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Today’s must-read
A growing number of sexual assault victims seeking help at Manitoba’s largest hospital were sent home without a forensic exam this month, as nurses trained to gather criminal evidence say staffing shortages continue to worsen, despite assurance help is on the way. Danielle Da Silva has the story.
Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU) representative and sexual-assault nurse examiner Katie Stark (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
On this date
On Feb. 28, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in New York, a 25-year-old German woman and two U.S. soldiers were arrested and faced charges related to espionage in connection with passport thefts and military secrets. In London, England, 10,000 demonstrators protested outside the Italian embassy against British prime minister Neville Chamberlain’s alleged “surrendering to Italian threats.” Sixteen tanks rolled into the town of Austrian town of Graz, preventing, at least temporarily, an Austrian Nazi march on Vienna. Search our archives for more here.
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