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Oblivious to overhaul: Staff memos obtained by the NDP show little warning was given to health-care employees before the Tory government announced last spring it was closing three Winnipeg emergency rooms along with Misericordia’s urgent care centre. “We thought we’d be helping other ERs transition to urgent care centres, not closing ours,” Misericordia president Rosie Jacuzzi wrote in a memo issued days after the overhaul was announced. Jane Gerster reports. READ MORE
Your forecast: It will be sunny today with a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon, a high of 31 C, wind from the north at 20 km/h gusting to 40 late in the afternoon. There is a risk of thunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening.
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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSPembina Valley Baptist Church in Winkler.
Disturbing attack in devout city: A 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the women’s washroom at a Winkler church about half an hour after its morning worship service had ended Sunday. Melissa Martin has a column on the seemingly random attack in the southern Manitoba city. READ MORE
Single parents sue: Lawyer Norman Rosenbaum says money intended for children whose families are on social assistance is going to the provincial government instead. He’s representing a handful of single parents affected by the policy. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Eviction deadline extended: Eighteen families who haven’t paid rent to Manitoba Housing for more than 20 years will remain in their homes until at least Sept. 7. The government hand-delivered letters to the residents Monday. They were forced to leave what is now called Skownan First Nation in 1996 after confrontations with the chief and band council. Nick Martin reports. READ MORE
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Trevor Brucki / The Canadian Press FilesThe surviving members of Streetheart will play in tribute to lead singer Kenny Shields (centre) at the Classic RockFest. Shields died earlier this summer.
Are you ready to rock? Winnipeg Classic RockFest starts at 4:30 p.m. at Shaw Park. The event, organized before the death of singer Kenny Shields, has turned into a celebration of the late Streetheart frontman. Performers include members of the band, special guests from Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, Harlequin, and the Pumps & Orphan. Erin Lebar reports. READ MORE
Around the water cooler
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSLarry Saunders stands beside a memorial at the intersection of highways 1 and 16 west of Portage la Prairie on Monday. Saunders says more people will die if a bypass isn’t constructed.
‘Horrible setup’ at deadly site: People are frustrated over an intersection near Portage la Prairie where the body count from motor vehicle collisions has been piling up for decades, saying a bypass is needed. Six people have been killed at the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 16 in the past 11 days. Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Big hopes for Blue: Bombers fans have reason to be optimistic heading into Sunday’s Labour Day Classic against the Roughriders in Saskatchewan, former player Doug Brown says in his latest column. However, the Riders are playing well, and things never come easy for the road team in this game, Brown writes. READ MORE
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Courtney Sacco/Corpus Christi Caller-TimesTexas Gov. Greg Abbott looks over destroyed stores in Rockport during a tour of areas damaged by Hurricane Harvey, on Monday.
Houston: As flooding continues in the United States’ fourth-largest city in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, rescue workers struggle to maintain emergency services. “We know in these kind of events that, sadly, the death toll goes up historically,” Houston police Chief Art Acevedo told The Associated Press. “I’m really worried about how many bodies we’re going to find.” READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 29, 1978: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Manitoba’s combined operating and capital deficit for the first quarter of the fiscal year was $1.6 million less than the anticipated $93 million for the period. More than 380 packing house workers received layoff notices due to the suspension of hog marketing operations in Manitoba. In Nicaragua, an attempted coup against president Anastasio Somoza by National Guardsmen was foiled. READ MORE
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