The Wrap: No to landfill search, Hydro’s problematic peat island, and finding a home for Strike! props

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Premier Heather Stefanson informed the families of two slain Indigenous women that the province is prepared to support a memorial at the landfill, but not a search for the remains believed to rest there, based on the findings of an Indigenous-led committee that studied the feasibility of searching the site.

A giant “peat island” that’s clogging Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask generation station is costing the Crown utility $10 million a month, according to internal documents obtained by the Free Press.

The Winnipeg company that owns the Point Douglas industrial building destroyed in a massive blaze Tuesday has been hit by a string of fires in the last 12 years. Chris Kitching looks at what’s happened after similar fires in the area, while Kevin Rollason reflects on the history of the 1880’s-era building, previously the home of the Winnipeg Foundry and Machine Shop and Vulcan Iron Works.

And: When he died in April, local theatre impresario Danny Schur left behind the costumes, props and hand-painted backgrounds that were used in his musical, Strike!, about Winnipeg’s 1919 labour conflict. The warehouse where they’re being stored has to be emptied, so Schur’s widow is looking for someone to take the pieces, free of charge.

'We cannot knowingly risk Manitoba workers’ health and safety for a search without a guarantee'

Manitoba supports memorial, not landfill search, for slaying victims

Premier Heather Stefanson has confirmed her government will not support a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. Stefanson and Eileen Clarke, the minister... Read More

 

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'It’s just bigger than anyone anticipated'

Carol Sanders:

Hydro closes Keeyask generating station after huge ‘peat island’ floats into it

A massive debris blockage that prompted the shutdown of all seven units of Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask generating station cost the public power company nearly $350,000 a day in lost revenue, internal doc... Read More

 

'We’re all so tired of all the fires'

Chris Kitching:

Firm that owns fire-ravaged Point Douglas building hit by fire repeatedly

The Winnipeg company that owns a Point Douglas industrial building destroyed in a massive blaze Tuesday has been hit by a string of fires in the last 12 years. For residents, the inferno that left ... Read More

 

Kevin Rollason:

Vulcan Iron Works helped to forge Winnipeg

Vulcan Iron Works buildings were never deemed worthy of heritage protection, but its workers are part of history thanks to the 1919 general strike that shook Winnipeg, which they helped to ignite. ... Read More

 

'It all needs to go somewhere'

Ben Waldman:

Stage sets from Strike! could be destined for dumpster

Danny Schur’s wife hopes new home can be found for theatrical pieces Read More

 

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