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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES”There’s a disconnect,” Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson said of the disparity between managers’ and nurses’ engagement.
‘The workload is crushing’: A new report obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press shows employee engagement at St. Boniface Hospital dropped to 36 per cent as the province began making major health-care changes. The national average is 64 per cent. Tessa Vanderhart reports. READ MORE
Cleanup costs: A Charleswood senior is refusing to pay after a city crew removed piles of equipment and scrap material from his yard under the neighbourhood livability bylaw. Caitlyn Gowriluk reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny this morning, a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of showers and risk of thunderstorms this afternoon, a high of 27 C, humidex of 29, and peak winds from the northwest at 20 km/h late this afternoon.
What’s happening today
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSArchitect Michael Banman stands in the glassed-in walkway on the ground floor of 201 Portage Ave. Smokers use the space when it’s raining or cold. Harvard Developments wants it to become part of a unit that can be leased.
Weighing walkway’s fate: The city’s planning, property and development committee will vote on a plan to remove the “pedestrian arcade” on the ground floor of the office tower at 201 Portage Ave. Solomon Israel reports. READ MORE
Heading home: Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is set to return to Earth tonight after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. READ MORE
In case you missed it
SubmittedSoftware developer Dan Messing shows off the Playdate, an innovative new hand-held video game system from Portland-based company Panic due to be released next year.
New electronics experience: Winnipeg’s Dan Messing is one of the developers behind a unique, yet-to-be-released handheld video-game system that’s getting international buzz. Melissa Martin reports. READ MORE
Unmellow yellow: Through a series of missteps, a Fort Rouge family’s house was painted a shade of yellow so bright, passing motorists are pointing at it. Ashley Prest reports. READ MORE
On this date
On June 24, 1961: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that an 11-year-old boy was killed and a second boy was injured when a car ran through a group of four bicyclists in St. Vital. U.S. president John F. Kennedy called a meeting of his top advisors and Congressional leaders to discuss Russia’s latest ultimatum on Berlin. At issue was a peace treaty the Soviet Union was pursuing with East Germany, which resulted in political turmoil in West Germany. READ MORE
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