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Free Press Head Start for Feb. 23
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A $10,000 bonus isn’t enough to entice retired nurses back to the profession, including some who helped out at vaccination clinics during the pandemic. New incentives, which were announced by the Manitoba government last week, won’t help unlicensed nurses who are up against a lengthy process to re-register, two retired nurses said Wednesday. Katie May reports.
Manitoba Education’s response to a scathing report that concludes the way Ontario schools teach students how to read — a popular approach in local classrooms — is failing children with learning disabilities is being met with skepticism. Maggie Macintosh has the story.
— David Fuller
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Your forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with a high of -20 C and a low of -30, with a wind chill of -40 this morning and -30 this afternoon. An extreme cold warning is in effect for Winnipeg.
What’s happening today
Starting tonight and until Feb. 25, standup comic Debra DiGiovanni plays Rumor’s Comedy Club. For ticket information, click here.
Today’s must-read
A Winnipeg police officer who was driving 50 kilometres an hour over the speed limit without just cause when he was involved in a two-vehicle collision that sent a city woman to hospital in critical condition has been fined $780. Dean Pritchard has the story.
(Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press files)
On this date
On Feb. 23, 1957: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in the U.K., 40,000 doctors made ready plans to quit the National Health Service if the British government rejected their demands for a pay increase. An Air Force T-33 jet vanished in a snowstorm over British Columbia, en route from Portage la Prairie to Vancouver. In Paris, dress designer Balenciaga unveiled hemlines rising above the knees, a first for high fashion since the 1920s. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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Top news
Erik Pindera:
Bear spray controls pushed into crime spotlight
Sel Burrows still has the can of bear spray he bought in 2007, ahead of provincial legislation that came into effect in 2009 to strictly regulate the sale of the wild animal deterrent now often used in assaults on Winnipeg streets.
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Joyanne Pursaga:
Millennium Library security uncovers knives, screwdrivers, bullets
Security staff at Millennium Library seized 198 items from patrons, including knives and bullets, during the four weeks metal detectors have been erected, just as attendance has dropped.
“It looks like it’s working to keep some weapons out,” said Coun. John Orlikow, chairman of community services.
The city shut down the library on Dec. 11 in response to the fatal stabbing of 28-year-old Tyree Cayer during a dispute on the main floor. Four teenage boys have been charged.
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PrairiesCan contributes $1.3M to Business Council of Manitoba program connecting Indigenous students with employers
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Fresh opinions
Editorial:
Justice grounded in northern courts
A decision to privatize Manitoba Justice air services has done a grave disservice to people in northern Manitoba who depend on aviation to keep the wheels of justice turning in their communities.
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Shannon Sampert:
‘Freedom’ protesters being used like pawns
Over the long weekend, people from around Canada gathered at Dugald as part of the so-called World Unity Convoy. This marked the anniversary of the “freedom convoy” protests, which gathered at Parliament Hill and the Manitoba Legislative Building, and shut down border crossings across the country, including the one at Emerson.
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