The Wrap: Daycare nightmare, trauma continues for Carberry, Krispy Kreme to open, Paul Maurice’s secret sauce

The Free Press undertook a months-long investigation into the state of child care in Manitoba and examined the underlying issues that put kids and families at risk.

In the first instalment of a six-part series, reporter Jeff Hamilton details a family’s search for answers after their daughter was abused at a government-licenced child care centre in Winnipeg’s Southdale neighbourhood.

Their disbelief and anger over the inaction by parties whose primary goal is to protect children led them to blow the whistle on a lack of oversight of Manitoba’s youngest and most vulnerable citizens.

The deadly intersection where Highway 5 crosses the Trans-Canada in western Manitoba hasn’t changed much since June 15 last year.

Planted in a nearby low-lying ditch are 17 small white crosses and one large one. And a charred patch of grass is still visible, just smaller now.

But drive five minutes south and it becomes clear where the biggest change has occurred — strong currents of grief, anxiety and mental-health struggles swirl just below the surface.

The small town of Carberry was the closest community to the crash involving a semi-truck and a minibus that would be one of the deadliest road collisions in Canada’s history. The bus was full of Dauphin-area seniors heading to a casino located a few kilometres south of town.

Fifteen people died that day and two later died in hospital.

Reporter Katrina Clarke spoke with residents on the tragedy’s one-year anniversary.

Krispy Kreme’s 4,600-square-foot Winnipeg location opens to the public on Tuesday and has the capacity to churn out about 50,000 doughnuts a day.

Reporter Eva Wasney got a sneak peek of the bakery and its “Doughnut Theatre.”

Former Jets coach Paul Maurice and his Florida Panthers are one win away from capturing a first-ever Stanley Cup.

Perhaps much of what he managed and learned while behind the bench with the Jets when they swept the Oilers during an empty-arena, first-round pandemic series in 2021 is now paying dividends on an even bigger stage with the Panthers holding a 3-0 edge.

Mike McIntyre writes on the coach’s qualities getting him closer to the Cup.