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PHIL HOSSACK / Winnipeg Free PressWinnipeg Blue Bomber receiver Andrew Harris
Andrew Harris suspended: The drug test was positive. But star Blue Bomber running back Andrew Harris says he didn’t knowingly take the banned performance-enhancing substance metandienone. Regardless, he will be sidelined for the next two games against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Coverage includes stories by Jeff Hamilton and Jason Bell. READ MORE
RIP Mitch Podolak: The founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival was mourned Monday as a vital mainstay of the Manitoba music and cultural scene. Mitch Podolak also helped found the West End Cultural Centre and the Home Roots House Concert Series. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Hold on to your hats today as wind from the northwest at 40 km/h will be gusting to 60 in the morning. There will also be showers during the day. The high will be 15 C.
What’s happening today
Two election forums: Candidates from all four provincial political parties will debate five key disability issues today at the Norwood Hotel, 112 Marion St., from 10 a.m. to noon. There also is an election forum about mental health today at 7 p.m. at Berney Theatre Asper Jewish Community Campus, 123 Doncaster St. Participants will include candidates from the four major parties in the upcoming provincial election.
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Tour of new Grace Hospital
Health Professionals including nurses and dietary aids take a tour of the Grace Hospital prior to its grand opening at the end of May.
Photo of aid with dummy in the operating room.
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May 03, 2018
Promising more nurses: On the campaign trail, the Progressive Conservatives on Monday promised that, if re-elected, they would hire 200 additional nurses over the next four years. But as columnist Dan Lett wonders: is there a nursing shortage or a nursing revolt? READ MORE
Video evidence: Security video at multiple locations cast doubt on a Winnipeg family’s claim they were victims of a high-profile hate crime, instead turning a police investigation toward the complainants’ activities, court documents say. The owners of BerMax Caffé + Bistro alleged robbers trashed the Corydon Avenue restaurant, spray-painted the word “Jew” on the floor and sketched a swastika on a wall. Dean Pritchard reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 27, 1926: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Clymer, Pa., 68 were estimated to have died in a mine explosion; 12 bodies had been recovered and 21 others located. In Winnipeg, 7,000 citizens heard an appeal by Conservative prime minister Aurthur Meighen for support in the election campaign, in which he took aim at the former government led by Liberal prime minister Mackenzie King. In San Francisco, Calif., a baby alligator was found in a package received in the dead letter office. READ MORE
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