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Health-care CEOs replaced, co-accused testifies, measles vaccinations urged, dance icon to perform and Jets’ Comrie stays sharp

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'The symptom of that disease is fiscal mismanagement'

Maggie Macintosh:

Heads of two largest health authorities sacked

Audits uncover years of deficits, problems with workplace culture Read More

 
 
 

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'He wanted me to help him … I refused'

Dean Pritchard:

Accused dragged man into bush ‘to murder him’: witness tells court

Woman given immunity to testify against father of her child Read More

 
 

'They don't realize how serious it can be'

Chris Kitching:

Get vaccinated, health minister urges after measles cases emerge in Manitoba

Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara encouraged people to get vaccinated against measles — telling them the jabs are safe and effective — after five cases in southern Manitoba were linked to an outbreak in Ontario. Read More

 
 

'Keeping curiosity alive'

Jen Zoratti:

Acting her age

Montreal dance icon celebrates advancing years the only way she knows how Read More

 
 

'I have to stay ready'

Ken Wiebe:

Cool, Comrie and collected

Jets backup reaps rewards of staying positive and staying sharp with consecutive wins Read More

 
 
 

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Local

Tyler Searle: Province will ponder gas tax cut over next month: premier
Chris Kitching: Close to 5,000 net new health-care workers added since 2023 election, province says
Carol Sanders: Healthy food subsidy might be on table over gas tax cut: Kinew
Zoe Pierce: Fundraising rappel from top of downtown tower with persuasive granddaughter leaves 72-year-old exhilarated
Scott Billeck: Pharmacist who failed to disclose addiction, couldn’t account for ‘staggering’ amount of drugs fined $100K by disciplinary panel
Nicole Buffie: Liquor authority fines True North $12K after minors with fake ID served at Jets White Out party
Erik Pindera: Men accused in commercial break-in spree were wearing ankle bracelets
Zoe Pierce: Two-time cancer survivor trades blows with angry Lake Winnipeg in epic 12-hour fundraising swim
Scott Billeck: Officer who shot dog dead after it bit him won’t face charges
Joyanne Pursaga: Trial project lauded in the fight against pollution
 

Opinion

Marion Willis: Manage failure or align responses
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 18
Judith Dueck: The moral courage of public dissent
Jean Clipsham: Improving building standards
Gwynne Dyer: A grand jeté of climate-change denial
Editorial: An ambassador, a petition and 213,000 signatures
Editorial: New drug enforcement program a better approach, but not yet enough
Carina Blumgrund: Where paths cross
Free Press: Letters, Aug. 17
Dan Lett: First step in levelling government-contract playing field? Define ‘local’
 

Arts & Life

Jen Zoratti: New exhibition offers up 125 different ways to look at Canada
Jen Zoratti: Cultural consultation gives Indigenous stories strength in Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie
Maureen Scurfield: Ignore gossip, be good till girlfriend’s back
Georgia Nicols: Today’s horoscope
Ben Waldman: Revered Broadway rail anchors Winnipeg’s resilient skateboarding scene
Reviewed by Candida Rifkind: Creepy, poignant graphic novel a small-town coming-of-age horror story
Conrad Sweatman: Opera group hits pub to stage shows for sophisticated palates
Denise Duguay: TV that waxes poetic, vacations hard, reminisces
Denise Duguay: TV with kick, secrets, rebellion and green rings
Maureen Scurfield: Best to fess up about grandkid-sitting fatigue
 

Sports

Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press: Venus Williams gets a US Open singles wild card at 46, with maybe a spot being held for Serena
Grace Penner: All sports in the line of fire as summer weather heats up
Joshua Frey-Sam: Sea Bears finish on top
Mike McIntyre: Kuntz qualifies to join two other Winnipeggers at the Manitoba Open
Grace Penner: Motionball’s Marathon of Sport Winnipeg returns this September
Taylor Allen: Bombers need all three phases to step up in second half: O’Shea
Taylor Allen: Hometown hero hits CEBL championship clinching shot
Mike McIntyre: Murphy helps Goldeyes battle back to beat Explorers
Taylor Allen: Oliveira shines in win over Redblacks, Collaros rocked again
Taylor Allen: Bombers manage to hand Redblacks another loss
 

Business

The Canadian Press: S&P/TSX composite down more than 300 points, U.S. stock markets also fall
The Canadian Press: Here’s the (long) list of items facing possible tariffs from the United States
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba Innovates seeks to pump up in-person networking as artificial intelligence-created resumés become norm
Aaron Epp: MamiMarkets connecting ethnic food vendors, customers
Gabrielle Piché: Manitoba honey industry buzzing as U.S. tariff clock ticks
Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press: TSX down more than 50 points despite commodity gains, while U.S. markets slide
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press: July’s inflation rebound not enough to sway the Bank of Canada: economists
Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press: From Uniqlo to Zara, clothing brands try to win over Gen Z with a needle and thread
David Sanderson: Trailblazing Western Scrap Metals heavy-equipment operator relishes role at massive crane’s control
Aaron Epp: Manitoba family finalist for cattle producers environmental award
 

Canada

Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press: ‘Nothing new:’ Police officials say fentanyl crackdown existed before tariff threats
Hina Alam, The Canadian Press: ‘A madness in the air.’ Trump’s threats unleash patriotic wave among Canadians
The Canadian Press: Trudeau travelling to Paris, Brussels for AI summit, meetings with European allies
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press: New wrongful conviction review body could see hundreds of applications
Sarah Ritchie and David Baxter, The Canadian Press: Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking more than 40 mg of fentanyl
Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press: California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press: Talk of changing Vancouver’s supportive housing policy has organizations on edge
David Baxter, The Canadian Press: International grads more likely to hold jobs below their education levels: StatCan
The Canadian Press: Alberta government changing election rules to account for displaced Jasper residents
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press: Don’t take out anger at Trump by booing U.S. peewee hockey players: Quebec officials
 
 

World

John Leicester, The Associated Press: Witnesses describe chaos and bloodshed in Sweden’s worst mass shooting
Will Graves, The Associated Press: Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban
The Associated Press: The Latest: Protesters across the US rally against Trump and the shuttering of USAID
Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Julia Frankel, The Associated Press: ‘I won’t leave. Put that in your brain.’ Palestinians reject Trump’s call to expel them from Gaza
Matthew Lee, The Associated Press: Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US
The Associated Press: Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims
Monika Scislowska, The Associated Press: A wedding necklace and Polish dumplings will be part of a mission to the International Space Station
Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: Justice Dept. official accuses FBI chief of ‘insubordination,’ tamps down talk of revenge on agents
Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press: Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules
Julhas Alam, The Associated Press: Protesters storm and destroy a family home of Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Hasina
 

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