery slates are expected to be cancelled in October due to lack of staff.
MPI helps drive brain injury research funding
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022Candidates duke it out at Jewish Federation forum
3 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022Heritage advocates lobby to save homes
5 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022Regiment service honoured
2 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022Right to timely bail hearings in spotlight
4 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022A Norway House woman who was detained for more than 25 hours without a chance for release has doubled down on a court declaration that her charter right to a timely bail hearing was violated.
Three out of 8 people who go to city ERs don’t need it, CEO says
4 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022Union raises alarm over rural 911 call centre staffing
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022Gordon to meet with HSC emergency-department nurses
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022Judge rules against Skip the Dishes’ ‘unconscionable’ attempt to block class-action suit
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022Indigenous, political leaders sign health-care anti-racism declaration
3 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 26, 2022City OKs fast-tracked demolition of Wellington Crescent home
4 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 23, 2022Interest, indifference greet latest booster expansion
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022Staffing crunch puts another ambulance on sidelines
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022Manitoba expands bivalent COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022Neighbours demand fast-tracked demolition of Wellington Crescent problem house
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022Experts warn against booster delay
4 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 19, 2022‘Ridiculous for health care in Manitoba’: Eriksdale ER temporary closure ramps up rural concerns
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 15, 2022Controversial patient transfers to rural hospitals end
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022Manitoba has stopped sending hospital patients from Winnipeg to rural Manitoba, but the inter-regional transfer policy city hospitals relied upon to free up beds during COVID-19 surges remains in place.
Four spots added to respiratory therapist class
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022ER hallway medicine pressure ‘every single shift’: HSC doctor
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022Dying patient slams hospital for charging TV fee
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022Melita ER to reopen after summer closure
3 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 12, 2022Melita’s ER is on track to reopen next week after additional delays rooted in staff shortages.
Rural hospital shutdowns continue into fall
5 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 12, 2022Many gather for downtown street festival return
2 minute read Preview Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022Police didn’t help stop bike theft, cyclist says
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022Transit union endorses Murray for mayor
1 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 9, 2022Winnipeg’s transit union stressed it is endorsing Glen Murray for mayor and asked another candidate to remove its reference to the union on her website.
Woodstock threatened with lawsuit
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022Judge grants visits to biological parents in adoption case
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022A judge decided to overstep her jurisdiction by granting biological parents weekly visits with their child once he is adopted by his foster family, after she identified a gap in Manitoba’s child-protection law.
Candidates’ clash boils over at forum
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022HSC emergency department forced to close half its beds
5 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 19, 2022Health officials to update Manitobans on pediatric COVID vaccine boosters
3 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 19, 2022Ex-nurses blame red tape for holding up return to workplace
6 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022Filipina nurse gains right to work in Manitoba
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022An internationally educated nurse has won the right to be registered to work in Manitoba after she became certified elsewhere in Canada.
Wastewater monkeypox testing underway across Canada
2 minute read Preview Monday, Aug. 15, 2022Federal officials using Winnipeg lab-developed analysis to monitor wastewater for monkeypox
4 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 12, 2022Manitoba opens monkeypox vaccination bookings again
6 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022Monkeypox vaccine rollout suspended, province silent on cause
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022First day of paediatric vaccine eligibility ‘great day’
3 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 5, 2022Young children eligible for COVID vaccine
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022Volunteer-powered rural clinic attempts to fill ER gap
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022Manitoba has ample supply of epidural tubes, province assures Liberal leader
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022Petition targets abortion challenges in north
4 minute read Preview Monday, Aug. 1, 2022Students used to cover sick time: health union
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jul. 29, 2022Pandemic hospitalizations tick up, eight COVID-19 deaths last week
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 28, 2022Sagkeeng family blames mould exposure for infant’s illness
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2022A Sagkeeng family is speaking up about the danger of mould exposure after their baby girl had to be airlifted to Winnipeg hospital this week.
