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The Wrap: Another Carberry crash, Liquor Mart labour escalation, care-home abuse and Facebook bans news

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

Three people are in hospital after another serious crash yesterday at a highway intersection near Carberry, Man., where 17 seniors were killed in June. Provincial officials say they intend to refresh the rumble strips and pavement markings at the intersection and improve signage.

Another escalation in the labour dispute that’s been closing Liquor Marts: the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union members say they have seen staff from transport firm Covert Logistics cross the picket line at the MLL distribution centre. MGEU says workers with a local transport company have been doing warehouse selection and delivery preparation.

The provincial government has known for years about a flawed application of the law that governs abuse and neglect in care homes. Recommendations to amend provincial legislation to fix it have been made numerous times but were ignored by government, Tom Brodbeck writes, resulting in thousands of allegations of abuse and neglect going uninvestigated.

And: Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, announced it will be ramping up the removal of news content for Canadian users. That means people in Canada will no longer be able to share or view news articles and other content posted by media outlets — including international outlets. If you use Facebook or Instagram to read the news, it is expected to disappear shortly. You can always find news from the Winnipeg Free Press at winnipegfreepress.com.

 

'Something needs to be done'

Danielle Da Silva:

Advance warning signs planned for site of deadly bus crash

The province is adding new signage to a deadly western Manitoba intersection while it awaits results of a road safety review after another serious crash closed the Highway 5 crossing on the Trans-Cana... Read More

 
 
 

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'It's a slap in the face'

Malak Abas:

Manitoba Crown corporation hires replacement workers to keep booze flowing

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has hired a private delivery company to do the work of striking employees as tension between the publicly owned corporation and the union boiled over and officials faced ... Read More

 
 

'Thousands of cases were never investigated'

Tom Brodbeck:

Government inaction let legitimate cases of seniors abuse slide

It’s highly probable hundreds of seniors are physically, sexually or verbally abused every year in Manitoba’s long-term care facilities and their cases are swept under the carpet. It’s hard to conc... Read More

 
 

'Unilateral, undemocratic, and unreasonable'

Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press:

All news to be removed from Facebook within weeks

OTTAWA - Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta announced it is officially ending news availability in Canada. ... Read More

 

Paul Samyn:

Free Press — not Facebook — will always be your trusted news source

For years, it’s been a common refrain that made newspaper editors shake their collective heads. “I don’t need to subscribe, I get all my news from Facebook,” was the explanation from those who migr... Read More

 
 
 

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