Manitoba parents take comfort in wee ones getting COVID shot
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2022City marks decline in brown water reports
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2022Globe-trotter with patient eye for detail
5 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 25, 2022Wildfire evacuees report gunpoint abduction of young woman
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jul. 22, 2022Vaccination news ‘sigh of relief’ for parents of high-risk children: doctor
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 21, 2022Omicron subvariant accounts for half of Manitoba cases
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2022Manitoba targets at-risk groups in pediatric COVID vaccine rollout
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2022Private youth mental health clinic opens in Winnipeg
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2022Manitoba to unveil vaccine plan for young children
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2022COVID cases, hospitalizations, deaths rising, weekly provincial data reveals
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 14, 2022Province seeks workforce push for internationally trained nurses
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 14, 2022Patients stalled in HSC’s ER part of national crisis, Canadian Medical Association says
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2022Mask messaging muddied at hospital: epidemiologist
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 12, 2022Pediatrician warns about hand, foot and mouth disease
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 11, 2022At-risk Manitobans press for COVID medication
5 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 11, 2022Legislature security changes questioned over clarity
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 11, 2022Hand, foot, and mouth disease strikes city daycare
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jul. 8, 2022Melita seeks long-term solution to ER summer closure
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 6, 2022New COVID wave likely imminent, city microbiologist warns
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2022Staff shortage continues to diminish HSC ER
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 4, 2022No plans for dedicated long COVID clinic: Shared Health
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2022HSC forced to redeploy nurses with less training to ER
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2022Surgical, testing estimates highlight declining backlog
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2022U.S. women to seek abortions in Manitoba: clinic director
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 24, 2022Manitobans should expect Americans to cross the border to access abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights legislation
“We have to expect that it will happen. Because the decision was not about making abortion illegal. It’s about making it unsafe,” said Blandine Tona, director of medical programs at the Women’s Health Clinic in Winnipeg.
The Supreme Court decision to overturn its landmark 1973 abortion rights case Roe v. Wade is expected to trigger U.S. states to immediately ban abortion after six weeks — before most women realize they’re pregnant.
“Privileged people will be able to travel to Canada or elsewhere, book their hotel, have the abortion. But less privileged people will not have the same option,” Tona said, adding she feels “we just jumped 50-plus years back in time.”
Doctors raise alarm over rural ER closures
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 24, 2022Shared Health ending program that saved millions of dollars
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 23, 2022NDP presses province for care home licence review
6 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2022Police probe care home abuse allegations
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2022MS clinic to receive needed funding, staffing boost: doctor
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jun. 18, 2022Race-based data a hallmark of pandemic response
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Jun. 18, 2022Marathoner diagnosed with ALS shines light on devastating disease
5 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 17, 2022Long-haul COVID sufferers want centralized clinic
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2022COVID testing scaled down at care homes, hospitals
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2022Critical incident only matter of time at HSC, say ER nurses
4 minute read Preview Sunday, Jun. 12, 2022Slow uptake on fourth dose in Manitoba
1 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 10, 2022Doctor praises new radiology suites at HSC
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3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2022Water safety concerns rise with flood waters
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2022While long COVID lurks, disability caseloads remain constant
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 3, 2022Mounting flood costs in tens of millions of dollars, provincial official says during tour of Interlake
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 3, 2022First Nations call on governments in current, future flood fight
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2022Grace Hospital nurses ‘begging’ supervisors not to send them to badly understaffed ER
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4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 24, 2022Ukrainian refugees receive Winnipeg welcome
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 23, 2022Winnipegger believes COVID-19 to blame for months-long debilitating exhaustion
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 24, 2022Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada reopens to public
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 23, 2022Manitoba expands fourth COVID dose eligibility
4 minute read Preview Friday, May. 20, 2022Manitoba’s neurology services a ‘slow-evolving train wreck’
6 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 19, 2022Interlake ER closures frustrate former nurse
5 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 19, 2022Diane Malcolm felt like she was having a heart attack. Then she found out there were no ER doctors available within a 100-kilometre radius.
On the night of May 7, the Lundar resident experienced stabbing, burning chest pains and shortness of breath.
The former nurse feared she was having cardiac problems and spent hours unsuccessfully trying to access emergency medical treatment in Manitoba’s Interlake region.
“At that particular time, there was no place to go,” Malcolm said.
Sagkeeng women removed from First Nations grand council meeting
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 17, 2022Hutterite women take first steps into health-care sector
6 minute read Preview Monday, May. 16, 2022Manitobans decry lack of resources for treating long COVID
6 minute read Preview Sunday, May. 15, 2022Manitoba COVID numbers jump in report update
2 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 12, 2022Acute hepatitis reported in two Manitoba children
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 11, 2022Two children in Manitoba have had acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin since last fall, the provincial government stated Wednesday.
The cases are still under investigation. Manitoba identified the cases dating back to October 2021, but did not provide details, such as when the most recent case occurred, the ages of the children, or which health regions they live in.
“To protect patient privacy, we are unable to share any details of these cases,” a provincial spokesperson stated.
The same cases of acute, severe hepatitis may be reported in more than one province if the patients seek medical treatment in another jurisdiction, the spokesperson noted.